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Leukine vs Rydapt

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Safety signalsRydapt has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Leukine based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Rydapt but not Leukine, including UnitedHealthcare
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Leukine
Rydapt
At A Glance
IV infusion or SC injection
Once daily
GM-CSF
Oral
Twice daily
Multi-kinase inhibitor
Indications
  • Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia
  • Hodgkin Disease
  • Hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome
  • Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
  • Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis
  • Systemic mastocytosis with associated clonal, hematologic non-mast-cell lineage disease
  • Leukemia, Mast-Cell
Dosing
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute 250 mcg/m2/day IV over a 4-hour period starting day 11 or four days after induction chemotherapy completion; continue until ANC >1500 cells/mm3 for 3 consecutive days or up to 42 days.
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Acute lymphocytic leukemia, Hodgkin Disease 250 mcg/m2/day IV over 24 hours or SC once daily beginning immediately following progenitor cell infusion; continue until ANC >1500 cells/mm3 for three consecutive days.
Autologous or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation 250 mcg/m2/day IV over a 2-hour period beginning 2-4 hours after bone marrow infusion; continue until ANC >1500 cells/mm3 for three consecutive days.
Delayed neutrophil recovery or graft failure 250 mcg/m2/day for 14 days as a 2-hour IV infusion; may repeat after 7 days off therapy if neutrophil recovery has not occurred, up to three courses.
Hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome SC injection once daily: 7 mcg/kg for adults and pediatric patients >40 kg, 10 mcg/kg for pediatric patients 15-40 kg, 12 mcg/kg for pediatric patients <15 kg; continue until ANC >1000/mm3 for three consecutive CBCs.
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute 50 mg orally twice daily with food on Days 8 to 21 of each induction cycle with cytarabine and daunorubicin and on Days 8 to 21 of each consolidation cycle with high-dose cytarabine.
Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis, Systemic mastocytosis with associated clonal, hematologic non-mast-cell lineage disease, Leukemia, Mast-Cell 100 mg orally twice daily with food; continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Contraindications
  • History of serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, to sargramostim, yeast-derived products, or any component of the product
  • Hypersensitivity to midostaurin or any excipient, including reactions such as anaphylactic shock, dyspnea, flushing, chest pain, and angioedema
Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=10%) Fever, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, rash, alopecia, stomatitis, asthenia, malaise, anorexia, edema, headache, chills, peripheral edema, dyspnea
Serious Hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis, infusion-related reactions, severe myelosuppression, effusions, capillary leak syndrome, supraventricular arrhythmias, leukocytosis
Postmarketing Infusion-related reactions, serious allergic reactions including anaphylaxis, effusions, capillary leak syndrome, supraventricular arrhythmias, leukocytosis including eosinophilia, thromboembolic events, injection site reactions
Most common (>=20%) - AML Febrile neutropenia, nausea, mucositis, vomiting, headache, petechiae, musculoskeletal pain, epistaxis, device-related infection, hyperglycemia, ECG QT prolonged, upper respiratory tract infections
Most common (>=20%) - Systemic Mastocytosis Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, edema, musculoskeletal pain, abdominal pain, fatigue, upper respiratory tract infection, constipation, pyrexia, headache, dyspnea
Serious Pulmonary toxicity, febrile neutropenia, sepsis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, pneumonia, cardiac events
Postmarketing Interstitial lung disease, acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet syndrome)
Pharmacology
Sargramostim (GM-CSF) is a colony-stimulating factor that supports survival, clonal expansion, and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells, inducing partially committed progenitors to divide and differentiate into granulocyte-macrophage pathways including neutrophils, monocytes/macrophages, and myeloid-derived dendritic cells; it can also activate mature granulocytes and macrophages and promote proliferation of megakaryocytic and erythroid progenitors.
Midostaurin is a multi-kinase inhibitor that inhibits wild type and mutant FLT3, KIT (wild type and D816V), PDGFRalpha/beta, and members of the PKC serine/threonine kinase family, inducing apoptosis in leukemic cells expressing FLT3 mutations and inhibiting KIT signaling and histamine release in mast cells.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Leukine
  • Covered on 5 commercial plans
  • PA (11/12) · Step Therapy (6/12) · Qty limit (0/12)
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No coverage data available for Rydapt.
UnitedHealthcare
Leukine
  • Covered on 4 commercial plans
  • PA (1/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
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No coverage data available for Rydapt.
Humana
Leukine
  • Covered on 0 commercial plans
  • PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (1/3) · Qty limit (1/3)
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No coverage data available for Rydapt.
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableCancerCare: Chemotherapy Induced Neutropenia
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
$25/momo
Novartis Oncology Universal Co-pay Program: Rydapt
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
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