Drug Safety Information for IBRANCE (Palbociclib)

FDA Safety-related Labeling Changes for IBRANCE (PALBOCICLIB) Rx Drug: Safety Information Link

Interstitial Lung Disease/Pneumonitis Safety label updated

Required post-approval safety study:

Submit the overall survival (OS) data and results from Trial A5481008, PALOMA-2, ""A Randomized, Multicenter, Double- blind Phase 3 Study of PD- 0332991 (Oral CDK 4/6 Inhibitor) Plus Letrozole Versus Placebo Plus Letrozole for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Women with ER (+), HER2 (-) Breast Cancer Who Have Not Received Any Prior Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment For Advanced Disease"". Due Date: 2020-11-30

Original FDA Drug Approval Date for IBRANCE: 2015-02-03

Adverse Drug Reactions for IBRANCE* (Palbociclib)

These charts and graphs are based on reports received through the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) program (see below).

Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with IBRANCE
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Fatigue110
2Neutropenia105
3White blood cell count decreased89
4Nausea68
5Disease progression39
6Vomiting32
7Diarrhoea30
8Platelet count decreased25
9Alopecia24
10Stomatitis23
11Dyspnoea22
12Death20
13Thrombocytopenia19
14Pneumonia18
15Asthenia18
16Blood count abnormal17
17Dizziness17
18Neoplasm malignant16
19Haemoglobin decreased16
20Leukopenia16

* This side effect also appears in "Top 10 Side Effects of IBRANCE " in the drug's Review Summary based on AskaPatient reviews.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking IBRANCE
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Breast cancer571
2Breast cancer metastatic267
3Neoplasm malignant65
4Breast cancer female51
5Product used for unknown indication49
6Breast cancer stage iv32
7Malignant melanoma16
8Squamous cell carcinoma14
9Malignant nipple neoplasm10
10Pancreatic carcinoma metastatic9

*Also a top-10 reason in AskaPatient Review Summary.


Types of Adverse Events for IBRANCE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 1556


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for IBRANCE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 1556*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Palbociclib (Ibrance)

Charts are based on 1556 reports filed with the FDA between 2004 and June 2015.

Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers), health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and by patients themselves (voluntary reporting). More Information on FDA MedWatch (FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)Voluntary reporting takes place under the FDA's MedWatch program, where health care professionals and consumers submit reports to FDA when they find a problem with a drug, medical device, biologic, or other FDA-regulated product. An adverse event is any undesirable experience or extreme side effect associated with the use of a medical product. Adverse events include: death, life threatening event, hospitalization, disability or permanent damage, congenital anomaly or birth defect, medical product use requiring a surgical or other intervention, or other serious medical situation believed to be caused by the drug.

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Historical Analytics of FDA Adverse Event Reports Provided by Druginformer.com. FDA Drug Safety Information, including safety-related labeling updates, required post-approval safety studies, risk evaluation management strategies (REMS), alerts, and recalls are compiled by AskaPatient.com from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.