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IZERVAY (NDA-217225)

(AVACINCAPTAD PEGOL SODIUM)

Safety-related Labeling Changes Approved by FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

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02/27/2026 (SUPPL-4)

Approved Drug Label (PDF)

6 Adverse Reactions

6.1 Clinical Trials Experience

Revision to Table 1 title: Common Ocular Adverse Reactions (greater than or equal to 2%) and greater than Sham in Study Eye up to 12 months

Newly added Table 2; please refer to label for complete information

Additions and/or revisions underlined:

Adverse reactions reported in greater than and equal to 2% of patients who received treatment with IZERVAY for up to 12 months pooled across the GATHER1 and GATHER2 studies are listed below in Table 1.

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Adverse reactions reported in greater than or equal to 2% of patients who received treatment with IZERVAY for up to 24 months in the GATHER2 study are listed below in Table 2.

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Photopsia, optic ischemic neuropathy, vitreous hemorrhage, vitreal cells, vitritis, and endophthalmitis were each reported in less than or equal to 1% of patients treated with IZERVAY for up to 24 months across the GATHER1 and GATHER2 studies.

02/12/2025 (SUPPL-1)

Approved Drug Label (PDF)

5 Warnings and Precautions

5.2 Neovascular AMD

Additions and/or revisions underlined:

In the GATHER1 and GATHER2 clinical trials, use of IZERVAY was associated with increased rates of neovascular (wet) AMD or choroidal neovascularization (7% when administered monthly and 4% in the sham group) by Month 12. Over 24 months, the rate of neovascular (wet) AMD or choroidal neovascularization in the GATHER2 trial was 12% in the IZERVAY group and 9% in the sham group. Patients receiving IZERVAY should be monitored for signs of neovascular AMD.


8 Use in Specific Populations

8.1 Pregnancy

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Risk Summary

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Administration of avacincaptad pegol to pregnant rats and rabbits throughout the period of organogenesis resulted in no evidence of adverse effects to the fetus or pregnant female at intravenous (IV) doses 5.5 times and 3.4 times the human exposure, respectively, based on Area Under the Curve (AUC), following a single 2 mg intravitreal (IVT) dose (see Data).

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Data

An embryo fetal developmental toxicity study was conducted with pregnant rats. Pregnant rats received daily IV injections of avacincaptad pegol from day 6 to day 17 of gestation at 0.1, 0.4, 1.2 mg/kg/day. No maternal or embryofetal adverse effects were observed at any dose evaluated. An increase in the incidence of a non-adverse skeletal variation, described as short thoracolumbar (ossification site without distal cartilage) supernumerary ribs, was observed at all doses evaluated. The clinical relevance of this finding is unknown. Plasma exposures at the high dose were 5.5 times the human AUC of 999 ng•day/mL (23976 ng•hr/mL) following a single 2 mg IVT dose.

An embryo fetal developmental toxicity study was conducted with pregnant rabbits. Pregnant rabbits received daily IV injections of avacincaptad pegol from day 7 to day 19 of gestation at 0.12, 0.4, 1.2 mg/kg/day. No maternal or embryofetal adverse effects were observed at any dose evaluated. Plasma exposure in pregnant rabbits at the highest dose of 1.2 mg/kg/day was 3.4 times the human AUC of 999 ng•day/mL (23976 ng•hr/mL) following a single 2 mg IVT dose.