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Clinical Experience with Octagam® 10 %, a solvent detergent virus inactivated intravenous immunoglobulin: a Canadian retrospective review of utilization Betschel, Stephen D; Warrington, Richard J; Schellenberg, Robert

Abstract

In Canada, intravenous immune globulin (IVIg) products are licensed for six disease indications, however it has been demonstrated that patients with a number of other conditions also benefit from IVIg. Here we report the routine clinical use of Octagam® 10 % across three Canadian institutions. A total of 135 patients were treated with Octagam®, for conditions represented by five distinct indication groups. The results of this review indicate that Octagam® has been well adopted and is prescribed to Canadian patients similar to other IVIg products. In alignment with current practices, 85 % of Octagam’s utilization was classified as appropriate based on Canadian IVIg guidelines.

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Clinical Experience with Octagam® 10 %, a solvent detergent virus inactivated intravenous immunoglobulin: a Canadian retrospective review of utilization
Creator
Betschel, Stephen D; Warrington, Richard J; Schellenberg, Robert
Contributor
St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2016-07-27
Description
In Canada, intravenous immune globulin (IVIg) products are licensed for six disease indications, however it has been demonstrated that patients with a number of other conditions also benefit from IVIg. Here we report the routine clinical use of Octagam® 10 % across three Canadian institutions. A total of 135 patients were treated with Octagam®, for conditions represented by five distinct indication groups. The results of this review indicate that Octagam® has been well adopted and is prescribed to Canadian patients similar to other IVIg products. In alignment with current practices, 85 % of Octagam’s utilization was classified as appropriate based on Canadian IVIg guidelines.
Subject
Octagam®; IVIg; Indication
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2017-05-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0347307
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61505
Affiliation
Other UBC; Non UBC
Citation
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology. 2016 Jul 27;12(1):32
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s13223-016-0138-9
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s)
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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