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| Last update | 2007-05 | 2010-02 | 2010-02 | |||||||||
| Company | Bio-Products Laboratory | Biotest Pharma GmbH | CSL-Behring | Kedrion | Octapharma | |||||||
| Name of product | Vigam | Intraglobin® F | Sandoglobulin (lyo) | IG VENA | Octagam 5% | |||||||
| Available for Hospital therapy | Yes | Yes | Registered | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Available for Home therapy | - | not available for home therapy | - | None | Depends on legal situation, may be used at home in general | |||||||
| IVIG, SCIG or IMIG | IVIG | IVIG | IVIG | IVIG | IVIG | |||||||
| Patient´s age | Adults and pediatrics | unlimited | Adults and children | Adults & Children | Children and adults | |||||||
| Présentation | Liquid | ready-to-use solution | Lyophilisat | Liquid | Liquid | |||||||
| Concentration % | 5% | 5% solution | 3%, 6%, 9%, 12% | 5% | 5% | |||||||
| Content of IgG | 95% | ≥ 95% | ≥ 96% | 95% | ≥ 95% | |||||||
| IgG1 | 65 | 62% | 60.7% | 24,3 - 37,2 mg | 62,2% ± 2,2 | |||||||
| IgG2 | 29 | 34% | 31.9% | 12,4 - 22,1 mg | 31,1% ± 2,3 | |||||||
| IgG3 | 6 | 0.5% | 3.8% | 0,9 - 1,5 mg | 6,1% ± 1,6 | |||||||
| IgG4 | 1 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 0,1 - 0,5 mg | 1,2 % ± 0,2 | |||||||
| Content of IgA | < 0.02% w/w | ≤ 2.5 mg/ml | 1.2g/L (typical value) | < 0,05 mg/ml | ≤ 0.2 mg/mL | |||||||
| Glucose, Maltose,… | Sucrose | glucose 25 mg | Sucrose | Maltose | Maltose 10% | |||||||
| Average dosage for PID | Dependant on age and weight of patient | initial 0.4 - 0.8 g/kg, followed by 0.2 -0.8 g/kg | 0.2-0.8g/kg bodyweight | 0,4 - 0,8 g/kg | 0.4 g/kg b.w. | |||||||
| Max. Speed of infusion | 3 ml/minute | 2.2 mg/ml per hour | About 2.5ml/min | 40 drops/minute | 3 ml/kg/hour | |||||||
| Intervals of infusion for PID | Every 2-4 weeks to obtain IgG trough level of at least 4-6 g/L | dependent on the individual serum IgG level between 2 and 4 weeks | Usually every 2-4 weeks | 21-28 days | every 3 to 4 weeks | |||||||
| Preserving | Vigam® Liquid should be stored in the dark in its carton, between 2° and 8°C. DO NOT FREEZE. A short period up to 3 months at 25°C is possible within the shelf-life period. | storage in refrigerator (+2 to +8 0C) - shelf-life: 2 years | 3 years ≤25°C | +2C°< T <+8C° | Below 25°C | |||||||
| Time for reconstitution | N/A | A few minutes | Ready for use | none | ||||||||
| Packaging* | containers with 20, 50, 100 or 200 ml | 1g, 3g, 6g, 12g | 1g/ 20 ml ; 2,5 g/ 50 ml ; 5 g/ 100 ml ; 10 g/ 200 ml | 1g, 2.5g, 5g, 10g | ||||||||
| * May be different from country to country | ||||||||||||