• The usual dose is 1.3 mg/m2 administered over 3-5 seconds by rapid intravenous or subcutaneous injection in combination with oral melphalan and prednisone for nine 6-week treatment cycles. (indiangenericprice.com)
  • Receiving subcutaneous injections of treatment at home, where facilitated by the health system. (mpeurope.org)
  • GLASGOW - Patients with multiple myeloma are able to self-administer the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib ( Velcade , Takedo Oncology) at home via subcutaneous injections, potentially improving quality of life and reducing healthcare resource utilisation, argue UK researchers. (medscape.com)
  • Bortezomib for injection is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma. (nih.gov)
  • In 2011, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended bortezomib, combined with an alkylating agent and a corticosteroid, as an option for the first-line treatment of multiple myeloma. (medscape.com)
  • In 2011, Prof Philippe Moreau and colleagues published data showing that giving bortezomib subcutaneously is not only non-inferior to standard intravenous administration in terms of efficacy but also had an improved safety profile. (medscape.com)
  • The recommended starting dose of Bortezomib Injection is 1.3 mg/m 2 administered as a 3 to 5 second bolus intravenous injection. (nih.gov)
  • Do not administer bortezomib for injection by any other route. (nih.gov)
  • To address this, the team decided to explore whether they could help patients to be able to self-administer bortezomib at home. (medscape.com)
  • Administer doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection at an initial rate of 1 mg/min to minimize the risk of infusion reactions. (nih.gov)
  • Do not administer as bolus injection or undiluted solution ( 2 ). (nih.gov)
  • 2.7 ) Patients with pre-existing severe neuropathy should be treated with bortezomib only after careful risk-benefit assessment. (nih.gov)
  • discontinue bortezomib if suspected. (nih.gov)
  • Discontinue doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection infusion for serious or life-threatening infusion-related reactions ( 5.2 ). (nih.gov)
  • Withhold doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection for infusion-related reactions and resume at a reduced rate. (nih.gov)
  • Serious, life-threatening, and fatal infusion-related reactions can occur with doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection. (nih.gov)
  • In order to avoid visits to the hospital by belatacept-treated kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) during the initial period of the pandemic, we promptly converted 176 KTRs at two French transplant centers from once-monthly 5 mg/kg in-hospital belatacept infusion to once-weekly 125 mg subcutaneous abatacept injection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patients with hypersensitivity (not including local reactions) to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol, including anaphylactic reactions. (nih.gov)
  • Bortezomib for injection is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma. (nih.gov)
  • Tanya Burton, a myeloma clinical nurse specialist at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and colleagues devised a plan for self-administration of the drug after seeing how much time their patients spent waiting at their clinic for a simple injection. (medscape.com)
  • Working with the pharmacy department to establish the safety of the drug for taking home, and developing a care plan with physicians and the nursing team, they instructed patients on how to self-inject and deal safely with the equipment. (medscape.com)
  • This will allow them to offer the option of self-administration to almost all the patients in their clinic currently treated with bortezomib, as they will be able to take home a month's worth of treatments. (medscape.com)
  • In combination with bortezomib in patients who have not previously received bortezomib and have received at least one prior therapy ( 1.3 ). (nih.gov)
  • Doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection is indicated for the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer whose disease has progressed or recurred after platinum-based chemotherapy. (nih.gov)
  • The data showed that experienced surgeons can safely perform taTME in these patients. (medivizor.com)
  • Monitor closely for new or worsening symptoms and consider interrupting bortezomib therapy. (nih.gov)
  • Interrupt bortezomib therapy to assess reversibility. (nih.gov)