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NerlynxMedical Mutual

Breast Cancer, Early Stage

Initial criteria

  • Nerlynx is used as an adjuvant treatment following adjuvant trastuzumab based therapy
  • Antidiarrheal prophylaxis was initiated with the first dose of Nerlynx and provider will adjust the dose as necessary to manage the adverse effect
  • Patient age ≥ 18 years
  • Patient has HER2-positive breast cancer

Reauthorization criteria

  • Continuation of therapy may be granted to complete 1 full year of treatment for HER2-overexpressed/amplified Breast Cancer; if one full year has been given, approval cannot be granted
  • For other approvable indications, extended approval is 1 year

Approval duration

1 year