Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
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Fulvestrant is a drug treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women with disease progression following anti-estrogen therapy.
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Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
Fulvestrant 250mg/5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes
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WHO defined daily dose (DDD)
16.7 mg
Not a recommended dose. The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. It is a statistical measure used for research and comparison purposes only.
Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, distributed via the NHS dm+d supplementary BNF/ATC mapping files (NHSBSA). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Similarity is based on WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification and on a factual NHS dm+d therapeutic-grouping code prefix. Source data: NHS dm+d via TRUD (OGL v3.0), WHO ATC/DDD Index.
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Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NICE clinical guidance(11)
Fulvestrant for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (TA239)
Fulvestrant for untreated locally advanced or metastatic oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer (TA503)
Palbociclib with fulvestrant for treating hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer after endocrine therapy (TA836)
Alpelisib with fulvestrant for treating hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA-mutated advanced breast cancer (TA816)
Capivasertib with fulvestrant for treating hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer after endocrine treatment (TA1063)
Abemaciclib with fulvestrant for treating hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer after endocrine therapy (TA725)
Ribociclib with fulvestrant for treating hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer after endocrine therapy (TA687)
Elacestrant for treating oestrogen receptor-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with an ESR1 mutation after endocrine treatment (TA1036)
Everolimus with exemestane for treating advanced breast cancer after endocrine therapy (TA421)
Talazoparib for treating HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with germline BRCA mutations (TA952)
Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management (NG101)
Source: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Active and completed clinical studies from ClinicalTrials.gov
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Academic studies and reviews for this medicine's active substance
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Reviews & meta-analyses: 4 · Randomised trials: 27 · 2002–2026
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Massimo Cristofanilli, Nicholas C. Turner, Igor Bondarenko, et al.
The Lancet Oncology, 2016
- Fulvestrant
- Breast Neoplasms
- Estradiol
J.F.R. Robertson, Igor M Bondarenko, Ekaterina Trishkina, et al.
The Lancet, 2016
- Receptors, Estrogen
- Fulvestrant
- Anastrozole
José Baselga, Seock‐Ah Im, Hiroji Iwata, et al.
The Lancet Oncology, 2017
- Fulvestrant
- Alanine Transaminase
- Aminopyridines
Angelo Di Leo, Stephen Johnston, Keun Seok Lee, et al.
The Lancet Oncology, 2017
- Fulvestrant
- Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
- Aminopyridines
François‐Clément Bidard, Anne‐Claire Hardy‐Bessard, Florence Dalenc, et al.
The Lancet Oncology, 2022
- Breast Neoplasms
- Lymphopenia
- Neutropenia
Dennis J. Slamon, Patrick Neven, Stephen Chia, et al.
Annals of Oncology, 2021
- Breast Neoplasms
- Fulvestrant
- Aminopyridines
Sara M. Tolaney, Andrew Wardley, Stefania Zambelli, et al.
The Lancet Oncology, 2020
- Trastuzumab
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
- Fulvestrant
Robert H. Jones, Angela Casbard, Margherita Carucci, et al.
The Lancet Oncology, 2020
- Fulvestrant
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Breast Neoplasms
Noah Kornblum, Fengmin Zhao, Judith Manola, et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018
- Everolimus
- Fulvestrant
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Binghe Xu, Qingyuan Zhang, Pin Zhang, et al.
Nature Medicine, 2021
- Fulvestrant
- Progression-Free Survival
- Breast Neoplasms
Sources: aggregated from Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI), OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed and other open scholarly databases. Retracted articles are excluded. Study information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Pharmacology and chemical data from DrugBank
Key facts
Drug status
Approved
Major interactions
None known
Half-life
40 days
Mechanism
Fulvestrant competitively and reversibly binds to estrogen receptors present in…
Food interactions
None known
Human targets
1 target
Data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pharmacokinetics at a glance
Half-life
40 days
Protein binding
99%
Volume of distribution
3 to 5 L/kg
Metabolism
Elimination
90%
Renal…
Pharmacokinetic data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Known interactions with other medications. Always consult a healthcare professional.
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How the body processes this drug — absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
Renal elimination was negligible (less than 1%).
Proteins and enzymes this drug interacts with in the body
Ligand binding induces a conformational change allowing subsequent or combinatorial association with multiprotein coactivator complexes through LXXLL motifs of their respective components. Mutual transrepression occurs between the estrogen receptor (ER) and NF-kappa-B in a cell-type specific manner. Decreases NF-kappa-B DNA-binding activity and inhibits NF-kappa-B-mediated transcription from the IL6 promoter and displace RELA/p65 and associated coregulators from the promoter.
Recruited to the NF-kappa-B response element of the CCL2 and IL8 promoters and can displace CREBBP. Present with NF-kappa-B components RELA/p65 and NFKB1/p50 on ERE sequences. Can also act synergistically with NF-kappa-B to activate transcription involving respective recruitment adjacent response elements; the function involves CREBBP.
Can activate the transcriptional activity of TFF1. Also mediates membrane-initiated estrogen signaling involving various kinase cascades. Essential for MTA1-mediated transcriptional regulation of BRCA1 and BCAS3 .
PMID:17922032
Maintains neuronal survival in response to ischemic reperfusion injury when in the presence of circulating estradiol (17-beta-estradiol/E2) (By similarity)
Enzymes involved in drug metabolism — important for understanding drug interactions
ATC L02BA03
Chemical identifiers
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Chemical identifiers
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Fulvestrant
Additional database identifiers
Drugs Product Database (DPD)
13276
ChemSpider
94553
BindingDB
50169743
Guide to Pharmacology
1015
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:3467
GenAtlas
ESR1
GeneCards
ESR1
GenBank Gene Database
X03635
GenBank Protein Database
31234
Guide to Pharmacology
620
UniProt Accession
ESR1_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2637
GenAtlas
CYP3A4
GeneCards
CYP3A4
GenBank Gene Database
M18907
Guide to Pharmacology
1337
UniProt Accession
CP3A4_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:12530
GeneCards
UGT1A1
GenBank Gene Database
M57899
GenBank Protein Database
184473
Guide to Pharmacology
2990
UniProt Accession
UD11_HUMAN
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