Repeat Treatment with HYALGAN®

Repeat treatment with HYALGAN®

HYALGAN® is the only hyaluronan with demonstrated safety in a 30-month, repeat use, open-label trial in which 75 patients received a cycle of 5 weekly injections of HYALGAN® every 6 months.25

The frequency and severity of adverse events occurring during repeat treatment cycles did not increase over that reported for a single treatment cycle.

Incremental improvement in pain relief with repeat cycles.


Important Safety Information for HYALGAN®

  • HYALGAN® is indicated for the treatment of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conservative nonpha-rmacologic therapy, and to simple analgesics, eg, acetaminophen
  • HYALGAN® is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to hyaluronate preparations. Intra-articular injections are contraindicated in cases of past and present infections or skin diseases in the area of the injection site
  • The effectiveness of a single treatment cycle of less than 3 injections has not been established
  • In the US clinical trial of 495 patients, the only adverse event showing statistical significance vs placebo was injection-site pain
  • Other adverse events included gastrointestinal complaints, headache, local ecchymosis and rash, local joint pain and swelling, and local pruritus. However, the incidence of these events was similar in the HYALGAN®-treated and placebo groups
  • In other clinical studies, the frequency and severity of adverse events occurring during repeat treatment cycles did not increase over that reported for a single treatment cycle

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