AstraZeneca’s Truqap Plus Faslodex Receives the CHMP’s Positive Opinion for Treating Breast Cancer
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- The CHMP's positive opinion was based on the P-III (CAPItello-291) study assessing Truqap + Faslodex vs PBO + Faslodex to treat ER+, HER2‑ locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer patients (n=708) having one or more PIK3CA, AKT1 or PTEN-alterations post recurrence or progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen
- The study demonstrated reduction in the disease progression & death risk by 50% in patients having PI3K, AKT or PTEN alterations with mPFS of 7.3mos. vs 3.1mos. The data was published in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Further applications are under review across China & other regions and the combination for same indication has been approved in the US, Japan & other areas based on this trial
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