Author Interviews, Breast Cancer, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, NEJM / 22.04.2021
Triple Negative Breast Cancer: TRODELVY® (sacituzumab govitecan) Trial Demonstrates Significant Improvement Compared to Standard Chemo
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Aditya Bardia MD, MPH
Director, Breast Cancer Research Program,
Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents an aggressive subtype of breast cancer associated with guarded prognosis. For patients with pre-treated metastatic TNBC, standard chemotherapy is associated with low response rate (5-10%) and poor progression-free survival (2-3 months), highlighting need for better therapies.
Sacituzumab govitecan is an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) which combines SN-38, an active metabolite of irinotecan, with an antibody against Trop-2, an antigen overexpressed in majority of triple negative breast cancer.
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