UnitedHealthcare Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Programs Program Number 2017 P 1101-7 Program Prior Authorization/Notification Medication Sutent (sunitinib malate) P&T Approval Date 8/2008, 6/2009, 6/2010, 9/2010, 12/2010, 9/2011, 8/2012, 7/2013, 8/2014, 8/2015, 6/2016, 7/2016, 7/2017 Effective Date 10/1/2017; Oxford only: 10/1/2017 1. Background: Sutent (sunitinib malate) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) after disease progression on or intolerance to Gleevec (imatinib mesylate); treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC); and treatment of progressive, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pnet) in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease. 1 The National Cancer Comprehensive Network (NCCN) recommends use of Sutent for medullary, follicular, Hürthle cell, or papillary thyroid carcinoma; ; chordoma; meningiomas; and thymic carcinoma. 2 NCCN also approves the use of Sutent for other soft tissue sarcomas: alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS), angiosarcoma, and solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma. Coverage Information: Members will be required to meet the criteria below for coverage. For members under the age of 19 years, the prescription will automatically process without a coverage review. Some states mandate benefit coverage for off-label use of medications for some diagnoses or under some circumstances. Some states also mandate usage of other Compendium references. Where such mandates apply, they supersede language in the benefit document or in the notification criteria. 2. Coverage Criteria: A. Patients less than 19 years of age 1. Sutent will be approved based on the following criterion: a. Patient is less than 19 years of age B. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) a. Sutent will be approved based on both of the following criteria: 1
(1) Diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) (2) History of failure, contraindication, or intolerance to Gleevec (imatinib) C. Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) a. Sutent will be approved based on both of the following criteria: (1) Diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (2) One of the following: (a) Disease has relapsed (b) Both of the following: -OR- i. Medically or surgically unresectable tumor ii. Diagnosis of Stage IV disease 2
D. Islet Cell Tumors / Progressive Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (pnet) (1) Diagnosis of islet cell tumor / progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pnet) E. Soft Tissue Sarcoma (off-label) (1) Diagnosis of one of the following: (a) Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) (b) Angiosarcoma (c) Solitary fibrous tumor / hemangiopericytoma 3
F. Thyroid Carcinoma (off-label) a. Sutent will be approved based on one of the following criteria: (1) All of the following: (a) Diagnosis of one of the following: i. Follicular carcinoma ii. Hürthle cell carcinoma iii. Papillary carcinoma (b) One of the following: i. Unresectable recurrent disease ii. Persistent locoregional disease ii. Metastatic disease (c) One of the following: i. Patient has symptomatic disease ii. Patient has progressive disease (d) Disease is refractory to radioactive iodine treatment (2) All of the following: -OR- (a) Diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (b) One of the following i. Patient has progressive disease ii. Patient has symptomatic metastatic disease 4
(c) History of failure, contraindication, or intolerance to one of the following: i. Caprelsa (vandetanib) ii. Cometriq (cabozantinib) G. Chordoma (off-label) 1. Initial Therapy (1) Diagnosis of recurrent chordoma H. Central Nervous System Cancer (off-label) 1. Initial Therapy a. Sutent will be approved based on all of the following criteria: (1) Diagnosis of surgically inaccessible meningiomas 5
(2) One of the following: (a) Disease is recurrent (b) Disease is progressive (3) Further radiation is not possible I. Thymic Carcinoma (off-label) 1. Initial Therapy a. Sutent will be approved based on both of the following criteria: (1) Diagnosis of thymic carcinoma (2) Used as second-line following a failure, contraindication, or intolerance to a first-line chemo regimen (e.g., carboplatin/paclitaxel) 6
3. Additional Clinical Rules: Supply limits may be in place. 4. References: 1. Sutent [package insert]. New York, NY: Pfizer Labs; April 2015. 2. The NCCN Drugs and Biologics Compendium (NCCN Compendium ). Available at www.nccn.org. Accessed June 6, 2017. Program Prior Authorization/Notification - Sutent (sunitinib malate) Change Control 8/2014 Annual review with updated criteria for thyroid carcinoma. Expanded disease description for RCC. Updated Background and References. 9/2014 Administrative change - Tried/Failed exemption for State of New Jersey removed. 8/2015 Annual review. Updated thyroid cancer and lung neuroendocrine tumor criteria. Added new criteria for meningiomas and thymic carcinoma. Updated background and references. 6/2016 Annual review. Updated thyroid cancer criteria to include persistent disease. Updated background and references. 7/2016 Updated thyroid and thymic cancer criteria. 7/2017 Annual review. Updated background and criteria removing off label criteria for lung neuroendivrine tumors as no longer recommended by NCCN. Updated reference. 7