following a resubmission assessed under the orphan medicine process:
pertuzumab (Perjeta®) is accepted for restricted use within NHSScotland.
Indication under review: for use in combination with trastuzumab and chemotherapy in the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence.
SMC restriction: for use in patients with lymph node-positive disease.
The addition of pertuzumab to trastuzumab and chemotherapy improved invasive disease-free survival in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence.
This advice applies only in the context of approved NHSScotland Patient Access Scheme (PAS) arrangements delivering the cost-effectiveness results upon which the decision was based, or PAS/ list prices that are equivalent or lower.
This advice takes account of the views from a Patient and Clinician Engagement (PACE) meeting.
Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- pertuzumab (Perjeta)
- SMC ID:
- SMC2284
- Indication:
In combination with trastuzumab and chemotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early breast cancer (eBC) at high risk of recurrence.
- Pharmaceutical company
- Roche
- BNF chapter
- Malignant disease and immunosuppression
- Submission type
- Resubmission
- Status
- Restricted
- Date advice published
- 07 September 2020