Telavancin - Veterans Affairs



National Drug Monograph

Telavancin (Vibativ()

March 2010

VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services, Medical Advisory Panel, and VISN Pharmacist Executives

The purpose of VA PBM Services drug monographs is to provide a comprehensive drug review for making formulary decisions. These documents will be updated when new clinical data warrant additional formulary discussion. Documents will be placed in the Archive section when the information is deemed to be no longer current.

Executive Summary:1-3

• Telavancin is a lipoglycopeptide that received FDA approval (September 2009) for the treatment of adult patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria.

• Telavancin displays in vitro activity against Gram-Positive organisms including multi-drug resistant isolates such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

• Two pivotal, Phase III clinical trials were conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of telavancin in the treatment of cSSSI. The study designs of these two clinical trials were identical and designed to establish noninferiority of telavancin and vancomycin. In addition, a prespecified, pooled analyses from both phase III clinical trials in patients infected with MRSA was performed to test for superiority of telavancin over vancomycin.

• Telavancin demonstrated noninferiority to vancomycin for treatment of cSSSI. However, in a subanalysis of pooled cSSSI studies, clinical cure rates in the telavancin treatment group were lower in patients with impaired renal function (CrCl≤50 ml/min) than compared to those with a CrCl>50 ml/min. Similar findings of lower cure rates were also seen in elderly patients compared to those 512 |2 |1 |N/A |

|E. faecium |0.25 |1 |2 |4 |2 |

|vancomycin susceptible (n=92) | | | | | |

|E. faecium harboring VanA gene (n=223) |8 |512 |2 |4 |1 |

|E. faecium harboring VanB gene (n=17) |2 |0.5 |1 |4 |4 |

|S. pyogenes (n=68) |0.06 |0.5 |1 |0.06 |N/A |

|S. agalactiae (n=45) |0.06 |0.5 |1 |0.25 |N/A |

|Viridans group streptococci (n=102) |0.12 |0.5 |1 |1 |N/A |

|S. pneumoniae |0.03 |0.5 |1 |N/A |N/A |

|penicillin susceptible (n=204) | | | | | |

|S. pneumoniae |0.015 |0.5 |1 |N/A |N/A |

|penicillin nonsusceptible (n=72) | | | | | |

Table adapted from reference 4

FDA Approved Indication(s)1 and Off-label Uses8-9

Telavancin received FDA approval for the treatment of adult patients with complicated skin and skin

structure infections (cSSSI) caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria (ie, Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin susceptible and methicillin-resistant isolates), Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae,

Streptococcus anginosus group (S. anginosus, S. intermedius, S. constellatus) or Enterococcus faecalis

(vancomycin-susceptible isolates only).

The manufacturer has submitted a new drug application for treatment of telavancin for nosocomial pneumonia.

The two, phase III clinical trials evaluating telavancin and vancomycin for treatment of hospital-acquired

pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus (ATTAIN1 and ATTAIN 2) have been completed. Recently, the FDA issued a complete response letter indicating that the company needs to submit additional data and analyses to support efficacy and safety of telavancin for this indication. At this time, the results of the nosocomial pneumonia clinical trials have only been published in abstract form and will not be reviewed in this monograph.

Current VA National Formulary Alternatives

Parenteral anti-MRSA agents on VANF include vancomcyin, daptomycin, linezolid, tigecycline, and quinupristin-dalfopristin. The PBM/MAP/VPEs have issued Recommendations for Use for daptomycin, linezolid, tigecycline, and quinupristin-dalfopristin.

Dosage and Administration1,10

The recommended dose of telavancin is 10 mg/kg administered by intravenous infusion once every 24 hours for 7 to 14 days. Telavancin should be intravenously administered over a 60 minute period to reduce the risk of infusion-related reactions. Similar to vancomycin, symptoms associated with “red-person syndrome” (e.g., flushing of the upper body, urticaria, pruritis, or rash) may occur with rapid infusion of telavancin.

Renal Impairment: Dosage adjustments are recommended in renal impairment (Table 3). Of note, telavancin contains hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin, an ingredient to increase solubility, which is excreted in urine and may accumulate in patients with renal impairment. The clinical significance of this accumulation is unknown.

Table 3. Dosage Adjustments in Renal Impairment

|Creatinine Clearance (mL/min) |Telavancin Dosage Regimen |

|>50 |10 mg/kg every 24 hours |

|30-50 |7.5 mg/kg every 24 hours |

|10- < 30 |10 mg/kg every 48 hours |

|End-stage renal disease on hemodialysis |Insufficient information to provide recommendation. |

Hepatic Impairment: No dosage adjustments recommended in patients with mild or moderate hepatic impairment. Because the pharmacokinetics of telavancin have not been evaluated in patients with severe hepatic impairment, no recommendations are available at this time.

Efficacy 1-3

Two pivotal, Phase III clinical trials were conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of telavancin in the treatment of cSSSI. The study designs of these two clinical trials were identical and designed to establish noninferiority of telavancin and vancomycin using noninferiority margin of 10% . In addition, a prespecified, pooled analyses from both phase III clinical trials in patients infected with MRSA was preformed to test for superiority of telavancin over vancomycin. Post-hoc analysis for various subgroups (US vs non-US trial site, history of diabetes, baseline creatinine clearance, wound type, and age) were also performed in the clinically evaluable (CE) population.

Co-primary efficacy endpoints:

• Clinical response at test-of-cure (TOC) defined as visit 7-14 days after last dose in all-treated (AT) population

• Clinical response at test-of-cure (TOC) in CE population

Secondary endpoints:

• Clinical response at test-of-cure (TOC ) in patients with MRSA in pooled all-treated population from both phase III clinical trials

• Clinical Response at TOC in the Microbiology Evaluable Population

Summary of efficacy findings

– In the phase III clinical studies, telavancin was found to be noninferior to vancomycin in the AT and CE populations.

– In the pooled analyses, telavancin did not demonstrate statistical superiority to vancomycin in patients infected with MRSA.

– In subgroup, post-hoc analyses, telavancin-treated patients with renal impairment showed a lower rate in clinical response compared to vancomycin-treated patients with renal impairment. Similarly, lower rate in clinical response was seen in elderly patients treated with telavancin compared to vancomycin. Limitations of these data include small number of patients in the analyses and post hoc analyses were performed. The warning section of the product information indicates to use caution in patients with renal impairment based upon these findings.

For further details on the efficacy results of the clinical trials, refer to Appendix A (page 9).

Adverse Events (Safety Data)1-3

Incidence of adverse events was assessed in 929 patients treated with telavancin in two, pivotal phase III clinical trials. Refer to Table 4 for treatment-emergent adverse drug reactions in these two pivotal trials. There were 7.8% (72/929) of telavancin-treated and 5.7% (53/938) vancomycin-treated patients that were discontinued from medication secondary to adverse-events.

Table 4: Incidence of Treatment-emergent Adverse Drug Reactions Reported in ≥2%

of Telavancin or Vancomycin Patients Treated in two Phase III clinical Trials

| |Telavancin |Vancomycin |

| |(N=929) |(N=938) |

|Taste disturbance |33% |7% |

|(ie, metallic or soapy taste) | | |

|Nausea |27% |15% |

|Vomiting |14% |7% |

|Foamy urine |13% |3% |

|Diarrhea |7% |8% |

|Pruritis |6% |13% |

|Dizziness |6% |6% |

|Rash |4% |5% |

|Infusion site pain |4% |4% |

|Rigors |4% |2% |

|Generalized pruritus |3% |6% |

|Infusion site erythema |3% |3% |

|Decrease appetite |3% |2% |

|Abdominal pain |2% |2% |

Table adapted from product information; P-values not reported

Deaths and Other Serious Adverse Events (Sentinel Events)

In the two Phase III cSSSI clinical trials, ................
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