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 elsewhere in the labeling: Serious Infections [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 )] Most common adverse reactions (incidence > 20% and independent of causality) are viral infections, sepsis, hemorrhage, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, neutropenia, pyrexia, fatigue and hypokalemia.
( 6.1 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Omeros Corporation at 1-844-YARTEM1 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch .
6.1 Clinical Trial 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.
The safety data described in this section reflect exposure to YARTEMLEA in the TA-TMA Study in which 28 adult patients received YARTEMLEA.
In total, 24 patients received YARTEMLEA at a dose of 4 mg/kg intravenously once weekly for 4 or 8 weeks and 4 patients received 370 mg intravenously weekly for 8 weeks [see Clinical Studies ( 14 )] .
The median duration of treatment with YARTEMLEA was 8 weeks (range: 2 to 16.4 weeks).
Serious adverse reactions were reported in 61% of patients receiving YARTEMLEA.
Serious adverse reactions in > 5% of patients who received YARTEMLEA included acute kidney injury, confusional state, acute respiratory failure, neutropenic sepsis, septic shock, pulmonary edema, and vomiting.
Fatal adverse reactions occurred in 7% of patients, including neutropenic sepsis and septic shock.
Adverse reactions leading to dosage interruptions occurred in 7% of patients who received YARTEMLEA and included Escherichia sepsis, pyrexia, pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage, and acute myocardial infarction.
5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Serious infections: Monitor patients for signs/symptoms and treat appropriately.
( 5.1 ) 5.1 Serious Infections Serious and life-threatening infections have occurred in patients treated with YARTEMLEA.
Serious infections, independent of causality, were reported in 36% (10/28) of patients with TA-TMA receiving YARTEMLEA in clinical trials.
These infections included sepsis, viral infections, pneumonia, bacteremia, fungal infection, gastroenteritis, respiratory tract infection and urosepsis.
If YARTEMLEA is administered to patients with active infections, monitor closely for signs and symptoms of worsening infection and treat promptly.
Like all medications, Yartemlea 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: