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#IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR

JEVTANA (CABAZITAXEL) INJECTION

WARNING

WARNING

JEVTANA may cause serious side effects, including low white blood cells. Low white blood cells can cause you to get serious infections, and may lead to death. The earliest sign of infection may be fever, so tell your healthcare provider right away if you have a fever. People who are 65 years or older may be more likely to have these problems. JEVTANA should not be given to patients with low white blood cell counts. Your healthcare provider:

  • Will do blood tests regularly to check your white blood cell counts during your treatment with JEVTANA
  • May lower your dose of JEVTANA, change how often you receive it, or stop JEVTANA until you have enough white blood cells
  • May prescribe a medicine for you to help prevent complications if your white blood cell count is too low

JEVTANA can also cause severe allergic reactions. Severe allergic reactions can happen within a few minutes after your infusion of JEVTANA starts, especially during the first and second infusions. Your healthcare provider should prescribe medicines before each infusion to help prevent severe allergic reactions.

  • Symptoms of severe allergic reactions may include rash or itching, skin redness, feeling dizzy or faint, breathing problems, chest or throat tightness, swelling of face. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms. Your healthcare provider will stop your JEVTANA treatment right away and treat your allergic reaction.

You should not take JEVTANA if you have had a severe allergic reaction to JEVTANA or other medicines that contain polysorbate 80. Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure.

Indication

JEVTANA is a prescription anti-cancer medicine used with the steroid medicine prednisone. JEVTANA is used to treat people with prostate cancer that has worsened (progressed) after treatment with other anti-cancer medicines, including docetaxel.

Why JEVTANA?

JEVTANA may fight tumors that have become resistant to docetaxel, so it may help you even if docetaxel is no longer working.

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