Hormone receptor

26 EU-approved indications of 18 drugs need a Hormone receptor result, in 2 tumour types, most of them in breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancer.

Approved indications26

DrugBiomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
Triple-negative breast cancer1
Triple-negative (ER-negative, PR-negative, HER2-negative)
Monotherapy
1L
advanced
Not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy
Breast cancer25
Verzenios
HER2-negative
+ endocrine therapy
Adj.
early
Node-positive; high risk of recurrence; In pre- or perimenopausal women, aromatase inhibitor endocrine therapy should be combined with a luteinising hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist
Nerlynx
HER2 IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/ISH-positive, HR-positive
Monotherapy
Adj.
early
After adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy completed less than one year ago
Kisqali
HER2-negative
+ an aromatase inhibitor
Adj.
early
High risk of recurrence; in pre- or perimenopausal women, or in men, the aromatase inhibitor should be combined with a luteinising hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist
Verzenios
HER2-negative
+ an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant
1L
advanced
Women; In pre- or perimenopausal women, the endocrine therapy should be combined with a LHRH agonist
ESR1 mutation, ER-positive, HER2-negative
+ a CDK4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib)
1L
advanced
During first-line endocrine therapy + CDK4/6 inhibitor, before progression; In pre- or peri-menopausal women and in men, should be combined with a LHRH agonist or antagonist
Faslodex
Monotherapy
1L
advanced
No prior endocrine therapy; Postmenopausal women
Kisqali
HER2-negative
+ an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant
1L
advanced
Women; initial endocrine-based therapy; in pre- or perimenopausal women, the endocrine therapy should be combined with a LHRH agonist
Fareston
Monotherapy
1L
metastatic
Postmenopausal
Verzenios
HER2-negative
+ an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant
2L
advanced
After prior endocrine therapy; Women; In pre- or perimenopausal women, the endocrine therapy should be combined with a LHRH agonist
Piqray
PIK3CA mutation, HR-positive, HER2-negative
+ fulvestrant
2L
advanced
Following an endocrine-based regimen; Postmenopausal women, and men
One or more PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-alterations, ER-positive, HER2-negative
+ fulvestrant
2L
advanced
Recurrence or progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen; In pre- or perimenopausal women, TRUQAP plus fulvestrant should be combined with a LHRH agonist; for men, administration of LHRH agonist according to current clinical practice standards should be considered
HER2-negative
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
After endocrine therapy and at least one line of chemotherapy in the advanced setting
ESR1 mutation, ER-positive, HER2-negative
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
After at least one line of endocrine therapy including a CDK 4/6 inhibitor; Postmenopausal women, and men
Afinitor
HER2-negative
+ exemestane
2L
advanced
Recurrence or progression following a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor; Postmenopausal women; without symptomatic visceral disease
Faslodex
HER2-negative
+ palbociclib
2L
advanced
After prior endocrine therapy; Women; In pre- or perimenopausal women, the combination treatment with palbociclib should be combined with a LHRH agonist
Faslodex
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
Disease relapse on or after adjuvant antiestrogen therapy, or disease progression on antiestrogen therapy; Postmenopausal women
Inluriyo
ESR1 mutation, ER-positive, HER2-negative
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
After prior treatment with an endocrine based regimen; In pre- or perimenopausal women, or men, Inluriyo should be combined with a luteinising hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist
Itovebi
PIK3CA mutation, ER-positive, HER2-negative
+ palbociclib and fulvestrant
2L
advanced
After adjuvant endocrine treatment with recurrence on or within 12 months of completion (if previously treated with a CDK 4/6 inhibitor in the (neo)adjuvant setting, an interval of at least 12 months between termination of CDK 4/6 inhibitor treatment and detection of recurrence is required); In pre/perimenopausal women and in men, endocrine therapy should be combined with a luteinising hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist
HER2-negative
+ fulvestrant
2L
advanced
After prior endocrine therapy; Women; in pre- or perimenopausal women, the endocrine therapy should be combined with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist
Kisqali
HER2-negative
+ an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant
2L
advanced
After prior endocrine therapy; Women; in pre- or perimenopausal women, the endocrine therapy should be combined with a LHRH agonist
Enhertuconditional
IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-negative or IHC 0 with membrane staining (faint, incomplete, ≤10% of tumour cells), HER2-low or HER2-ultralow, HR-positive
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
After at least one endocrine therapy in the metastatic setting; Not considered suitable for endocrine therapy as the next line of treatment
HER2-negative
Monotherapy
3L+
advanced
After endocrine-based therapy, and at least two additional systemic therapies in the advanced setting
Tyverb
HER2 IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/ISH-positive, HR-positive
+ an aromatase inhibitor
Any line
metastatic
Postmenopausal women; not currently intended for chemotherapy
HER2-negative
+ an aromatase inhibitor
Any line
advanced
In pre- or perimenopausal women, the endocrine therapy should be combined with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist
Herceptin, Tuznue
HER2 IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/ISH-positive, HR-positive
+ aromatase inhibitor
Any line
metastatic
No prior trastuzumab; Postmenopausal

Hormone receptor by tumour

Label wording26

The sentence from section 4.1 of the SmPC that each indication above comes from.

  1. Trastuzumab (Herceptin, Tuznue)
    in combination with an aromatase inhibitor for the treatment of postmenopausal patients with hormone-receptor positive MBC, not previously treated with trastuzumab.
  2. Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu)
    • hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-low or HER2-ultralow breast cancer who have received at least one endocrine therapy in the metastatic setting and who are not considered suitable for endocrine therapy as the next line of treatment (see sections 4.2 and 5.1).
  3. Everolimus (Afinitor)
    Afinitor is indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2/neu negative advanced breast cancer, in combination with exemestane, in postmenopausal women without symptomatic visceral disease after recurrence or progression following a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor.
  4. Camizestrant (Etcamah)
    Etcamah in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer upon detection of ESR1-mutation and without disease progression during first-line endocrine therapy in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor (for biomarker based patient-selection, see section 4.2 and 5.1).
  5. Datopotamab deruxtecan (Datroway)
    Datroway as monotherapy is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who are not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy (see section 5.1).
  6. Datopotamab deruxtecan (Datroway)
    Datroway as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who have received endocrine therapy and at least one line of chemotherapy in the advanced setting (see section 5.1).
  7. Alpelisib (Piqray)
    Piqray is indicated in combination with fulvestrant for the treatment of postmenopausal women, and men, with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation after disease progression following an endocrine-based regimen (see section 5.1 and for biomarker-based patient selection see section 4.2).
  8. Sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy)
    Trodelvy as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who have received endocrine-based therapy, and at least two additional systemic therapies in the advanced setting (see section 5.1).
  9. Abemaciclib (Verzenios)
    Verzenios in combination with endocrine therapy is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, node-positive early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence (see section 5.1).
  10. Abemaciclib (Verzenios)
    Verzenios is indicated for the treatment of women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant as initial endocrine-based therapy, or in women who have received prior endocrine therapy.
  11. Abemaciclib (Verzenios)
    Verzenios is indicated for the treatment of women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant as initial endocrine-based therapy, or in women who have received prior endocrine therapy.
  12. Ribociclib (Kisqali)
    Kisqali in combination with an aromatase inhibitor is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence (see section 5.1 for selection criteria).
  13. Ribociclib (Kisqali)
    Kisqali is indicated for the treatment of women with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant as initial endocrine-based therapy, or in women who have received prior endocrine therapy.
  14. Ribociclib (Kisqali)
    Kisqali is indicated for the treatment of women with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant as initial endocrine-based therapy, or in women who have received prior endocrine therapy.
  15. Elacestrant (Orserdu)
    ORSERDU monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women, and men, with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with an activating ESR1 mutation who have disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy including a CDK 4/6 inhibitor.
  16. Palbociclib (Ibrance)
    IBRANCE is indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer: - in combination with an aromatase inhibitor;
  17. Palbociclib (Ibrance)
    IBRANCE is indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer: - in combination with fulvestrant in women who have received prior endocrine therapy (see section 5.1).
  18. Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
    • as monotherapy for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women: - not previously treated with endocrine therapy, or
  19. Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
    • as monotherapy for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women: - not previously treated with endocrine therapy, or - with disease relapse on or after adjuvant antiestrogen therapy, or disease progression on antiestrogen therapy.
  20. Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
    • in combination with palbociclib for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in women who have received prior endocrine therapy (see section 5.1). In pre- or perimenopausal women, the combination treatment with palbociclib should be combined with a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist.
  21. Inavolisib (Itovebi)
    Itovebi, in combination with palbociclib and fulvestrant, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with PIK3CA-mutated, oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, following recurrence on or within 12 months of completing adjuvant endocrine treatment (see section 5.1).
  22. Capivasertib (Truqap)
    TRUQAP is indicated in combination with fulvestrant for the treatment of adult patients with oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with one or more PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-alterations following recurrence or progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen (see section 5.1).
  23. Imlunestrant (Inluriyo)
    Inluriyo is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with an activating ESR1-mutation, who have disease progression following prior treatment with an endocrine based regimen (for biomarker-based patient selection, see section 4.2).
  24. Lapatinib (Tyverb)
    in combination with an aromatase inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive metastatic disease, not currently intended for chemotherapy.
  25. Neratinib (Nerlynx)
    Nerlynx is indicated for the extended adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early-stage hormone receptor positive HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer and who completed adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy less than one year ago.
  26. Toremifene (Fareston)
    First line hormone treatment of hormone-dependent metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal patients. Fareston is not recommended for patients with estrogen receptor negative tumours.