- Patient Information
- Before You Take Cotellic, Tell Your Healthcare Provider About All Of Your Medical Conditions, Including If You:
- How Should I Take Cotellic?
- Cotellic May Cause Serious Side Effects, Including:
- Check Your Skin Regularly And Tell Your Healthcare Provider Right Away If You Have Any Skin Changes Including:
- Call Your Healthcare Provider And Get Medical Attention Right Away If You Get Any Signs Of Bleeding, Including:
- Active Ingredient:
- Tablet Core:
- Coating:
Patient Information ⮝
COTELLIC is a prescription medicine that is used with the medicine vemurafenib, to treat a type of skin cancer called melanoma:
- that has spread to other parts of the body or cannot be removed by surgery, and
- that has a certain type of abnormal "BRAF" gene
Your healthcare provider will perform a test to make sure that COTELLIC is right for you. It is not known if COTELLIC is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age. Before You Take Cotellic, Tell Your Healthcare Provider About All Of Your Medical Conditions, Including If You: ⮝
- have skin problems or history a of skin problems, other than melanoma
- have bleeding problems, any medical conditions and/or on any medications that increase your risk of bleeding
- have heart problems
- have eye problems
- have liver problems
- have muscle problems
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. COTELLIC can harm your unborn baby.
- Females who are able to become pregnant should use effective birth control during treatment with COTELLIC and for 2 weeks after the final dose of COTELLIC.
- Talk to your healthcare provider about birth control methods that may be right for you.
- Tell your healthcare provider right away if you become pregnant or think you are pregnant during treatment with COTELLIC.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if COTELLIC passes into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed during treatment with COTELLIC and for 2 weeks after the final dose. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby during this time.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Certain medicines may affect the blood levels of COTELLIC. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. How Should I Take Cotellic? ⮝
- Take COTELLIC exactly as your healthcare provider tells you. Do not change your dose or stop taking COTELLIC unless your healthcare provider tells you to.
- Take COTELLIC one time a day for 21 days, followed by 7 days off treatment, to complete a 28-day treatment cycle.
- Take COTELLIC with or without food.
- If you miss a dose of COTELLIC or vomit after taking your dose, take your next dose as scheduled.
What should I avoid during treatment with COTELLIC? Avoid sunlight during treatment with COTELLIC. COTELLIC can make your skin sensitive to sunlight. You may burn more easily and get severe sunburns. To help protect against sunburn:
- When you go outside, wear clothes that protect your skin, including your head, face, hands, arms, and legs.
- Use lip balm and a broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher.
Cotellic May Cause Serious Side Effects, Including: ⮝
- Risk of new skin cancers.COTELLIC may cause new skin cancers (cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, keratoacanthoma, or basal cell carcinoma).
Check Your Skin Regularly And Tell Your Healthcare Provider Right Away If You Have Any Skin Changes Including: ⮝
Your healthcare provider should check your skin before you start taking COTELLIC, and every 2 months during treatment with COTELLIC. Your healthcare provider may continue to check your skin for 6 months after you stop taking COTELLIC. Your healthcare provider should also check for cancers that may not occur on the skin. Tell our healthcare provider about any new symptoms that develop during treatment with COTELLIC and vemurafenib.
- new wart
- skin sore or reddish bump that bleeds or does not heal
- change in size or color of a mole
Bleeding problems.COTELLIC can cause serious bleeding problems. Call Your Healthcare Provider And Get Medical Attention Right Away If You Get Any Signs Of Bleeding, Including: ⮝
- red or black stools (looks like tar)
- blood in your urine
- headaches
- cough up or vomit blood
- stomach (abdominal) pain
- unusual vaginal bleeding
- dizziness or weakness
- Heart problems.Your healthcare provider should do tests before and during treatment to check your heart function. Tell your healthcare provider if you get any of these signs and symptoms of heart problems:
- persistent coughing or wheezing
- shortness of breath
- swelling of your ankles and feet
- tiredness
- increased heart rate
- Severe rash.Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of these symptoms:
- a rash that covers a large area of your body
- blisters
- peeling skin
- Eye problems.Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of these symptoms:
- blurred vision
- partly missing vision or loss of vision
- Store COTELLIC at room temperature below 30 C (86 F).
- Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist how to safely throw away (dispose of) any unused or expired COTELLIC.
Keep COTELLIC and all medicine out of the reach of children. General information about the safe and effective use of COTELLIC Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information Leaflet. Do not use COTELLIC for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give COTELLIC to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about COTELLIC that is written for health professionals. Active Ingredient: ⮝
cobimetinib fumarate
Tablet Core: ⮝
microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate
Coating: ⮝
polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, talcDistributed by: Genentech USA, Inc., A Member of the Roche Group, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990. COTELLICis a registered trademark of Genentech, Inc. 2016 Genentech, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information go to www.COTELLIC.com or call 1-877-436-3683. This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Revised: May 2016 Representative sample of labeling (see theHOW SUPPLIEDsection for complete listing):