Flexibility for Your Patients With CIDP
With convenient weekly dosing, patients can fit Hizentra into their normal routine
Self-administration with Hizentra gives you and your CIDP patients the freedom to choose:
Your CIDP patient's routine
How long the self-infusions take
How much medicine is given per infusion
How many infusion sites your patients use
Simple, convenient, and ready-to-use
Hizentra prefilled syringes:
- May reduce steps and effort during infusion preparation vs. vials, depending on dose
- May simplify the set-up and transfer of Hizentra for patients who have difficulty drawing from vials
Hizentra is available in a range of vial and prefilled syringe sizes for your patients
- 5, 10, 20, and 50 mL vials
- 5, 10, and 20 mL prefilled syringes now available
Select a patient below to learn how Hizentra provides flexibility to personalize treatment for a wide range of CIDP patient needs
Clinical Challenges
Experiences IV-related systemic adverse reactions
James 45 years old | 210 lb (95 kg)*
Has venous access issues
Alice 80 years old | 165 lb (75 kg)*
Lifestyle Burdens
Requires more frequent IV infusions
Miguel 55 years old | 176 lb (80 kg)*
Seeks flexibility, freedom, and control
Allison 40 years old | 154 lb (70 kg)*
Why Hizentra?
- Switching to subcutaneous infusions may help address systemic ARs so he can get back to living
Dose: 19 g/95mL
Rate of infusion: 40 mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 2
Time per infusion: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Based on a dose of 0.2g/kg.
Why Hizentra?
- Subcutaneous infusions do not require infusions into a vein or the hassle of installing and maintaining a port
Dose: 15 g/75mL
Rate of infusion: 30mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 2
Time per infusion: ~1 hour 15 minutes
Based on a dose of 0.2g/kg.
Why Hizentra?
- Less volume per infusion means he can infuse in about an hour
- Prefers prefilled syringes because he has difficulty drawing from vials
Dose: 32 g/160 mL (2 sessions over 2 days)
Rate of infusion: 40mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 2
Time per infusion: ~1 hour
Based on a dose of 0.4g/kg.
Why Hizentra?
- Self-infusion where and when she chooses, with ready-to-use prefilled syringes, lets her continue her day without the interruption of infusion appointments
Dose: 28 g/140 mL
Rate of Infusion: 45 mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 3
Time per infusion: ~1 hour
Based on a dose of 0.4g/kg.
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Hypothetical case studies use recommended dose, and labelled initial rate and volume per site with subsequent adjustments, as well as maximum number of infusion sites. Photos do not depict actual patients.
Recommended subcutaneous dose is 0.2 g/kg body weight (bw) per week. A weekly dose of 0.4 g/kg bw per week has also been found to be safe and effective.
In the PATH Study
Most CIDP patients reported Hizentra easy to use5
- All patients or caregivers learned to effectively administer Hizentra on their own after 4 or fewer training sessions8
Self-administration gives patients like James the freedom to infuse at a place and time convenient to them
Patient started Hizentra after years of every 28-day IVIg.
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