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Vepdegestrant, a PROTAC Estrogen Receptor Degrader, in Advanced Breast Cancer

Academic source · New England Journal of Medicine

Source published: · Event / reporting date: 2025-05-31

Site published: 2026-11-04 · Updated: 2026-11-04

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What the paper reports

In the randomized phase 3 VERITAC-2 trial, vepdegestrant improved progression-free survival versus fulvestrant in the ESR1-mutated subgroup, but not significantly in the overall population. The trial enrolled 624 patients with previously treated ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer. Grade 3 or higher adverse events occurred more often with vepdegestrant.

Why this paper is included

Illustrates clinical validation of a PROTAC while showing why biomarker-defined outcomes and safety must be read alongside overall results.

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