Elacestrant monotherapy [ELAC1]
For the treatment of oestrogen receptor- positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in patients previously treated with at least 12 calendar months of therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor-based combination where the following criteria have been met:
- This application for elacestrant is being made by and the first cycle of elacestrant will be prescribed by a consultant specialist specifically trained and accredited in the use of systemic anti-cancer therapy.
- The patient has histologically or cytologically documented diagnosis of oestrogen receptor positive and HER-2 negative breast cancer.
- The patient’s breast cancer has an activating ESR1 mutation identified using a validated test. Note: elacestrant’s SPC states that the presence of activating ESR1 mutation should be based on use of a plasma specimen. Please document below whether the PIK3CA mutation status is known or not and if known whether the patient has a dual mutation positive cancer or one bearing just an ESR1 mutation
- the PIK3CA mutation test result is not currently known or
- the patient is known to be solely positive for an ESR1 mutation (ie the PIK3CA test is negative) or
- the patient has dual mutation positive disease (ie both ESR1 and PIK3CA tests are positive)
- The patient has metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer which is not amenable to curative treatment.
- The patient’s menopausal status has been considered and if appropriate the patient has undergone ovarian ablation or suppression with LHRH agonist treatment.
- The patient has progressive disease after previous endocrine-based therapy.
- The patient has been previously treated with at least 1 prior line of endocrine therapy in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor.
- The patient has been previously treated with at least 12 calendar months of treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor. Please record in which places in the treatment pathway the patient had CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy:
- solely for early breast cancer or
- solely for locally advanced/metastatic breast cancer or
- in both early and advanced breast cancer settings Note: the company submitted a case to NICE for consideration of elacestrant’s clinical and cost effectiveness only in patients previously treated with at least 12 calendar months of therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor. This population is narrower than that in the marketing authorisation. Note: NHS England does not commission the use of elacestrant in patients who have had less than 12 calendar months of prior therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor-based combination.
- The patient has been previously treated with the combination of alpelisib plus fulvestrant or not:
- No, the patient has not received prior alpelisib plus fulvestrant or
- Yes, the patient has been previously treated with alpelisib plus fulvestrant
- The patient has had no more than 1 prior line of cytotoxic chemotherapy for advanced/metastatic disease.
- The patient is an appropriate candidate for the use of further endocrine therapy.
- The patient has not previously received treatment with elacestrant unless this was via a company early access scheme and all treatment criteria on this form are complied with.
- The patient has an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
- Elacestrant will only be given as monotherapy.
- Treatment with elacestrant will continue until there is progressive disease or excessive toxicity or until the patient chooses to discontinue treatment, whichever is the sooner.
- The prescribing clinician is aware of both the potential drug interactions between elacestrant and CYP3A4 inhibitors/inducers/other enzyme systems and any consequent elacestrant dose adjustments that are required, as outlined in sections 4.2, 4.4 and 4.5 of elacestrant’s Summary of Product Characteristics. Note: patients should be also be counselled that there is a known drug interaction between elacestrant and ingestion of grapefruit juice.
- When a treatment break of up to 6 weeks beyond the expected 4-weekly cycle length is needed, I as the prescribing clinician will complete a treatment break approval form to restart treatment.
- Elacestrant will be otherwise used as set out in their respective Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs).
CDF funded From: 19 December 2024 - anticipated to move to NHS funding: 06 May 2025
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