If an AR listed here occurs, interrupt IMBRUVICA® therapy at each occurrence of the same AR.
Once the AR has improved to Grade 1 or baseline, follow the recommended dose modifications.1
Once daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
ADVERSE REACTION†‡
occurrence
1ST
2ND
3RD
GRADE 3 or 4: other non-hematological toxicities§
Restart at280 mg‖ daily
Restart at140 mg‖ daily
Discontinue
GRADE 3 or 4: neutropenia with infection or fever
Restart at280 mg‖ daily
Restart at140 mg‖ daily
Discontinue
GRADE 4: hematological toxicities
Restart at280 mg‖ daily
Restart at140 mg‖ daily
Discontinue
GRADE 2: cardiac failure
Restart at280 mg‖ daily
Restart at140 mg‖ daily
Discontinue
GRADE 3: cardiac arrhythmias
Restart at280 mg‖ daily
Discontinue
GRADE 3 or 4: cardiac failure
Discontinue
GRADE 4: cardiac arrhythmias
Discontinue
Certain types and severity of cardiac ARs require discontinuation after first occurrence for only IMBRUVICA®.
†See full Prescribing Information for Warnings and Precautions.
‡Grading based on National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) criteria, or International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL) criteria for hematological toxicities in CLL/SLL.
§For Grade 4 non-hematological toxicities, evaluate the benefit-risk before resuming treatment.
‖Evaluate the benefit-risk before resuming treatment.
For use with CYP3A inhibitors and inducers, and in patients with hepatic impairment, please see the full Prescribing Information. Consider the risks and benefits of anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy when co-administered with IMBRUVICA®. Monitor for signs and symptoms of bleeding. Consider the benefit-risk of withholding IMBRUVICA® for at least 3 to 7 days pre- and post-surgery depending upon the type of surgery and risk of bleeding.
See NCCN Guidelines® for the complete list of recommendations.
What does this guidance mean for ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®)?
Certain types and severity of cardiac ARs require discontinuations after first occurrence for only ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®).
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Referenced with permission from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma V.1.2025. © National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. Accessed October 1, 2024. To view the most recent and complete version of the guideline, go online to NCCN.org.
Pooled IMBRUVICA®-treated patients: N=248
Patients with any AE leading to a dose reduction per protocol = 48 (19%)
Dose modifications were per USPI and per study protocol.
Patients with an AE leading
to dose reduction per USPI*
21/248 (9%)
AE recurrence
Recurrence can take place after AE resolution.
Of the 21 patients who required a dose reduction†‡§
for pooled IMBRUVICA®-treated patients
Initial AE that led to a dose modification was resolved in 95% of patients
Timing of AE outcomes was not part of the evaluation.
In patients who both did and did not dose modify over the entire course of the long-term follow-up phase 3 trials
22.9% of patients discontinued IMBRUVICA® due to AEs5
Timing of AE outcomes, including resolution, recurrence, and discontinuation was not part of the evaluation. Dose modifications include a dose hold, followed by a dose reduction.
Results from this analysis are descriptive in nature and have no implications regarding efficacy.
These pooled analysis results are not included in the Prescribing Information for IMBRUVICA®.
AEs for which dose reductions are recommended in the USPI (grade 2 cardiac failure, grade 3 cardiac arrhythmia, grade 3-4 non-hematological AEs [excluding cardiac failure and cardiac arrhythmia], grade 3-4 neutropenia with infection or fever, and grade 4 hematological AEs).
†The denominator is patients with AEs for which dose reductions are recommended in the IMBRUVICA® USPI.
‡Two patients had two different AESIs that led to dose reduction; for one patient, neither recurred, and for the other patient, one did not recur and the other (rash maculo-papular) recurred at a lower grade.
§Five patients had AEs that recurred at the same grade (grade 3 atrial fibrillation [n=1], grade 3 diarrhea [n=1], grade 3 headache [n=1], grade 4 neutropenia [n=1], and grade 3 pleural effusion [n=1]); all resolved without further dose reduction.
This exploratory analysis evaluated baseline demographics and clinical outcomes (PFS) in subgroups of patients with and without dose reductions due to AEs from the overall population of IMBRUVICA®-treated CLL patients.
8-year RESONATE™-2 long-term dosing results are not included in the Prescribing Information for IMBRUVICA®.
The median duration of IMBRUVICA® treatment was 74 months (range, 0.7-96.6 months; n=135)7
In a subset of patients who had dose reductions due to adverse reactions (n=31), the median duration of treatment with IMBRUVICA® after the dose modification was 36.1 months (range, 0.0-84+ months)3*
Duration of dose reduction to study drug discontinuation was calculated from first date of the earliest dose reduction to study drug discontinuation.3
AE=adverse event, AESI=adverse event of special interest, AR=adverse reaction, APP=advanced practice provider, cBTKi=covalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, CI=confidence interval, CLL=chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CYP3A=cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, HR=hazard ratio, NE=not estimable, PFS=progression-free survival, SLL=small lymphocytic lymphoma.