Company: AZN
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-003894
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Company: ASTRAZENECA PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: 6-K
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ankyo, said: " Enhertu continues to evolve what is possible with breast cancer treatment, becoming the first HER2-directed medicine approved in the EU for patients with HR-positive metastatic breast cancer with HER2-low or HER2-ultralow expression following endocrine therapy. Today's approval expands the use of Enhertu to now include an earlier treatment setting of HER2-low metastatic breast cancer and broadens the patient population eligible for treatment to those with HER2-ultralow disease."

In the trial, Enhertu showed a 38% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death versus chemotherapy (hazard ratio [HR] 0.62; confidence interval [CI]: 0.52-0.75; p<0.0001) in patients with chemotherapy-naïve HR-positive, HER2-low metastatic breast cancer with a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 13.2 months versus 8.1 months.

In the overall trial population (patients with HER2-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer), the median PFS was 13.2 months in patients randomised to Enhertu compared to 8.1 months in those randomised to chemotherapy (HR 0.64; 95% CI: 0.54-0.76; p<0.0001). In an exploratory analysis, results were consistent between patients with HER2-low expression and HER2-ultralow expression.

HER2 testing in the trial was conducted by a central laboratory. Approximately 85-90% of patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer screened were determined to be HER2-low or HER2-ultralow. 6

The safety profile of Enhertu in DESTINY-Breast06 was consistent with previous clinical trials of Enhertu in breast cancer with no new safety concerns identified.

Enhertu is a specifically engineered HER2-directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC) discovered by Daiichi Sankyo and being jointly developed and commercialised by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

Enhertu was approved in the US earlier this year based on the DESTINY-Breast06 results. Regulatory applications are under review in Japan and several other countries for this indication.

Enhertu is already approved in more than 75 countries, including the EU, for patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer who have received prior chemotherapy in the metastatic setting or developed disease