Basal cell carcinoma

Active Ingredient: Vismodegib

Indication for Vismodegib

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Vismodegib is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with:

  • symptomatic metastatic basal cell carcinoma.
  • locally advanced basal cell carcinoma inappropriate for surgery or radiotherapy.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

150 mg once daily

Route of admnistration

Oral

Defined daily dose

150 - 150 mg

Dosage regimen

From 150 To 150 mg once every day

Detailed description

The recommended dose is 150 mg once daily.

Missed doses

If a dose is missed, patients should be instructed not to take the missed dose but to resume with the next scheduled dose.

Duration of treatment

In clinical trials, treatment with vismodegib was continued until disease progression or until unacceptable toxicity. Treatment interruptions of up to 4 weeks were allowed based on individual tolerability.

Benefit of continued treatment should be regularly assessed, with the optimal duration of therapy varying for each individual patient.

Dosage considerations

It should be taken with water, with or without food.

Active ingredient

Vismodegib

Vismodegib is an orally available small-molecule inhibitor of the Hedgehog pathway. Hedgehog pathway signalling through the Smoothened transmembrane protein (SMO) leads to the activation and nuclear localisation of Glioma-Associated Oncogene (GLI) transcription factors and induction of Hedgehog target genes. Vismodegib binds to and inhibits the SMO protein thereby blocking Hedgehog signal transduction.

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