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5.3 Use of Heparin Following Administration of ANDEXXA

ANDEXXA may interfere with the anticoagulant effect of heparin.

Use of ANDEXXA as an antidote for heparin has not been established. Avoid use of ANDEXXA for the reversal of direct FXa inhibitors (apixaban and rivaroxaban) prior to heparinization as ANDEXXA may cause unresponsiveness to heparin. If anticoagulation is needed, use an alternative anticoagulant to heparin.

6 ADVERSE REACTIONS

The most common adverse reactions (≥ 5%) in bleeding subjects receiving ANDEXXA were urinary tract infections and pneumonia.

The most common adverse reactions (≥ 3%) in healthy subjects treated with ANDEXXA were infusion-related reactions.

6.1 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 compared directly to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in clinical practice.

In the pooled safety analysis of clinical trials of ANDEXXA, 223 healthy volunteers received FXa inhibitors, followed by treatment with ANDEXXA. The frequency of adverse reactions was similar in the ANDEXXA-treated group (120/223; 54%) and in the placebo-treated group (54/94; 57%). Infusion-related adverse reactions occurred in 18% (39/223) of the ANDEXXA-treated group and were the only type of adverse reaction that occurred more frequently than in the placebo group. No serious or severe adverse reactions were reported.

The ANNEXA-4 study is an ongoing multinational, prospective, open-label study using ANDEXXA in subjects presenting with acute major bleeding and who have recently received an FXa inhibitor. To date, safety data are available for 352 subjects. Sixty-three percent of the 352 subjects were 75 years or older. Subjects had received either apixaban (194/352; 55%) or rivaroxaban (128/352; 36%) as anticoagulation treatment for atrial fibrillation (286/352; 81%) or venous thromboembolism (87/352; 25%). In the majority of subjects, ANDEXXA was used to reverse anticoagulant therapy following either an intracranial hemorrhage (227; 64%) or a gastrointestinal bleed (90; 26%), with the remaining 35 subjects (10%) experiencing bleeding at other sites. Subjects were assessed at a Day 30 follow-up visit following infusion with ANDEXXA.

Deaths

In the ongoing ANNEXA-4 study, of the 352 subjects completing 30-day safety follow-up, there were 54 deaths (15%) occurring prior to the Day 30 visit. The number of cardiovascular deaths, including three with unknown causes and two that were unadjudicated, was 42 of 352 (12%), and the number of non-cardiovascular deaths was 12 (3%). Twenty (37%) subjects died within ten days after the ANDEXXA infusion. All subjects died prior to Day 45. Of the 54 subjects who died, the bleeding type was intracranial bleeding in 37 (69%), gastrointestinal bleeding in 12 (22%), and other bleeding types in 5 (9%) subjects.

Thromboembolic and Ischemic Events

In the ANNEXA-4 study, 63/352 (18%) subjects experienced one or more of the following overall thromboembolic events: cerebrovascular accident (CVA) (16/63; 25%), deep venous thrombosis (16/63; 25%), acute myocardial infarction (10/63; 16%), pulmonary embolism (5/63; 8%), and transient ischemic attack (1/63; 2%). The median time to event was seven days. A total of 33% of subjects with thromboembolic events (21/63) experienced the thromboembolic event during the first three days. Of the 352 subjects who received ANDEXXA, 223 received at least one anticoagulation dose within 30 days after treatment. Of these 223, 18 subjects (8%) had a thrombotic event and/or ischemic event after resumption [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].

No thromboembolic events were observed in 223 healthy volunteers who received FXa inhibitors and were treated with ANDEXXA.

Infusion-Related Reactions

Infusion-related reactions occurred in 18% (39/223) of ANDEXXA-treated healthy volunteers vs. 6% (6/94) of placebo-treated subjects. These reactions were characterized by a range of symptoms, including flushing, feeling hot, cough, dysgeusia, and dyspnea. Symptoms were mild to moderate in severity, and 90% (35/39) did not require treatment. One subject with a history of hives prematurely discontinued ANDEXXA after developing mild hives. Two of 352 (0.6%) subjects in the ANNEXA-4 study experienced an infusion-related reaction.

6.2 Immunogenicity

As with all therapeutic proteins, there is the potential for immunogenicity. Using an electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based assay, 145 ANDEXXA-treated healthy subjects were tested for antibodies to ANDEXXA as well as for antibodies cross-reacting with factor X (FX) and FXa. Low titers of anti-ANDEXXA antibodies were observed in 26/145 healthy subjects (17%); 6% (9/145) were first observed at Day 30, with 20 subjects (14%) still having titers at the last time point (Days 44 to 48). To date, the pattern of antibody response in subjects in the ongoing ANNEXA-4 study has been similar to that observed in healthy volunteers. Of the 236 subjects with available samples, 6.8% (16/236) had antibodies against ANDEXXA. None of these anti-ANDEXXA antibodies were neutralizing. No neutralizing antibodies cross-reacting with FX or FXa were detected in healthy subjects (0/145) or in bleeding subjects (0/209) to date.

Detection of antibody formation is highly dependent on the sensitivity and specificity of the assay. Additionally, the observed incidence of antibody (including neutralizing antibody) positivity in an assay may be influenced by several factors, including assay methodology, sample handling, timing of sample collection, concomitant medications, and underlying disease. For these reasons, comparison of the incidence of antibodies to ANDEXXA with the incidence of antibodies to other products may be misleading.

8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

8.1 Pregnancy

Risk Summary

There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of ANDEXXA in pregnant women to inform patients of associated risks. Animal reproductive and developmental studies have not been conducted with ANDEXXA.

In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in clinically recognized pregnancies is 2% to 4% and 15% to 20%, respectively.

Labor or Delivery

The safety and effectiveness of ANDEXXA during labor and delivery have not been evaluated.

8.2 Lactation

Risk Summary

There is no information regarding the presence of ANDEXXA in human milk, the effects on the breastfed child, or the effects on milk production.

The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for ANDEXXA and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed child from ANDEXXA or from the underlying maternal condition.

8.4 Pediatric Use

The safety and efficacy of ANDEXXA in the pediatric population have not been studied.

8.5 Geriatric Use

Of the 352 subjects in the ANNEXA-4 study of ANDEXXA, 314 were 65 years of age or older, and 231 were 75 years of age or older. No overall differences in safety or efficacy were observed between these subjects and younger subjects, and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between elderly and younger subjects; however, greater sensitivity of some older individuals cannot be ruled out.

The pharmacokinetics of ANDEXXA in healthy older (≥ 65 years; n=10) subjects were not different compared to younger (18-45 years; n=10) subjects.

11 DESCRIPTION

ANDEXXA (coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo) is a sterile, white to off-white lyophilized powder available in single-use vials.

Each 200 mg vial delivers 200 mg of coagulation factor Xa formulated with the inactive ingredients tromethamine (Tris base), Tris hydrochloride, L-arginine hydrochloride, sucrose (1% w/v), mannitol (2.5% w/v), and polysorbate 80 (0.01% w/v) at pH 7.8.

After reconstitution of the lyophilized powder with SWFI for IV administration, the product is a clear, colorless to slightly yellow solution. ANDEXXA contains no preservatives.

The active ingredient in ANDEXXA is a genetically modified variant of human FXa. The active site serine was substituted with alanine, rendering the molecule unable to cleave and activate prothrombin. The gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) domain was removed to eliminate the protein’s ability to assemble into the prothrombinase complex, thus removing the potential anticoagulant effects.

No additives of human or animal origin are used in the manufacture of ANDEXXA. The recombinant protein is produced in a genetically engineered Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell expression system and has a molecular weight of approximately 41 kDa. The manufacturing process incorporates two validated virus clearance steps.

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