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ALPELISIB TAB,ORAL

Clinical Criteria Summary

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Indication & Patient Population

  • • Advanced or metastatic, HR+, HER2- PIK3CA-mutated breast cancer
  • • Postmenopausal women and men who are HR+, HER2-, PIK3CA-mutation+
  • • Patients who have progressed on AI-based therapy (with or without CDK4/6i)
  • • Excluded populations: inflammatory br ca, DM type 1 or uncontrolled type 2, pneumonitis

Administration & Dosage

  • • Oral tablets to be taken with food
  • • Administered in combination with fulvestrant 500mg IM injection

Monitoring & Precautions

  • • Close monitoring essential for potential cutaneous reactions, severe diarrhea/colitis, pneumonitis and hyperglycemia
  • • Caution and close monitoring required in patients with diabetes
  • • Severe diarrhea may result in dehydration, AKI
  • • Monitor for adverse reactions > 20%: ↑glucose, ↑SCr, diarrhea, rash, ↑GGT, ↑ALT, ↑lipase, ↓lymphocytes, nausea, fatigue, ↓hgb, ↓appetite, stomatitis, vomiting, ↓calcium, ↓glucose, aPTT prolonged

Contraindications & Warnings

  • • Severe hypersensitivity to alpelisib or any component of the formulation
  • • Warnings/Precautions include: Dermatologic, GI and pulmonary toxicity, hyperglycemia, hypersensitivity
  • • No boxed warnings

Drug Interactions

  • • Avoid CYP3A4 inducers, BRCP inhibitors
  • • Closely monitor with CYP2C9 substrates

Formulary & Restrictions

  • • PA-F for Alpelisib + fulvestrant and Fulvestrant alone
  • • Restrict to H/O for Fulvestrant alone

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Exclusion Criteria

  • Hypersensitivity to alpelisib or any of its components

Inclusion Criteria

  • Men or postmenopausal women with advanced or metastatic breast cancer
  • Hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer
  • Activating PIK3CA-mutation positive as detected by an approved test
  • Progressive disease on or after an endocrine-based regimen

Additional Inclusion Criteria

  • Care is provided by a VA/VA Community Care oncology provider
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 – 1
  • Goals of care and role of Palliative Care consult have been discussed and documented

Additional Inclusion Criteria (Select if applicable)

  • For patients with partners who can become pregnant: Counseling provided on potential risks vs benefits of treatment and the use of effective contraception during therapy and for 1 week after end

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