Revcovi Drug Information

REVCOVI is indicated for the treatment of adenosine deaminase severe combined immune deficiency (ADA-SCID) in pediatric and adult patients.

Recommended Dosage

Patients transitioning from Adagen to REVCOVI If a patient's weekly Adagen dose is unknown, or a patient's weekly Adagen dose is at or lower than 30 U/kg, the recommended minimum starting dose of REVCOVI is 0.2 mg/kg, intramuscularly, once a week. If a patient's weekly Adagen dose is above 30 U/kg, an equivalent weekly REVCOVI dose (mg/kg) should be calculated using the following conversion formula: REVCOVI dose in mg/kg = Adagen dose in U/kg 150 Subsequent doses may be increased by increments of 0.033 mg/kg weekly if trough ADA activity is under 30 mmol/hr/L, trough deoxyadenosine nucleotides (dAXP) are above 0.02 mmol/L, and/or the immune reconstitution is inadequate based on the clinical assessment of the patient. The total weekly dose may be divided into multiple intramuscular (IM) administrations during a week.

Adagen-naïve patients The starting weekly dose of REVCOVI is 0.4 mg/kg based on ideal body weight or actual weight whichever is greater, divided into two doses (0.2 mg/kg twice a week), intramuscularly, for a minimum of 12 to 24 weeks until immune reconstitution is achieved. After that, the dose may be gradually adjusted down to maintain trough ADA activity over 30 mmol/hr/L, trough dAXP level under 0.02 mmol/L, and/or to maintain adequate immune reconstitution based on clinical assessment of the patient. The optimal long-term dose and schedule of administration should be established by the treating physician for each patient individually and may be adjusted based on the laboratory values for trough ADA activity, trough dAXP level, and/or on the treating physician's medical assessment of the patient's clinical status.

Administration Instructions REVCOVI is for IM injection only. Follow sterile IM administration technique guidelines appropriate to the patient's age and anatomy (i.e. choice of needle gauge and length, site of administration). Take precautions not to inject into or near an artery or nerve.

Alternate the injection site periodically. Preparation of Injection and Procedure Instructions REVCOVI should not be diluted nor mixed with any other drug prior to administration. Visually inspect REVCOVI for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration.

REVCOVI is a clear, colorless solution; discard if solution is discolored, cloudy or contains particulate matter. Do not freeze or shake. REVCOVI should not be used if there are any indications that it may have been frozen.

Once removed from refrigeration, allow REVCOVI to equilibrate to room temperature for 30 minutes. REVCOVI is to be administered using polypropylene syringes. Draw the solution from the vial with a 25- gauge needle or larger.

Change the needle to a size and gauge appropriate for the patient's intramuscular administration. REVCOVI should be administered immediately after syringe preparation. Any remaining medication in the vial must be discarded immediately.

Therapeutic Monitoring Schedule

The treatment of ADA-SCID with REVCOVI should be monitored by measuring trough plasma ADA activity, trough dAXP levels, and/or total lymphocyte counts. Monitoring should be more frequent if therapy was interrupted or if an enhanced rate of clearance of plasma ADA activity develops. Collect blood samples for the analysis of trough plasma ADA activity and trough dAXP level prior to the first administration of REVCOVI for the week.

ADA Activity Once treatment with REVCOVI has been initiated, a target trough plasma ADA activity should be at least 30 mmol/hr/L. A decrease of ADA activity below this level suggests noncompliance to treatment or a development of antibodies (anti-drug, anti-PEG, and neutralizing antibodies). Antibodies to REVCOVI should be suspected if a persistent fall in pre-injection levels of trough plasma ADA activity below 15 mmol/hr/L occurs.

In such patients, testing for antibodies to REVCOVI should be performed. If a persistent decline in trough plasma ADA activity occurs, immune function and clinical status should be monitored closely and precautions should be taken to minimize the risk of infection. If antibodies to REVCOVI are found to be the cause of a persistent fall in trough plasma ADA activity, then adjustment in the dosage of REVCOVI and other measures may be taken to induce tolerance and restore adequate ADA activity.

Erythrocyte dAXP Two months after starting REVCOVI treatment, trough erythrocyte dAXP levels should be maintained below 0.02 mmol/L, and monitored at least twice a year. Immune Function The degree of immune function may vary from patient to patient. Each patient will require appropriate monitoring consistent with immunologic status.

In general, there is a lag between the correction of the metabolic abnormalities and improved immune function. Improvement in the general clinical status of the patient may be gradual (as evidenced by improvement in various clinical parameters) but should be apparent by the end of the first year of therapy.

Clinical Trials Experience

Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. REVCOVI was administered intramuscularly in two prospective, open-label, single-arm, multi‑center studies to evaluate efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in patients with ADA-SCID: Study 1 was performed in the US and Study 2 was performed in Japan. Overall, 10 patients were treated and adverse reactions reported are summarized below.

Study 1 Study 1 is a one-way crossover study, conducted in the US, to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of REVCOVI in patients with ADA‑SCID who were receiving therapy with Adagen. Six patients, 8 to 37 years of age enrolled in the study. Patients' exposure to REVCOVI ranged from 2 weeks to 146 weeks.

No deaths were reported and one patient discontinued treatment due to injection site pain associated with an earlier drug product formulation that was consequently modified. The most common adverse reactions were cough (3/6 patients) and vomiting (2/6 patients). Other adverse reactions that were reported in one patient each were: abdominal pain upper, arthralgia, asthenia, cerumen impaction, conjunctivitis, convulsion, dental caries, diarrhea, ear canal irritation, ear lobe infection, epistaxis, fatigue, fungal skin infection, gait disturbance, gastrointestinal infection, groin abscess, hematochezia, haemophilus infection (pulmonary), hemoptysis, influenza, injection site discomfort, laceration, lymphadenopathy, migraine, nasal edema, nausea, nephrolithiasis, oral candidiasis, oropharyngeal pain, otitis externa, productive cough, rash, stoma site infection, swelling face, tooth abscess, tooth extraction and upper respiratory tract infection, regardless of investigator causality assessment.

Study 2 Study 2 is a single-arm clinical study that was conducted to assess the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of REVCOVI in patients with ADA-SCID. Four patients 3.4 months to 25 years of age, all Asian, were enrolled in the study and received REVCOVI. Three patients received REVCOVI for 21 weeks and one patient received REVCOVI for 15 weeks.

One death due to CMV pneumonitis and respiratory failure was observed in an infant, who had also experienced pulmonary hemorrhage, respiratory failure and upper respiratory tract infection that represented serious adverse events. Neutropenia was a serious adverse reaction reported by one of the patients. There were 22 reported adverse events for four patients.

Most common adverse events were respiratory infections (2/4 patients).

Immunogenicity As with all therapeutic proteins, there is potential for immunogenicity. The immunogenicity results from Study 1 and Study 2 suggest that patients who previously received Adagen may present an immunologic response to REVCOVI. Therefore, monitoring for changes in ADA levels during REVCOVI treatment is recommended.

The observed incidence of antibodies (including neutralizing antibodies) is dependent on assay sensitivity and specificity, assay methodology, and concomitant medications. Therefore, the comparison of the incidence of antibodies to REVCOVI with the incidence of antibodies to other products may be misleading.

Postmarketing Experience with ADAGEN

The following postmarketing adverse reactions were voluntarily reported for Adagen, the same class of enzyme replacement therapy used in the treatment of ADA-SCID, and may also be seen with REVCOVI treatment: Hematologic: hemolytic anemia, auto-immune hemolytic anemia, thrombocythemia, thrombocytopenia and autoimmune thrombocytopenia Dermatological: injection site erythema, urticaria Lymphomas Since these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.

The drug interaction potential of REVCOVI is not known.

Pregnancy Risk Summary Adequate and well-controlled studies with REVCOVI have not been conducted in pregnant women to inform a drug-associated risk. Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with REVCOVI. It is not known whether REVCOVI can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity.

All pregnancies have a risk of birth defect, loss, or other adverse outcomes. In the US general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in clinically recognized pregnancies is respectively. Data Human No pregnancy was reported for any patients receiving REVCOVI.

There are two reports of confirmed cases of successful pregnancy and delivery in ADA-SCID patients treated with Adagen (the same class of enzyme replacement therapy used in the treatment of ADA-SCID). No teratogenic effects of Adagen were reported. For patients treated with REVCOVI, more frequent monitoring of the health status for both the mother during pregnancy and the development of the offspring is recommended.

Pediatric Use The safety and efficacy of REVCOVI have been established in pediatric patients.

There are no reports of administration of REVCOVI in excess of the prescribed doses. The highest weekly prescribed dose administered in the clinical studies was 0.4 mg/kg. In nonclinical studies, there was no evidence of toxicity related to study drug at doses up to 1.8-fold the clinical dose (based on mean human AUC normalized to the dose of REVCOVI administered per patient), except for a slight increase in activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT).