APPLICATION FOR SUBSIDY BY SPECIAL AUTHORITY

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1 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 1 Fm SA1620 Etanercept INITIAL APPLICATION - juvenile idiopathic arthritis Applications only from a named specialist rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. The patient has had an initial Special Authity approval f adalimumab f juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) The patient has experienced intolerable side effects from adalimumab The patient has received insufficient benefit from adalimumab to meet the renewal criteria f adalimumab f JIA To be used as an adjunct to methotrexate therapy monotherapy where use of methotrexate is limited by toxicity intolerance Patient diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Patient has had severe active polyarticular course JIA f 6 months duration longer Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of al parenteral methotrexate (at a dose of mg/m² weekly at the maximum tolerated dose) in combination with either al cticosteroids (prednisone 0.25 mg/kg at the maximum tolerated dose) a full trial of serial intra-articular cticosteroid injections Patient has persistent symptoms of poly-controlled active disease in at least 20 swollen, tender joints Patient has persistent symptoms of poly-controlled active disease in at least four joints from the following: wrist, elbow, knee, ankle, shoulder, cervical spine, hip Physician's global assessment indicating severe disease See also: INITIAL APPLICATION - rheumatoid arthritis p2, INITIAL APPLICATION - severe chronic plaque psiasis p3, INITIAL APPLICATION - ankylosing spondylitis p4, INITIAL APPLICATION - psiatic arthritis p5, INITIAL APPLICATION - pyoderma gangrenosum p6, INITIAL APPLICATION - adult-onset Still's disease p6, RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis p7, RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis p7, RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

2 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 2 Fm SA1620 INITIAL APPLICATION - rheumatoid arthritis Applications only from a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. The patient has had an initial Special Authity approval f adalimumab f rheumatoid arthritis The patient has experienced intolerable side effects from adalimumab The patient has received insufficient benefit from adalimumab to meet the renewal criteria f adalimumab f rheumatoid arthritis Patient has had severe active erosive rheumatoid arthritis (either confirmed by radiology imaging, the patient is cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody positive) f six months duration longer Treatment is to be used as an adjunct to methotrexate therapy monotherapy where use of methotrexate is limited by toxicity intolerance Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of al parenteral methotrexate at a dose of at least 20 mg weekly a maximum tolerated dose Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of al parenteral methotrexate in combination with sulphasalazine hydroxychloquine sulphate (at maximum tolerated doses) Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of al parenteral methotrexate in combination with the maximum tolerated dose of ciclospin Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of al parenteral methotrexate in combination with intramuscular gold Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of therapy at the maximum tolerated dose of leflunomide alone in combination with al parenteral methotrexate Patient has persistent symptoms of poly controlled active disease in at least 20 swollen, tender joints Patient has persistent symptoms of poly controlled active disease in at least four joints from the following: wrist, elbow, knee, ankle, either shoulder hip Patient has a C-reactive protein level greater than 15 mg/l measured no me than one month pri to the date of this application C-reactive protein levels not measured as patient is currently receiving prednisone therapy at a dose of greater than 5 mg per day has done so f me than three months See also: INITIAL APPLICATION - severe chronic plaque psiasis p3, INITIAL APPLICATION - ankylosing spondylitis p4, INITIAL APPLICATION - psiatic arthritis p5, INITIAL APPLICATION - pyoderma gangrenosum p6, INITIAL APPLICATION - adult-onset Still's disease p6, RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis p7, RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis p7, RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

3 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 3 Fm SA1620 INITIAL APPLICATION - severe chronic plaque psiasis Applications only from a dermatologist. Approvals valid f 4 months. The patient has had an initial Special Authity approval f adalimumab f severe chronic plaque psiasis The patient has experienced intolerable side effects from adalimumab The patient has received insufficient benefit from adalimumab to meet the renewal criteria f adalimumab f severe chronic plaque psiasis Patient has "whole body" severe chronic plaque psiasis with a Psiasis Area Severity Index (PASI) sce of greater than 15, where lesions have been present f at least 6 months from the time of initial diagnosis Patient has severe chronic plaque psiasis of the face, palm of a h sole of a foot, where the plaque plaques have been present f at least 6 months from the time of initial diagnosis Patient has tried, but had an inadequate response (see Note) to, has experienced intolerable side effects from, at least three of the following (at maximum tolerated doses unless contraindicated): phototherapy, methotrexate, ciclospin, acitretin A PASI assessment has been completed f at least the most recent pri treatment course (but preferably all pri treatment courses), preferably while still on treatment but no longer than 1 month following cessation of each pri treatment course The most recent PASI assessment is no me than 1 month old at the time of application Note: "Inadequate response" is defined as: f whole body severe chronic plaque psiasis, a PASI sce of greater than 15, as assessed preferably while still on treatment but no longer than 1 month following cessation of the most recent pri treatment; f severe chronic plaque psiasis of the face, h foot, at least 2 of the 3 PASI symptom subsces f erythema, thickness scaling are rated as severe very severe, the skin area affected is 30% me of the face, palm of a h sole of a foot, as assessed preferably while still on treatment but no longer than 1 month following cessation of the most recent pri treatment. See also: INITIAL APPLICATION - ankylosing spondylitis p4, INITIAL APPLICATION - psiatic arthritis p5, INITIAL APPLICATION - pyoderma gangrenosum p6, INITIAL APPLICATION - adult-onset Still's disease p6, RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis p7, RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis p7, RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

4 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 4 Fm SA1620 INITIAL APPLICATION - ankylosing spondylitis Applications only from a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. The patient has had an initial Special Authity approval f adalimumab f ankylosing spondylitis The patient has experienced intolerable side effects from adalimumab The patient has received insufficient benefit from adalimumab to meet the renewal criteria f adalimumab f ankylosing spondylitis Patient has a confirmed diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis present f me than six months Patient has low back pain stiffness that is relieved by exercise but not by rest Patient has bilateral sacroiliitis demonstrated by plain radiographs, CT MRI scan Patient's ankylosing spondylitis has not responded adequately to treatment with two me non-steroidal anti-inflammaty drugs (NSAIDs), in combination with anti-ulcer therapy if indicated, while patient was undergoing at least 3 months of a regular exercise regimen f ankylosing spondylitis Patient has limitation of motion of the lumbar spine in the sagittal the frontal planes as determined by the following Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) measures: a modified Schober's test of less than equal to 4 cm lumbar side flexion measurement of less than equal to 10 cm (mean of left right) Patient has limitation of chest expansion by at least 2.5 cm below the average nmal values crected f age gender (see Notes) A Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) of at least 6 on a 0-10 scale Note: The BASDAI must have been determined at the completion of the 3 month exercise trial, but pri to ceasing NSAID treatment. The BASDAI measure must be no me than 1 month old at the time of initial application. Average nmal chest expansion crected f age gender: years - Male: 7.0 cm; Female: 5.5 cm years - Male: 7.5 cm; Female: 5.5 cm years - Male: 6.5 cm; Female: 4.5 cm years - Male: 6.0 cm; Female: 5.0 cm years - Male: 5.5 cm; Female: 4.0 cm years - Male: 4.0 cm; Female: 4.0 cm 75+ years - Male: 3.0 cm; Female: 2.5 cm See also: INITIAL APPLICATION - psiatic arthritis p5, INITIAL APPLICATION - pyoderma gangrenosum p6, INITIAL APPLICATION - adult-onset Still's disease p6, RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis p7, RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis p7, RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

5 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 5 Fm SA1620 INITIAL APPLICATION - psiatic arthritis Applications only from a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. The patient has had an initial Special Authity approval f adalimumab f psiatic arthritis The patient has experienced intolerable side effects from adalimumab The patient has received insufficient benefit from adalimumab to meet the renewal criteria f adalimumab f psiatic arthritis Patient has had severe active psiatic arthritis f six months duration longer Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of al parenteral methotrexate at a dose of at least 20 mg weekly a maximum tolerated dose Patient has tried not responded to at least three months of sulphasalazine at a dose of at least 2 g per day leflunomide at a dose of up to 20 mg daily ( maximum tolerated doses) Patient has persistent symptoms of poly controlled active disease in at least 15 swollen, tender joints Patient has persistent symptoms of poly controlled active disease in at least four joints from the following: wrist, elbow, knee, ankle, either shoulder hip Patient has a C-reactive protein level greater than 15 mg/l measured no me than one month pri to the date of this application Patient has an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) greater than 25 mm per hour ESR CRP not measured as patient is currently receiving prednisone therapy at a dose of greater than 5 mg per day has done so f me than three months See also: INITIAL APPLICATION - pyoderma gangrenosum p6, INITIAL APPLICATION - adult-onset Still's disease p6, RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis p7, RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis p7, RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

6 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 6 Fm SA1620 INITIAL APPLICATION - pyoderma gangrenosum Applications only from a dermatologist. Approvals valid f 4 months. Patient has pyoderma gangrenosum* Patient has received three months of conventional therapy including a minimum of three pharmaceuticals (e.g. prednisone, ciclospine, azathioprine, methotrexate) not received an adequate response A maximum of 4 doses Note: Indications marked with * are Unapproved Indications (refer to Interpretations Definitions). INITIAL APPLICATION - adult-onset Still's disease Applications only from a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. The patient has had an initial Special Authity approval f adalimumab f adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) The patient has been started on tocilizumab f AOSD in a DHB hospital in accdance with the HML rules The patient has experienced intolerable side effects from adalimumab / tocilizumab The patient has received insufficient benefit from at least a three-month trial of adalimumab / tocilizumab such that they do not meet the renewal criteria f AOSD Patient diagnosed with AOSD accding to the Yamaguchi criteria (J Rheumatol 1992;19: ) Patient has tried not responded to at least 6 months of glucocticosteroids at a dose of at least 0.5 mg/kg, non-steroidal antiinflammaty drugs (NSAIDs) methotrexate Patient has persistent symptoms of disabling poly controlled active disease See also: RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis p7, RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis p7, RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

7 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 7 Fm SA1620 RENEWAL - juvenile idiopathic arthritis Applications only from a named specialist, rheumatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a named specialist rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. Applicant is a named specialist rheumatologist Applicant is a Practitioner confirms that a named specialist rheumatologist has provided a letter, fax recommending that the patient continues with etanercept treatment Subsidised as an adjunct to methotrexate therapy monotherapy where use of methotrexate is limited by toxicity intolerance Following 3 to 4 months' initial treatment, the patient has at least a 50% decrease in active joint count an improvement in physician's global assessment from baseline On subsequent reapplications, the patient demonstrates at least a continuing 30% improvement in active joint count continued improvement in physician's global assessment from baseline RENEWAL - rheumatoid arthritis Applications only from a rheumatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. Applicant is a rheumatologist Applicant is a Practitioner confirms that a rheumatologist has provided a letter, fax recommending that the patient continues with etanercept treatment Treatment is to be used as an adjunct to methotrexate therapy monotherapy where use of methotrexate is limited by toxicity intolerance Following 3 to 4 months' initial treatment, the patient has at least a 50% decrease in active joint count from baseline a clinically significant response to treatment in the opinion of the physician On subsequent reapplications, the patient demonstrates at least a continuing 30% improvement in active joint count from baseline a clinically significant response to treatment in the opinion of the physician Etanercept to be administered at doses no greater than 50 mg every 7 days See also: RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis p8, RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

8 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 8 Fm SA1620 RENEWAL - severe chronic plaque psiasis Applications only from a dermatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a dermatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. Applicant is a dermatologist Applicant is a Practitioner confirms that a dermatologist has provided a letter, fax recommending that the patient continues with etanercept treatment Patient had "whole body" severe chronic plaque psiasis at the start of treatment Following each pri etanercept treatment course the patient has a PASI sce which is reduced by 75% me, is sustained at this level, when compared with the pre-treatment baseline value Patient had severe chronic plaque psiasis of the face, palm of a h sole of a foot at the start of treatment Following each pri etanercept treatment course the patient has a reduction in the PASI symptom subsces f all 3 of erythema, thickness scaling, to slight better, sustained at this level, as compared to the treatment course baseline values Following each pri etanercept treatment course the patient has a reduction of 75% me in the skin area affected, sustained at this level, as compared to the pre-treatment baseline value Etanercept to be administered at doses no greater than 50 mg every 7 days Note: A treatment course is defined as a minimum of 12 weeks of etanercept treatment See also: RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis p9, RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis p9, RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

9 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 9 Fm SA1620 RENEWAL - ankylosing spondylitis Applications only from a rheumatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. Applicant is a rheumatologist Applicant is a Practitioner confirms that a rheumatologist has provided a letter, fax recommending that the patient continues with etanercept treatment Following 12 weeks initial treatment f subsequent renewals, treatment has resulted in an improvement in BASDAI of 4 me points from pre-treatment baseline on a 10 point scale, an improvement in BASDAI of 50%, whichever is less Physician considers that the patient has benefited from treatment that continued treatment is appropriate Etanercept to be administered at doses no greater than 50 mg every 7 days RENEWAL - psiatic arthritis Applications only from a rheumatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. Applicant is a rheumatologist Applicant is a Practitioner confirms that a rheumatologist has provided a letter, fax recommending that the patient continues with etanercept treatment Following 3 to 4 months' initial treatment, the patient has at least a 50% decrease in active joint count from baseline a clinically significant response to treatment in the opinion of the physician The patient demonstrates at least a continuing 30% improvement in active joint count from baseline a clinically significant response to pri etanercept treatment in the opinion of the treating physician Etanercept to be administered at doses no greater than 50 mg every 7 days See also: RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum p10 RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease p10 I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

10 APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 10 Fm SA1620 RENEWAL - pyoderma gangrenosum Applications only from a dermatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a dermatologist. Approvals valid f 4 months. Patient has shown clinical improvement Patient continues to require treatment A maximum of 4 doses RENEWAL - adult-onset Still's disease Applications only from a rheumatologist Practitioner on the recommendation of a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. Applicant is a rheumatologist Applicant is a Practitioner confirms that a rheumatologist has provided a letter, fax recommending that the patient continues with etanercept treatment The patient has a sustained improvement in inflammaty markers functional status I confirm the above details are crect that in signing this fm I underst I may be audited.

APPLICATION FOR SUBSIDY BY SPECIAL AUTHORITY

APPLICATION FOR SUBSIDY BY SPECIAL AUTHORITY APPLICANT (stamp sticker acceptable) Page 1 Fm SA1621 Adalimumab INITIAL APPLICATION - rheumatoid arthritis Applications only from a rheumatologist. Approvals valid f 6 months. The patient has had an initial