Complete adverse effect profile including incidence rates and management
Important Safety Information
This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. Contact your healthcare provider if you experience any unexpected symptoms. For serious or life-threatening side effects, seek emergency medical attention immediately.
6 ADVERSE REACTIONS The following clinically significant adverse reactions are described in detail in other sections of the prescribing information: Embryo-Fetal Toxicity [see Boxed Warning , Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 , 5.2 )] Hematologic Toxicity [see Boxed Warning , Warnings and Precautions ( 5.3 )] Venous and Arterial Thromboembolism [see Boxed Warning , Warnings and Precautions ( 5.4 )] Increased Mortality in Patients with CLL [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.5 )] Second Primary Malignancies [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.6 )] Increased Mortality in Patients with MM When Pembrolizumab Is Added to a Thalidomide Analogue and Dexamethasone [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.7 )] Hepatotoxicity [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.8 )] Severe Cutaneous Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.9 )] Tumor Lysis Syndrome [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.10 )] Tumor Flare Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.11 )] Impaired Stem Cell Mobilization [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.12 )] Thyroid Disorders [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.13 )] Early Mortality in Patients with MCL [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.14 )] Hypersensitivity [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.15 )] MM: Most common adverse reactions (≥20%) include diarrhea, fatigue, anemia, constipation, neutropenia, leukopenia, peripheral edema, insomnia, muscle cramp/spasms, abdominal pain, back pain, nausea, asthenia, pyrexia, upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, nasopharyngitis, gastroenteritis, cough, rash, dyspnea, dizziness, decreased appetite, thrombocytopenia, and tremor ( 6.1 ).
MDS: Most common adverse reactions (>15%) include thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, diarrhea, pruritus, rash, fatigue, constipation, nausea, nasopharyngitis, arthralgia, pyrexia, back pain, peripheral edema, cough, dizziness, headache, muscle cramp, dyspnea, pharyngitis, and epistaxis ( 6.1 ).
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL: MCL): Most common adverse reactions (≥15%) included neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, leukopenia, diarrhea, constipation, nausea, fatigue, pyrexia, cough, upper respiratory tract infection, and rash ( 6.1 ).
To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS contact Teva at 1-888-838-2872 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
6.1 Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.
Newly Diagnosed MM – Lenalidomide Capsules Combination Therapy: Data were evaluated from 1613 patients in a large phase 3 study who received at least one dose of lenalidomide with low dose dexamethasone (Rd) given for 2 different durations of time (i.e., until progressive disease [Arm Rd Continuous;
N=532] or for up to eighteen 28-day cycles [72 weeks, Arm Rd18;
N=540] or who received melphalan, prednisone and thalidomide (Arm MPT;
N=541) for a maximum of twelve 42-day cycles (72 weeks).
The median treatment duration in the Rd Continuous arm was 80.2 weeks (range 0.7 to 246.7) or 18.4 months (range 0.16 to 56.7).
5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Increased Mortality: serious and fatal cardiac adverse reactions occurred in patients with CLL treated with lenalidomide capsules ( 5.5 ).
Second Primary Malignancies (SPM): Higher incidences of SPM were observed in controlled trials of patients with MM receiving lenalidomide capsules ( 5.6 ).
Increased Mortality: Observed in patients with MM when pembrolizumab was added to dexamethasone and a thalidomide analogue ( 5.7 ).
Hepatotoxicity: Hepatic failure including fatalities;
monitor liver function.
Like all medications, Lenalidomide can cause side effects. However, not everyone who takes this medication will experience them. Many side effects are dose-dependent and may improve as your body adjusts to the medication. Others may require dose adjustment or medical attention.
Contact your healthcare provider promptly if you experience:
Seek immediate emergency medical care if you experience signs of: