Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that HER2-positive status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Trastuzumab emtansine in patients with Invasive Breast Carcinoma.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to ado-trastuzumab emtansine

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration:

KADCYLA is a HER2-targeted antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate indicated, as a single agent, for the adjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant taxane and trastuzumab-based treatment. Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for KADCYLA.

Citation

Genentech, Inc. Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2022/125427s111lbl.pdf. Revised January 2022. Accessed October 30, 2024.