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Sandostatin® LAR (octreotide suspension) (Precertification not required)

Policy Number: PH-90111

octreotide suspension

Last Review Date: 04/04/2024

Date of Origin: 06/21/2011

Dates Reviewed: 09/2011, 12/2011, 03/2012, 06/2012, 09/2012, 12/2012, 03/2013, 06/2013, 09/2013, 12/2013, 03/2014, 06/2014, 09/2014, 01/2015, 03/2015, 05/2015, 08/2015, 11/2015, 02/2016, 05/2016, 08/2016, 11/2016, 02/2017, 05/2017, 08/2017, 11/2017, 02/2018, 05/2018, 04/2019, 04/2020, 05/2020, 04/2021, 04/2022, 04/2023, 08/2023, 04/2024

FOR PEEHIP Members Only -Coverage excludes the provider-administered medication(s) outlined in this drug policy from being accessed through a specialty pharmacy. It must be obtained through buy and bill.

  1. Length of Authorization

Oncology: Coverage is provided for 6 months and may be renewed at 6 month intervals.

Non-oncology: Coverage is provided for 6 months and may be renewed annually.

  1. Dosing Limits

A. Quantity Limit (max daily dose) [NDC Unit]:

  • Sandostatin LAR Depot 10 mg single-use kit: 1 per 28 days
  • Sandostatin LAR Depot 20 mg single-use kit: 2 per 28 days
  • Sandostatin LAR Depot 30 mg single-use kit: 2 per 28 days

B. Max Units (per dose and over time) [HCPCS Unit]:

  • Carcinoid Tumors and Acromegaly: 40 billable units every 28 days
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors: 60 billable units every 28 days
  • CNS Cancers and VIPomas: 30 billable units every 28 days
  • Thymomas: 20 billable units every 14 days
  1. Initial Approval Criteria 1,12,13

Coverage is provided in the following conditions:

  • Patient is at least 18 years of age; AND

Carcinoid Tumors/Neuroendocrine Tumors (e.g., Gastrointestinal Tract, Lung, Thymus, Pancreas, Adrenal) † ‡ 1,4,6,9

  • Patient has severe diarrhea/flushing episodes (carcinoid syndrome) † Ф; OR
  • Used as primary treatment for symptom and/or tumor control of unresected primary gastrinoma; OR
  • Used for symptom and/or tumor control of bronchopulmonary or thymic disease; AND
    • Used for somatostatin receptor (SSTR) positive disease and/or hormonal symptoms; AND
    • Used in one of the following treatment settings:
      • Used as primary therapy; OR
      • Used as subsequent therapy (as alternate primary therapy) if progression on primary therapy; OR
      • Used at above label dosing after disease progression on standard doses (**Note: Only applies to recurrent and/or metastatic disease); OR
      • Patient has disease progression with functional tumors and will be continuing treatment with octreotide LAR; AND
    • Patient has one of the following:
      • Recurrent and/or locoregional unresectable disease; OR
      • Recurrent and/or distant metastatic disease; AND
        • Patient has clinically significant tumor burden and low grade (typical carcinoid) histology; OR
        • Patient has evidence of disease progression; OR
        • Patient has intermediate grade (atypical carcinoid) histology; OR
        • Patient has symptomatic disease; OR
    • Used for symptom and/or tumor control of multiple lung nodules or tumorlets and evidence of diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH); AND
      • Used as primary therapy if chronic cough/dyspnea is not responsive to inhalers or conventional treatment; OR
      • Used for symptom and/or tumor control of recurrent, locoregional advanced and/or distant metastatic disease of the gastrointestinal tract; AND
        • Used as single agent for unresectable disease with a low tumor burden; OR
        • Used as a single agent or in combination with alternative front-line therapy if unresectable and patient has a clinically significant tumor burden; OR
        • Used as a single agent for disease progression if not already receiving octreotide LAR; OR
        • Used as a single agent following resection of primary tumor if unresectable and locally symptomatic from primary tumor; OR
        • Used as a single agent as subsequent therapy at above label dosing after clinical, symptomatic, or radiographic progression on standard doses if SSTR-positive; OR
          • Patient has disease progression with functional tumors and will be continuing treatment with octreotide LAR; OR
        • Used for symptom and/or tumor control of somatostatin-receptor positive neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas (well differentiated grade 1/2); AND
          • Patient has locoregional gastrinoma, insulinoma, glucagonoma, or VIPoma (**Note: Somatostatin-receptor positive disease ONLY applies to insulinoma); OR
          • Used as subsequent therapy at above label dosing after clinical, symptomatic or radiographic progression on standard doses; OR
          • Patient has recurrent or locoregional advanced and/or distant metastatic disease; AND
            • Used as a single agent if patient is asymptomatic with a low tumor burden and stable disease; OR
            • Patient is symptomatic; OR
            • Patient has a clinically significant tumor burden; OR
            • Patient has clinically significant progression and is not already receiving octreotide LAR; OR
            • Patient has disease progression with functional tumors and will be continuing treatment with octreotide LAR; OR
    • Patient has pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma; AND
      • Used as primary treatment for secreting tumors for symptom and/or tumor control; AND
      • Patient has locally unresectable or distant metastatic disease; OR
    • Patient has well-differentiated grade 3 neuroendocrine tumors; AND
      • Used for treatment of symptoms and/or tumor control for somatostatin receptor positive disease and/or hormonal symptoms; AND
      • Patient has unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease with favorable biology (e.g., relatively low Ki-67 [<55%], slow growing, positive SSTR-based PET imaging)

Diarrhea associated with Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide tumors (VIPomas) † Ф 1

  • Patient has profuse watery diarrhea

Acromegaly † Ф 1,3,5,10

  • Patient’s diagnosis is confirmed by one of the following:
    • Unequivocally elevated (age-adjusted) serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)
    • Equivocally elevated serum IGF-1 AND inadequate suppression of growth hormone (GH) after a glucose load; AND
  • Patient has documented inadequate response to surgery and/or radiotherapy or it is not an option for the patient; AND
  • Used as long-term maintenance therapy; AND
  • Baseline growth hormone (GH) and IGF-1 blood levels have been obtained (renewal will require reporting of current levels)

Thymomas ‡ 4,8

  • Used with or without prednisone therapy; AND
  • Patient has a positive octreotide scan or is dotatate PET/CT positive; AND
    • Used for patients who are unable to tolerate first-line combination regimens; AND
      • Used as first-line therapy for recurrent, advanced, or metastatic disease OR
      • Used as preoperative systemic therapy for surgically resectable disease if R0 resection is considered uncertain; OR
      • Used as postoperative treatment after R2 resection; OR
    • Used as second-line therapy for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease

CNS Cancers – Meningiomas 4,13

  • Used in combination with everolimus; AND
  • Patient has surgically inaccessible recurrent or progressive disease; AND
  • Treatment with radiation is not possible

FDA Approved Indication(s); Compendia Recommended Indication(s); Ф Orphan Drug

  1. Renewal Criteria 1,4-9,12

Coverage can be renewed based on the following criteria:

  • Patient continues to meet the indication-specific relevant criteria such as concomitant therapy requirements (not including prerequisite therapy), performance status, etc. identified in section III; AND
  • Absence of unacceptable toxicity from the drug. Examples of unacceptable toxicity include: cholelithiasis and complications of cholelithiasis (i.e. cholecystitis, cholangitis, pancreatitis), hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, sinus bradycardia, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac conduction abnormalities, depressed vitamin B12 levels, etc.; AND
  • Disease response with improvement in patient’s symptoms including reduction in symptomatic episodes (such as diarrhea, rapid gastric dumping, flushing, bleeding, etc.) and/or stabilization of glucose levels and/or decrease in size of tumor or tumor spread; AND
    • Acromegaly ONLY: Disease response as indicated by an improvement in signs and symptoms compared to baseline; AND
  • Reduction of growth hormone (GH) from pre-treatment baseline; OR
  • Age-adjusted normalization of serum IGF-1
  1. Dosage/Administration 1,7,13-15

Indication

Dose

Acromegaly

20 mg intramuscularly§ every 4 weeks for 3 months

  • After 3 months of therapy, doses may be adjusted as follows (not to exceed 40 mg every 4 weeks):
    • GH < 2.5 ng/mL, IGF-1 normal, and clinical symptoms controlled: maintain SANDOSTATIN LAR DEPOT dosage at 20 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • GH > 2.5 ng/mL, IGF-1 elevated, and/or clinical symptoms uncontrolled, increase SANDOSTATIN LAR DEPOT dosage to 30 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • GH < 1 ng/mL, IGF-1 normal, and clinical symptoms controlled, reduce SANDOSTATIN LAR DEPOT dosage to 10 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • If GH, IGF-1, or symptoms are not adequately controlled at a dose of 30 mg, the dose may be increased to 40 mg every 4 weeks

Carcinoid Tumors

20 mg intramuscularly§ every 4 weeks for 2 months

  • After 2 months of therapy, dosage may be adjusted as follows:
    • If symptoms are not adequately controlled, increase the dose to 30 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • If good control has been achieved on a 20 mg dose, the dose may be lowered to 10 mg for a trial period; if symptoms recur, increase the dose to 20 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • For patients with inadequate symptom control and/or tumor progression, dosage may be increased to 40 mg every 4 weeks

VIPomas

20 mg intramuscularly§ every 4 weeks for 2 months

  • After 2 months of therapy, dosage may be adjusted as follows:
    • If symptoms are not adequately controlled, increase the dose to 30 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • If good control has been achieved on a 20 mg dose, the dose may be lowered to 10 mg for a trial period; if symptoms recur, increase the dose to 20 mg every 4 weeks

Neuroendocrine Tumors

20 mg intramuscularly§ every 4 weeks for 2 months

  • After 2 months of therapy, dosage may be adjusted as follows:
    • If symptoms are not adequately controlled, increase the dose to 30 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • If good control has been achieved on a 20 mg dose, the dose may be lowered to 10 mg for a trial period; if symptoms recur, increase the dose to 20 mg every 4 weeks; OR
    • For patients with disease progression on standard somatostatin analog doses, dosing of 60 mg every 4 weeks may be administered (excludes adrenal tumors pheochromocytoma/paragangliomas, DIPNECH, and Well-Differentiated Grade 3 Neuroendocrine Tumors)

Thymomas

20 mg intramuscularly§ every 14 days

CNS Cancers – Meningiomas

30 mg intramuscularly§ every 4 weeks

*Renal impairment (patients on dialysis) and hepatic impairment (patients with cirrhosis):  starting dose of 10mg every 4 weeks

§ SANDOSTATIN LAR DEPOT should never be administered intravenously or subcutaneously

  1. Billing Code/Availability Information

HCPCS Code:

  • J2353 – Injection, octreotide, depot form for intramuscular injection, 1 mg: 1 mg = 1 billable unit

NDC:

  • Sandostatin LAR Depot 10 mg single-use kit: 00078-0811-XX
  • Sandostatin LAR Depot 20 mg single-use kit: 00078-0818-XX
  • Sandostatin LAR Depot 30 mg single-use kit: 00078-0825-XX
  1. References
  1. Sandostatin LAR [package insert]. East Hanover, NJ; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; July 2023. Accessed March 2024.
  2. Giustina A, Chanson P, Kleinberg D, et al. Expert consensus document: A consensus on the medical treatment of acromegaly. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2014 Apr; 10(4):243-8. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2014.21. Epub 2014 Feb 25.
  3. Katznelson L, Laws ER Jr, Melmed S, et al. Acromegaly: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Nov; 99(11):3933-51. doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-2700. Epub 2014 Oct 30.
  4. Referenced with permission from the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium (NCCN Compendium®) for Octreotide acetate (LAR). National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2024. The NCCN Compendium® is a derivative work of the NCCN Guidelines®. NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK®, NCCN®, and NCCN GUIDELINES® are trademarks owned by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. To view the most recent and complete version of the Compendium, go online to NCCN.org. Accessed March 2024.
  5. Lancranjan I, Atkinson AB & Sandostatin® LAR® Group#. Results of a European Multicentre Study with Sandostatin® LAR® in Acromegalic Patients. Pituitary 1, 105–114; Published: June 1999. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009980404404.
  6. Rubin J, Ajani J, Schirmer W, et al. Octreotide Acetate Long-Acting Formulation Versus Open-Label Subcutaneous Octreotide Acetate in Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome. J Clin Oncol, 17 (2), 600-6; Feb 1999. PMID: 10080605. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.2.600.
  7. Longo F, De Filippis L, Zivi A, et al. Efficacy and Tolerability of Long-Acting Octreotide in the Treatment of Thymic Tumors: Results of a Pilot Trial. Am J Clin Oncol, 35 (2), 105-9; April 2012. PMID: 21325939. DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318209a8f8.
  8. Referenced with permission from the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium (NCCN Compendium®) Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas. Version 1.2024.  National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2024. The NCCN Compendium® is a derivative work of the NCCN Guidelines®. NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK®, NCCN®, and NCCN GUIDELINES® are trademarks owned by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. To view the most recent and complete version of the Compendium, go online to NCCN.org. Accessed March 2024.
  9. Referenced with permission from the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium (NCCN Compendium®) Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors. Version 1.2023.  National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2024. The NCCN Compendium® is a derivative work of the NCCN Guidelines®. NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK®, NCCN®, and NCCN GUIDELINES® are trademarks owned by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. To view the most recent and complete version of the Compendium, go online to NCCN.org. Accessed March 2024.
  10. Fleseriu M, Biller BMK, Freda PU, et al. A Pituitary Society update to acromegaly management guidelines. Pituitary. 2021 Feb;24(1):1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11102-020-01091-7.
  11. Chan JA, Kulke M, Clancy TE (Feb 2024). Systemic therapy of metastatic well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors . In Goldberg, RM, Shah, S (Eds.). UpToDate. Accessed March 19, 2024. Available from: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/metastatic-well-differentiated-pancreatic-neuroendocrine-tumors-systemic-therapy-options-to-control-tumor-growth-and-symptoms-of-hormone-hypersecretion.
  12. Melmed S, Katznelson L (Apr 2023). Treatment of acromegaly. In Snyder PJ, Martin KA (Eds.) UpToDate. Accessed March 08, 2024. Available from: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-acromegaly
  13. Graillon T, Sanson M, Campello C, et al. Everolimus and Octreotide for Patients with Recurrent Meningioma: Results from the Phase II CEVOREM Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Feb 1;26(3):552-557. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2109. Epub 2020 Jan 22. PMID: 31969329.
  14. Broder MS, Beenhouwer D, Strosberg JR, et al. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors treated with high dose octreotide-LAR: a systematic literature review. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb 14;21(6):1945-55. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i6.1945. PMID: 25684964; PMCID: PMC4323475.
  15. Strosberg J, Weber J, Feldman M, et al. Above-Label Doses of Octreotide-LAR in Patients With Metastatic Small Intestinal Carcinoid Tumors. Gastrointest Cancer Res. 2013 May;6(3):81-5. PMID: 23936548; PMCID: PMC3737510.
  16. Palmetto GBA. Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension (Sandostatin LAR® depot) (A56531). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Inc. Updated on 08/23/2023 with effective date 10/01/2023. Accessed March 2024.

Appendix 1 – Covered Diagnosis Codes

ICD-10

ICD-10 Description

C25.4

Malignant neoplasm of endocrine pancreas

C37

Malignant neoplasm of thymus

C70.0

Malignant neoplasm of cerebral meninges

C70.1

Malignant neoplasm of spinal meninges

C70.9

Malignant neoplasm of meninges, unspecified

C74.10

Malignant neoplasm of medulla of unspecified adrenal gland

C74.11

Malignant neoplasm of medulla of right adrenal gland

C74.12

Malignant neoplasm of medulla of left adrenal gland

C74.90

Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of unspecified adrenal gland

C74.91

Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of right adrenal gland

Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of right adrenal gland

C74.92

Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of left adrenal gland

C75.5

Malignant neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia

C7A.00

Malignant carcinoid tumor of unspecified site

C7A.010

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the duodenum

C7A.011

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the jejunum

C7A.012

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the ileum

C7A.019

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the small intestine, unspecified portion

C7A.020

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the appendix

C7A.021

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the cecum

C7A.022

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the ascending colon

C7A.023

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the transverse colon

C7A.024

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the descending colon

C7A.025

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the sigmoid colon

C7A.026

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the rectum

C7A.029

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the large intestine, unspecified portion

C7A.090

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung

C7A.091

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the thymus

C7A.092

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the stomach

C7A.093

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the kidney

C7A.094

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the foregut, unspecified

C7A.095

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the midgut, unspecified

C7A.096

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the hindgut, unspecified

C7A.098

Malignant carcinoid tumors of other sites

C7A.8

Other malignant neuroendocrine tumors

C7B.00

Secondary carcinoid tumors, unspecified site

C7B.01

Secondary carcinoid tumors of distant lymph nodes

C7B.02

Secondary carcinoid tumors of liver

C7B.03

Secondary carcinoid tumors of bone

C7B.04

Secondary carcinoid tumors of peritoneum

C7B.09

Secondary carcinoid tumors of other sites

C7B.8

Other secondary neuroendocrine tumors

D15.0

Benign neoplasm of thymus

D32.0

Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges

D32.1

Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges

D32.9

Benign neoplasm of meninges, unspecified

D38.4

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of thymus

D3A.00

Benign carcinoid tumor of unspecified site

D3A.010

Benign carcinoid tumor of the duodenum

D3A.011

Benign carcinoid tumor of the jejunum

D3A.012

Benign carcinoid tumor of the ileum

D3A.019

Benign carcinoid tumor of the small intestine, unspecified portion

D3A.020

Benign carcinoid tumor of the appendix

D3A.021

Benign carcinoid tumor of the cecum

D3A.022

Benign carcinoid tumor of the ascending colon

D3A.023

Benign carcinoid tumor of the transverse colon

D3A.024

Benign carcinoid tumor of the descending colon

D3A.025

Benign carcinoid tumor of the sigmoid tumor

D3A.026

Benign carcinoid tumor of the rectum

D3A.029

Benign carcinoid tumor of the large intestine, unspecified portion

D3A.090

Benign carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung

D3A.091

Benign carcinoid tumor of the thymus

D3A.092

Benign carcinoid tumor of the stomach

D3A.094

Benign carcinoid tumor of the foregut, unspecified

D3A.095

Benign carcinoid tumor of the midgut, unspecified

D3A.096

Benign carcinoid tumor of the hindgut, unspecified

D3A.098

Benign carcinoid tumors of other sites

D42.0

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cerebral meninges

D42.1

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of spinal meninges

D42.9

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of meninges, unspecified

E16.1

Other hypoglycemia

E16.3

Increased secretion of glucagon

E16.4

Increased secretion of gastrin

E16.8

Other specified disorders of pancreatic internal secretion

E22.0

Acromegaly and pituitary gigantism

E34.0

Carcinoid syndrome

Z85.020

Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of stomach

Z85.030

Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of large intestine

Z85.040

Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of rectum

Z85.060

Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of small intestine

Z85.07

Personal history of malignant neoplasm of pancreas

Z85.110

Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of bronchus and lung

Z85.230

Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of thymus

Z85.238

Personal history of other malignant neoplasm of thymus

Z85.841

Personal history of malignant neoplasm of brain

Z85.848

Personal history of malignant neoplasm of other parts of nervous tissue

Z85.858

Personal history of malignant neoplasm of other endocrine glands


Appendix 2 – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

The preceding information is intended for non-Medicare coverage determinations. Medicare coverage for outpatient (Part B) drugs is outlined in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Pub. 100-2), Chapter 15, §50 Drugs and Biologicals. In addition, National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) and/or Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) may exist and compliance with these policies is required where applicable. Local Coverage Articles (LCAs) may also exist for claims payment purposes or to clarify benefit eligibility under Part B for drugs which may be self-administered. The following link may be used to search for NCD, LCD, or LCA documents: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/search.aspx. Additional indications, including any preceding information, may be applied at the discretion of the health plan.

Medicare Part B Covered Diagnosis Codes

Jurisdiction

NCD/LCA/LCD Document (s)

Contractor

J, M

A56531

Palmetto GBA

Medicare Part B Administrative Contractor (MAC) Jurisdictions

Jurisdiction

Applicable State/US Territory

Contractor

E (1)

CA, HI, NV, AS, GU, CNMI

Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC

F (2 & 3)

AK, WA, OR, ID, ND, SD, MT, WY, UT, AZ

Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC

5

KS, NE, IA, MO

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp (WPS)

6

MN, WI, IL

National Government Services, Inc. (NGS)

H (4 & 7)

LA, AR, MS, TX, OK, CO, NM

Novitas Solutions, Inc.

8

MI, IN

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp (WPS)

N (9)

FL, PR, VI

First Coast Service Options, Inc.

J (10)

TN, GA, AL

Palmetto GBA

M (11)

NC, SC, WV, VA (excluding below)

Palmetto GBA

L (12)

DE, MD, PA, NJ, DC (includes Arlington & Fairfax counties and the city of Alexandria in VA)

Novitas Solutions, Inc.

K (13 & 14)

NY, CT, MA, RI, VT, ME, NH

National Government Services, Inc. (NGS)

15

KY, OH

CGS Administrators, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

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