| Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Breyanzi vs Rituxan
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AI compares prescribing info and payer-specific access barriers across 1,200+ formularies. Here's a preview of what prescribers are already asking.Safety signalsRituxan has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Breyanzi based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Rituxan but not Breyanzi, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Breyanzi
Rituxan
At A Glance
IV infusion
Single infusion
CD19-directed CAR T cell therapy
IV infusion
Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody
Indications
- Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- High grade B-cell lymphoma
- Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Lymphoma, Follicular
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Microscopic Polyarteritis
- Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Dosing
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, High grade B-cell lymphoma, Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-Cell Lymphoma (after one line of therapy) 90 to 110 x 10^6 CAR-positive viable T cells as a single IV infusion, administered 2 to 7 days after lymphodepleting chemotherapy (fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day IV and cyclophosphamide 300 mg/m2/day IV for 3 days).
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, High grade B-cell lymphoma, Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-Cell Lymphoma (after two or more lines of therapy) 50 to 110 x 10^6 CAR-positive viable T cells as a single IV infusion, administered 2 to 7 days after lymphodepleting chemotherapy (fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day IV and cyclophosphamide 300 mg/m2/day IV for 3 days).
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Lymphoma, Follicular, Mantle cell lymphoma, Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma 90 to 110 x 10^6 CAR-positive viable T cells as a single IV infusion, administered 2 to 7 days after lymphodepleting chemotherapy (fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day IV and cyclophosphamide 300 mg/m2/day IV for 3 days).
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin 375 mg/m2 IV; weekly for 4 or 8 doses for relapsed/refractory low-grade or follicular NHL; Day 1 of each chemotherapy cycle for up to 8 doses for previously untreated follicular or DLBCL; every 8 weeks for 12 doses as single-agent maintenance.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia 375 mg/m2 IV for 6 total infusions in combination with LMB chemotherapy (two doses during each of the two induction courses, one dose during each of the two consolidation courses) for pediatric patients aged 6 months and older.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 375 mg/m2 IV the day prior to initiation of cycle 1 FC chemotherapy, then 500 mg/m2 on Day 1 of cycles 2-6 every 28 days.
Rheumatoid Arthritis Two 1,000 mg IV infusions separated by 2 weeks per course in combination with methotrexate; subsequent courses every 24 weeks (no sooner than 16 weeks); premedicate with methylprednisolone 100 mg IV 30 minutes prior to each infusion.
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Microscopic Polyarteritis Induction: 375 mg/m2 IV once weekly for 4 weeks with glucocorticoids; follow-up: two 500 mg IV infusions separated by 2 weeks, then 500 mg IV every 6 months based on clinical evaluation.
Pemphigus Vulgaris Two 1,000 mg IV infusions separated by 2 weeks in combination with a tapering course of glucocorticoids; then 500 mg IV at Month 12 and every 6 months thereafter or based on clinical evaluation.
Contraindications
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Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=30%) fever, CRS, fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, nausea
Serious CRS, encephalopathy, febrile neutropenia, sepsis, pneumonia, fever, hemorrhage, renal failure, aphasia, delirium, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Postmarketing immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), T cell malignancies, blindness
Most common (>=25%) Infusion-related reactions, fever, lymphopenia, chills, infection, asthenia (in NHL); infusion-related reactions, neutropenia (in CLL)
Serious Fatal infusion-related reactions, severe mucocutaneous reactions, hepatitis B reactivation with fulminant hepatitis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, tumor lysis syndrome, sepsis, cardiovascular events, renal toxicity, bowel obstruction and perforation
Postmarketing Prolonged pancytopenia, fatal cardiac failure, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, severe mucocutaneous reactions, pyoderma gangrenosum, bowel obstruction and perforation, fatal bronchiolitis obliterans, fatal interstitial lung disease, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Pharmacology
BREYANZI is a CD19-directed genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy; CAR binding to CD19 on tumor and normal B cells triggers CD3 zeta-mediated activation and cytotoxic killing of target cells, while 4-1BB (CD137) costimulatory signaling enhances CAR T cell expansion and persistence.
Rituximab is a chimeric murine/human IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody that binds the CD20 antigen on pre-B and mature B-lymphocytes, mediating B-cell lysis via complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC).
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Breyanzi
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (0/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (0/12)
Rituxan
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (10/12) · Qty limit (0/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Breyanzi
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
Rituxan
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
Humana
Breyanzi
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (0/3)
Rituxan
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (3/3) · Qty limit (0/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableCancerCare: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
No savings programs available for Rituxan.
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