Getting Started with REVLIMID®
REVLIMID®
is used with dexamethasone to treat patients with multiple myeloma who have already
had another treatment.
Female patients must not get pregnant.
Female patients who are pregnant or who plan to become pregnant must not take REVLIMID®. Female patients who can get pregnant
will get regular pregnancy testing. Female patients who can become pregnant must
agree to use 2 separate forms of effective birth control at the same time, 4 weeks
before, while taking, and for 4 weeks after stopping REVLIMID®.
It is not known if REVLIMID®
passes into semen.
Male patients, including those who have had a vasectomy, must use a latex condom
during any sexual contact with a pregnant female or a female that can become pregnant
while taking REVLIMID® and for
4 weeks after stopping REVLIMID®.
REVLIMID®,
in combination with dexamethasone, was studied in 2 large clinical trials, involving
nearly 700 patients who had relapsed after at least one prior therapy.
The following topics are important to patients taking
REVLIMID®, as well as their caregivers:
- How to take
REVLIMID®
Look here for information on REVLIMID®
dosing, what to do if you miss a dose, required blood testing, and more.
- Understanding
side effects
REVLIMID® carries a risk of side
effects. Learn the signs of these side effects, and what to do if you think you
are experiencing side effects.
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REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide) in combination with dexamethasone is indicated for the treatment
of multiple myeloma patients who have received at least one prior therapy.
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REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide) is indicated for patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to
Low- or Intermediate-1–risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a deletion
5q cytogenetic abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities.
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Important Safety Information
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REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide) in combination with dexamethasone is indicated for the treatment
of multiple myeloma patients who have received at least one prior therapy.
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REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide) is indicated for patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to
Low- or Intermediate-1–risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a deletion
5q cytogenetic abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities.
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Important Safety Information
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ADDITIONAL WARNINGS: HEMATOLOGIC
TOXICITY
Multiple Myeloma
- In the pooled multiple myeloma studies, Grade 3 and 4 hematologic
toxicities were more frequent in patients treated with the combination of REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone
than in patients treated with dexamethasone alone
- Patients on therapy should have their complete blood counts monitored
every 2 weeks for the first 12 weeks and then monthly thereafter
- Patients may require dose interruption and/or dose reduction
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
Pregnancy Category X:
- Lenalidomide is contraindicated in pregnant women and women capable
of becoming pregnant. When there is no alternative, females of childbearing potential
may be treated with lenalidomide provided adequate precautions are taken to avoid
pregnancy
Hypersensitivity:
- REVLIMID® (lenalidomide)
is contraindicated in any patients who have demonstrated hypersensitivity to the
drug or its components
PRECAUTIONS:
Angioedema, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis:
- Angioedema and serious dermatologic reactions including Stevens-Johnson
syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) have been reported. These events
can be fatal. Patients with a prior history of Grade 4 rash associated with thalidomide
treatment should not receive REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide). REVLIMID® (lenalidomide)
interruption or discontinuation should be considered for Grade 2-3 skin rash. REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) must be discontinued
for angioedema, Grade 4 rash, exfoliative or bullous rash, or if SJS or TEN is suspected,
and should not be resumed following discontinuation for these reactions
Tumor Lysis Syndrome:
- Lenalidomide has antineoplastic activity and therefore the complications
of tumor lysis syndrome may occur. The patients at risk of tumor lysis syndrome
are those with high tumor burden prior to treatment. These patients should be monitored
closely and appropriate precautions taken
Renal impairment:
- Since lenalidomide is primarily excreted unchanged by the kidney,
adjustments to the starting dose of REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide) are recommended to provide appropriate drug exposure in patients
with moderate or severe (CLcr < 60 mL/min) renal impairment and in patients
on dialysis
- Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal
function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it would be prudent to monitor
renal function
Nursing mothers: It is not known
whether REVLIMID® (lenalidomide)
is excreted in human milk.
- Because of the potential for adverse reactions in nursing infants,
a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or the drug, taking into
account the importance of the drug to the mother
ADVERSE REACTIONS:
Multiple Myeloma
- In the REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide)/dexamethasone treatment group, 151 patients (45%) underwent at least
one dose interruption with or without a dose reduction of REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) compared to 21% in the placebo/dexamethasone
treatment group
- Of these patients who had one dose interruption with or without
a dose reduction, 50% in the REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide)/dexamethasone treatment group underwent at least one additional dose
interruption with or without a dose reduction compared to 21% in the placebo/dexamethasone
treatment group
- Most adverse events and Grade 3/4 adverse events were more frequent
in MM patients who received the combination of REVLIMID®
(lenalidomide)/dexamethasone compared to placebo/dexamethasone
Other adverse events reported in multiple myeloma
patients (REVLIMID® (lenalidomide)/dexamethasone
vs dexamethasone/placebo): constipation (39% vs 19%), fatigue (38% vs 37%),
insomnia (32% vs 37%), muscle cramp (30% vs 21%), diarrhea (29% vs 25%), neutropenia
(28% vs 5%), anemia (24% vs 17%), asthenia (23% vs 25%), pyrexia (23% vs 19%), nausea
(22% vs 19%), headache (21% vs 21%), peripheral edema (21% vs 19%), dizziness (21%
vs 15%), dyspnea (20% vs 15%), tremor (20% vs 7%), decreased weight (18% vs 14%),
thrombocytopenia (17% vs 10%), rash (16% vs 8%), back pain (15% vs 14%), hyperglycemia
(15% vs 14%), and muscle weakness (15% vs 15%).
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Thrombocytopenia (61.5%; 91/148) and neutropenia (58.8%; 87/148)
were the most frequently reported adverse events observed in the del 5q MDS population
Other adverse reactions reported in del 5q MDS patients
(REVLIMID® (lenalidomide)):
diarrhea (49%), pruritus (42%), rash (36%), fatigue (31%), constipation (24%), nausea
(24%), nasopharyngitis (23%), arthralgia (22%), pyrexia (21%), back pain (21%),
peripheral edema (20%), cough (20%), dizziness (20%), headache (20%), muscle cramp
(18%), dyspnea (17%), and pharyngitis (16%).
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:
- Dosing is continued or modified based upon clinical and laboratory
findings. Dosing modifications are recommended to manage Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia
or thrombocytopenia or other Grade 3 or 4 toxicity judged to be related to REVLIMID® (lenalidomide)
- For other Grade 3 or 4 toxicities judged to be related to REVLIMID® (lenalidomide), hold treatment and
restart at next lower dose level when toxicity has resolved to less than or equal
to Grade 2
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and ADVERSE REACTIONS.
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