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TykerbMedica

Breast cancer

Initial criteria

  • age ≥ 18 years
  • human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive disease
  • recurrent or metastatic disease
  • EITHER:
  • Used in combination with capecitabine or trastuzumab AND patient has tried at least three prior anti-HER2 based regimens (examples include pertuzumab + trastuzumab + docetaxel, pertuzumab + trastuzumab + paclitaxel, fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki, ado-trastuzumab emtansine, tucatinib + trastuzumab + capecitabine)
  • OR used in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (letrozole, anastrozole, or exemestane) AND hormone receptor-positive (ER+ and/or PR+) AND ONE of the following: postmenopausal woman OR pre/perimenopausal woman receiving ovarian suppression/ablation with a GnRH agonist/surgical oophorectomy/ovarian irradiation OR man receiving a GnRH analog

Approval duration

1 year