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Utilization Management Review

Criteria

Reference #: DD 2024-H1 Signature/Date/Last Approved: Rick J. Dean, 7/16/2019 Department/Approved By: Organization Wide, CEO

Effective: 12/10/2014 Copyright © Oncology Analytics, Inc. All rights reserved. Last Revised: 7/16/2019

Purpose:

To explicitly state the criteria on which reviews are based.

Process:

Oncology Analytics Inc. (OA) evaluates the management of cancer patients receiving cancer and associated treatments, including radiation, biologic and gene . To properly perform this function, OA evaluates the medical literature and reviews national guideline and compendia recommendations.

Based on this information, OA has developed a database comprised of treatment protocols. Treating physicians and supportive staff assign the appropriate chemotherapy ± supportive agent protocol(s) to patients to initiate prior authorization requests.

OA’s clinical staff maintains the database. The OA clinical staff, comprised of board-certified hematologists/medical oncologists and board-certified oncology pharmacists, review the database at least annually and update the protocols as necessary. OA recognizes that the field of oncology is changing rapidly. Accordingly, new protocols are evaluated and added to the database on an ongoing basis.

The following highlights the criteria on which protocol reviews for adult oncology patients are based:

• New drugs or regimens (combinations of drugs) approved by the FDA (on-label use) • Drugs or regimens may be used off-label (without FDA approval) and considered medically accepted if supported by any of the following compendia below and not listed as unsupported, not indicated, or not recommended within any compendia below. o NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium® § Category 1-2A recommendations are considered medically accepted uses § Category 2B recommendations will be considered if identified as medically accepted in an alternative compendium or supported by peer-reviewed scientific literature eligible for coverage (meeting abstracts and case reports are excluded from consideration) § Category 3 listings are considered not medically accepted uses • OA subscribes to the NCCN Flash Updates™, which informs OA when NCCN Guidelines® and the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium® are updated o Clinical Pharmacology § Medically accepted uses are identified by narrative text is supportive § Not medically accepted uses are identified by narrative text that is “not supportive.” o American Hospital Formulary Service-Drug Information (AHFS-DI)

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§ Medically accepted uses are identified by narrative text is supportive § Not medically accepted uses are identified by narrative text that is “not supportive.” o Thompson Micromedex DrugDex® § Class I, IIA, or IIb recommendations are considered medically accepted uses § Class III listings are considered not medically accepted uses o Wolters Kluwer Lexi-Drugs® § Medically accepted uses are identified by an indication listed as “Use: Off-Label” and rated as “Evidence Level A” § Not medically accepted uses are those indications listed as “Use: Unsupported” • Off-label use of drugs or regimens may also be considered medically accepted if supported as safe and effective according to peer-reviewed scientific literature eligible for coverage from one of the following publications: o American Journal of Medicine; o Annals of Internal Medicine; o Annals of Oncology; o Annals of Surgical Oncology; o Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation; o Blood; o Bone Marrow Transplantation; o British Journal of Cancer; o British Journal of Hematology; o British Medical Journal; o Cancer; o Clinical Cancer Research; o Drugs; o European Journal of Cancer (formerly the European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology); o Gynecologic Oncology; o International Journal of Radiation, Oncology, Biology, and Physics; o The Journal of the American Medical Association; o Journal of Clinical Oncology; o Journal of the National Cancer Institute; o Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN); o Journal of Urology; o Lancet; o Lancet Oncology; o ; o The New England Journal of Medicine; or o Radiation Oncology § Meeting abstracts and case reports are excluded from consideration • Coverage determination may also be directed by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage Determinations (NCD) or Local Coverage Determinations (LCD), state- specific Medicaid drug utilization requirements, and/or health plan specific drug coverage policies, where applicable.

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• Unique cases that do not fit standard criteria o Non-standard protocols may be approved based on unique clinical circumstances, especially for rare which may lack guideline-based treatment recommendations. o Non-standard protocols are entered into the database as needed.

In addition, any practicing oncologist can request that a protocol be added to the database. Also, based on ongoing reviews of the medical literature and the ASCO and NCCN guidelines, obsolete treatment protocols are inactivated making them no longer available for view by the treating party.

Table 1: This policy applies to the following agents that require prior authorization:

Generic Name HCPCS ado- emtansine J9354 aldesleukin J9015 crystalline J0207 aprepitant J0185 arsenic trioxide J9017 asparaginase (Erwinia chrysanthemi) J9019 J9022 J9023 Axicabtagene ciloleucel Q2041 azacitidine J9025 BCG live J9030 belinostat J9032 inj, 1 MG J9033 bendeka, 1 mg J9034 belrapzo inj, 1 mg J9036 J9035 bevacizumab-awwb Q5107 bevacizumab-bvzr Q5118 bleomycin sulfate J9040 J9039 bortezomib J9041 bortezomib J9044 J9042 busulfan J0594 cabazitaxel J9043 calaspargase pegol-mknl J9118 carboplatin J9045

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carfilzomib J9047 carmustine J9050 -rwlc J9119 J9055 cisplatin J9060 cladribine J9065 clofarabine J9027 copanlisib di-HCl J9057 cyclophosphamide J9070 cytarabine J9100 cytarabine liposome/PF J9098 dacarbazine J9130 dactinomycin J9120 J9145 darbepoetin alfa J0881 daunorubicin citrate liposomal J9151 daunorubicin HCl J9150 daunorubicin/cytarabine liposomal J9153 decitabine J0894 degarelix acetate J9155 J9160 denosumab J0897 HCl J1190 docetaxel J9171 dolasetron mesylate J1260 doxorubicin HCl J9000 doxorubicin HCl pegylated liposomal Q2049 doxorubicin HCl pegylated liposomal Q2050 J9173 J9176 -ejfv J9999 epirubicin HCl J9178 epoetin alfa J0885 epoetin alfa-epbx Q5106 eribulin mesylate J9179 etoposide J9181 etoposide phosphate J9181 fam--nxki J9999 J1442 filgrastim-aafi Q5110 filgrastim-sndz Q5101 floxuridine J9200

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fludarabine phosphate J9185 fluorouracil J9190 fosaprepitant dimeglumine J1453 fosnetupitant chloride HCl/palonosetron HCl J1454 fulvestrant J9395 gemcitabine HCl J9201 gemcitabine HCl (Infugem) J9201 J9203 goserelin acetate J9202 granisetron J1627 granisetron HCl J1626 histrelin acetate J9225 idarubicin HCl J9211 ifosfamide J9208 immune globulin J1560 immune globulin J1566 immune globulin J1555 immune globulin J1569 immune globulin J1568 immune globulin J1557 immune globulin J1459 immune globulin J1559 immune globulin J1572 immune globulin J1561 immune globulin J1575 immune globulin J1460 immune globulin J3590 J9229 interferon alfa-2b,recomb. J9214 interferon gamma-1b,recomb. J9216 iodine 131 A9699 J9228 irinotecan HCl J9206 irinotecan liposomal J9205 -irfc J9999 ixabepilone J9207 for prep -90//albumin human A9543 lanreotide acetate J1930 leucovorin calcium J0640 levoleucovorin J0642 levoleucovorin calcium J0641

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leuprolide acetate J1950 leuprolide acetate J9217 leuprolide acetate J9218 leuprolide acetate/lidocaine HCl J9219 lutetium Lu 177 dotatae A9513 lymphocyte IG,antithymocyt,equ/thimerosal J7504 mechlorethamine HCl J9230 melphalan HCl J9245 melphalan HCl/betadex sulfobutyl ether sodium J9245 J9209 sodium J9250 methotrexate sodium J9260 mitomycin J9280 mitoxantrone HCl J9293 -kpkc J9204 -tdfk J9313 nab-paclitaxel J9264 J9295 Netuiptant/palonosetron J8655 nelarabine J9261 J9299 J9301 octreotide acetate J2354 octreotide acetate, microspheres J2353 J9302 J9285 omacetaxine mepesuccinate J9262 oxaliplatin J9263 paclitaxel J9267 J2425 palonosetron J2469 pamidronate disodium J2430 J9303 pegaspargase J9266 J2505 pegfilgrastim-apgf J3590 pegfilgrastim-bmez J3590 pegfilgrastim-cbqv Q5111 pegfilgrastim-jmdb Q5108 peginterferon alfa-2b J9999 J9271 pemetrexed disodium J9305

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pentostatin J9268 J9306 plerixafor J2562 -piiq J9309 porfimer sodium J9600 pralatrexate J9307 radium-223 dichloride A9606 J9308 J2783 J9312 rituximab-abbs Q5115 rituximab-pwr J9999 rituximab/hyaluronidase, human recombinant J9311 rolapitant HCl J2797 romidepsin J9315 romiplostim J2796 samarium Sm 153 lexidronam A9604 J2820 J2860 sipuleucel-T/lactated ringers solution Q2043 streptozocin J9320 strontium-89 chloride A9600 tagraxofusp-erzs J9269 talimogene laherparepvec J9325 temozolomide J9328 J9330 teniposide Q2017 thiotepa J9340 topotecan HCl J9351 trabectedin J9352 trastuzumab J9355 trastuzumab-anns Q5117 trastuzumab-dkst Q5114 trastuzumab-dttb Q5112 trastuzumab-hyaluronidase-oysk J9356 trastuzumab-pkrb Q5113 trastuzumab-qyyp Q5116 triptorelin pamoate J3315 triptorelin pamoate J3316 valrubicin J9357 vinblastine sulfate J9360 vincristine sulfate J9370

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vincristine sulfate liposomal J9371 vinorelbine tartrate J9390 ziv- J9400 zoledronic acid J3489

Please note, additional oncology agents not listed may require prior authorization. The coverage criteria for additional oncology agents may be found within have a drug-specific policy.

*May not apply to the prior authorization criteria for pediatric cancer patients less then 18 years old or those under the care of a pediatric oncologist. Please see Pediatric Utilization Management Review Criteria Policy.

All information provided by the NCCN is “Referenced with permission from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) © 2013 National Comprehensive Cancer Network. To view the most recent and complete version of the NCCN Guidelines, go online to NCCN.org.

Referenced with permission from the NCCN Drugs & Biological Compendium (NCCN Compendium®) © 2012 National Comprehensive Cancer Network. To view the most recent and complete version of the Compendium, go online to NCCN.org.

The NCCN Compendium® is a derivative work of the NCCN Guidelines. These Guidelines are a work in process that may be refined as often as new significant data becomes available. The NCCN Guidelines are a statement of consensus of its authors regarding their views of currently accepted approaches to treatment. Any clinician seeking to apply or consult the NCCN Guidelines is expected to use independent medical judgment in the context of individual clinical circumstances to determine any patient’s care or treatment. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever regarding their content, use or application and disclaims any responsibility for their application or use in anyway

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