Usgena

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From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 73.

How to take it

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• 4. Possible side effects
• 5. How to store Usgena
• 6. Contents of the pack and other information

From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 72.

Warnings and precautions

From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 73–74.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 74.

Driving and using machines

• Usgena has no or negligible influence on the ability to drive and use machines.
• Usgena contains sodium and polysorbate 80 This medicine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per dose, that is to say essentially ‘sodium- free’. However, before Usgena is given to you, it is mixed with a solution that contains sodium. Talk to your doctor if you are on a low salt diet.
• This medicine contains 0.4 mg of polysorbate 80 in each mL. Polysorbates may cause allergic reactions. Tell your doctor if you have any known allergies.
• 3. How Usgena will be given Usgena is intended for use under the guidance and supervision of a doctor experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
• Usgena 130 mg concentrate for solution for infusion will be given to you by your doctor, through a drip in the vein of your arm (intravenous infusion) over at least one hour. Talk to your doctor about when you will have your injections and follow-up appointments.
• How much Usgena is given Your doctor will decide how much Usgena you need to receive and for how long.
• Adults aged 18 years or older
• The doctor will work out the recommended intravenous infusion dose for you based on your body weight.
• Your body weight Dose ≤ 55 kg 260 mg > 55 kg to ≤ 85 kg 390 mg > 85 kg 520 mg
• After the starting intravenous dose, you will have the next dose of 90 mg Usgena by an injection under your skin (subcutaneous injection) 8 weeks later, and then every 12 weeks therafter.
• How Usgena is given
• The first dose of Usgena for treatment of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis is given by a doctor as a drip in the vein of an arm (intravenous infusion).
• Talk to your doctor if you have any questions about receiving Usgena.
• If you forget to use Usgena If you forget or miss the appointment for receiving the dose, contact your doctor to reschedule your appointment.
• If you stop using Usgena It is not dangerous to stop using Usgena. However, if you stop, your symptoms may come back.
• If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 74–75.

Side effects

• Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
• Serious side effects Some patients may have serious side effects that may need urgent treatment.
• Allergic reactions – these may need urgent treatment. Tell your doctor or get emergency medical help straight away if you notice any of the following signs.
• Serious allergic reactions (‘anaphylaxis’) are rare in people taking ustekinumab (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people). Signs include:
• o difficulty breathing or swallowing o low blood pressure, which can cause dizziness or light-headedness o swelling of the face, lips, mouth or throat.
• Common signs of an allergic reaction include skin rash and hives (may affect up to 1 in 100 people).
• Infusion-related reactions – If you are being treated for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, the first dose of Usgena is given through a drip into a vein (intravenous infusion). Some patients have experienced serious allergic reactions during the infusion.
• In rare cases, allergic lung reactions and lung inflammation have been reported in patients who receive ustekinumab. Tell your doctor right away if you develop symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, and fever.
• If you have a serious allergic reaction, your doctor may decide that you should not use Usgena again.
• Infections – these may need urgent treatment. Tell your doctor straight away if you notice any of the following signs.
• Infections of the nose or throat and common cold are common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
• Infections of the chest are uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Inflammation of tissue under the skin (‘cellulitis’) is uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Shingles (a type of painful rash with blisters) are uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Usgena may make you less able to fight infections. Some infections could become serious and may include infections caused by viruses, fungi, bacteria (including tuberculosis), or parasites, including infections that mainly occur in people with a weakened immune system (opportunistic infections).
• Opportunistic infections of the brain (encephalitis, meningitis), lungs, and eye have been reported in patients receiving treatment with ustekinumab.
• You must look out for signs of infection while you are using Usgena. These include:
• fever, flu-like symptoms, night sweats, weight loss
• feeling tired or short of breath; cough which will not go away
• warm, red and painful skin, or a painful skin rash with blisters
• burning when passing water
• diarrhoea
• visual disturbance or vision loss
• headache, neck stiffness, light sensitivity, nausea or confusion Tell your doctor straight away if you notice any of these signs of infection. These may be signs of infections such as chest infections, skin infections, shingles or opportunistic infections that could have serious complications. Tell your doctor if you have any kind of infection that will not go away or keeps coming back. Your doctor may decide that you should not use Usgena until the infection goes away. Also tell your doctor if you have any open cuts or sores as they might get infected.
• Shedding of skin – increase in redness and shedding of skin over a larger area of the body may be symptoms of erythrodermic psoriasis or exfoliative dermatitis, which are serious skin conditions. You should tell your doctor straight away if you notice any of these signs.
• Other side effects Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
• Diarrhoea
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Feeling tired
• Feeling dizzy
• Headache
• Itching (‘pruritus’)
• Back, muscle or joint pain
• Sore throat
• Redness and pain where the injection is given
• Sinus infection Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Tooth infections
• Vaginal yeast infection
• Depression
• Blocked or stuffy nose
• Bleeding, bruising, hardness, swelling and itching where the injection is given
• Feeling weak
• Drooping eyelid and sagging muscles on one side of the face (‘facial palsy’ or ‘Bell’s palsy’), which is usually temporary
• A change in psoriasis with redness and new tiny, yellow or white skin blisters, sometimes accompanied by fever (pustular psoriasis)
• Peeling of the skin (skin exfoliation)
• Acne Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
• Redness and shedding of skin over a larger area of the body, which may be itchy or painful (exfoliative dermatitis). Similar symptoms sometimes develop as a natural change in the type of psoriasis symptoms (erythrodermic psoriasis)
• Inflammation of small blood vessels, which can lead to a skin rash with small red or purple bumps, fever or joint pain (vasculitis)
• Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)
• Blistering of the skin that may be red, itchy, and painful (Bullous pemphigoid)
• Skin lupus or lupus-like syndrome (red, raised scaly rash on areas of the skin exposed to the sun possibly with joint pains)
• Reporting of side effects If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the national reporting system listed in Appendix V. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 75–77.

How to store it

• Usgena 130 mg concentrate for solution for infusion is given in a hospital or clinic and patients should not need to store or handle it.
• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
• Store in a refrigerator (2 °C–8 °C). Do not freeze.
• Keep the vial in the outer carton in order to protect from light.
• If needed, an unopened vial may also be stored at room temperature up to 30 °C for a maximum single period of up to 7 days in the original carton in order to protect from light. Once a vial has been stored at room temperature (up to 30 °C), it should not be returned to the refrigerator.
• Discard the vial if not used within 7 days at room temperature storage or by the original expiry date, whichever is earlier.
• Do not shake the Usgena vials. Prolonged vigorous shaking may damage the medicine.
• Do not use this medicine
• After the expiry date which is stated on the label and the carton after ‘EXP’. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
• If the liquid is discoloured, cloudy or has large particles floating in it (see section 6 ‘What Usgena looks like and contents of the pack’).
• If you know, or think that it may have been exposed to extreme temperatures (such as accidentally frozen or heated).
• If the product has been shaken vigorously.
• If the seal is broken.
• Usgena is for single use only. Any diluted infusion solution or unused product remaining in the vial and the syringe should be thrown away in accordance with local requirements.

From the package leaflet in EMA’s product information, p. 77.

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