ALECENSA: Additional dosing considerations1

  • Management of AEs may require dose reduction, temporary interruption, or discontinuation of treatment with ALECENSA
  • Reduce ALECENSA in steps of 150 mg twice daily based on tolerability
  • Permanently discontinue ALECENSA if patients are unable to tolerate the 300 mg twice daily dose
Dose reduction schedule
Dose level
Starting dose
ALECENSA 600 mg taken orally daily
First dose reduction
ALECENSA 450 mg taken orally daily
Second dose reduction
ALECENSA 300 mg taken orally daily

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Dose modifications for specific adverse drug reactions1

CRITERIA AND ALECENSA DOSE MODIFICATION

CRITERIA

ALECENSA DOSE MODIFICATION

ILD/pneumonitis of any severity grade

Immediately interrupt and permanently discontinue ALECENSA if no other potential causes of ILD/pneumonitis have been identified

ALT or AST elevation of >5 times ULN with total bilirubin ≤2 times ULN

Temporarily withhold until recovery to baseline or ≤3 times ULN, then resume at reduced dose (see table above)

ALT or AST elevation of >3 times ULN with total bilirubin elevation >2 times ULN in the absence of cholestasis or haemolysis

Permanently discontinue ALECENSA

Bradycardia Grade 2 or 3 (symptomatic, may be severe and medically significant, medical intervention indicated)

Temporarily withhold ALECENSA until recovery to Grade ≤1 (asymptomatic) bradycardia or to a heart rate of ≥60 bpm. Evaluate concomitant medicinal products known to cause bradycardia, as well as anti-hypertensive medicinal products. If a contributing concomitant medicinal product is identified and discontinued, or its dose is adjusted, resume ALECENSA at previous dose upon recovery to Grade ≤1 (asymptomatic) bradycardia or to a heart rate ≥60 bpm. If no contributing concomitant medicinal product is identified, or if contributing concomitant medicinal products are not discontinued or dose modified, resume ALECENSA at reduced dose (see table above) upon recovery to Grade ≤1 (asymptomatic) bradycardia or to a heart rate of ≥60 bpm

BradycardiaGrade 4 (life-threatening consequences, urgent intervention indicated)

Permanently discontinue ALECENSA if no contributing concomitant medicinal product is identified. If a contributing concomitant medicinal product is identified and discontinued, or its dose is adjusted, resume ALECENSA at reduced dose (see table above) upon recovery to Grade ≤1 (asymptomatic) bradycardia or to a heart rate of ≥60 bpm, with frequent monitoring as clinically indicated. Permanently discontinue ALECENSA in case of recurrence

CPK elevation >5 times the ULN

Temporarily withhold ALECENSA until recovery to baseline or to ≤2.5 times the ULN, then resume ALECENSA at same dose

CPK elevation >10 times the ULN or second occurrence of CPK elevation of >5 times 
the ULN

Temporarily withhold ALECENSA until recovery to baseline or to ≤2.5 times the ULN, then resume ALECENSA at reduced dose (see table above)

Haemolytic anaemia with haemoglobin of
<10 g/dL (Grade ≥2)

Temporarily withhold ALECENSA until resolution. Upon resolution, resume ALECENSA at reduced dose (see table above)

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Please refer to the SmPC for more details on 
monitoring and ALECENSA dose modifications