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triptorelin acetate (Decapeptyl®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, triptorelin acetate (Decapeptyl®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales as adjuvant treatment in combination with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor, of endocrine-responsive early-stage breast cancer in women at high-risk of recurrence who are confirmed as pre-menopausal after completion of chemotherapy.

 Statement of Advice (SOA): Triptorelinacetate (Decapeptyl) 3076 (PDF, 97Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name triptorelin acetate (Decapeptyl®)
Formulation 3 mg powder for suspension for injection
Reference number 3076
Indication

For use  as adjuvant treatment in combination with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor, of endocrine-responsive early-stage breast cancer in women at high-risk of recurrence who are confirmed as pre-menopausal after completion of chemotherapy

Company Ipsen Ltd
BNF chapter Malignant disease & immunosuppression
Submission type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Ratification by Welsh Government 12/07/2017
Date of issue 13/07/2017
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