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Practice Forms & Documents

Find the enrollment forms you'll need to help patients access Avastin after it's been prescribed, including for coverage, reimbursement and financial assistance services. There are also tips for composing a letter of medical necessity and appeal letter.

To learn more about the resources available to help your practice, including information on benefits investigations and prior authorizations, go to Helpful Resources for Your Practice.

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Avastin Access Solutions Enrollment Forms
Genentech Patient Foundation Enrollment Forms
Tips for Composing Letters of Medical Necessity and Appeal

Genentech Enrollment Forms

Avastin Access Solutions can help your patients:

  • Get a better understanding of their coverage
  • Find financial assistance options
  • Learn how to get Avastin
  • Understand which specialty pharmacy their insurance plan uses
  • Reverify coverage if needed
  • Enroll in additional support options in the event of a coverage delay

Prescriber Service Form

This form is used to collect the patient’s health insurance and treatment information for enrollment in Avastin Access Solutions.

Download the Prescriber Service Form

Patient Consent Form 

This form is signed and dated by your patient, giving written permission for Genentech to discuss their health information with you and the patient’s health insurance plan.

Download the Patient Consent Form (English)
Download the Patient Consent Form (Spanish)

Genentech Patient Foundation Enrollment Forms

The Genentech Patient Foundation provides free Avastin to people who don’t have insurance coverage or who have financial concerns and meet eligibility criteria.

The following forms are needed for applying for assistance from the Genentech Patient Foundation:

Learn more about the Genentech Patient Foundation and other resources programs.

Prescriber Foundation Form

This form is filled out by the healthcare provider and is used to collect the patient’s treatment information and determine eligibility for free Genentech medicine.

Download the Prescriber Foundation Form

Patient Consent Form

This form is signed and dated by your patient, giving written permission for Genentech to discuss their health information with you and the patient’s health insurance plan.

Download the Patient Consent Form (English)
Download the Patient Consent Form (Spanish)

Tips for Composing Letters of Medical Necessity and Appeal

Letter of Medical Necessity

This guide provides tips to help you draft a letter of medical necessity. A sample letter is also included for your reference.

Tips for Drafting a Letter of Medical Necessity

Appeal Letter

This guide provides tips to help you draft an appeal letter. A sample letter is also included for your reference.

Tips for Drafting an Appeal Letter

Appeals

Use the links below to find additional information to enclose in your letter of medical necessity or appeal letter:

FDA Approval Letter
Avastin Prescribing Information
Sample Coding: First- and Second-line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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Important Safety Information & Indication

Indication

Metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC)

Avastin, in combination with intravenous fluorouracil-based chemotherapy, is indicated for the first‑ or second‑line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Avastin, in combination with fluoropyrimidine-irinotecan- or fluoropyrimidine-oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy, is indicated for the second-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have progressed on a first-line bevacizumab product-containing regimen.

Limitation of Use: Avastin is not indicated for adjuvant treatment of colon cancer.

Serious adverse reactions (Warnings and Precautions)

  • Serious and sometimes fatal adverse reactions with increased incidence in the Avastin-treated arm vs chemotherapy arm included:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI) perforation ranged from 0.3% to 3% of patients across clinical studies
    • Non-GI fistulae (<1% to 1.8%, highest in patients with cervical cancer)
    • Arterial thromboembolic events (Grade ≥3, 5%, highest in patients with GBM)
    • The incidence of wound healing and surgical complications, including serious and fatal complications, is increased in Avastin-treated patients
    • Hemorrhage (Grade 3–5) ranged from 0.4% to 7% of patients across clinical studies
    • Renal injury and proteinuria
      • Grade 3–4 proteinuria ranged from 0.7% to 7% in clinical studies
      • Nephrotic syndrome (<1%)
  • Additional serious adverse reactions with increased incidence in the Avastin-treated arm vs chemotherapy arm included:
    • Venous thromboembolism (Grade ≥3, 11% seen in GOG-0240)
    • Hypertension (Grade 3–4, 5%–18%)
    • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) (<0.5%)
    • Congestive heart failure (CHF): Grade ≥3 left ventricular dysfunction (1%)
  • Infusion-related reactions with the first dose of Avastin occurred in <3% of patients, and severe reactions occurred in 0.4% of patients
  • Avoid use in patients with ovarian cancer who have evidence of recto-sigmoid involvement by pelvic examination or bowel involvement on CT scan or clinical symptoms of bowel obstruction
  • Inform females of reproductive potential of the risk of ovarian failure prior to initiating treatment with Avastin
  • An evaluation for the presence of varices is recommended within 6 months of initiation of Avastin in patients with HCC

Pregnancy warning

  • Based on the mechanism of action and animal studies, Avastin may cause fetal harm
  • Advise female patients that Avastin may cause fetal harm, and to inform their healthcare provider of a known or suspected pregnancy
  • Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with Avastin and for 6 months after the last dose of Avastin
  • Advise nursing women not to breastfeed during treatment with Avastin and for 6 months following their last dose of treatment
  • Avastin may impair fertility

Most common adverse reactions

  • Across studies, the most common adverse reactions observed in Avastin patients at a rate >10% were:
    • Epistaxis
    • Headache
    • Hypertension
    • Rhinitis
    • Proteinuria
    • Taste alteration
    • Dry skin
    • Hemorrhage
    • Lacrimation disorder
    • Back pain
    • Exfoliative dermatitis

  • Across all studies, Avastin was discontinued in 8% to 22% of patients because of adverse reactions

Indication-specific adverse reactions

  • In first-line MCRC, the most common Grade 3–4 reactions in Study 2107, which occurred at a ≥2% higher incidence in the Avastin plus IFL vs IFL groups, were asthenia (10% vs 7%), abdominal pain (8% vs 5%), pain (8% vs 5%), hypertension (12% vs 2%), deep vein thrombosis (9% vs 5%), intra-abdominal thrombosis (3% vs 1%), syncope (3% vs 1%), diarrhea (34% vs 25%), constipation (4% vs 2%), leukopenia (37% vs 31%), and neutropenia (21% vs 14%)
  • In second-line MCRC, the most common Grade 3–5 (nonhematologic) and 4–5 (hematologic) reactions in Study E3200, which occurred at a higher incidence (≥2%) in the Avastin plus FOLFOX4 vs FOLFOX4 groups, were fatigue (19% vs 13%), diarrhea (18% vs 13%), sensory neuropathy (17% vs 9%), nausea (12% vs 5%), vomiting (11% vs 4%), dehydration (10% vs 5%), hypertension (9% vs 2%), abdominal pain (8% vs 5%), hemorrhage (5% vs 1%), other neurological (5% vs 3%), ileus (4% vs 1%), and headache (3% vs 0%). These data are likely to underestimate the true adverse event rates due to the reporting mechanisms used in this study
  • When continued beyond first progression in MCRC, no new safety signals were observed in the TML study (ML18147) when Avastin was administered in second-line MCRC patients who progressed on an Avastin containing regimen in first-line MCRC. The safety data was consistent with the known safety profile established in first- and second-line MCRC

You may report side effects to the FDA at (800) FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
You may also report side effects to Genentech at (888) 835-2555.

Please see full Prescribing Information for additional important safety information.

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