| Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Mavenclad vs Ocrevus
Side-by-side clinical, coverage, and cost comparison for multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting.Deep comparison between: Mavenclad vs Ocrevus with Prescriber.AI
AI compares prescribing info and payer-specific access barriers across 1,200+ formularies. Here's a preview of what prescribers are already asking.Safety signalsOcrevus has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Mavenclad based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Ocrevus but not Mavenclad, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Mavenclad
Ocrevus
At A Glance
Oral
2 yearly treatment courses
Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor
IV infusion
Every 6 months
CD20 antagonist
Indications
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
- Multiple Sclerosis, Secondary Progressive
- Clinically isolated syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
- Multiple Sclerosis, Primary Progressive
Dosing
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Multiple Sclerosis, Secondary Progressive Cumulative dose of 3.5 mg/kg administered orally, divided into 2 yearly treatment courses (1.75 mg/kg per course); each course consists of 2 cycles of 4 to 5 consecutive days of dosing; no more than 2 tablets (20 mg) per day; do not administer additional treatment during the 2 years following completion of 2 courses.
Clinically isolated syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Multiple Sclerosis, Primary Progressive Initial dose: 300 mg IV infusion, followed two weeks later by a second 300 mg IV infusion; subsequent doses: 600 mg IV infusion every 6 months.
Contraindications
- Current malignancy
- Pregnancy, or women or men of reproductive potential not using effective contraception during dosing and for 6 months after the last dose in each treatment course
- HIV infection
- Active chronic infections (e.g., hepatitis or tuberculosis)
- History of hypersensitivity to cladribine
- Breastfeeding on a treatment day and for 10 days after the last dose
- Active HBV infection
- History of life-threatening infusion reaction to OCREVUS
Adverse Reactions
Most common (>20%) Upper respiratory tract infection, headache, lymphopenia
Serious Malignancies, teratogenicity, lymphopenia, infections, hematologic toxicity, graft-versus-host disease with blood transfusion, liver injury, hypersensitivity, cardiac failure, seizures, myelodysplastic syndrome
Postmarketing Nocardiosis, varicella zoster, histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, toxoplasmosis, liver injury
Most common (>=10%) Upper respiratory tract infections, infusion reactions, skin infections, lower respiratory tract infections
Serious Infusion reactions, infections, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, reduction in immunoglobulins, malignancies, immune-mediated colitis, liver injury
Postmarketing Immune-mediated colitis, liver injury, serious herpes infections, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, babesiosis, pyoderma gangrenosum
Pharmacology
Cladribine is a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor that exerts cytotoxic effects on B and T lymphocytes through impairment of DNA synthesis, resulting in depletion of lymphocytes; this lymphocyte-depleting mechanism is thought to underlie its therapeutic effects in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.
CD20 antagonist; ocrelizumab is a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody that binds to CD20 on pre-B and mature B lymphocytes, resulting in antibody-dependent cellular cytolysis and complement-mediated lysis.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Mavenclad
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (10/12) · Qty limit (9/12)
Ocrevus
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (10/12) · Qty limit (9/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Mavenclad
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (4/8) · Step Therapy (4/8) · Qty limit (4/8)
Ocrevus
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
Humana
Mavenclad
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (3/3) · Qty limit (1/3)
Ocrevus
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (3/3) · Qty limit (2/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableAccessia Health: Multiple Sclerosis - Private Insurance: Waitlist
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
Cost estimate not availableAccessia Health: Multiple Sclerosis - Private Insurance: Waitlist
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
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Clinical data sourced from FDA-approved labeling. Coverage data via MMIT. Updated monthly.