Selpercatinib [SEL5]
For the treatment of adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with RET fusion positive non-medullary thyroid cancer previously UNTREATED with any kinase inhibitor therapy where the following criteria have been met:
- This application is being made by and the first cycle of systemic anti-cancer therapy with selpercatinib will be prescribed by a consultant specialist specifically trained and accredited in the use of systemic anti-cancer therapy.
- This patient has a proven histological or cytological diagnosis of non-medullary thyroid cancer (there is a separate form SEL6 for selpercatinib in medullary thyroid cancer previously untreated with any kinase inhibitor therapy). Please enter below as to which type of thyroid cancer this patient has:
- papillary thyroid cancer or
- follicular thyroid cancer or
- Hurtle cell thyroid cancer or
- anaplastic thyroid cancer
- This patient’s thyroid cancer has been documented as having a RET fusion as determined by a validated genomic test. Please enter below as to which is the RET fusion partner in this patient’s thyroid cancer:
- CCDC6 or
- NCOA4 or
- another fusion partner
- The patient is either an adult or an adolescent aged 12 years and older. Please enter below as to which applies to this patient:
- the patient is an adult or
- the patient is an adolescent aged 12 years and older Note: if the patient is an adolescent, open growth plates should be monitored.
- The patient’s disease is either refractory to radioactive iodine or that treatment with radioactive iodine is inappropriate.
- The patient is previously untreated with any kinase inhibitor unless the patient has received selpercatinib via a company early access scheme and the patient meets all the treatment criteria on this form.
- The patient has an ECOG performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 or 2.
- Selpercatinib is being given as monotherapy.
- Selpercatinib is to be continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or patient choice to stop treatment.
- The prescribing clinician is aware of the following issues as regards the administration of selpercatinib as detailed in its Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC):
- A formal medical review as to how selpercatinib is being tolerated and whether treatment with selpercatinib should continue or not will be scheduled to occur at least by the start of the third 4-weekly cycle of treatment.
- When a treatment break of more than 6 weeks beyond the expected 4-weekly cycle length is needed, the prescribing clinician will complete a treatment break approval form to restart treatment.
- Selpercatinib is to be otherwise used as set out in its Summary of Product Characteristics.
NHS funded From: 13 May 2025
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