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BELUMOSUDIL TAB

Clinical Criteria Summary

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Exclusion Criteria

  • Moderate or severe hepatic impairment (defined as Child-Pugh B or C)
  • Unmanageable drug-drug-interaction
  • Pregnancy
  • Lactating
  • Inability to monitor total bilirubin, AST and ALT at least monthly
  • Inability to swallow tablets whole with a meal

Inclusion Criteria

  • Care provided by a VA or VA Community Care hematology provider
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 0 - 2
  • Diagnosis of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) secondary to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant
  • cGVHD disease progression after at least 2 prior lines of systemic therapy

Additional Inclusion Criteria

  • For patients who can become pregnant: Pregnancy must be excluded prior to receiving belumosudil
  • For patients who can become pregnant and 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 one week after stopping treatment

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Indication & Patient Population

  • Treatment of chronic graft vs. host disease (cGVHD)
  • Patients status post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (s/p AlloHCT)
  • Persistent cGVHD in heavily pre-treated patients with progressive disease or contraindication to ibrutinib or ruxolitinib

Disease Severity & Classification Criteria

  • Classified per NIH Consensus Criteria for organ scoring (Score 0-3) versus host disease grading by symptoms, affected organ systems, and extent of disease involvement
  • Mild: < 2 affected organs; no clinically significant functional dysfunction
  • Moderate: > 3 organs with no dysfunction or > 1 organ with dysfunction but no major disability
  • Severe: Major disability

Prior Therapy Requirements

  • Failure of at least 2 prior lines of therapy (specifically 2-5 prior lines per trial criteria)
  • Applicable following prior ibrutinib and prior ruxolitinib therapy

Dosing & Administration

  • 200 mg tablet
  • 200 mg PO once daily with food
  • Dose increase to 200 mg twice daily required when coadministered with strong CYP3A inducers or proton pump inhibitors

Contraindications & Precautions

  • Avoid use in moderate or severe hepatic impairment
  • Embryo-fetal toxicity warning

Performance Status & Supportive Care Criteria

  • Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) > 60
  • On stable corticosteroid (CS) therapy for at least 2 weeks prior to initiation

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