How will I receive
treatment with TRAZIMERA?

  • TRAZIMERA is given by a healthcare provider as an intravenous (IV) infusion. That means you get TRAZIMERA through a needle in your vein

 

How often do I have
to receive TRAZIMERA?

  • Depending on your specific type of cancer, you may receive TRAZIMERA weekly or once every 3 weeks with or without additional treatment you may be prescribed

  • If you have questions about how often you'll receive TRAZIMERA, speak with your healthcare team

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Adjuvant Early Breast Cancer Treatment

Over the course of a year, in 1 of 2 ways:

  • During and after a chemotherapy regimen, 30- to 90-minute sessions once a week to every 3 weeks

  • By itself within 3 weeks of completing a chemotherapy regimen, 30- to 90-minute sessions every 3 weeks

Metastatic Breast Cancer

In 1 of 2 ways, until disease progression:

  • Together with a chemotherapy called paclitaxel, a 90-minute dosing session followed by 30-minute sessions every week

  • By itself, a 90-minute dosing session followed by 30-minute sessions every week

Metastatic Gastric Cancer

  • 30- to 90-minute dosing sessions every 3 weeks until disease progression in conjunction with a chemotherapy regimen

Possible serious side effects of TRAZIMERA

Not all people have serious side effects, but side effects with trastuzumab-product therapy are common. Although some people may have a life-threatening side effect, most do not. Your doctor will stop treatment if any serious side effects occur.

Be sure to contact your doctor if you are experiencing any of the following:

Heart problems

This includes congestive heart failure or reduced heart function—with or without symptoms. Symptoms may include shortness of breath, cough, swelling of the ankles/legs, swelling of the face, palpitations, rapid weight gain, dizziness, or loss of consciousness.

Infusion reactions

A reaction to your infusion of TRAZIMERA. Symptoms may happen within 24 hours after receiving treatment and can include fever and chills, feeling sick to your stomach (nausea), throwing up (vomiting), pain (in some cases at tumor sites), headache, dizziness, shortness of breath, low blood pressure, rash, or weakness.

Be sure to contact your doctor if you:

Are a woman who could become pregnant or may be pregnant

Use of trastuzumab products may result in the death of an unborn baby or birth defects. Contraception should be used while receiving TRAZIMERA and for 7 months after your last dose of TRAZIMERA.

Have any signs of severe lung problems

Including:

  • Severe shortness of breath

  • Fluid in or around the lungs

  • Weakening of the valve between the heart and the lungs

  • Not enough oxygen in the body

  • Swelling of the lungs

  • Scarring of the lungs

Your doctor may check for signs of severe lung problems when he or she examines you.

Have low white blood cell counts

Low white blood cell counts can be life-threatening. Low white blood cell counts were seen more often in patients receiving trastuzumab plus chemotherapy than in patients receiving chemotherapy alone.

Your doctor may check for signs of low white blood cell counts when he or she examines you.

Discuss your TRAZIMERA treatment schedule with your healthcare provider. 

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