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Serious adverse reactions (Warnings and Precautions)

• Serious and sometimes fatal adverse reactions with increased incidence in the bevacizumab-treated arm vs chemotherapy arm included:
  • Gastrointestinal (GI) perforation ranged from 0.3% to 3% of patients across clinical studies
  • Non-GI fistulae (<1% to 1.8%, highest in patients with cervical cancer)
  • Arterial thromboembolic events (Grade ≥3, 5%, highest in patients with GBM)
  • The incidence of wound healing and surgical complications, including serious and fatal complications, is increased in MVASI®-treated patients
  • Hemorrhage (Grade 3–5) ranged from 0.4% to 7% of patients across clinical studies
  • Renal injury and proteinuria
    • Grade 3–4 proteinuria ranged from 0.7% to 7% in clinical studies
    • Nephrotic syndrome (<1%)
• Additional serious adverse reactions with increased incidence in the bevacizumab-treated arm vs chemotherapy arm included:
  • Venous thromboembolism (Grade ≥3, 11% seen in GOG-0240)
  • Hypertension (Grade 3–4, 5%–18%)
  • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) (<0.5%)
  • Congestive heart failure (CHF): Grade ≥3 left ventricular dysfunction (1%)
• Infusion-related reactions with the first dose of bevacizumab occurred in <3% of patients, and severe reactions occurred in 0.4% of patients
• Avoid use in patients with ovarian cancer who have evidence of recto-sigmoid involvement by pelvic examination or bowel involvement on CT scan or clinical symptoms of bowel obstruction
• Inform females of reproductive potential of the risk of ovarian failure prior to initiating treatment with MVASI®

Pregnancy warning

• Based on the mechanism of action and animal studies, MVASI® may cause fetal harm
• Advise female patients that MVASI® may cause fetal harm, and to inform their healthcare provider of a known or suspected pregnancy
• Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with MVASI® and for 6 months after the last dose of MVASI®
• Advise nursing women not to breastfeed during treatment with MVASI® and for 6 months following their last dose of treatment
• MVASI® may impair fertility

Most common adverse reactions

• Across studies, the most common adverse reactions observed in bevacizumab patients at a rate >10% were:
  • Epistaxis
  • Headache
  • Hypertension
  • Rhinitis
  • Proteinuria
  • Taste alteration
  • Dry skin
  • Hemorrhage
  • Lacrimation disorder
  • Back pain
  • Exfoliative dermatitis
• Across all studies, bevacizumab was discontinued in 8% to 22% of patients because of adverse reactions

Indication-specific adverse reactions

• In CC, Grade 3 or 4 adverse reactions in Study GOG-0240, occurring at a higher incidence (≥2%) in 218 patients receiving bevacizumab plus chemotherapy compared to 222 patients receiving chemotherapy alone, were abdominal pain (12% vs 10%), diarrhea (6% vs 3%), anal fistula (4% vs 0%), proctalgia (3% vs 0%), urinary tract infection (8% vs 6%), cellulitis (3% vs 0.5%), fatigue (14% vs 10%), hypertension (11% vs 0.5%), thrombosis (8% vs 3%), hypokalemia (7% vs 4%), hyponatremia (4% vs 1%), dehydration (4% vs 0.5%), neutropenia (8% vs 4%), lymphopenia (6% vs 3%), back pain (6% vs 3%), and pelvic pain (6% vs 1%)
• In mRCC, the most common Grade 3–5 adverse reactions in AVOREN, occurring at a >2% higher incidence in bevacizumab-treated patients vs controls, were fatigue (13% vs 8%), asthenia (10% vs 7%), proteinuria (7% vs 0%), hypertension (6% vs 1%, including hypertension and hypertensive crisis), and hemorrhage (3% vs 0.3%; including epistaxis, small intestinal hemorrhage, aneurysm ruptured, gastric ulcer hemorrhage, gingival bleeding, hemoptysis, hemorrhage intracranial, large intestinal hemorrhage, respiratory tract hemorrhage, and traumatic hematoma)
• In rGBM Study EORTC 26101, the incidence of Grade 3–4 VTE was 5% in patients receiving bevacizumab with chemotherapy compared to 2% in patients receiving chemotherapy alone. In this study, 22% of patients discontinued treatment in the bevacizumab with lomustine arm due to adverse reactions compared with 10% of patients in the lomustine arm. In patients receiving bevacizumab with lomustine, the adverse reaction profile was similar to that observed in other approved indications
• In NSCLC, Grade 3–5 (nonhematologic) and Grade 4–5 (hematologic) adverse reactions in Study E4599 occurring at a ≥2% higher incidence in bevacizumab-treated patients vs controls were neutropenia (27% vs 17%), fatigue (16% vs 13%), hypertension (8% vs 0.7%), infection without neutropenia (7% vs 3%), venous thromboembolism (5% vs 3%), febrile neutropenia (5% vs 2%), pneumonitis/pulmonary infiltrates (5% vs 3%), infection with Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia (4% vs 2%), hyponatremia (4% vs 1%), headache (3% vs 1%), and proteinuria (3% vs 0%)
• In first-line mCRC, the most common Grade 3–4 reactions in Study 2107, which occurred at a ≥2% higher incidence in the bevacizumab plus IFL vs IFL groups, were asthenia (10% vs 7%), abdominal pain (8% vs 5%), pain (8% vs 5%), hypertension (12% vs 2%), deep vein thrombosis (9% vs 5%), intra-abdominal thrombosis (3% vs 1%), syncope (3% vs 1%), diarrhea (34% vs 25%), constipation (4% vs 2%), leukopenia (37% vs 31%), and neutropenia (21% vs 14%)
• In second-line mCRC, the most common Grade 3–5 (nonhematologic) and 4–5 (hematologic) reactions in Study E3200, which occurred at a higher incidence (≥2%) in the bevacizumab plus FOLFOX4 vs FOLFOX4 groups, were fatigue (19% vs 13%), diarrhea (18% vs 13%), sensory neuropathy (17% vs 9%), nausea (12% vs 5%), vomiting (11% vs 4%), dehydration (10% vs 5%), hypertension (9% vs 2%), abdominal pain (8% vs 5%), hemorrhage (5% vs 1%), other neurological (5% vs 3%), ileus (4% vs 1%), and headache (3% vs 0%). These data are likely to underestimate the true adverse event rates due to the reporting mechanisms used in this study
• When continued beyond first progression in mCRC, no new safety signals were observed in the TML study (ML18147) when bevacizumab was administered in second-line mCRC patients who progressed on a bevacizumab containing regimen in first-line mCRC. The safety data was consistent with the known safety profile established in first- and second-line mCRC
• In Stage III or IV OC after primary surgery, 608 patients received CP+Avastin→Avastin, 607 patients received CP+Avastin→PBO, and 602 patients received CP+PBO→PBO. Grade 3–4 adverse reactions occurring at a higher incidence (≥2%) in either of the Avastin arms vs the chemotherapy only arm were fatigue (CP+Avastin→Avastin, 9%; CP+Avastin→PBO, 6%; CP+PBO→PBO, 6%), hypertension (CP+Avastin→Avastin, 10%; CP+Avastin→PBO, 6%; CP+PBO→PBO, 2%), platelet count decreased (CP+Avastin→Avastin, 21%; CP+Avastin→PBO, 20%; CP+PBO→PBO, 15%), and white blood cell count decreased (CP+Avastin→Avastin, 51%; CP+Avastin→PBO, 53%; CP+PBO→PBO, 50%)
• In platinum-sensitive recurrent OC, Grade 3 or 4 adverse reactions in the OCEANS study occurring at a higher incidence (≥2%) in 247 patients receiving Avastin plus carboplatin and gemcitabine (chemotherapy), compared to 233 patients receiving placebo plus chemotherapy, were thrombocytopenia (40% vs 34%), nausea (4% vs 1.3%), fatigue (6% vs 4%), headache (4% vs 0.9%), proteinuria (10% vs 0.4%), dyspnea (4% vs 1.7%), epistaxis (5% vs 0.4%), and hypertension (17% vs 0.9%)
• In platinum-sensitive recurrent OC, Grade 3 or 4 adverse reactions in the GOG-0213 study occurring at a higher incidence (≥2%) in 325 patients receiving Avastin plus carboplatin and paclitaxel (chemotherapy), compared to 332 patients receiving chemotherapy alone, were hypertension (11% vs 0.6%), fatigue (8% vs 3%), febrile neutropenia (6% vs 3%), proteinuria (8% vs 0%), abdominal pain (6% vs 0.9%), hyponatremia (4% vs 0.9%), headache (3% vs 0.9%), and pain in extremity (3.4% vs 0%)
• In platinum-resistant recurrent OC, Grade 3–4 adverse reactions in AURELIA occurring at a higher incidence (≥2%) in 179 patients receiving Avastin plus chemotherapy, compared to 181 patients receiving chemotherapy alone, were hypertension (6.7% vs 1.1%) and palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia syndrome (4.5% vs 1.7%)

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