injected subcutaneous Herception vs Iv herceptin

[dchips1]

http://www.roche.com/investors/ir_update/inv-update-2012-03-23.htm

http://seekingalpha.com/article/300588-halozyme-gets-good-news-from-roche-s-subcutaneous-herceptin-phase-3-trial

http://www.thepharmaletter.com/file/112096/injectable-herceptin-set-to-transform-breast-cancer-care-says-roche.html

[Rich66]

Phase 3 HannaH trial, conducted by Roche (RHHBY.PK (http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/rhhby.pk)), showed that women with HER2-positive early breast cancer who received a new, investigational subcutaneous (SC) injection of Herceptin® (trastuzumab), experienced comparable results to Herceptin given as an intravenous (IV) infusion. The SC administration takes around 5 minutes to administer whereas the IV formulation (the current standard) takes around 30 minutes to infuse. Since the subcutaneous administration is an injection under the skin it may allow patients to spend less time in hospital receiving their treatment versus the intravenous method. The ready to use formulation may also significantly reduce pharmacy time as no medicine preparation time is required.

So...still has to be given by Onco nurse?

[Ellie F]

Bet it would be easy to train patients to administer themselves provided not squemish!!! I gave myself neulasta so same principle but over 5 mins. Bring it on!!
Ellie