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.
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Virgen de la Nieves, Granada, Spain
Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
Northern Cancer Institute, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Blacktown Hospital, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Helsinki University Central Hospital; Dept of Oncology, Helsinki, Finland
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, Illinois, United States
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, New York, United States
Mount Sinai West, New York, New York, United States
Perlmutter Cancer Center NYU Langone, New York, New York, United States
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
New York Presbyterian Columbia Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Ōsaka, Osaka, Japan
Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Good Samaritan Hospital - Cancer Centers of Colorado, Lafayette, Colorado, United States
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona, United States
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Yale University, New Haven, New York, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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