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: • Risk of Urinary Retention [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] • Risk of Use in Patients with Hepatic Impairment [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ] • Risk of Use in Patients with Biliary Disease [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3) ] • Decreased Gastrointestinal Motility [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4) ] • Risk of Angioedema [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5) ] • Risk of Use in Patients with Narrow-angle Glaucoma [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6) ] • Increases in Heart Rate [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7) ] • Anticholinergic Adverse Reactions in Patients with Renal Impairment [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8) ] • Central Nervous System Effects [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9) ] Most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥ 5% and at least twice placebo) were nausea, dyspepsia, constipation, vomiting, hypertension, abdominal pain, diarrhea, tachycardia, dizziness, and gastrointestinal reflux disease.
( 6.1 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Bristol-Myers Squibb at 1-800-721-5072 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.
COBENFY was evaluated for safety in a total of 1,594 subjects exposed to one or more doses, including 1,135 adult patients with schizophrenia and 389 healthy subjects.
A total of 347 COBENFY-treated patients had at least 6 months of exposure and 150 patients had at least 1 year of exposure (defined as ≥ 50 weeks) from open-label studies.
The adverse reaction findings are based on two pooled 5-week, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose studies in 504 adult patients with schizophrenia in which COBENFY or placebo was started at an initial dose of 50 mg/20 mg twice daily for the first 2 days followed by 100 mg/20 mg twice daily for the remainder of Week 1 (Days 3 to 7).
On Day 8, dosing was titrated to 125 mg/30 mg twice daily unless the patient could not tolerate it.
All patients had the option to return to 100 mg/20 mg twice daily for the remainder of the treatment period [see Clinical Studies (14) ] .
In the 5-week placebo-controlled studies, 6% of patients treated with COBENFY and 4% of placebo-treated patients discontinued participation due to adverse reactions.
Adverse reactions that led to study discontinuation in ≥1% of patients treated with COBENFY include nausea (2%) and vomiting (1%).
5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS • Risk of Urinary Retention: COBENFY can cause urinary retention.
Geriatric patients and patients with bladder outlet obstruction and incomplete bladder emptying are at increased risk.
Monitor patients for symptoms of acute urinary retention.
( 5.1 ) • Risk of Use in Patients with Hepatic Impairment: COBENFY is contraindicated in patients with moderate to severe hepatic impairment and is not recommended in patients with mild hepatic impairment.
( 5.2 ) • Risk of Use in Patients with Biliary Disease: Assess liver enzymes and bilirubin prior to initiating COBENFY and as clinically indicated.
Like all medications, Cobenfy 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: