What is eribulin used for?

Eribulin injection is used to treat breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and that has already been treated with certain other chemotherapy medications. Eribulin is in a class of anticancer medications called microtubule dynamics inhibitors. It works by stopping the growth and spread of cancer cells.

What type of chemo is eribulin?

Eribulin is a laboratory-made form of halichondrin B, a substance derived from a sea sponge. Similar to some other chemotherapy drugs, it targets the protein tubulin in cells, although it binds to tubulin in a different way, interfering with cancer cell division and growth.

How long is eribulin effective?

The mean duration of eribulin therapy reported in this study (5.5 months) was consistent with the median PFS observed.

How long does eribulin work for?

A cycle of eribulin lasts 21 days, with treatment given on days one and eight of the cycle.

How good is eribulin?

Eribulin has an average rating of 9.4 out of 10 from a total of 9 ratings for the treatment of Breast Cancer, Metastatic. 100% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 0% reported a negative effect.

What is Eribulin (Halaven)?

On January 28, 2016, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved eribulin (HALAVEN injection, Eisai Co., Ltd.) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic liposarcoma who have received a prior anthracycline-containing regimen.

What is the difference between eribulin and dacarbazine?

The trial met its primary endpoint based on demonstration of a statistically significant improvement in overall survival (OS) in the eribulin arm compared to the dacarbazine arm with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.75 (95% CI: 0.61, 0.94; p=0.011). The median OS was 13.5 months in the eribulin arm and 11.3 months in the dacarbazine arm.

What is Eribulin used for?

Eribulin is an anti-cancer (“antineoplastic” or “cytotoxic”) chemotherapy drug. This medication is classified as a “­­­­­­­­­non-taxane microtubule inhibitor”. (For more detail, see “How Eribulin Works” below) What Eribulin Is Used For: