Pertuzumab

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Pertuzumab ?
Monoclonal antibody
Type Whole antibody
Source Humanized (from mouse)
Target HER2
Clinical data
Trade names Perjeta; Omnitarg
Licence data US FDA:link
Pregnancy cat. D (US)
Legal status -only (US)
Routes Intravenous
Identifiers
CAS number 380610-27-5 N
ATC code L01XC13
UNII K16AIQ8CTM YesY
KEGG D05446 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL2007641 N
Chemical data
Formula ?
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The structure of HER2 and pertuzumab

Pertuzumab (also called 2C4, trade name Perjeta) is a monoclonal antibody marketed by Genentech for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer, in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel.[1] The first of its class in a line of agents called "HER dimerization inhibitors". By binding to HER2, it inhibits the dimerization of HER2 with other HER receptors, which is hypothesized to result in slowed tumor growth.[2] Pertuzumab received US FDA approval for the treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer on June 8, 2012.[3] Pertuzumab was developed at Genentech and is now owned by Roche which acquired Genentech in 2009.

Clinical trials

Early clinical trials of pertuzumab in prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers met with limited success.[4]

The dosage of pertuzumab used in the pivotal phase III CLEOPATRA (Clinical Evaluation of Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab) trial was as follows: IV 840 mg loading dose followed by IV 420 mg every three weeks.[5]

The pharmacokinetics of intravenous pertuzumab appear to be unaffected by age and no drug-drug interaction has been reported with docetaxel. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of pertuzumab were summarized in a Feb 2012 review by Gillian Keating.[5]

The combination of pertuzumab plus trastuzumab plus docetaxel, as compared with placebo plus trastuzumab plus docetaxel, when used as first-line treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, significantly prolonged progression-free survival, with no increase in cardiac toxic effects in the randomized, double-blind, multinational, phase III CLEOPATRA trial.[5]

Intravenous pertuzumab is currently being evaluated in patients with breast cancer in the following trials: MARIANNE (advanced breast cancer), NEOSPHERE (early breast cancer), TRYPHAENA (HER2-positive stage II/III breast cancer) and APHINITY (HER2-positive nonmetastatic breast cancer).[5]

References

  1. http://www.gene.com/download/pdf/perjeta_prescribing.pdf
  2. de Bono, Johann S.; Bellmunt, J; Attard, G; Droz, JP; Miller, K; Flechon, A; Sternberg, C; Parker, C et al. (20 January 2007). "Open-Label Phase II Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Two Doses of Pertuzumab in Castrate Chemotherapy-Naive Patients With Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer". Journal of Clinical Oncology 25 (3): 257–262. doi:10.1200/JCO.2006.07.0888. PMID 17235043. 
  3. "FDA Approves Perjeta (Pertuzumab) for People With HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer" (Press release). Genentech. Retrieved 2012-06-09. 
  4. Genentech press release - May 15, 2005
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Keating GM. Pertuzumab: in the first-line treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Drugs 2012 Feb 12; 72 (3): 353-60.Link text

External links

10.1056/NEJMoa1113216

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