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 serious adverse reactions are discussed elsewhere in the label: QT Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes [see Boxed Warning , Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] Severe Skin Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ] Interstitial Lung Disease [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3) ] Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4) ] Hemorrhage [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5) ] Heart Failure [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6) ] Diarrhea [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7) ] Hypothyroidism [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8) ] Hypertension [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9) ] Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome [see Warnings and Precautions (5.10) ] Renal Failure [see Warnings and Precautions (5.12) ] Embryo-Fetal Toxicity [see Warnings and Precautions (5.15) ] Osteonecrosis [see Warnings and Precautions (5.16) ] The most common adverse drug reactions (>20%) seen with CAPRELSA and with a between-arm difference of ≥5 % have been diarrhea/colitis, rash, acneiform dermatitis, hypertension, nausea, headache, upper respiratory tract infections, decreased appetite and abdominal pain.
( 6 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, Contact Sanofi Genzyme at 1-800-633-1610 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.
Patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic medullary thyroid cancer were treated with CAPRELSA 300 mg (n=231) or Placebo (n=99).
The population exposed to CAPRELSA was 58% male, 94% white, and had a median age of 50 years.
The data described below reflect a median exposure to CAPRELSA for 607 days.
The most commonly reported adverse drug reactions which occurred in >20% of CAPRELSA-treated patients and with a between-arm difference of ≥5% included, in order of decreasing frequency: diarrhea/colitis, rash, acneiform dermatitis, hypertension, nausea, headache, upper respiratory tract infection, decreased appetite, and abdominal pain.
Among CAPRELSA-treated patients, dose interruption occurred in 109 (47%) and dose reduction occurred in 83 (36%).
Adverse reactions led to study treatment discontinuation in 28 of 231 patients (12%) receiving CAPRELSA and in 3 of 99 patients (3.0%) receiving placebo.
Adverse reactions leading to permanent discontinuation in 2 or more (≥0.9%) patients treated with CAPRELSA were: asthenia (1.7%), rash (1.7%), diarrhea (0.9%), fatigue (0.9%), pyrexia (0.9%), elevated creatinine (0.9%), QT prolongation (0.9%), and hypertension (0.9%).
5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Prolonged QT interval, torsades de pointes, and sudden death: Monitor electrocardiograms and levels of serum potassium, calcium, magnesium and TSH.
Reduce CAPRELSA dose as appropriate.
( 2.1 , 5.1 ) Severe skin reactions, including toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, some fatal.
Discontinue CAPRELSA for severe skin reactions.
( 2.1 , 5.2 ) Interstitial lung disease (ILD), including fatalities: investigate unexplained non-specific respiratory signs and symptoms.
Like all medications, Caprelsa 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: