POMALYST (pomalidomide)

SELF ADMINISTRATION - ORAL

Indications for Prior Authorization:

  • Treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor and have demonstrated disease progression on or within 60 days of completion of the last therapy

Patients must meet the following criteria for the indication(s) above:

  • Chart note documentation from the following specialist is provided confirming diagnosis, AND
  • Patient is 18 years of age or older, AND
  • Patients must have received two prior therapies including lenalidomide (Revlimid®) and bortezomib (Velcade®) and have had disease progression within 60 days of completion of the last therapy

The Following Conditions Do Not Meet the Criteria for Use as Established by the WHA P & T Committee:

  • All non-FDA approved uses not listed in the approved indications
  • Patient must be pregnant or attempting to become pregnant

Recommended Dosing:

  • The recommended dose is 4 mg once daily on days one to 21 of a repeated 28 day cycle
  • Pomalyst should be given in combination with dexamethasone

Box warnings:

  • Embryo-fetal toxicity, venous thrombosis

Approval:

One year


 

Last review date: January 3, 2020