Exjade Film-Coated Tablets
- Name:
Exjade Film-Coated Tablets
- Company:
Novartis Ireland Limited
- Active Ingredients:
- Legal Category:
Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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Updated on 5 August 2020
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
Updated on 29 November 2019 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Improved presentation of PIL
Updated on 3 September 2019
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
Updated on 25 July 2019
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
Updated on 22 January 2019 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 6 - marketing authorisation number
Updated on 18 September 2018
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
- Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
Updated on 21 May 2018
Reasons for updating
- Change to MA holder contact details
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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Address change -BREXIT
Updated on 22 August 2017 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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In Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use additional information has been added on Skin disorders
In Section 4.8 Undesirable effects Severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) has been added under summary of safety profile, Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) has been added as a rare side effect.
Updated on 22 August 2017
Reasons for updating
- New SmPC for new product
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
Updated on 20 February 2017 PIL
Reasons for updating
- New PIL for new product
Updated on 15 February 2012 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic properties
- Change to section 9 - Date of renewal of authorisation
- Joint SPC superseded by SPCs for individual presentations
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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Section 4.2
Patients with hepatic impairment
EXJADE is not recommended in patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C). In patients with moderate hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class B), the dose should be considerably reduced followed by progressive increase up to a limit of 50% (see sections 4.4 and 5.2), and EXJADE must be used with caution in such patients. Hepatic function in all patients should be monitored before treatment, every 2 weeks during the first month and then every month (see section 4.4).
Section 4.4
The third paragraph under hepatic function:
(Child-Pugh Class C) (see section 5.2).
Section 5.2
At the end of this section:
Renal or hepatic impairment
The pharmacokinetics of deferasirox have not been studied in patients with renal impairment. The pharmacokinetics of deferasirox were not influenced by liver transaminase levels up to 5 times the upper limit of the normal range.
In a clinical study using single doses of 20 mg/kg deferasirox, the average exposure was increased by 16% in subjects with mild hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class A) and by 76% in subjects with moderate hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class B) compared to subjects with normal hepatic function. The average Cmax of deferasirox in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment was increased by 22%. Exposure was increased 2.8-fold in one subject with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C) (see sections 4.2 and 4.4).
Section 9
Date of latest renewal: 28.08.2011
Updated on 12 October 2011 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
- Change to section 4.1 - Therapeutic indications
- Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
- Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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In Section 4.5 inclusion of statement re. interaction with iron chelators, concomitant administration of Exjade with NSAIDs , corticosteroids or oral bisphosphonates..... cholestyramine effect described alos in Section 4.5
In Section 4.8 - addition of "tubulointerstitial nephritis" as an unknown undesirable effect.
Updated on 9 February 2011 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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Section 4.5 updated to include interaction with theophylline....
Updated on 14 December 2009 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
- Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
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Elderly patients (≥65 years of age)
The dosing recommendations for elderly patients are the same as described above. In clinical trials, elderly patients experienced a higher frequency of adverse reactions than younger patients (in particular, diarrhoea) and should be monitored closely for adverse events that may require a dose adjustment.
The causes of the rises in serum creatinine have not been elucidated. Particular attention should therefore be paid to monitoring of serum creatinine in patients who are concomitantly receiving medicinal products that depress renal function, and in patients who are receiving high doses of EXJADE and/or low rates of transfusion (<7 ml/kg/month of packed red blood cells or <2 units/month for an adult). While no increase in renal adverse events was observed after dose escalation to doses above 30 mg/kg in clinical trials, an increased risk of renal adverse events with EXJADE doses above 30 mg/kg cannot be excluded.
Renal tubulopathy has been mainly reported in children and adolescents with beta-thalassaemia treated with EXJADE. Tests for proteinuria should be performed monthly. As needed, additional markers of renal tubular function (e.g. glycosuria in non-diabetics and low levels of serum potassium, phosphate, magnesium or urate, phosphaturia, aminoaciduria) may also be monitored. Dose reduction or interruption may be considered if there are abnormalities in levels of tubular markers and/or if clinically indicated.
Changes to Section 4.8
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Updated on 24 July 2009 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Addition of joint SPC covering all presentations
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)