| Somatotropin deficiency

Humatrope vs Ngenla

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Safety signalsNgenla has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Humatrope based on FDA-approved prescribing information

Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Ngenla but not Humatrope, including UnitedHealthcare

Category

Humatrope

Ngenla

At A Glance

RouteSC injection

FrequencyDaily

ClassRecombinant human growth hormone

RouteSC injection

FrequencyOnce weekly

ClassGrowth hormone analog

Indications

Somatotropin deficiency
Turner Syndrome
Short Stature Homeobox Deficiency
Growth retardation

Somatotropin deficiency

Dosing

Somatotropin deficiency (pediatric) 0.18 mg/kg/week to 0.3 mg/kg/week divided into equal doses given 6 or 7 days per week by SC injection.

Somatotropin deficiency (adult) Non-weight based: initiate at approximately 0.2 mg/day (range 0.15-0.3 mg/day), increase every 1-2 months by 0.1-0.2 mg/day per patient requirements; weight-based (not for obese patients): initiate at 0.006 mg/kg/day up to 0.0125 mg/kg/day; daily SC injection.

Turner Syndrome Up to 0.375 mg/kg/week divided into equal doses given 6 or 7 days per week by SC injection.

Short Stature Homeobox Deficiency 0.35 mg/kg/week (0.05 mg/kg/day) by SC injection.

Growth retardation Idiopathic Short Stature: up to 0.37 mg/kg/week; Small for Gestational Age: up to 0.47 mg/kg/week; divided into equal doses given 6 or 7 days per week by SC injection.

Somatotropin deficiency 0.66 mg/kg based on actual body weight administered SC once weekly; individualize dosage based on growth response. When switching from daily growth hormone, initiate NGENLA on the day following the last daily injection.

Contraindications

Acute critical illness after open heart surgery, abdominal surgery, multiple accidental trauma, or acute respiratory failure
Prader-Willi syndrome in pediatric patients who are severely obese, have a history of upper airway obstruction or sleep apnea, or have severe respiratory impairment
Active malignancy
Known hypersensitivity to somatropin or any excipient in HUMATROPE
Active proliferative or severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Closed epiphyses in pediatric patients

Acute critical illness after open heart surgery, abdominal surgery, multiple accidental trauma, or acute respiratory failure
Hypersensitivity to somatrogon-ghla or any excipient in NGENLA
Closed epiphyses
Active malignancy
Active proliferative or severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Prader-Willi syndrome with severe obesity, history of upper airway obstruction or sleep apnea, or severe respiratory impairment

Drug Interactions

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Adverse Reactions

Most common (>=5%) Edema, arthralgia, paresthesia, myalgia, pain, peripheral edema, headache, hypertension, rhinitis, back pain (adults); hypothyroidism, allergic reaction, arthralgia, bone disorder, injection site pain (pediatric GHD).

Serious Increased mortality in acute critical illness, fatalities in Prader-Willi syndrome, neoplasms, glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus, intracranial hypertension, severe hypersensitivity, fluid retention, hypoadrenalism, hypothyroidism, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, scoliosis progression, pancreatitis, lipoatrophy.

Postmarketing Anaphylactic reactions, angioedema, increase in size or number of cutaneous nevi, gynecomastia, pancreatitis, new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteonecrosis, leukemia.

Most common (>=5%) Injection site reactions, nasopharyngitis, headache, pyrexia, anemia, cough, vomiting, hypothyroidism, abdominal pain, rash, oropharyngeal pain

Serious Increased mortality in acute critical illness, severe hypersensitivity, increased risk of neoplasm, glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus, intracranial hypertension, fluid retention, hypoadrenalism, hypothyroidism, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, progression of preexisting scoliosis, pancreatitis, lipoatrophy, sudden death in pediatric patients with Prader-Willi syndrome

Postmarketing Osteonecrosis in pediatric patients

Pharmacology

Somatropin is a recombinant human growth hormone that binds dimeric GH receptors on target tissue cell membranes, triggering intracellular signal transduction and induction of GH-dependent proteins (IGF-1, IGFBP-3, acid-labile subunit), with direct and IGF-1-mediated effects including stimulation of chondrocyte differentiation and proliferation, hepatic glucose output, protein synthesis, and lipolysis, thereby promoting skeletal and linear growth in pediatric patients with GH deficiency.

Somatrogon-ghla is a human growth hormone analog that binds to the GH receptor and activates the STAT5b signaling pathway, increasing serum IGF-1 concentrations and stimulating linear growth and metabolic changes in pediatric patients with growth hormone deficiency.

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