Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that ER positive, HER2-negative, PR positive status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Abemaciclib, Tamoxifen in patients with Invasive Breast Carcinoma.

Health Canada approved abemaciclib in combination with endocrine therapy 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 disease recurrence based on clinicopathological features.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Canada:

VERZENIO (abemaciclib) is indicated in combination with endocrine therapy 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 disease recurrence based on clinicopathological features.

Citation

Eli Lilly Canada Inc. Verzenio (abemaciclib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00073683.PDF. Revised December 2023. Accessed June 2025.