Sample Program, GLASSIA
Baxter is offering Alpha-1 patients (who have not previously used GLASSIA) and their physicians the opportunity to receive up to a two-week sample supply for a no-charge trial.
Talk to your physician to see if GLASSIA is right for you. Baxter can only fulfill sample requests from a clinician authorized to dispense prescriptions.
GLASSIA [Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human)]
GLASSIA is indicated for chronic augmentation and maintenance therapy in individuals with emphysema due to congenital deficiency of alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (Alpha1-PI), also known as alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency.
- The effect of augmentation therapy with GLASSIA or any Alpha1-PI product on pulmonary exacerbations and on the progression of emphysema in Alpha1-PI deficiency has not been demonstrated in randomized, controlled clinical trials.
- Clinical data demonstrating the long term effects of chronic augmentation and maintenance therapy of individuals with GLASSIA are not available.
- GLASSIA is not indicated as therapy for lung disease in patients in whom severe Alpha1-PI deficiency has not been established.
Detailed Important Risk Information for GLASSIA
- GLASSIA is contraindicated in IgA deficient patients with antibodies against IgA. GLASSIA is contraindicated in individuals with a history of severe immediate hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, to Alpha1-PI products.
- GLASSIA is made from human plasma. It may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents, such as viruses, and theoretically, the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) agent.
- Administer GLASSIA at room temperature at a rate not greater than 0.04 mL/kg body weight per minute. If anaphylactic or severe anaphylactoid reactions occur, discontinue the infusion immediately.
- Administer GLASSIA within 3 hours of entering the vials.
- Safety and effectiveness in patients over 65 years of age have not been established.
- Two serious adverse reactions observed on two separate occasions during clinical studies with GLASSIA were cholangitis and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- The most common product-related adverse reactions in clinical studies were headache and dizziness.
Please see GLASSIA Full Prescribing Information for full prescribing details.
