3
Access criteria
Must be ALL of the following (1- 4)
1
The patient has a diagnosis of symptomatic type 1 or type 3 Gaucher disease confirmed by the
demonstration of specific deficiency of glucocerebrosidase in leukocytes or cultured skin fibroblasts,
and
enot
pic anal
sis; and
2
The patient does not have another life-threatening or severe disease where the prognosis is unlikely to
be influenced by taliglucerase alfa or might be reasonably expected to compromise a response to
therap
with tali
lucerase alfa; and
3
Taliglucerase alfa is to be administered at a dose no greater than 30 unit/kg every other week rounded
to the nearest whole vial
200 units
, unless otherwise a
reed b
PHARMAC; and
4
Supporting clinical information including test reports, MRI whole body STIR,
haematologic
al data, and other relevant investigations, are submitted to the Gaucher Panel for
assessment; and
Have you included the following? Please indicate attachments.
test reports
MRI whole body STIR
haematological data
other relevant investigations. Specify:
Plus ANY of the following (5.1- 5.5)
5.1
Patient has haematological complications such as haemoglobin less than 95 g/l, symptomatic
anaemia, thrombocytopenia; at least two episodes of severely symptomatic splenic infarcts confirmed
with imagery; or massive symptomatic splenomegaly; OR
Date of
blood
test
Hb Platelets AST ALP INR APPT Acid
Phos.
Date Spleen size
Clinical: cm below costal margin
Radiology: spleen volume
specif
t
pe of imaging used
OR
5.2
Patient has skeletal complications such as acute bone crisis requiring hospitalisation or major pain
management strategies; radiological MRI evidence of incipient destruction of any major joint (e.g. hips
or shoulder); spontaneous fractures or vertebral collapse; chronic bone pain not controlled by other
pharmaceuticals; OR
Please send imaging, including reports, of hips, femur, lumbo-sacral spine and other bones clinically
affected, as per MRI guidelines