Pertuzumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody that targets the extracellular dimerization domain (subdomain II) of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein (HER2). It consists of two heavy chains and two lights chains that have 448 and 214 residues respectively. It was first approved by the FDA in 2012 for use with docetaxel and another HER2-targeted monoclonal antibody, trastuzumab, in the treatment of metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. Its indicated conditions have since expanded to include use as both a neoadjuvant therapy and an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancers at high risk of recurrence.
Pertuzumab is indicated for intravenous administration in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have not received prior anti-HER2 therapy or chemotherapy for metastatic disease. It is also indicated in combination with trastuzumab and other chemotherapies for the neoadjuvant treatment of HER2-positive locally advanced, inflammatory, or early-stage breast cancer as part of a complete treatment regimen and as adjuvant treatment in patients with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer at high risk of recurrence.
Pertuzumab is also indicated for subcutaneous injection - in combination with trastuzumab and hyaluronidase - in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancers in adults.
Montpellier - CHRU, Montpellier, France
Centre Hospitalier - Pneumologie, Le Mans, France
Hôpital Nord APHM, Marseille, France
Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
iOMEDICO AG, Freiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
Tennessee Oncology - Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
HCA Midwest Division, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
New York University Medical Center PRIME; NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
DF/BWCC in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Texas Oncology - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Texas Oncology - Memorial City, Houston, Texas, United States
Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras, La Habana, Cuba
Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
Centre Léon Berard, Lyon, France
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO), Via Franco Gallini 2, Aviano, Pordenone, Italy
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Virgen de la Nieves, Granada, Spain
Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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