Getting ZEJULA

Interested in ZEJULA? Learn how to find out if ZEJULA is right for you, and if it is—how you'll receive your prescription.

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Start by talking to your doctor

To get started with ZEJULA, you’ll need to have a conversation with your healthcare team. They can answer all the questions you have and determine if ZEJULA is an option for you.

Our downloadable Doctor Discussion Guide can help you focus the conversation and know what to ask.

Keep in mind the recommended timing for starting ZEJULA

First-line maintenance treatment of advanced ovarian cancer

For this group, patients should start treatment with ZEJULA no later than 12 weeks after their most recent platinum-containing regimen.

No later than 12 weeks after chemotherapy

Maintenance treatment of recurrent BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer

For this group, patients should start treatment with ZEJULA no later than 8 weeks after their most recent platinum-containing regimen. 

No later than 8 weeks after chemotherapy

Receiving your prescription 

Once the conversation's completed and you and your doctor decide on ZEJULA, you will receive your ZEJULA tablet bottles through a specialty pharmacy or your doctor’s associated hospital or clinic.

 

First time hearing about a specialty pharmacy? Here’s what you can expect:

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Access to a team of pharmacists and nurses who can answer your questions about your ZEJULA prescription

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Delivery of your ZEJULA prescription directly to you

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Ongoing one-on-one-support, such as setting up refills of ZEJULA and answering questions about your ZEJULA prescription

ZEJULA is available through four specialty pharmacies:

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Accredo

Call them at 1-877-732-3431 or visit their website below.

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CVS Specialty

Call them at 1-800-259-1783 or visit their website below.

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Biologics

Call them at 1-800-850-4306 or visit their website below.

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Optum

Call them at 1-877-445-6874 or visit their website below.

Get information about ZEJULA via the ZEJULA starter kit

Sign up to receive helpful resources, like the kit above!

When you sign up for ZEJULA My Way and indicate on the form you’re a ZEJULA patient, you can get a ZEJULA starter kit if you haven’t received one yet. Along with the kit, you’ll receive timely email support and more.

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Whether you’re uninsured or insured, Together with GSK Oncology may be able to provide information and options for paying for ZEJULA.

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Approved Uses & Safety Info

Approved Uses

ZEJULA is a prescription medicine used for the:

  • maintenance treatment of adults with advanced ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer. ZEJULA is used after the cancer has responded (complete or partial response) to treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy.
  • maintenance treatment of adults with a certain type of inherited (germline) abnormal BRCA gene with ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer that comes back. ZEJULA is used after the cancer has responded (complete or partial response) to treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. Your healthcare provider will perform a test to make sure that ZEJULA is right for you.  

 

It is not known if ZEJULA is safe and effective in children.

Important Safety Information

ZEJULA may cause serious side effects, including:

 

Bone marrow problems called Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) or a type of blood cancer called Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Some people who have ovarian cancer and who have received previous treatment with chemotherapy or certain other medicines for their cancer have developed MDS or AML during treatment with ZEJULA. MDS or AML may lead to death.

 

Symptoms of low blood cell counts (low red blood cells, low white blood cells, and low platelets) are common during treatment with ZEJULA. They can be a sign of serious bone marrow problems, including MDS or AML. These symptoms may include the following:

  • Weakness
  • Feeling tired
  • Weight loss
  • Frequent infections
  • Fever
  • Shortness of breath
  • Blood in urine or stool
  • Bruising or bleeding more easily


Your doctor will do blood tests to check your blood cell counts before treatment with ZEJULA. You will be tested weekly for the first month of treatment with ZEJULA, monthly for the next 11 months of treatment, and as needed afterward.

 

High blood pressure is common during treatment with ZEJULA, and it can become serious. Your doctor will check your blood pressure and heart rate at least weekly for the first two months, then monthly for the first year, and as needed thereafter during your treatment with ZEJULA.

 

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a condition that affects the brain and may happen during treatment with ZEJULA. If you have headache, vision changes, confusion, or seizure, with or without high blood pressure, please contact your doctor.

 

Before starting to take ZEJULA, tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • Have heart problems
  • Have liver problems
  • Have high blood pressure
  • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. ZEJULA can harm your unborn baby and may cause loss of pregnancy (miscarriage)
    • If you are able to become pregnant, your doctor should perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with ZEJULA
    • If you are able to become pregnant, you should use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with ZEJULA and for 6 months after taking the last dose of ZEJULA
    • You should tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant
  • Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed
    • ZEJULA may harm your baby. You should not breastfeed your baby during treatment with ZEJULA and for 1 month after taking the last dose of ZEJULA


Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take,
 including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

 

The most common side effects of ZEJULA include the following:

  • Nausea
  • Tiredness
  • Constipation
  • Pain in your muscles and back
  • Pain in the stomach area
  • Vomiting
  • Loss of appetite
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Headache
  • Shortness of breath
  • Rash
  • Diarrhea
  • Cough
  • Dizziness
  • Changes in the amount or color of your urine
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Low levels of magnesium in the blood


If you have certain side effects, then your doctor may change your dose of ZEJULA, temporarily stop, or permanently stop treatment with ZEJULA.

 

These are not all the possible side effects of ZEJULA. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.

 

Please see accompanying full Prescribing Information for ZEJULA.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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