In which scenarios would you utilize sacituzumab govitecan earlier than third line in the treatment of metastatic TNBC?
To date, we do not have a head-to-head comparison of sacituzumab govitecan prior to the 3rd line setting and insurance approval for sacituzumab govitecan prior to 3rd can be a barrier. However, I consider it under the following circumstances:
- The patient has significant pre-existing neuropathy. Many...
The FDA approval of sacituzumab govitecan is for patients with metastatic TNBC who have received two prior lines of therapy, at least one in the metastatic setting. So, for a patient who received (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy and then had disease recurrence and received 1st line therapy with chemothera...
Sacituzumab is approved for patients with metastatic TNBC that have received at least 2 prior lines. However, the FDA specifies only one of these lines needs to be for metastatic disease – so we do have a bit of wiggle room here to use 2nd line. The place where I would be thinking of moving sacituzu...