Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved atezolizumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel for reimbursement as a treatment option for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumors have PD-L1 expression >= 1% and who have not received prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease.

This is written in the approval document as:

Treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumours have PD-L1 expression >= 1% and who have not received prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease

Citation

Atezolizumab and nab-PACLitaxel Therapy, 2022, version number 1, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 26/03/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6530/688_v2a_Atezolizumab_nab-PACLitaxel.pdf

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organization(s) Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
HSE (1) ER negative, HER2-negative, PD-L1 >= 1%, PR negative Invasive Breast Carcinoma Atezolizumab, Nab-paclitaxel