Kadcyla
trastuzumab emtansine
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Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Kadcyla. It explains how the Agency assessed the medicine to recommend its authorisation in the EU and its conditions of use. It is not intended to provide practical advice on how to use Kadcyla.
For practical information about using Kadcyla, patients should read the package leaflet or contact their doctor or pharmacist.
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Kadcyla : EPAR - Summary for the public (PDF/83.11 KB)
First published: 19/12/2013
Last updated: 26/04/2016
EMA/748315/2013 -
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Kadcyla : EPAR - Risk management plan summary (PDF/117.33 KB)
First published: 27/08/2021
Last updated: 22/03/2023
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Kadcyla
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/002389
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Active substance |
trastuzumab emtansine
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
trastuzumab emtansine
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Breast Neoplasms
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
L01XC14
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Roche Registration GmbH
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Revision |
15
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
15/11/2013
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Contact address |
Emil-Barell-Strasse 1 |
Product information
13/03/2023 Kadcyla - EMEA/H/C/002389 - N/0067
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Product information documents contain:
- summary of product characteristics (annex I);
- manufacturing authorisation holder responsible for batch release (annex IIA);
- conditions of the marketing authorisation (annex IIB);
- labelling (annex IIIA);
- package leaflet (annex IIIB).
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Antineoplastic agents
Therapeutic indication
Early Breast Cancer (EBC)
Kadcyla, as a single agent, is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual invasive disease, in the breast and/or lymph nodes, after neoadjuvant taxane-based and HER2-targeted therapy.
Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)
Kadcyla, as a single agent, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who previously received trastuzumab and a taxane, separately or in combination. Patients should have either:
- Received prior therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease, or
- Developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing adjuvant therapy.