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SECUADO (NDA-212268)

(ASENAPINE)

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

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01/22/2025 (SUPPL-7)

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5 Warnings and Precautions

5.5 Metabolic Changes

Additions and/or revisions underlined:

Dyslipidemia

In the placebo-controlled schizophrenia trial with SECUADO, the proportion of patients with total cholesterol elevations greater than or equal to 240 mg/dL (at Endpoint) was 10.7% for patients treated with SECUADO 3.8 mg/24 hours and 13.6% for patients treated with SECUADO 7.6 mg/24 hours versus 10.2 % for placebo-treated patients. The proportion of patients with elevations in triglycerides greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL (at Endpoint) was 17.8% for SECUADO 3.8 mg/24 hours and 12.4% for SECUADO 7.6 mg/24 hours treated patients versus 10.3% for placebo-treated patients.

5.11 Hyperprolactinemia

Additions and/or revisions underlined:

Tissue culture experiments indicate that approximately one-third of human breast cancers are prolactin-dependent in vitro, a factor of potential importance if the prescription of these drugs is considered in a patient with previously-detected breast cancer. Published epidemiologic studies have shown inconsistent results when exploring the potential association between hyperprolactinemia and breast cancer.

6 Adverse Reactions

6.1 Clinical Trials Experience

Additions and/or revisions underlined:

Adverse Reactions Leading to Discontinuation of Treatment

A total of 4.9% (10/204) patients treated with SECUADO 3.8 mg/24 hours, 7.8% (16/204) patients treated with SECUADO 7.6 mg/24 hours, and 6.8% (14/206) patients on placebo discontinued due to adverse reactions in the placebo-controlled trial. The adverse reaction that most commonly led to discontinuation among SECUADO-treated patients in this trial was akathisia, which led to discontinuation in no (0/204) patients treated with SECUADO 3.8 mg/24 hours, 1.5% (3/204) patients treated with SECUADO 7.6 mg/24 hours, and 0.5% (1/206) patients on placebo.

Extrapyramidal Symptoms:

In the short-term, placebo-controlled schizophrenia adult trial, the incidence of reported extrapyramidal disorder events, excluding events related to akathisia, was 7.8% for patients treated with SECUADO 3.8 mg/24 hours, 12.8% for patients treated with SECUADO 7.6 mg/24 hours and 2.4% for placebo-treated patients; and the incidence of akathisia-related events was 3.9% for patients treated with SECUADO 3.8 mg/24 hours, 4.4% for patients treated with SECUADO 7.6 mg/24 hours and 2.4% for placebo-treated patients.