Faslodex (fulvestrant) approved as first line treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive, locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
AstraZeneca announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Faslodex (fulvestrant) for the treatment of oestrogen-receptor positive, locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women not previously treated with endocrine therapy.
The EU approval is based on pivotal data from the Phase III FALCON trial, which demonstrated the superiority of Faslodex 500mg over anastrozole 1mg as a first-line treatment for postmenopausal women with locally-advanced or HR+ metastatic breast cancer who had not received prior hormone-based therapy. In the FALCON trial, median progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly longer with Faslodex than with the aromatase inhibitor, anastrozole - 16.6 months versus 13.8 months (HR: 0.797; 95% CI: 0.637-0.999; p=0.0486). Aromatase inhibitors such as anastrozole are the current standard of care for the first-line treatment for postmenopausal women with HR+ advanced breast cancer.
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