Limited coverage criteria – letermovir

Last updated on March 19, 2025

 

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Generic name

letermovir

Strength & form

240 mg, 480 mg tablet

Special Authority criteria

Approval period

For the prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in adult CMV-seropositive recipients [R+] of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)

AND

Who are at high risk of CMV infection meeting the following criteria:

  • Umbilical cord blood as stem cell source transplant recipients
    OR
  • Haploidentical recipients
    OR
  • Recipients of T-cell depleted grafts
    OR
  • Recipients of related or unrelated mismatched allogenic stem cell transplant
    OR
  • Recipients treated with antithymocyte globulin (ATG) for conditioning
    OR
  • Recipients requiring high-dose steroids (defined as the use of ≥ 1 mg/kg/day of prednisone or equivalent dose of another corticosteroid) for acute graft versus host disease (GVHD)
    OR
  • Recipients treated with ATG for steroid refractory acute GVHD treatment
    OR
  • Recipients with documented history of CMV disease prior to transplantation

AND

Patients must have an undetectable CMV DNA at baseline

AND

The treatment is prescribed and a Special Authority request is submitted by a specialist physician with the leukemia/bone marrow transplant program

Maximum coverage is for 100 days per allogeneic HSCT

Practitioner exemptions

  • None

Special notes

  • PharmaCare coverage of letermovir is limited to one 480 mg or one 240 mg tablet daily
  • Letermovir should be started after HSCT. Letermovir may be started on the day of transplant and no later than 28 days post-transplant

Special Authority request form(s)