Examples of using Refacto in English and their translations into German
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The reconstituted ReFacto AF product should be injected intravenously over several minutes.
Frequency of Occurrence per Patient with ReFacto or ReFacto AF System organ class.
The ReFacto AF laboratory standard can be used to correct for this discrepancy see section 5.2.
The most common side effects with ReFacto AF are headache, cough, pain in the joints and fever.
Development of inhibitors occurred in approximately 2% of patients receiving ReFacto AF in a research study.
In a clinical trial with ReFacto, 32 out of 101(32%) PUPs(FVIII:C< 2%) developed inhibitors.
The European Commission granted a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union for ReFacto AF on 13 April 1999.
The active substance in ReFacto AF, moroctocog alfa, works in the body in the same way as human factor VIII.
One event of cyst in an 11-year old patient and one event described as confusion in a 13-year old patienthave been reported as possibly related to ReFacto AF treatment.
Record on the outer carton the date ReFacto AF is removed from the refrigerator and set at room temperature up to 25oC.
ReFacto AF must not be used in people who are hypersensitive(allergic) to human coagulation factor VIII, to any of the other ingredients or to hamster proteins.
Therefore, the Committee decided that the benefits of ReFacto AF are greater than its risks and recommended that it be given marketing authorisation.
In a clinical study of PTPs with haemophilia A(factor VIII:C≤ 2%) undergoing major surgery,1 inhibitor was observed in 30 patients who received treatment with ReFacto AF.
Following these changes, the company carried out a study to show that ReFacto and ReFacto AF were treated by the body in the same way.
One event of cyst in an 11-year old patient and one event described as confusion in a 13-year old patienthave been reported as possibly related to ReFacto AF treatment.
The dose and the frequency of treatment depend on whether ReFacto AF is used to treat or prevent bleeding, the seriousness of the condition, the extent and location of the bleeding or the type of surgery.
ReFacto AF was first authorised as ReFacto in April 1999, for use in previously treated and untreated patients with haemophilia A, based on the results of three main studies.
In a cross-over pharmacokinetic study, the pharmacokinetic parameters for ReFacto AF were determined at baseline and followed-up in 25 previously treated patients(≥ 12 years) after repeated administration of ReFacto AF for six months.
ReFacto AF 250 IU, 500 IU, 1000 IU, 2000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection ReFacto AF 250 IU, 500 IU, 1000 IU, 2000 IU, 3000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection in pre-filled syringe.
If any reaction takes place thatis thought to be related to the administration of ReFacto AF, the rate of infusion is to be decreased or the infusion stopped, as dictated by the response of the patient see section 4.4.
ReFacto AF 250 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection ReFacto AF 500 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection ReFacto AF 1000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection ReFacto AF 2000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.
The Marketing Authorisation Holder(MAH) should ensure that, at launch, all Healthcare Professionals who are expected to prescribe/ use ReFacto AF, all laboratories that are expected to monitor patients receiving ReFacto AF and all EU Haemophiliac patients associations are provided with Educational packs.
In the same study, in which the drug potency of ReFacto AF and a full-length recombinant factor VIII(FLrFVIII) comparator, and the FVIII activity measured in patient plasma samples were all determined using the same one-stage clotting assay at a central laboratory, ReFacto AF was shown to be pharmacokinetically equivalent to FLrFVIII in 30 previously treated patients(≥ 12 years) using the standard bioequivalence approach.
Paediatric patients Safety and efficacy studies with ReFacto have been performed both in previously treated children and adolescents(n=31, ages 8-18 years) and in previously untreated neonates, infants and children n=101, ages< 1-52 months.
To prepare for the gradual replacement of ReFacto with ReFacto AF on the market, the company that makes the medicine will provide educational packs for healthcare workers who will prescribe or use ReFacto AF, for all associations of haemophilia patients in the European Union(EU), for patients receiving ReFacto AF and for laboratories that will monitor patients receiving ReFacto AF.
It also carried out two main studies looking at the effectiveness of ReFacto AF: the first looked at the prevention and treatment of bleeding episodes in 94 previously treated patients and the second looked at the prevention of bleeding in 22 patients having surgery.
If you are not going to use the ReFacto AF solution immediately, you should store the syringe in an upright position, with the protective blue vented cap on the pre-filled syringe until you are ready to infuse.
In a study in which the potency of ReFacto AF, ReFacto and FVIII activity in patient plasma were measured using the chromogenic substrate assay, ReFacto AF was shown to be bioequivalent to ReFacto.
It is strongly recommended that every time ReFacto AF is administered to a patient, the name on the carton and batch number of the product are recorded in order to maintain a link between the patient and the batch number of the medicinal product.
These packs will include information on the differences between ReFacto and ReFacto AF, how to use ReFacto AF safely, how to report side effects, information on similar medicines available outside the EU, and a reminder that patients should carry enough ReFacto AF with them if they are travelling.