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Chugai files Herceptin for post surgical Adjuvant treatment of HER2+ve breast cancer in Japan

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Trastuzumab, monoclonal antibody

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Chugai has filed an NDA based on evidence in the public domain with Japan MHLW seeking approval for the additional dosage and administration of once a week  Herceptin for post surgical adjuvant  administration in breast cancer that over express HER2.
In Japan, Herceptinis currently marketed for the indications of “breast cancer that overexpresses HER2,” and “advanced or recurrent gastric cancer over expressing HER2, not amenable to curative resection.
The filing was made based on the decision at the meeting of the Second Committee on New Drugs, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council, held on January 31, 2013, which confirmed that filing through the “NDA based on evidence in the public domain” was reasonable for this additional dosage and administration.

Trastuzumab (INN; trade names HerclonHerceptin) is a monoclonal antibody that interferes with the HER2/neu receptor. Its main use is to treat certain breast cancers.

The HER receptors are proteins that are embedded in the cell membrane and communicate molecular signals from outside the cell (molecules called EGFs) to inside the cell, and turn genes on and off. The HER proteins stimulate cell proliferation. In some cancers, notably certain types of breast cancer, HER2 is over-expressed, and causes cancer cells to reproduce uncontrollably.[1]

The original studies of trastuzumab showed that it improved overall survival in late-stage (metastatic) breast cancer from 20.3 to 25.1 months,[1] but there is controversy over whether trastuzumab is effective in earlier stage cancer.[2]Trastuzumab is also controversial because of its cost, as much as $100,000 per year,[3] and while certain private insurance companies in the U.S. and government health care systems in Canada, England and elsewhere have refused to pay for trastuzumab for certain patients, some companies have since accepted trastuzumab treatment as a covered preventative treatment.[4]

Trastuzumab is also being studied for the treatment of other cancers.[5] It has been used with some success in women with uterine papillary serous carcinomas that overexpress HER2/neu.[6]

References

  1. Hudis, CA (2007). “Trastuzumab–mechanism of action and use in clinical practice”. N Engl J Med. 357 (1): 39–51.doi:10.1056/NEJMra043186PMID 17611206Jul 5;357(1):39-51. Review /article
  2. 129 Herceptin and early breast cancer: a moment for caution [Editorial]. Lancet 2005;366:1673.
  3. “Herceptin or Trastuzumab: Efficacy, Side Effects”. Health and Life.
  4. “At last, Axa pays for Herceptin”. 2006.
  5. Vecchione L. Novel investigational drugs for gastric cancer.Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2009 May 26. [Epub ahead of publication]. Review /article.
  6. Santin AD, Bellone S, Roman JJ, McKenney JK, Pecorelli S. (2008). “Trastuzumab treatment in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma overexpressing HER2/neu”.Int J Gynaecol Obstet 102 (2): 128–31.doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.04.008PMID 18555254.

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