Rezurock is a brand name for Belumosudil. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE REZUROCK is indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (chronic GVHD) after failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. REZUROCK is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric…
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2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Recommended Dosage : 200 mg taken orally once daily with food. 1 Recommended Dosage The recommended dose of REZUROCK is 200 mg given orally once daily until progression of chronic GVHD that requires new systemic therapy.
Instruct the patient on the following:
Swallow REZUROCK tablets whole. Do not cut, crush, or chew tablets. 3) ] . If a dose of REZUROCK is missed, instruct the patient to not take extra doses to make up the missed dose. Treatment with REZUROCK has not been studied in patients with pre-existing severe renal impairment.
3) ] . 2 Dosage Modifications for Adverse Reactions Monitor total bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) at least monthly. Modify the REZUROCK dosage for adverse reactions as per Table 1. 5× to 3× ULN) Hold REZUROCK until recovery of bilirubin, AST and ALT to Grade 0–1, then resume REZUROCK at the recommended dose.
Grade 4 AST or ALT (more than 20× ULN) or Grade ≥3 bilirubin (more than 3× ULN) Discontinue REZUROCK permanently. 1) ] Grade 3 Hold REZUROCK until recovery to Grade 0–1, then resume REZUROCK at the recommended dose level. Grade 4 Discontinue REZUROCK permanently.
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6 ADVERSE REACTIONS The most common (≥20%) adverse reactions, including laboratory abnormalities, are infections, asthenia, nausea, diarrhea, dyspnea, cough, edema, hemorrhage, abdominal pain, musculoskeletal pain, headache, phosphate decreased, gamma glutamyl transferase increased, lymphocytes decreased, and hypertension.
gov/medwatch. 1 Clinical Trial Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely variable conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared with rates of clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.
1) ] . 7 months). Fatal adverse reaction was reported in one patient with severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and multi-organ failure. Permanent discontinuation of REZUROCK due to adverse reactions occurred in 18% of patients. The adverse reactions which resulted in permanent discontinuation of REZUROCK in >3% of patients included nausea (4%).
Adverse reactions leading to dose interruption occurred in 29% of patients. The adverse reactions leading to dose interruption in ≥2% were infections (11%), diarrhea (4%), and asthenia, dyspnea, hemorrhage, hypotension, liver function test abnormal, nausea, pyrexia, edema, and renal failure with (2% each).
The most common (≥20%) adverse reactions, including laboratory abnormalities, were infections, asthenia, nausea, diarrhea, dyspnea, cough, edema, hemorrhage, abdominal pain, musculoskeletal pain, headache, phosphate decreased, gamma glutamyl transferase increased, lymphocytes decreased, and hypertension.
Table 2 summarizes the nonlaboratory adverse reactions.
Table 2:
Nonlaboratory Adverse Reactions in ≥10% Patients with Chronic GVHD Treated with REZUROCK Adverse Reaction REZUROCK 200 mg once daily (N=83) All Grades (%) Grades 3–4 (%) Infections and infestations Infection (pathogen not specified) infection with an unspecified pathogen includes acute sinusitis, device related infection, ear infection, folliculitis, gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal infection, hordeolum, infectious colitis, lung infection, skin infection, tooth infection, urinary tract infection, wound infection, upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, sinusitis, respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, sepsis, septic shock.
5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Embryo-Fetal Toxicity : Can cause fetal harm. Advise females of reproductive potential of the potential risk to a fetus and to use effective contraception. 1 Embryo-Fetal Toxicity Based on findings in animals and its mechanism of action, REZUROCK can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.
In animal reproduction studies, administration of belumosudil to pregnant rats and rabbits during the period of organogenesis caused adverse developmental outcomes including embryo-fetal mortality and malformations at maternal exposures (AUC) less than those in patients at the recommended dose.
Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. 1) ] .
4 CONTRAINDICATIONS None. None. ( 4 )
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53 16 Viral infection includes influenza, rhinovirus infection, gastroenteritis viral, viral upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis viral, Epstein-Barr viremia, Epstein-Barr virus infection, parainfluenzae virus infection, Varicella zoster virus infection, viral infection.
19 4 Bacterial infection includes cellulitis, Helicobacter infection, Staphylococcal bacteremia, catheter site cellulitis, Clostridium difficile colitis, Escherichia urinary tract infection, gastroenteritis Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas infection, urinary tract infection bacterial.
16 4 General disorders and administration site conditions Asthenia includes fatigue, asthenia, malaise. 46 4 Edema includes edema peripheral, generalized edema, face edema, localized edema, edema. 27 1 Pyrexia 18 1 Gastrointestinal Nausea includes nausea, vomiting.
42 4 Diarrhea 35 5 Abdominal pain includes abdominal pain, abdominal pain upper, abdominal pain lower. 22 1 Dysphagia 16 0 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal Dyspnea includes dyspnea, dyspnea exertional, apnea, orthopnea, sleep apnea syndrome.
33 5 Cough includes cough, productive cough. 30 0 Nasal congestion 12 0 Vascular Hemorrhage includes contusion, hematoma, epistaxis, increased tendency to bruise, conjunctival hemorrhage, hematochezia, mouth hemorrhage, catheter site hemorrhage, hematuria, hemothorax, purpura.
23 5 Hypertension 21 7 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue Musculoskeletal pain includes pain in extremity, back pain, flank pain, limb discomfort, musculoskeletal chest pain, neck pain, musculoskeletal pain. 22 4 Muscle spasm 17 0 Arthralgia 15 2 Nervous system Headache includes headache, migraine.
21 0 Metabolism and nutrition Decreased appetite 17 1 Skin and subcutaneous Rash includes rash, rash maculo-papular, rash erythematous, rash generalized, dermatitis exfoliative. 12 0 Pruritus includes pruritus, pruritus generalized.
11 0 Table 3 summarizes the laboratory abnormalities in REZUROCK.
Table 3:
Selected Laboratory Abnormalities in Patients with Chronic GVHD Treated with REZUROCK REZUROCK 200 mg once daily Grade 0–1 Baseline Grade 2–4 Max Post Grade 3–4 Max Post Parameter (N) (%) (%) Chemistry Phosphate decreased 76 28 7 Gamma Glutamyl Transferase increased 47 21 11 Calcium decreased 82 12 1 Alkaline Phosphatase increased 80 9 0 Potassium increased 82 7 1 Alanine Aminotransferase increased 83 7 2 Creatinine increased 83 4 0 Hematology Lymphocytes decreased 62 29 13 Hemoglobin decreased 79 11 1 Platelets decreased 82 10 5 Neutrophil Count decreased 83 8 4