| Malignant neoplasm of breast

Verzenio vs Talzenna

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Safety signalsTalzenna has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Verzenio based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Talzenna but not Verzenio, including UnitedHealthcare
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Verzenio
Talzenna
At A Glance
Oral
Twice daily
CDK4/6 inhibitor
Oral
Daily
PARP inhibitor
Indications
  • Malignant neoplasm of breast
  • Carcinoma breast stage IV
  • Malignant neoplasm of breast
  • Hormone refractory prostate cancer
Dosing
Malignant neoplasm of breast 150 mg orally twice daily in combination with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor for 2 years as adjuvant treatment (or until disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity).
Carcinoma breast stage IV 150 mg orally twice daily in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (initial therapy) or fulvestrant (after endocrine therapy progression); 200 mg orally twice daily as monotherapy (after endocrine therapy and prior chemotherapy); continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Malignant neoplasm of breast 1 mg orally once daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Hormone refractory prostate cancer 0.5 mg orally once daily with enzalutamide until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity; patients should also receive a GnRH analog concurrently or have had bilateral orchiectomy.
Contraindications
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Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=20%) diarrhea, neutropenia, nausea, abdominal pain, infections, fatigue, anemia, leukopenia, decreased appetite, vomiting, headache, alopecia, thrombocytopenia
Serious neutropenia, diarrhea, interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis, hepatotoxicity, venous thromboembolism
Postmarketing interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis
Most common (>=20%) Fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, alopecia, decreased appetite, hemoglobin decreased, neutrophils decreased, lymphocytes decreased, platelets decreased
Serious Anemia, pyrexia
Pharmacology
Abemaciclib is an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6); in ER-positive breast cancer cells, it blocks Rb phosphorylation and cell cycle progression from G1 into S phase, resulting in senescence and apoptosis.
Talazoparib is an inhibitor of PARP enzymes (PARP1 and PARP2) involved in DNA repair; it induces cytotoxicity in cancer cells with DNA repair gene defects through inhibition of PARP enzymatic activity and increased formation of PARP-DNA complexes, resulting in DNA damage, decreased cell proliferation, and apoptosis.
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Anthem BCBS
Verzenio
  • Covered on 5 commercial plans
  • PA (11/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
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Talzenna
  • Covered on 5 commercial plans
  • PA (11/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (12/12)
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UnitedHealthcare
Verzenio
  • Covered on 4 commercial plans
  • PA (8/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (7/8)
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Talzenna
  • Covered on 4 commercial plans
  • PA (8/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (4/8)
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Humana
Verzenio
  • Covered on 0 commercial plans
  • PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (2/3)
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Talzenna
  • Covered on 0 commercial plans
  • PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (2/3)
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Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableAssistance Fund: Breast Cancer
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
No savings programs available for Talzenna.
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