RSE REACTIONS
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.
The safety of ISTODAX was eva luated in 185 patients with CTCL in 2 single arm clinical studies in which patents received a starting dose of 14 mg/m2. The mean duration of treatment in these studies was 5.6 months (range: <1 to 83.4 months).
Common Adverse Reactions
Table 1 summarizes the most frequent adverse reactions (> 20%) regardless of causality using the National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE, Version 3.0). Due to methodological differences between the studies, the AE data are presented separately for Study 1 and Study 2. Adverse reactions are ranked by their incidence in Study 1. Laboratory abnormalities commonly reported (>20%) as adverse reactions are included in Table 1.
Table 1. Adverse Reactions Occurring in >20% of Patients in Either CTCL Study (N=185) Adverse Reactions n (%) Study 1
(n=102) Study 2
(n=83)
All Grade 3 or 4 All Grade 3 or 4
Any adverse reaction 99 (97) 36 (35) 83 (100) 68 (82)
Nausea 57 (56) 3 (3) 71 (86) 5 (6)
Asthenia/fatigue 54 (53) 8 (8) 64 (77) 12 (14)
Infections 47 (46) 11 (11) 45 (54) 27 (33)
Vomiting 35 (34) 1 (<1) 43 (52) 8 (10)
Anorexia 23 (23) 1 (<1) 45 (54) 3 (4)
Hypomagnesemia 22 (22) 1 (<1) 23 (28) 0
Diarrhea 20 (20) 1 (<1) 22 (7) 1 (1)
Pyrexia 20 (20) 4 (4) 19 (23) 1 (1)
Anemia 19 (19) 3 (3) 60 (72) 13 (16)
Thrombocytopenia 17 (17) 0 54 (65) 12 (14)
Dysgeusia 15 (15) 0 33 (40) 0
Constipation 12 (12) 2 (2) 32 (39) 1 (1)
Neutropenia 11 (11) 4 (4) 47 (57) 22 (27)
Hypotension 7 (7) 3 (3) 19 (23) 3 (4)
Pruritus 7 (7) 0 26 (31) 5 (6)
Hypokalemia 6 (6) 0 17 (20) 2 (2)
Dermatitis/Exfoliative dermatitis 4 (4) 1 (<1) 22 (27) 7 (8)
Hypocalcemia 4 (4) 0 43 (52) 5 (6)
Leukopenia 4 (4) 0 38 (46) 18 (22)
Lymphopenia 4 (4) 0 47 (57) 31 (37)
Alanine aminotransferase increased 3 (3) 0 18 (22) 2 (2)
Aspartate aminotransferase increased 3 (3) 0 23 (28) 3 (4)
Hypoalbuminemia 3 (3) 1 (<1) 40 (48) 3 (4)
Electrocardiogram ST-T wave changes 2 (2) 0 52 (63) 0
Hyperglycemia 2 (2) 2 (2) 42 (51) 1 (1)
Hyponatremia 1 (<1) 1 (<1) 17 (20) 2 (2)
Hypermagnesemia 0 0 22 (27) 7 (8)
Hypophosphatemia 0 0 22 (27) 8 (10)
Hyperuricemia 0 0 27 (33) 7 (8)
Serious Adverse Reactions
Serious adverse reactions reported in > 2% of patients in Study 1 were infection, sepsis, and pyrexia. In Study 2, serious adverse reactions in > 2% of patients were infection, supraventricular arrhythmia, neutropenia, fatigue, edema, central line infection, ventricular arrhythmia, nausea, pyrexia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia.
Most deaths were due to disease progression. In Study 1, there were two deaths due to cardiopulmonary failure and acute renal failure. In Study 2, there were six deaths due to infection (4), myocardial ischemia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Discontinuations
Discontinuation due to an adverse event occurred in 21% of patients in Study 1 and 11% in Study 2. Discontinuations occurring in at least 2% of patients in either study included infection, fatigue, QT prolongation, and dyspnea.
7 DRUG INTERACTIONS
7.1 Coumadin or Coumadin Derivatives
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