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Mycapssa (octreotide)Highmark

acromegaly

Initial criteria

  • age ≥ 18 years
  • diagnosis of acromegaly (ICD-10: E22.0)
  • high pretreatment insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) based on laboratory reference range
  • previously responded to and tolerated treatment with one of the following: octreotide OR lanreotide

Reauthorization criteria

  • Decreased IGF-1 from baseline OR Normalized IGF-1 from baseline

Approval duration

12 months