Safety Profile for the NINLARO® (ixazomib) Regimen*

The NINLARO triplet regimen* demonstrated a safety profile appropriate for long-term treatment.1,2

*The NINLARO regimen included NINLARO + lenalidomide + dexamethasone.3
Used herein to refer to treatment to disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.3

WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR PATIENTS TAKING THE NINLARO REGIMEN

  • Thrombocytopenia: Monitor platelet counts at least monthly during treatment and adjust dosing, as needed
  • Gastrointestinal Toxicities: Adjust dosing for severe diarrhea, constipation, nausea, and vomiting, as needed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy: Monitor patients for symptoms of peripheral neuropathy and adjust dosing, as needed
  • Peripheral Edema: Monitor for fluid retention. Investigate for underlying causes, when appropriate. Adjust dosing, as needed
  • Cutaneous Reactions: Monitor patients for rash and adjust dosing, as needed. Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, including fatal cases, have been reported with NINLARO
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathy: Monitor for signs and symptoms. Discontinue NINLARO if suspected. Cases, sometimes fatal, have been reported with NINLARO
  • Hepatotoxicity: Monitor hepatic enzymes during treatment
  • Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: NINLARO can cause fetal harm. Advise patients of the potential risk to a fetus and to use effective non-hormonal contraception
  • Increased Mortality in Patients Treated with NINLARO in the Maintenance Setting: Treatment of patients with NINLARO for multiple myeloma in the maintenance setting is not recommended outside of controlled trials

For additional details about these Warnings and Precautions, see the Important Safety Information below.

Adverse Reactions

The NINLARO regimen* demonstrated a safety profile comparable to the Rd regimen*3

Non-hematologic ARs occurring in ≥5% of patients with a ≥5% difference between oral NINLARO + Rd and Rd in TOURMALINE-MM13

Common ARs with the NINLARO® (ixazomib) regimen include: diarrhea, constipation, peripheral neuropathies, nausea, back pain, peripheral edema, rash, upper respiratory tract infection, vomiting, and bronchitis.
  • Non-hematologic ARs occurring in at least 5% of patients with at least a 5% difference between the NINLARO regimen and the Rd regimen included diarrhea, constipation, peripheral neuropathies✝︎, nausea, peripheral edema, back pain, rash✝︎, upper respiratory tract infection, vomiting, and bronchitis3
  • Incidence of thrombocytopenia in patients in the NINLARO and Rd regimens, respectively: any grade, 85% vs 67%; grades 3-4, 30% vs 14%3 
  • Incidence of neutropenia in the NINLARO and Rd regimens, respectively: any grade, 74% vs 70%; grades 3-4, 34% vs 37%3

*The NINLARO regimen included NINLARO + lenalidomide + dexamethasone. The Rd regimen included placebo + lenalidomide + dexamethasone.3
Represents a pooling of preferred terms.3
At the time of the final analysis, these adverse reactions no longer met the criterion for a ≥5% difference between the NINLARO + Rd regimen and Rd regimen.3
AR=adverse reaction; PI=proteasome inhibitor.

Safety in high-risk* patient population

  • The overall safety profiles in the high-risk and standard-risk cytogenetics patients in each group are consistent with data reported for the overall population2
  • As seen in the overall population, in both high-risk and standard-risk cytogenetics patients, common adverse events were primarily of grade 1 or 2 severity and included diarrhea, constipation, neutropenia, and anemia2

*Defined as patients with del(17p), t(4;14), and/or t(14;16).4

SERIOUS ADVERSE REACTIONS

Serious ARs reported in ≥2% of patients in the NINLARO regimen included diarrhea (3%), thrombocytopenia (2%), and bronchitis (2%).3 

Discontinuation Rates

The majority of patients did not experience permanent discontinuation of NINLARO due to ARs3

10 percent.

After a median follow-up of ~85 months*,
permanent discontinuation of NINLARO
due to an AR occurred in 10% of patients1,3

*Data cut-off for the final analysis: September 28, 2020.1
AR=adverse reaction.

Dose tolerability

The majority of patients continued at the starting dose of NINLARO without dose reduction1

  • The median relative dose intensity for NINLARO + Rd and placebo + Rd* was high and similar between both arms: 97.8% and 100%, respectively1
  • Relative dose intensity was calculated as: 100 x (total amount of dose taken) ÷ (total prescribed dose of treated cycles)✝︎1

*NINLARO + Rd = NINLARO + lenalidomide + dexamethasone. Rd = placebo + lenalidomide + dexamethasone.3
✝︎Total prescribed dose equals (dose prescribed at enrollment × number of prescribed doses per cycle × the number of treated cycles).1

75 percent.

of patients (n=269/361) receiving NINLARO + Rd in TOURMALINE-MM1 continued on their starting NINLARO dose‡3

Median duration of exposure to NINLARO was 457 days (range: 1–2768 days).1

NINLARO prescribing information

Learn about important information before prescribing NINLARO.

NINLARO clinical trial data

The TOURMALINE-MM1 clinical trial evaluated efficacy and safety of the all-oral NINLARO regimen vs Rd regimen in relapsed patients with multiple myeloma.