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Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln intravesical solution)Medica

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors)

Initial criteria

  • age ≥ 18 years
  • high risk Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) unresponsive disease
  • has carcinoma in situ (CIS)
  • Anktiva is used in combination with BCG
  • prescribed by or in consultation with a urologist or an oncologist

Reauthorization criteria

  • patient has an ongoing complete response defined as ONE of the following: (a) negative cystoscopy AND [negative urine cytology OR malignant urine cytology if cancer found in the upper tract or prostatic urethra and random bladder biopsies are negative]; OR (b) positive cystoscopy with biopsy-proven benign or low-grade Ta non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and negative urine cytology
  • Anktiva is used in combination with BCG
  • prescribed by or in consultation with a urologist or an oncologist

Approval duration

initial: 6 months; reauthorization: 3 months