Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00158:clause:4_1:p102
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00158
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 1 (pt 102/191)
Character Range: 10663529–10672055

this drug; AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The treatment must be as systemic monotherapy (other than methotrexate); AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Patient must not receive more than 24 weeks of treatment per subsequent continuing treatment course authorised under this restriction;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Patient must be aged 18 years or older;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Must be treated by a dermatologist.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               An adequate response to treatment is defined as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score which is reduced by 75% or more, or is sustained at this level, when compared with the baseline value for this treatment cycle.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The authority application must be made in writing and must include
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (a) a completed authority prescription form(s); and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (b) a completed Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis PBS Authority Application - Supporting Information Form which includes the completed Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) calculation sheet including the date of the assessment of the patient's condition.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               It is recommended that an application for the continuing treatment is submitted to the Department of Human Services no later than 1 month from the date of completion of the most recent course of treatment. This is to ensure continuity of treatment for those who meet the continuing restriction for PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The most recent PASI assessment must be no more than 1 month old at the time of application.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Where a response assessment is not conducted within the required timeframe, the patient will be deemed to have failed to respond to treatment with this drug, unless the patient has experienced a serious adverse reaction of a severity resulting in the necessity for permanent withdrawal of treatment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               If a patient fails to demonstrate a response to treatment with this drug under this restriction they will not be eligible to receive further PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition within this treatment cycle.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A patient may re-trial this drug after a minimum of 5 years have elapsed between the date the last prescription for a PBS-subsidised biological medicine was approved in this cycle and the date of the first application under a new cycle under the Initial 3 treatment restriction.
C8842               P8842          CN8842           Etanercept                                                                                                                                                                 Severe chronic plaque psoriasis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               First continuing treatment, Face, hand, foot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Patient must have received this drug as their most recent course of PBS-subsidised biological medicine treatment for this condition; AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Patient must have demonstrated an adequate response to treatment with this drug; AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The treatment must be as systemic monotherapy (other than methotrexate); AND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Patient must not receive more than 24 weeks of treatment under this restriction;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Patient must be aged 18 years or older;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Must be treated by a dermatologist.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               An adequate response to treatment is defined as the plaque or plaques assessed