Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

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

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

VERZENIO (abemaciclib) is indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase inhibitor in postmenopausal women as initial endocrine-based therapy, in combination with fulvestrant in women with disease progression following endocrine therapy, or as a single agent in women with disease progression following endocrine therapy and at least 2 prior chemotherapy regimens.

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.