Xiaflex Drug Information

is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with Dupuytren’s contracture with a palpable cord. XIAFLEX is indicated for the treatment of adult men with Peyronie’s disease with a palpable plaque and curvature deformity of at least 30 degrees at the start of therapy. XIAFLEX is a combination of bacterial collagenases indicated for: The treatment of adult patients with Dupuytren’s contracture with a palpable cord The treatment of adult men with Peyronie’s disease with a palpable plaque and curvature deformity of at least 30 degrees at the start of therapy

Clinical Studies Experience in Patients with Dupuytren’s Contracture

Because clinical studies are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical studies of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical studies of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. Out of 1082 patients who received 0.58 mg of XIAFLEX in the controlled and uncontrolled portions of the XIAFLEX studies (2630 XIAFLEX injections), 3 (0.3%) patients had a flexor tendon rupture of the treated finger within 7 days of the injection. The data described below are based on two pooled randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials through Day 90 in patients with Dupuytren’s contracture (Studies 1 and 2). In these trials, patients were treated with up to 3 injections of 0.58 mg of XIAFLEX or placebo with approximately 4-week intervals between injections and the patients had finger extension procedures the day after injection, if needed, to facilitate disruption of the cord . These trials were comprised of 374 patients of whom 249 and 125 received 0.58 mg of XIAFLEX and placebo, respectively.

The mean age was 63 years, 80% were male and 20% were female, and 100% were white. In the placebo-controlled portions of Studies 1 and 2 through Day 90, 98% and 51% of XIAFLEX-treated and placebo-treated patients had an adverse reaction after up to 3 injections, respectively. Over 95% of XIAFLEX-treated patients had an adverse reaction of the injected extremity after up to 3 injections.

Approximately 81% of these local reactions resolved without intervention within 4 weeks of XIAFLEX injections. The adverse reaction profile was similar for each injection, regardless of the number of injections administered. However, the incidence of pruritus increased with more injections.

The most frequently reported adverse drug reactions (≥ 25%) in the XIAFLEX clinical trials in patients with Dupuytren’s contracture included edema peripheral (mostly swelling of the injected hand), contusion, injection site hemorrhage, injection site reaction, and pain in the treated extremity. Table 3 shows the incidence of adverse reactions that were reported in greater than or equal to 5% of XIAFLEX-treated patients and at a frequency greater than placebo-treated patients after up to 3 injections in the pooled placebo-controlled trials through Day 90 (Studies 1 and 2). Table 3. Adverse Reactions Occurring in ≥ 5% of XIAFLEX-Treated Patients with Dupuytren’s Contracture and at a Greater Incidence than Placebo in the Placebo-Controlled Trials Through Day 90 After Up to 3 Injections a Most of these events were swelling of the injected hand. b Includes the terms: contusion (any body system) and ecchymosis. c Includes the terms: injection site reaction, injection site erythema, injection site inflammation, injection site irritation, injection site pain, and injection site warmth. d Includes the terms: injection site swelling and injection site edema. e Includes the terms: pruritus and injection site pruritus. f Includes the terms: lymphadenopathy and axillary mass. Adverse Reaction XIAFLEX N=249 Placebo N=125 All Adverse Reactions 98% 51% Edema peripheral a 73% 5% Contusion b 70% 3% Injection site hemorrhage 38% 3% Injection site reaction c 35% 6% Pain in extremity 35% 4% Tenderness 24% 0% Injection site swelling d 24% 6% Pruritus e 15% 1% Lymphadenopathy f 13% 0% Skin laceration 9% 0% Lymph node pain 8% 0% Erythema 6% 0% Axillary pain 6% 0% Some patients developed vasovagal syncope after finger extension procedures.

The safety of two concurrent injections of XIAFLEX 0.58 mg into Dupuytren’s cords in the same hand was evaluated in a historically-controlled, open-label multi-center trial in 715 adult subjects with Dupuytren’s contracture (Study 3). In Study 3, finger extension procedures were performed approximately 24 to 72 hours after injection. The patient demographics were similar to Studies 1 and 2. Out of 715 patients who received two concurrent injections of XIAFLEX 0.58 mg in the same hand (1450 XIAFLEX injections) in Study 3, one (0.1%) patient experienced a tendon rupture of the treated finger within 3 days of the injection. Table 4 shows the incidence of adverse reactions that were reported in greater than or equal to 5% of XIAFLEX-treated patients after two concurrent injections of XIAFLEX in the same hand through Day 60 in Study 3. Table 4. Adverse Reactions Occurring in ≥5.0% of Subjects Who Received Two Concurrent Injections of XIAFLEX in Study 3 Adverse Reaction XIAFLEX N=715 Subjects with ≥1 adverse reaction 95% Edema peripheral 77% Contusion 59% Pain in extremity 51% Laceration 22% Pruritus 15% Injection site pain 14% Lymphadenopathy 13% Blood blister 12% Injection site hematoma 8% Axillary pain 7% Injection site hemorrhage 6% Injection site swelling 5% Ecchymosis 5% Safety of Retreatment of Recurrent Contractures An observational, open-label study was conducted in subjects who had participated in XIAFLEX clinical trials for Dupuytren’s contracture (Study 4). A subset of patients who had recurrence of contracture in a joint that was previously successfully treated with XIAFLEX in Study 4 were retreated (Study 5). No new safety signals were identified among subjects who were retreated with XIAFLEX.

Clinical Studies Experience in Patients with Peyronie’s Disease

Because clinical studies are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical studies of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical studies of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. In the controlled and uncontrolled clinical studies of XIAFLEX in Peyronie’s disease, 1044 patients received a total of 7466 XIAFLEX injections. Corporal Rupture and Other Serious Penile Injury Corporal rupture was reported as an adverse reaction after XIAFLEX injections in 5 of 1044 (0.5%) XIAFLEX treated patients.

In other XIAFLEX-treated patients (9 of 1044; 0.9%), a combination of penile ecchymoses or hematoma, sudden penile detumescence, and/or a penile “popping” sound or sensation was reported, and in these cases, a diagnosis of corporal rupture cannot be excluded. These patients were managed without surgical intervention, but the long-term consequences are unknown. Severe penile hematoma was also reported as an adverse reaction in 39 of 1044 patients (3.7%) in the controlled and uncontrolled clinical trials in Peyronie’s disease.

The data described below are based on two identical, pooled, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trials through Day 365 in patients with Peyronie’s disease (Studies 1 and 2). These trials included 832 patients of whom 551 and 281 received XIAFLEX and placebo, respectively. In these trials, patients were given up to 4 treatment cycles of XIAFLEX or placebo. In each cycle, two injections of XIAFLEX or two injections of placebo were administered 1 to 3 days apart.

A penile modeling procedure was performed at the study site on patients 1 to 3 days after the second injection of the cycle. The treatment cycle was repeated at approximately 6-week intervals up to 3 additional times, for a maximum of 8 total injection procedures and 4 total modeling procedures. The majority of Peyronie’s patients experienced at least one adverse reaction (92% XIAFLEX-treated patients, 61% placebo-treated). Most adverse reactions were local events of the penis and groin and the majority of these events were of mild or moderate severity, and most (79%) resolved within 14 days of the injection.

The adverse reaction profile was similar after each injection, regardless of the number of injections administered. The most frequently reported adverse drug reactions (≥ 25%) in the XIAFLEX clinical trials in patients with Peyronie’s disease were penile hematoma, penile swelling, and penile pain. Table 5 shows the incidence of adverse reactions that were reported in greater than or equal to 1% of XIAFLEX-treated patients and at a frequency greater than placebo-treated patients after up to 8 injections in the pooled placebo-controlled trials through Day 365. Table 5. Adverse Reactions Occurring in ≥ 1% of XIAFLEX-Treated Patients with Peyronie’s disease and at a Greater Incidence than Placebo After Up to Four Treatment Cycles in Studies 1 and 2 Combined a Includes: injection site hematoma and penile hematoma were reported with the verbatim term of penile bruising or injection site bruising in 87% of subjects. b Includes: injection site swelling, penile edema, penile swelling, local swelling, scrotal swelling, and injection site edema. c Includes: injection site pain, penile pain, and injection site discomfort. d Includes: contusion, ecchymoses, penile hemorrhage, and injection site hemorrhage.

Adverse Reaction XIAFLEX N=551 Placebo N=281 All Adverse Reactions 84.2% 36.3% Penile hematoma a 65.5% 19.2% Penile swelling b 55.0% 3.2% Penile pain c 45.4% 9.3% Penile ecchymoses d 14.5% 6.8% Blood blister 4.5% 0 Penile blister 3.3% 0 Pruritus genital 3.1% 0 Painful erection 2.9% 0 Erectile dysfunction 1.8% 0.4% Skin discoloration 1.8% 0 Procedural pain 1.6% 0.7% Injection site vesicles 1.3% 0 Localized edema 1.3% 0 Dyspareunia 1.1% 0 Injection site pruritus 1.1% 0 Nodule 1.1% 0 Suprapubic pain 1.1% 0 Severe penile hematoma or severe injection site hematoma were reported in 33/551 (6.0%) of XIAFLEX-treated patients and 0/281 (0%) of placebo-treated patients, in Studies 1 and 2 combined. Reports of penile “popping” sounds or sensations A popping noise or popping sensation in the penis, sometimes described as “snapping” or “cracking”, and sometimes accompanied by detumescence, hematoma and/or pain, were reported in 73/551 (13.2%) XIAFLEX-treated patients and 1/281 (0.3%) placebo-treated patients. There were no clinically meaningful differences in the incidence of adverse events following treatment with XIAFLEX based on the severity of baseline erectile dysfunction or concomitant phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor use.

XIAFLEX was not associated with shortening of penile length in clinical trials in the treatment of Peyronie’s disease.

Immunogenicity During clinical studies in Dupuytren’s contracture and Peyronie’s disease, patients were

tested at multiple time points for antibodies to the protein components of XIAFLEX (AUX-I and AUX-II). In the Dupuytren’s contracture clinical studies (Studies 1 and 2), at 30 days post the first injection of XIAFLEX 0.58 mg, 92% of patients had antibodies against AUX-I detected and 86% of patients had antibodies against AUX-II detected. After the fourth injection of XIAFLEX, every XIAFLEX-treated patient developed high titers of antibodies to both AUX-I and AUX-II. After 5 years more than 90% of patients remained seropositive for anti-AUX-I and anti-AUX-II antibody (Study 4). Neutralizing antibodies were assayed for all patients in Study 1. Neutralizing antibodies to AUX-I or AUX-II, were detected in 10% and 21%, respectively, of patients treated with XIAFLEX. Among patients in Study 3 who reported no prior exposure to XIAFLEX, 97% of patients had antibodies against AUX-I and AUX-II after two concurrent doses of XIAFLEX 0.58 mg (total dose of 1.16 mg) in the same hand. In Study 5, treatment of recurrent contractures with XIAFLEX resulted in similar immunogenicity results as seen in Studies 1 and 2. In the Peyronie’s disease clinical studies, at 6 weeks after the first treatment cycle of XIAFLEX 0.58 mg, approximately 75% of patients had antibodies against AUX-I and approximately 55% of patients had antibodies against AUX-II. Six weeks after the eighth injection (fourth treatment cycle) of XIAFLEX, >99% of XIAFLEX-treated patients developed high titers of antibodies to both AUX-I and AUX-II. Neutralizing antibodies were assayed for a subset of 70 samples selected to be representative of high and low titer binding antibody responses at Week 12 of treatment.

For each subject in whom a Week 12 sample was selected, the corresponding Week 6, 18, 24, and 52 samples were assayed if they were also binding antibody positive. Neutralizing antibodies to AUX-I or AUX-II, were detected in 60% and 51.8%, respectively, of patients tested. In patients treated for these two indications, there was no apparent correlation of antibody frequency, antibody titers, or neutralizing status to clinical response or adverse reactions.

Since the protein components in XIAFLEX (AUX-I and AUX-II) have some sequence homology with human matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), anti-product antibodies could theoretically interfere with human MMPs. In vitro studies showed no evidence of cross-reactivity between anti-drug-antibody positive patient sera and a series of relevant MMPs. In addition, no clinical safety concerns related to the inhibition of endogenous MMPs have been observed.

Immunogenicity assay results are highly dependent on the sensitivity and specificity of the assay used in detection and may be influenced by several factors, including sample handling, timing of sample collection, concomitant medications, and underlying disease. For these reasons, comparison of incidence of antibodies to collagenase clostridium histolyticum with the incidence of antibodies to other products may be misleading.

Postmarketing Experience

The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of XIAFLEX. Because 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. Acute Lower Back Pain Reactions Reports of acute lower back pain reactions, sometimes accompanied by radiation of pain to the lower extremities, chest and arms, muscle spasms, chest pain, paresthesias and dyspnea, have been received involving patients treated with XIAFLEX for Peyronie’s disease. Some patients have also experienced temporary gait instability and an inability to ambulate for brief periods of time post injection.

These events have occurred in close temporal proximity to XIAFLEX treatments. During retreatment injections with XIAFLEX, cases of recurrent acute lower back pain reactions have been reported. These events can be mild to severe in intensity.

The events typically resolved within 15 minutes, but some lasted up to 30 minutes, and one event lasted 1.5 hours. The events typically did not require intervention, but some required observation and treatment with analgesics. The events typically resolved without sequelae, but in one event, pain improved but did not resolve at the time of final report.

Skin and Soft Tissue Necrosis Events Reports of localized skin and soft tissue necrosis, occurring as sequelae of penile hematoma, have been received in patients treated with XIAFLEX for Peyronie’s disease. Some of the cases required surgical intervention. Syncope and Presyncope Cases of syncope and presyncope have been reported in the postmarketing period in patients treated with XIAFLEX. Potential triggers for the syncopal events, including post-procedure pain, suggest a vasovagal mechanism.

Most, but not all the cases, occurred in the immediate treatment period or within 1 to 2 days following injection. Bodily injuries, including concussion, head abrasion, and other accidental injuries, have been reported in association with the syncopal events.

Anticoagulant drugs: XIAFLEX should be used with caution in patients receiving concomitant anticoagulants (except for low-dose aspirin) .

Pregnancy Pregnancy Category B There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of XIAFLEX in pregnant women. Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, XIAFLEX should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed. Risk Summary Based on animal data, XIAFLEX is not predicted to increase the risk for major developmental abnormalities in humans.

Human Data Human pharmacokinetic studies showed that XIAFLEX levels were not quantifiable in the systemic circulation following injection into a Dupuytren’s cord. Low levels of XIAFLEX were quantifiable in the plasma of evaluable male subjects for up to 30 minutes following administration of XIAFLEX into the penile plaque of subjects with Peyronie’s disease. Almost all patients develop anti-product antibodies (anti-AUX-I and anti-AUX-II) after treatment with XIAFLEX, and the clinical significance of anti-product antibody formation on a developing fetus is not known.

Animal Data Reproduction studies have been performed in rats with intravenous exposures up to approximately 11 times the maximum recommended human dose (MRHD) of XIAFLEX on a mg/m 2 basis, and have revealed no evidence of impaired fertility or harm to the fetus due to collagenase clostridium histolyticum.

Pediatric Use The safety and effectiveness of XIAFLEX in pediatric patients less than 18 years old have not been established.

is contraindicated in: the treatment of Peyronie’s plaques that involve the penile urethra due to potential risk to this structure. patients with a history of hypersensitivity to XIAFLEX or to collagenase used in any other therapeutic application or application method . Peyronie’s plaques that involve the penile urethra History of hypersensitivity to XIAFLEX or to collagenase used in other therapeutic applications

The effects of overdose of XIAFLEX are unknown. It is possible that multiple simultaneous or excessive doses of XIAFLEX may cause more severe local effects than the recommended doses including serious adverse reactions in the injected area (e.g., tendon ruptures or corporal ruptures dependent on the injection site). Supportive care and symptomatic treatment are recommended in these circumstances.