Title:First Approval of Elacestrant as a Selective Estrogen Receptor
Degrader for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Volume: 31
Issue: 7
Author(s): Surya K. De*
Affiliation:
- Department of Chemistry, Conju-Probe, San Diego, California, USA
- Bharath University, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, 600126, India
Keywords:
Selective estrogen receptor degraders, elacestrant, giredestrant, fulvestrant tamoxifen, endocrine therapy, estrogen receptor 1 gene.
Abstract: Elacestrant was approved by the US FDA on January 27, 2023, for treating
postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-
negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression
prior to using at least one line of endocrine therapy. In this short perspective, physicochemical
properties, dosage and administration, mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics,
pharmacokinetics, drug interaction, and treatment-related adverse reactions of elacestrant
are summarized.