IMPORTANT SAFETY
INFORMATION AND USE
What is the most important information I should know about ELAHERE?
ELAHERE can cause serious side effects, including:
Eye problems. Eye problems are common with ELAHERE and can also be severe. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you develop any eye problems during treatment with ELAHERE, including blurred vision, dry eyes, sensitivity to light, eye pain, eye redness, or new or worsening vision changes.
- Your healthcare provider will send you to see an eye care professional to check your eyes before you start treatment with ELAHERE, during treatment with ELAHERE, and as needed for any worsening signs and symptoms of eye problems.
- Your healthcare provider will prescribe steroid eye drops and lubricating eye drops before you start and during your treatment with ELAHERE. You should use eye drops as directed by your healthcare provider.
- Do not wear contact lenses throughout your treatment with ELAHERE unless you are told to use them by your healthcare provider.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before receiving ELAHERE?
Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
- have vision or eye problems.
- have numbness or tingling in your hands or feet.
- have liver problems.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. ELAHERE can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant during treatment with ELAHERE.
Patients who are able to become pregnant:
- Your healthcare provider should do a pregnancy test before you start treatment with ELAHERE.
- You should use an effective birth control (contraception) during treatment and for 7 months after your last dose of ELAHERE.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if ELAHERE passes into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed during treatment and for 1 month after your last dose of ELAHERE.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Taking certain other medicines during treatment with ELAHERE may cause side effects.
What are the possible side effects of ELAHERE?
ELAHERE can cause serious side effects, including:
- Eye problems. Eye problems are common with ELAHERE and can also be severe. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you develop any eye problems during treatment with ELAHERE, including blurred vision, dry eyes, sensitivity to light, eye pain, eye redness, or new or worsening vision changes.
- Lung problems (pneumonitis). ELAHERE can cause severe or life-threatening inflammation of the lungs that may lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get new or worsening symptoms, including trouble breathing, shortness of breath, cough, or chest pain.
- Peripheral neuropathy. Nerve problems called peripheral neuropathy are common during treatment with ELAHERE and can also be severe. Your healthcare provider will monitor you for signs and symptoms of nerve problems. Tell your healthcare provider if you get new or worsening numbness, tingling, burning sensation or pain in your hands or feet or muscle weakness.
The most common side effects and abnormal labs of ELAHERE include:
- increased liver enzymes in the blood
- feeling tired
- blurred vision
- nausea
- diarrhea
- stomach-area (abdominal) pain
- changes in the cornea (part of the eye)
- peripheral neuropathy
- muscle, bone, or joint pain
- decreased red or white blood cell counts
- decreased platelets
- decreased magnesium level in the blood
- dry eye
- constipation
- vomiting
- decreased albumin level in the blood
- decreased appetite
Your healthcare provider may change your dose of ELAHERE, delay treatment, or completely stop treatment if you have certain side effects.
These are not all of the possible side effects of ELAHERE. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION AND USE
What is ELAHERE?
ELAHERE is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with folate receptor-alpha positive ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer who:
- have not responded to or are no longer responding to treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy and
- have received 1 to 3 prior types of chemotherapy.
Your healthcare provider will perform a test to make sure that ELAHERE is right for you.
It is not known if ELAHERE is safe and effective in children.
