Selcaxen Capsule
Selpercatinib
40 mg
Everest Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
| Pack size | 30's pack |
|---|---|
| Retail Price | 1 |
Indications
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Medullary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Other RET Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors
Adult Dose
Adult
Oral
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Indicated for metastatic RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Indicated for advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in patients who required systemic therapy
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Thyroid Cancer
Indicated for advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer in patients who require systemic therapy and who are radioactive iodine-refractory (if radioactive iodine is appropriate)
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Other RET Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors
Indicated for locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors with a RET gene fusion that have progressed on or following prior systemic treatment or who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Child Dose
Oral
Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Indicated for advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in adolescents and children aged >2 years who required systemic therapy
<2 years: Safety and efficacy not established
2 years to <12 years
Dosing based on body surface area (BSA)
BSA <0.33 m2: Not recommended
BSA 0.33-0.65 m2: 40 mg PO TID
BSA 0.66-1.08 m2: 80 mg PO BID
BSA 1.09-1.52 m2: 120 mg PO BID
BSA >1.53 m2: 160 mg PO BID
>12 years
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Thyroid Cancer
Indicated for advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer in adolescents and children aged ?2 years who require systemic therapy and who are radioactive iodine-refractory (if radioactive iodine is appropriate)
<2 years: Safety and efficacy not established
2 years to <12 years
Dosing based on body surface area (BSA)
BSA <0.33 m2: Not recommended
BSA 0.33-0.65 m2: 40 mg PO TID
BSA 0.66-1.08 m2: 80 mg PO BID
BSA 1.09-1.52 m2: 120 mg PO BID
BSA >1.53 m2: 160 mg PO BID
>12 years
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Other RET Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors
Indicated for locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors with a RET gene fusion in adolescents and children aged ?2 years that have progressed on or following prior systemic treatment or who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options
<2 years: Safety and efficacy not established
2 years to <12 years
Dosing based on body surface area (BSA)
BSA <0.33 m2: Not recommended
BSA 0.33-0.65 m2: 40 mg PO TID
BSA 0.66-1.08 m2: 80 mg PO BID
BSA 1.09-1.52 m2: 120 mg PO BID
BSA >1.53 m2: 160 mg PO BID
>12 years
<50 kg: 120 mg PO BID
>50 kg: 160 mg PO BID
Continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Renal Dose
Renal impairment
Mild-to-severe (CrCl >15 mL/min): No dose adjustment required
ESRD: Recommended dose not established
Elderly Dose
No overall differences were observed in the safety or effectiveness of Selpercatinib between patients who were >65 years of age and younger patients.
Hepatic Dose
Hepatic impairment
Mild or moderate
No dose adjustment required
Mild defined as: TB <ULN with AST >ULN OR TB >1-1.5x ULN with any AST
Moderate defined as: TB >1.5-3x ULN with any AST
Severe
If current dose is 120 mg or 160 mg BID, reduce to 80 mg BID
Severe defined as: Total biliruvin (TB) >3-10x ULN with any AST
Administration
May take with or without food unless coadministered with a PPI
Take with food if administered with a PPI
Swallow capsule/tablet whole; do not crush or chew
Do not administer capsules to pediatric patients who are unable to swallow a capsule
Precautions
Hepatotoxicity
Can cause hepatotoxicity, including increased AST/ALT
Median time to onset for increased AST/ALT: ∼6 weeks
Evaluate AST/ALT prior to therapy, every 2 weeks for 3 months, then monthly thereafter and as clinically indicated during therapy
Withhold, dose reduce, or permanently discontinue as recommended based on severity
Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)/pneumonitis
Can cause severe, life-threatening, or fatal ILD/pneumonitis
Monitor patients for pulmonary symptoms or symptoms of ILD (eg, dyspnea, cough, fever)
Promptly evaluate and withhold therapy for acute or worsening of respiratory symptoms
Withhold, dose reduce, or permanently discontinue as recommended based on severity
Hypertension
Do not use in patients with uncontrolled hypertension; optimize blood pressure control prior to initiating therapy
Manage treatment-emergent hypertension with antihypertension medications; initiate or adjust antihypertensive therapy as appropriate
Monitor blood pressure after 1 week, at least monthly thereafter, and as clinically indicated
Withhold, dose reduce, or permanently discontinue as recommended based on severity
QT interval prolongation
Can cause concentration-dependent QT interval prolongation
Monitor patients at significant risk of developing QT prolongation (eg, long QT syndromes, bradyarrhythmias, and severe/uncontrolled heart failure)
Assess QT interval, electrolytes, and TSH prior to and periodically during therapy; adjust monitoring frequency based on risk factors (eg, diarrhea)
Correct electrolyte imbalances (eg, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia) prior to and during therapy
Monitor the QT interval more often when concomitantly taking strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors or drugs known to prolong QTc interval
Withhold, dose reduce, or permanently discontinue as recommended based on severity
Hemorrhagic events
Can cause serious or fatal hemorrhagic events (eg, cerebral hemorrhage)
Permanently discontinue if severe or life-threatening hemorrhage
Pregnancy-Lactation
Not Classi
Pregnancy
Based on findings from animal studies and its mechanism of action, can cause fetal harm when administered to pregnant females
Data are not available regarding use in pregnant females
Verify pregnancy status in females of reproductive potential before initiating
Advise patients of potential risk
Animal studies
Administration to pregnant rats during organogenesis resulted in embryolethality and malformations at maternal exposures that were approximately equal to the human exposure at the clinical dose of 160 mg BID
Contraception
Use effective contraception during treatment and for 1 week after final dose in females of reproductive potential and in males with female partners of reproductive potential
Fertility
May impair fertility in females and males of reproductive potential
Lactation
Data are not available on the presence of selpercatinib or its metabolites in human milk or on their effects on breastfed children or milk production
Advise women not to breastfeed during treatment and for 1 week after the final dose
Interactions
Acid-Reducing Agents: Avoid coadministration. If coadministration cannot be avoided, take Selpercatinib with food (with PPI) or modify its administration time (with H2 receptor antagonist or locally-acting antacid).
Strong and Moderate CYP3A Inhibitors: Avoid coadministration. If coadministration cannot be avoided, reduce the Selpercatinib dose.
Strong and Moderate CYP3A Inducers: Avoid coadministration. CYP2C8 and CYP3A Substrates: Avoid coadministration. If coadministration cannot be avoided, modify the substrate dosage as recommended in its product labeling.
Certain P-gp and BCRP Substrates: Avoid coadministration. If coadministration cannot be avoided, modify the substrate dosage as recommended in its product labeling.
Adverse Effects
>50%
All grades
Increased ALT (53-81%)
Increased AST (47-77%)
Calcium decreased (53-59%)
Albumin decreased (11-56%)
Glucose increased (53%)
Lymphocytes decreased (41-53%)
Platelets decreased (28-53%)
Neutrophils decreased (25-53%)
Bilirubin increased (30-52%)
>10-50%
All grades
Edema (33-49%)
Hypertension (41-48%)
Diarrhea (26-47%)
Increased creatinine (23-47%)
Fatigue (28-46%)
Dry mouth (32-43%)
Sodium decreased (20-42%)
Increased alkaline phosphatase (35-40%)
Increased total cholesterol (35%)
Glucose decreased (34%)
Abdominal pain (18-34%)
Potassium increased (17-34%)
Rash (19-33%)
Constipation (16-33%)
Magnesium decreased (9-33%)
Nausea (10-31%)
Hemoglobin decreased (18-28%)
Headache (14-28%)
Musculoskeletal pain (25%)
Cough (24%)
Dyspnea (22%)
Hemorrhage (13-22%)
Vomiting (8-22%)
Prolonged QT interval (14-21%)
Arthralgia (21%)
COVID-19 (19%)
Stomatitis (14-18%)
Decreased appetite (12-17%)
Erectile dysfunction (16%)
Pyrexia (12-13%)
Hypothyroidism (9-13%)
Urinary tract infection (8-12%)
Pneumonia (<11%)
Grade 3 or 4
Increased ALT (12-21%)
Hypertension (19-20%)
Lymphocytes decreased (8-20%)
Neutrophils decreased (2-14%)
Increased AST (5-11%)
Sodium decreased (3.2-11%)
1-10%
All grades
Dizziness (8%)
Potassium decreased (8%)
Hypersensitivity (<6%)
Interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis (<4.4%)
Chylothorax (<2%)
Chylous ascites (<2%)
Grade 3 or 4
Prolonged QT interval (4.7-9%)
Increased creatinine (2.4-6%)
Increased alkaline phosphatase (1.3-6%)
Calcium decreased (1.9-5.7%)
Diarrhea (1.3-5%)
Fatigue (3.2-4.1%)
Hemoglobin decreased (2.1-3.5%)
Magnesium decreased (3.3%)
Platelets decreased (1.1-3.2%)
Dyspnea (3.1%)
Glucose increased (2.8%)
Bilirubin increased (1.1-2.8%)
Potassium increased (1.3-2.7%)
Hemorrhage (2.6%)
Abdominal pain (<2.5%)
Edema (<2.5%)
Albumin decreased (1.1-2.3%)
Rash (<1.9%)
Vomiting (1.8%)
Increased total cholesterol (1.7%)
Headache (<1.4%)
Nausea (1-1.1%)
Glucose decreased (1%)
Pyrexia (<1%)
Mechanism of Action
Selpercatinib is a kinase inhibitor of wild-type rearranged during transfection (RET) and multiple mutated RET isoforms, as well as vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR1, VEGFR3)
Genomic alterations in RET kinase, which include fusions and activating point mutations, lead to overactive RET signaling and uncontrolled cell growth
RET fusion cancers and RET-mutant MTC are primarily dependent on this single activated kinase for their proliferation and survival; this dependency, often referred to as "oncogene addiction," renders such tumors highly susceptible to small molecule inhibitors targeting RET
Note
Selcaxen 40 mg Capsule manufactured by Everest Pharmaceuticals Ltd.. Its generic name is Selpercatinib.