Euroopan komissio on myöntänyt ehdollisen myyntiluvan Takedan NINLARO-kapseleille (iksatsomibi), jota käytetään multippelin myelooman hoitoon osana kolmen lääkkeen yhdistelmähoitoa. Tämän yhdistelmän käyttö pidentää merkittävästi aikaa, jolloin tauti ei etene, kun sitä verrataan kahden lääkkeen yhdistelmään. Lisäksi kaikki kolme lääkettä voidaan ottaa suun kautta.
Euroopan lääkevirasto EMA on 24.11.2016 myöntänyt Takedan NINLARO-valmisteelle (iksatsomibi) myyntiluvan multippelin myelooman hoitoon. Multippeli myelooma on harvinainen verisyövän muoto, ja siihen sairastuu Suomessa vuosittain noin 360 potilasta.
NINLARO on hyväksytty sellaisten multippelia myeloomaa sairastavien potilaiden hoitoon, jotka ovat saaneet vähintään yhtä aiempaa hoitoa. Sitä käytetään yhdessä kahden muun lääkkeen, lenalidomidin ja deksametasonin, kanssa. Kliininen TOURMALINE-MM1-tutkimus, johon EMA:n hyväksyntä perustuu, osoittaa, että etenemisvapaan elossaoloajan mediaani pitenee melkein kuudella kuukaudella, kun NINLARO lisätään lenalidomidi- ja deksametasonihoitoon (verrattuna lumelääkkeeseen, lenalidomidiin ja deksametasoniin).
Etenemisvapaan elossaoloajan merkittävän pitenemisen lisäksi kliininen tutkimus osoitti, että haittavaikutukset lisääntyivät vain hyvin vähän, kun NINLARO lisättiin hoitoon kahden lääkkeen (lenalidomidin ja deksametasonin) ja lumen yhdistelmään verrattuna.
NINLARO on proteasomin estäjä, ja se vaikuttaa salpaamalla entsyymien pääsyn myeloomasoluihin ja siten estämällä solujen selviytymisen. NINLARO on ensimmäinen suun kautta otettava proteasomin estäjä, jolle EMA myöntää myyntiluvan. Näin ollen NINLARO-valmisteen käyttö mahdollistaa kokonaan suun kautta otettavan yhdistelmähoidon yhdessä lenalidomidin ja deksametasonin kanssa. Muita proteasomin estäjiä käytetään vain injektioina tai infuusioina, jotka annetaan kerran tai kahdesti viikossa. Tällainen hoito kuluttaa huomattavasti potilaiden aikaa.
NINLARO-valmisteen kliininen TOURMALINE-tutkimusohjelma sisältää Tourmaline-MM1-tutkimuksen lisäksi kolme käynnissä olevaa tutkimusta, joissa tarkastellaan suurempaa joukkoa multippelia myeloomaa sairastavia potilaita, sekä yhden tutkimuksen, jonka koehenkilöt sairastavat refraktaarista systeemistä kevytketjuamyloidoosia. Lisäarviointeja on suunnitteilla, ja niiden tavoitteena on selvitellä pitkän ajan tuloksia. Kokonaiselinaikaa käsitteleviä seuranta-analyysejä suunnitellaan vuodelle 2017.
Euroopan komission päätöksen seurauksena NINLARO on nyt saanut myyntiluvan koko Euroopan talousalueella, johon kuuluvat Euroopan unionin 28 jäsenmaan lisäksi Norja, Liechtenstein ja Islanti. Yhdysvalloissa FDA (Food and Drug Administration, lääke- ja elintarvikevirasto) myönsi myyntiluvan NINLARO-valmisteelle jo marraskuussa 2015 nopeutetun menettelyn kautta.
Iksatsomibi sai harvinaisiin sairauksiin käytettävän harvinaislääkkeen statuksen multippelin myelooman hoitoon sekä Yhdysvalloissa että Euroopassa vuonna 2011 ja amyloidoosin hoitoon sekä Yhdysvalloissa että Euroopassa vuonna 2012. FDA myönsi iksatsomibille vuonna 2014 läpimurtohoidon statuksen (Breakthrough Therapy status) uusiutuneen tai refraktaarisen systeemisen kevytketjuamyloidoosin hoitoon, joka on multippelia myeloomaa muistuttava ultraharvinainen sairaus.
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NINLAROTM (ixazomib) Receives Conditional Approval from the European Commission to Treat Multiple Myeloma
− Approval Based on TOURMALINE-MM1 Study Results, Which Demonstrated Statistically Significant Six-Month Improvement in Progression-Free Survival −
Cambridge, Mass. and Osaka, Japan, November 24, 2016 – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today announced that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization for NINLAROTM (ixazomib) capsules, indicated in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy. The decision to approve NINLARO as the first and only oral proteasome inhibitor to treat multiple myeloma follows a positive opinion by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products (CHMP) for Human Use in September 2016.
“For myeloma patients living in Europe, the approval of NINLARO means we have a new and effective treatment option available when we relapse,” said Bob Munro, a patient with multiple myeloma from the United Kingdom. “I applaud the European Commission for recognising the additional benefit that NINLARO will bring to patients, who not only want treatment options that are effective and tolerable, but also appreciate the convenient option of taking an oral treatment. I strongly hope this will be made available by national health systems across Europe as soon as possible.”
The European Commission followed the CHMP’s recommendation to approve NINLARO based on data from the pivotal Phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM1 trial, which demonstrated that NINLARO plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone increased the length of progression-free survival by about six months, or 40 percent, in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma when compared with placebo, lenalidomide and dexamethasone. The study also showed that the progression-free survival benefit observed in the NINLARO regimen extended across pre-specified subgroups of patients. Follow-up analyses for overall survival are planned for 2017.
“With the approval of NINLARO by the European Commission, physicians across the region will have the option to prescribe an all-oral triplet regimen to treat patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy,” said Philippe Moreau, MD, Head of the Hematology Department at the University Hospital of Nantes, France. “In the TOURMALINE-MM1 study, we saw a clinically meaningful six-month improvement in progression-free survival with NINLARO, evidence that has supported its approval in Europe. As a hematologist, I welcome the availability of this treatment to address a devastating disease like multiple myeloma.”
“When developing NINLARO, Takeda Oncology’s scientists sought to formulate an efficacious and unique oral proteasome inhibitor with a manageable safety profile. NINLARO delivers the proven efficacy of a proteasome inhibitor in a convenient once-weekly pill that can be taken at home,” said Christophe Bianchi, M.D., President, Takeda Oncology. “NINLARO has the potential to help European patients with relapsed multiple myeloma by removing some of the barriers that can stand in the way of optimal treatment. With NINLARO, our hope is that many patients will be able to continue therapy until disease progression. Following the European Commission’s approval, we will continue to study NINLARO in a variety of settings in the hopes that we can bring this medicine to as many of the patients who may benefit from it as possible.”
As a result of the European Commission decision, NINLARO is now approved for use across the European Economic Area, which includes the European Union’s 28 member states as well as Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. In addition, NINLARO is licensed for use in the U.S., Canada, Israel, Australia and Venezuela, and Takeda has submitted marketing authorization applications for NINLARO to a number of additional regulatory authorities around the world.
About NINLAROTM (ixazomib) capsules
NINLAROTM (ixazomib) is an oral proteasome inhibitor which is also being studied across the continuum of multiple myeloma treatment settings as well as systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis. It was the first oral proteasome inhibitor to enter Phase 3 clinical trials and to receive approval. NINLARO was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2015 following a priority review. In the U.S., NINLARO is indicated in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy.
Ixazomib was granted orphan drug designation in multiple myeloma in both the U.S. and Europe in 2011 and for AL amyloidosis in both the U.S. and Europe in 2012. Ixazomib received Breakthrough Therapy status by the U.S. FDA for relapsed or refractory systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis in 2014.
The comprehensive ixazomib clinical development program, TOURMALINE, further reinforces Takeda’s ongoing commitment to developing innovative therapies for people living with multiple myeloma worldwide and the healthcare professionals who treat them. TOURMALINE includes a total of five ongoing pivotal trials – four, which together are investigating every major multiple myeloma patient population, and one in light-chain amyloidosis:
In addition to the TOURMALINE program, ixazomib is being evaluated in multiple therapeutic combinations for various patient populations in investigator initiated studies globally.
NINLAROTM (ixazomib): Global Important Safety Information
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Thrombocytopenia has been reported with NINLARO (28% vs. 14% in the NINLARO and placebo regimens, respectively) with platelet nadirs typically occurring between Days 14-21 of each 28-day cycle and recovery to baseline by the start of the next cycle. It did not result in an increase in hemorrhagic events or platelet transfusions. Monitor platelet counts at least monthly during treatment with NINLARO and consider more frequent monitoring during the first three cycles. Manage with dose modifications and platelet transfusions as per standard medical guidelines.
Gastrointestinal toxicities have been reported in the NINLARO and placebo regimens respectively, such as diarrhea (42% vs. 36%), constipation (34% vs. 25%), nausea (26% vs. 21%), and vomiting (22% vs. 11%), occasionally requiring use of antiemetic and anti-diarrheal medications, and supportive care.
Peripheral edema was reported with NINLARO (25% vs. 18% in the NINLARO and placebo regimens, respectively). Evaluate patients for underlying causes and provide supportive care, as necessary. Adjust the dose of dexamethasone per its prescribing information or the dose of NINLARO for severe symptoms.
Cutaneous reactions occurred in 19% of patients in the NINLARO regimen compared to 11% of patients in the placebo regimen. The most common type of rash reported in both regimens was maculo-papular and macular rash. Manage rash with supportive care, dose modification or discontinuation.
Hepatotoxicity, drug-induced liver injury, hepatocellular injury, hepatic steatosis, and hepatitis cholestatic have been uncommonly reported with NINLARO. Monitor hepatic enzymes regularly and adjust dose for Grade 3 or 4 symptoms.
Pregnancy– NINLARO can cause fetal harm. Advise male and females patients of reproductive potential to use contraceptive measures during treatment and for an additional 90 days after the final dose of NINLARO. Women of childbearing potential should avoid becoming pregnant while taking NINLARO due to potential hazard to the fetus. Women using hormonal contraceptives should use an additional barrier method of contraception.
Lactation– It is not known whether NINLARO or its metabolites are excreted in human milk. There could be potential adverse events in nursing infants and therefore breastfeeding should be discontinued.
SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
Hepatic Impairment: Reduce the NINLARO starting dose to 3 mg in patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment.
Renal Impairment: Reduce the NINLARO starting dose to 3 mg in patients with severe renal impairment or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis. NINLARO is not dialyzable and, therefore, can be administered without regard to the timing of dialysis.
Co-administration of strong CYP3A inducers with NINLARO is not recommended.
The most frequently reported adverse reactions (≥ 20%) in the NINLARO regimen, and greater than in the placebo regimen, were diarrhea (42% vs. 36%), constipation (34% vs. 25%), thrombocytopenia (28% vs. 14%), peripheral neuropathy (28% vs. 21%), nausea (26% vs. 21%), peripheral edema (25% vs. 18%), vomiting (22% vs. 11%), and back pain (21% vs. 16%). Serious adverse reactions reported in ≥ 2% of patients included thrombocytopenia (2%) and diarrhea (2%). For each adverse reaction, one or more of the three drugs was discontinued in ≤ 1% of patients in the NINLARO regimen.
For US Prescribing Information: https://www.ninlarohcp.com/pdf/prescribing-information.pdf
For Canada Product Monograph: http://www.takedacanada.com/ninlaropm
About Multiple Myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are found in the bone marrow. In multiple myeloma, a group of monoclonal plasma cells, or myeloma cells, becomes cancerous and multiplies. These malignant plasma cells have the potential to affect many bones in the body, possibly resulting in compression fractures, lytic bone lesions and related pain. Multiple myeloma can cause a number of serious health problems affecting the bones, immune system, kidneys and red blood cell count, with some of the more common symptoms including bone pain and fatigue, a symptom of anemia. Multiple myeloma is a rare form of cancer, with approximately 39,000 new cases in the EU and 114,000 new cases globally per year.
About Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a global, research and development-driven pharmaceutical company committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients by translating science into life-changing medicines. Takeda focuses its R&D efforts on oncology, gastroenterology and central nervous system therapeutic areas plus vaccines. Takeda conducts R&D both internally and with partners to stay at the leading edge of innovation. New innovative products, especially in oncology and gastroenterology, as well as our presence in Emerging Markets, fuel the growth of Takeda. More than 30,000 Takeda employees are committed to improving quality of life for patients, working with our partners in health care in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit http://www.takeda.com/news.
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