Tesaro :FDA Oks VARUBI For Nausea & Vomiting Associated With Cancer Chemotherapy

(RTTNews) - Tesaro Inc. (TSRO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA has approved VARUBI (rolapitant) in combination with other antiemetic agents in adults for the prevention of delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of emetogenic cancer chemotherapy, including, but not limited to, highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

The company plans to launch Varubi Commercially in U.S. in the fourth-quarter of 2015.

VARUBI is a selective and competitive antagonist of human substance P/neurokinin 1 (NK-1) receptors, with a plasma half-life of approximately seven days. Results from three Phase 3 trials of VARUBI demonstrated a significant reduction in episodes of vomiting or use of rescue medication during the 25 to 120 hour period following administration of highly emetogenic and moderately emetogenic chemotherapy regimens.

In addition, patients who received VARUBI reported experiencing less nausea that interfered with normal daily life and fewer episodes of vomiting or retching over multiple cycles of chemotherapy. A 180 milligram dose of VARUBI is to be administered approximately one to two hours prior to chemotherapy administration in combination with a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist and dexamethasone. No dosage adjustment is required for dexamethasone, a CYP3A4 substrate, when administering VARUBI.