Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
(pulmonary disease or lung disease) |
Patients with congenital alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency |
Plasma alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor |
Traditional |
Alpha-1 protease inhibitor augmentation |
Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency |
non–central nervous system manifestations of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) |
assessment of % predicted Dlco and spleen volume |
Traditional |
hydrolytic lysosomal sphingomyelin-specific enzyme |
Acromegaly |
Patients with acromegaly who don't respond to or cannot undergo other standard therapies |
Serum Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1) |
Traditional |
Growth hormone receptor antagonist |
Acromegaly |
Patients with acromegaly who don't respond to or cannot undergo other standard therapies |
lk |
Traditional |
Somatostatin analog |
Activated PI3 kinase delta syndrome |
activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3K delta) syndrome (APDS) |
Co Primary: improvement in lymphoproliferation as measured by a change from baseline in lymphadenopathy measured by the log10-transformed sum of product diameters and the normalization of immunophenotype as measured by the percentage of naïve B cells out of total B cells |
Traditional |
kinase inhibitor - phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase d (PI3K-d) inhibitor |
Acute Bronchospasm |
Patients with acute bronchospasm associated with reversible obstructive airway disease or exercise |
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) |
Traditional |
Beta-2 adrenergic agonist |
Alzheimer's disease |
Patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of Alzheimer's disease |
Reduction in amyloid beta plaques |
Accelerated |
Monoclonal antibody |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) |
Adults who have ALS with a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene |
Change in plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) |
Accelerated |
antisense oligonucleotide |
Anemia |
Pateints with anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) |
mean change in Hb |
Traditional†
|
hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF PH) inhibitor |
Anthrax vaccine |
Persons at high risk of exposure to anthrax |
Anti-protective antigen antibody response |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Anticoagulation reversal (needed due to life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding) |
Patients treated with a direct or indirect FXa inhibitor when reversal of anticoagulation is needed |
Percent change in anti-FXa activity, from baseline to nadir |
Accelerated |
Binding and sequestering FXa inhibitors |
Asthma |
Patients with asthma |
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) |
Traditional |
Corticosteroid; Beta-2 adrenergic agonist |
The prevention of disease caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in individuals 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to CHIKV |
18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to CHIKV |
CHIKV-specific neutralizing antibody titer ≥150 as determined by micro-plaque reduction neutralization test (μPRNT50) |
Accelerated |
IXCHIQ elicits CHIKV-specific immune responses. The exact mechanism of protection has not been determined but protection is thought to be mediated by CHIKV-specific neutralizing antibodies. |
Chronic kidney disease |
Patients with chronic kidney disease secondary to multiple etiologies |
Estimated glomerular filtration rate or serum creatinine |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
Patients with COPD |
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) |
Traditional |
Corticosteroid; Long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist; Anticholinergic; Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor |
Chronic graft versus host disease |
Patient with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy |
overall response rate (ORR) |
Traditional |
kinase inhibitor - Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) |
Cushing's disease |
Patients with Cushing’s disease for whom pituitary surgery is not an option or has not been curative |
Urine free cortisol |
Traditional |
Somatostatin analog |
Cushing's syndrome |
Patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance and have failed surgery or are not candidates for surgery |
Urine free cortisol ˟ |
Traditional |
Cortisol synthesis inhibitor |
Cystic fibrosis |
Patients with cystic fibrosis |
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) |
Traditional |
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator potentiator |
Cystinuria |
Patients with cystinuria |
Urinary cystine |
Traditional |
Reducing and complexing thiol |
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) |
CMV seropositive and hematopoietic transplant recipients requiring prophylaxis |
Plasma CMV-DNA exceeding threshold for starting treatment
|
Traditional |
Antiviral |
Diphtheria vaccine (in combination vaccines) |
Persons to be immunized against diphtheria |
Anti-diphtheria toxoid antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) |
Patients with DMD who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene that is amenable to exon skipping |
Skeletal muscle dystrophin |
Accelerated |
Antisense oligonucleotide |
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency |
Patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to cystic fibrosis, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatectomy, or other conditions |
Fecal coefficient of fat absorption |
Traditional |
Pancreatic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of fats, proteins, and starches. |
Extravascular hemolysis |
extravascular hemolysis (EVH) in adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) |
Change in hemoglobin (Hgb) |
Traditional†
|
Complement factor D inhibitor |
Fabry disease |
Patients with confirmed Fabry disease |
Complete/near complete clearance of GL-3 inclusions in biopsied renal peritubular capillaries (using the Fabrazyme Scoring System) |
Accelerated |
Enzyme replacement therapy |
Fabry disease |
Patients with confirmed Fabry disease and amenable GLA gene variants |
Reduction of GL-3 inclusions in biopsied renal peritubular capillaries (using the BLISS methodology) |
Accelerated |
Pharmacological chaperone |
Fabry disease |
Patients with Fabry disease |
Sustained treatment effect on loss of renal function across the various stages of renal disease |
Traditional |
Hydrolytic lysosomal neutral glycosphingolipid-specific enzyme |
Female hypogonadotropic
hypogonadism |
Infertile women with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism |
Follicle size, serum estradiol and progesterone# |
Traditional |
Gonadotropin |
First aid antiseptic; Health care antiseptic; Consumer antiseptic |
General public, consumers, and health care professionals |
Bacterial count |
Traditional and Monograph |
Antimicrobial |
Geographic atrophy |
geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) |
mean rate of geographic atrophy (GA) growth |
Traditional |
complement inhibitor |
Gout |
Patients with gout |
Serum uric acid |
Traditional |
Xanthine oxidase inhibitor; URAT1 inhibitor; Uricase |
Helicobacter pylori infection |
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection |
Successful H. pylori eradication |
Traditional |
potassium-competitive acid blocker (PCAB) / penicillin class antibacterial |
Hepatitis A (Hep A) vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against Hep A |
Anti-Hep A antigen antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against Hep B |
Plasma hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Hepatitis B Virus (all known subtypes) vaccine |
Adults > 18 yo to be immunized against all known suptypes of hepatitis b virus |
Neutralizing antibody >/= 10 mIU/mL |
Traditional |
Induction of antibodies to HBsAg. |
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) |
Patients with HBV infection with or without cirrhosis |
Undetectable plasma HBV-DNA for indefinite treatment or HBsAg loss for finite treatment |
Traditional |
Antiviral |
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) |
Patients with HCV infection with or without cirrhosis |
Sustained viral response (HCV-RNA) |
Traditional |
Antiviral |
Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) |
Patients with HDV infection with or without cirrhosis |
≥ 2 log reduction in HDV-RNA plus normalization of ALT or HDV below the LLOQ˟ |
Accelerated |
Antiviral |
Hepatorenal syndrome |
Patients with hepatorenal syndrome type 1 |
Serum creatinine˟ |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Heterotopic ossification |
patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) |
annualized change in new heterotopic ossification (HO) volume |
Traditional |
Retinoid |
Histiocytosis |
patients with histiocytic neoplasms |
overall response rate (ORR) |
Traditional |
Kinase inhibitor - mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitor |
Homozygous sitosterolemia (phytosterolemia) |
Patients with homozygous sitosterolemia (phytosterolemia) |
Plasma sitosterol and campesterol |
Traditional |
Dietary cholesterol absorption inhibitor |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) |
Patients with HIV-1 |
Undetectable plasma HIV RNA |
Traditional |
Antiviral |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) |
Patients at high risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 |
Serum HIV antibody |
Traditional |
Antiviral |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) |
Highly treatment-experienced HIV-1 patients |
Greater than 0.5 log reduction in plasma HIV RNA |
Traditional |
Antiviral |
Human Papillomavirus |
Persons (18 through 45 years of age) to be immunized against human papillomavirus |
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Hypercholesterolemia |
Patients with heterozygous familial and nonfamilial hypercholesterolemia |
Serum LDL cholesterol |
Traditional |
Lipid-lowering |
Hypercholesterolemia |
Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia |
Serum LDL cholesterol |
Traditional |
Lipid-lowering |
Hyperkalemia |
Patients with hyperkalemia |
Serum potassium |
Traditional |
Potassium binder |
Hyperphosphatemia |
Dialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia |
Serum phosphate |
Traditional |
Phosphate binder |
Hypertension |
Patients with hypertension |
Blood pressure |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Hypertriglyceridemia |
Patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia |
Serum triglycerides |
Traditional |
Lipid-lowering |
Hypokalemia |
Patients with hypokalemia |
Serum potassium |
Traditional |
Potassium salts |
Hyponatremia |
Patients with hypervolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia |
Serum sodium |
Traditional |
Vasopressin receptor antagonist |
Hypophosphatemia |
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) |
Serum Phosphorus Concentration |
Traditional†
|
fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) blocking antibody |
Hypotension |
Patients with distributive shock |
Blood pressure |
Traditional |
Alpha and beta adrenergic agonist; Vasopressin analog |
Hypothyroidism |
Patients with hypothyroidism |
Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) |
Traditional |
Thyroid hormone analog |
Influenza A H5N1 vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against influenza |
Hemagglutination inhibition antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of Immunity |
Influenza vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against influenza |
Hemagglutination inhibition antibody |
Accelerated |
Induction of immunity |
Interoperative hemorrhage |
Patients who require reduction of blood pressure to reduce bleeding during surgery |
Blood pressure |
Traditional |
Vasodilator |
Invasive pneumococcal disease |
Patients with invasive pneumococcal disease |
Opsonophagocytosis assay titers |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Japanese encephalitis vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against Japanese encephalitis |
Neutralizing antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Lipodystrophy |
Patients with congenital or acquired generalized lipodystrophy |
Serum hemoglobin A1C, fasting glucose and triglycerides |
Traditional |
Leptin analog |
Lupus nephritis |
Patients with active lupus nephritis |
Complete renal response (CRR), defined as 1) a response in the urine proteinuria (protein-creatine ratio) and 2) preservation/improvement of renal function (estimated glomerular filtration rate) |
Traditional |
Immunosuppressant |
Lysosomal Acid Lipase (LAL) deficiency |
Patients with LAL deficiency |
Serum LDL-c levels |
Traditional |
Hydrolytic lysosomal cholesteryl ester and triacylglycerol-specific enzyme |
Male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with inferility |
Men with selected cases of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with inferility |
Sperm parameters |
Traditional |
Gonadotropin |
Meningococcal (serogroups A, C, Y, W) meningitis vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against meningococcal meningitis |
Serum bactericidal antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of Immunity |
Meningococcal ACYW-135 vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against meningococcal meningitis |
Serum bactericidal antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Meningococcal Group B vaccine |
Persons (18 through 25 years of age) to be immunized against meningococcal meningitis |
Serum bactericidal antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Methylmalonic acidemia |
Patients with acute hyperammonemia due to methylmalonic acidemia |
Plasma ammonia |
Traditional |
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 activator |
To mobilize hematopoietic stem cells to the peripheral blood for collection and subsequent autologous transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma |
Subsequent autologous transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma |
Proportion of patients who achieve a cell collection goal of ≥ 6 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg |
Traditional |
Inhibitor of the C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 (CXCR4) |
Monkeypox vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against monkeypox |
Vaccinia-neutralizing antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease |
Patients with MAC lung disease |
Sputum culture conversion to negative by six months |
Accelerated |
Antimicrobial |
Myelodysplastic syndrome |
Patients with relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with a susceptible isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) mutation |
Complete remission (CR) or partial remission (PR) |
Traditional |
Isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) inhibitor |
Myelofibrosis |
Myelofibrosis (MF) in adults with anemia |
Splenic volume response |
Traditional†
|
Kinase inhibitor - multi-kinase inhibitor (JAK1, JAK2, ACVR1/ALK2) |
N-acetylglutamate Synthase (NAGS) deficiency |
Patients with hyperammonemia due to NAGS deficiency |
Plasma ammonia |
Traditional |
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 activator |
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) / metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH) |
Precirrhotic NASH patients with liver fibrosis |
Histopathologic findings of either 1) resolution of steatohepatitis with no worsening of fibrosis OR 2) improvement of fibrosis with no worsening of steatohepatitis OR 3) Both# |
Accelerated |
Anti-fibrotic; Anti-inflammatory |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients with Thrombocytopenia due to immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia or chronic hepatitis C |
Platelet count response |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients with chronic iron overload or non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia syndromes |
Serum ferritin and liver iron concentration |
Traditional |
Iron chelator |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients with anemia due to (1) chronic kidney disease, (2) chemotherapy-induced anemia, (3) zidoviduine in patients with HIV-infection |
Hematologic response and reduction in transfusion |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients with severe aplastic anemia |
Hematologic response |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients with methemoglobinemia |
Serum methemoglobin |
Accelerated |
Oxidation-reduction agent |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients in need of reversal of anticoagulant effects for emergency surgery/urgent procedures and in life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding. |
Change in coagulation parameters |
Traditional |
Humanized monoclonal antibody fragment |
Nonmalignant hematology |
Patients with sickle cell disease |
Hemoglobin response rate |
Accelerated |
Hemoglobin S polymerization inhibitor |
Ocular hypertension |
Ocular hypertension |
Mean intraocular pressure (IOP) |
Traditional |
Relatively selective prostaglandin E2 (EP2) receptor agonist |
Open angle glaucoma |
Open-angle glaucoma |
Mean intraocular pressure (IOP) |
Traditional |
Relatively selective prostaglandin E2 (EP2) receptor agonist |
Opioid use disorder |
Patients with opioid use disorder |
Urine toxicology test for opioids |
Traditional |
1. Partial opioid agonist |
Osteoporosis |
Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis |
New morphometric vertebral fractures |
Traditional |
Estrogen agonist/antagonist; Parathyroid hormone analog; Bisphosphonate; RANK ligand (RANKL) inhibitor |
Osteoporosis |
Patients with glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis |
Bone mineral density¤ |
Traditional |
Bisphosphonate; Parathyroid hormone analog; RANKL inhibitor |
Osteoporosis |
Men with osteoporosis |
Bone mineral density¤ |
Traditional |
Parathyroid hormone analog; Bisphosphonate; RANK ligand (RANKL) inhibitor |
Overweight |
Initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater (obese) |
Percent change in body mass index (BMI) |
Traditional |
Sympathomimetic amine anorectic |
Paget's disease |
Patients with Paget's disease |
Serum alkaline phosphatase |
Traditional |
Bisphosphonate |
Peri-implantitis |
Patients with peri-implantitis |
Probing pocket depth˟ |
Traditional |
Antimicrobial |
Periodontitis |
Patients with chronic periodontitis with a mean probing pocket depth of greater than 5mm |
Probing pocket depth |
Traditional |
Antimicrobial |
Pertussis (in combination vaccines) |
Persons (18 through 64 years of age) to be immunized against pertussis |
Serum antibody concentrations |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Phenylketonuria |
1. Patients with hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive phenylketonuria
2. Adults with PKU who have uncontrolled plasma Phe>600 micromol/L on existing management |
Plasma phenylalanine |
Traditional |
1. Phenylalanine hydroxylase activator
2. Phenylalanine-metabolizing enzyme |
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine |
Persons ( ≥ 50 years of age) to be immunized against pneumonia and invasive disease |
Opsonophagocytic antibody response |
Traditional/Accelerated |
Induction of immunity |
Polio vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against polio |
Neutralizing antibody response |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Polycystic kidney disease |
Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with or without associated polycystic liver disease |
Total kidney volume˟ |
Accelerated |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Preterm birth |
Women with a singleton pregnancy who have a history of singleton spontaneous preterm birth |
Delivery prior to 37 weeks gestation |
Accelerated |
Progesterone analog |
Primary biliary cholangitis |
Patients with primary biliary cholangitis |
Serum alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin# |
Accelerated |
Anti-fibrotic; Anti-inflammatory |
Primary glomerular diseases associated with significant proteinuria |
Patients with primary glomerular disease associated with significant proteinuria, primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) |
Proteinuria (urinary protein/creatinine ratio) |
Accelerated |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) |
Patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) |
Urinary oxalate |
Traditional |
siRNA against hyroxyacid oxidase 1 gene |
Primary hyperparathyroidism |
Patients with hypercalcemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism |
Serum calcium |
Traditional |
Calcium-sensing receptor agonist |
Propionic acidemia |
Patients with acute hyperammonemia due to propionc acidemia |
Plasma ammonia |
Traditional |
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 activator |
Pulmonary fibrosis |
Patients with pulmonary fibrosis |
Forced vital capacity (FVC) |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Pulmonary tuberculosis |
Patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis |
Sputum culture conversion to negative |
Accelerated |
Antimicrobial |
Pyruvate kinase deficiency anemia |
Hemolytic anemia in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency |
Hemoglobin (Hgb) response |
Traditional† |
pyruvate kinase activator |
Rabies immune globulin |
Patients with suspected exposure to a rabid animal |
Rabies neutralizing activity and antibody response |
Traditional |
Passive immunity |
Rabies Vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against rabies |
Neutralizing antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease |
Patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease |
Serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) |
Traditional |
Calcium-sensing receptor agonist; Vitamin D3 analog |
Smallpox vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against smallpox |
Vaccinia-neutralizing antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Smallpox vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against smallpox |
Vaccination site take reaction (replicating smallpox vaccines only) |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Supportive cancer care |
Patients with delayed methotrexate clearance due to impaired renal function |
Plasma methotrexate |
Traditional |
Carboxypeptidase |
Supportive cancer care |
Patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and solid tumor malignancies who are receiving anti-cancer therapy expected to result in tumor lysis and subsequent elevation of uric acid |
Serum uric acid |
Traditional |
Uric acid specific enzyme |
Supportive cancer care |
Patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs |
Duration of severe neutropenia |
Traditional |
Leukocyte growth factor |
Systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease |
Patents with systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease |
Forced vital capacity (FVC) |
Traditional |
Mechanism agnostic* |
Testosterone deficiency |
Men with primary or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism |
Serum testosterone |
Traditional |
Androgen, GnRH analog |
Tetanus vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against tetanus |
Anti-tetanus toxoid antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against tick-borne encephalitis |
Neutralizing antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
Tobacco dependence |
Cigarette smokers |
Exhaled carbon monoxide |
Traditional |
Smoking cessation |
Tumor-induced osteomalacia |
FGF23-related hypophosphatemia in tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) associated with phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors |
Serum Phosphorus Concentration |
Traditional†
|
fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) blocking antibody |
Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus |
Serum hemoglobin A1C |
Traditional |
Glucose-lowering |
Type 1 Gaucher disease |
Patients with Type 1 Gaucher disease |
Spleen volume, liver volume, hemoglobin and platelet count# |
Traditional |
Glucosylceramide synthase inhibitor; Hydrolytic lysozomal glucocerebroside-specific enzyme |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Serum hemoglobin A1C |
Traditional |
Glucose-lowering |
Yellow fever vaccine |
Persons to be immunized against yellow fever |
Neutralizing antibody |
Traditional |
Induction of immunity |
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