Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved pertuzumab in combination with trastuzumab for reimbursement as a treatment option for the maintenance treatment of HER2-positive metastatic or locally recurrent unresectable breast cancer in adult patients, where this is a continuation of treatment for patients who have completed the chemotherapy component of the treatment.

This is written in the approval document as:

Pertuzumab in combination with trastuzumab for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive metastatic or locally recurrent unresectable breast cancer, where this is a continuation of treatment for patients who have completed the chemotherapy component of the treatment.

Citation

Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab Therapy, 2024, version number 3, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 26/03/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6599/726_v3a_Pertuzumab_trastuzumab.pdf

Therapeutic response

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

Organization(s) Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
HSE (1) HER2-positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab