| Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
Leukine vs Vanflyta
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Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Vanflyta but not Leukine, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Leukine
Vanflyta
At A Glance
IV infusion or SC injection
Once daily
GM-CSF
Oral
Once daily
FLT3 inhibitor
Indications
- Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Hodgkin Disease
- Hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome
- Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
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 Induction: 35.4 mg orally once daily on Days 8 to 21 of each 28-day cycle, up to 2 cycles with cytarabine and anthracycline; Consolidation: 35.4 mg once daily on Days 6 to 19 of each cycle, up to 4 cycles with high-dose cytarabine; Maintenance: 26.5 mg once daily (escalate to 53 mg on Day 15 if QTcF <=450 ms), continuous once-daily with no break for up to 36 cycles.
Contraindications
- History of serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, to sargramostim, yeast-derived products, or any component of the product
- Severe hypokalemia
- Severe hypomagnesemia
- Long QT syndrome
- History of ventricular arrhythmias or torsades de pointes
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 (>=10%) Febrile neutropenia, diarrhea, mucositis, nausea, sepsis, abdominal pain, vomiting, neutropenia, headache, upper respiratory tract infection, hypertransaminasemia, thrombocytopenia, fungal infection, herpesvirus infection, decreased appetite, epistaxis, insomnia, electrocardiogram QT prolonged, anemia, dyspepsia, eye irritation.
Serious Febrile neutropenia, sepsis, fungal infections, brain edema, pneumonia, cerebral infarction, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary embolism, ventricular dysfunction, cardiac arrest.
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.
Quizartinib is a small molecule inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinase FLT3; it and its active metabolite AC886 bind the ATP binding domain of FLT3, inhibiting kinase activity and downstream FLT3 receptor signaling, thereby blocking FLT3-ITD-dependent cell proliferation.
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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)
Vanflyta
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (11/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Leukine
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (1/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
Vanflyta
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (6/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (2/8)
Humana
Leukine
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (1/3) · Qty limit (1/3)
Vanflyta
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableCancerCare: Chemotherapy Induced Neutropenia
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
Cost estimate not availableAssistance Fund: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
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