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Comprehensive Services for Patients with Acromegaly on Somatuline® Depot (lanreotide) Injection Therapy

The Patient Access, Care & Education (PACESM) program from Ipsen has been designed to help address questions that you may have about starting right and staying right on Somatuline Depot therapy. The primary goal of PACE is to simplify interactions between you, your insurance company, and your doctor's office. Our Patient Care Liaisons are at the center of PACE.

In order for you to have access to the benefits of PACE, your doctor will submit a completed Statement of Medical Necessity referral form. Within 24 hours of PACE receiving your Statement of Medical Necessity Form, a Patient Care Liaison will be assigned to your case. Your Patient Care Liaison can:

  • Explain your insurance benefits, payer requirements, and out-of-pocket costs for Somatuline Depot
  • Coordinate delivery of Somatuline Depot starter therapy at no cost for eligible patients*
  • Arrange for injection training, education, and ongoing support through the Ipsen Nurse Network at the request of your doctor
  • Discuss Somatuline Depot financial assistance programs that can help reduce your out-of-pocket costs†
  • Coordinate delivery of Somatuline Depot through specialty pharmacies
  • Provide educational materials on Somatuline Depot and acromegaly

Throughout your Somatuline Depot therapy, your Patient Care Liaison will be available to answer your questions by phone. PACE hours are every business day (5 am-5 pm PST, Mon-Fri).

If you haven't heard from your Patient Care Liaison within 2 business days after your doctor writes your prescription, please call 866-435-5677.

It's important that your Patient Care Liaison speak to you directly, so that you can arrange to get the benefits provided by PACE.

*Patient Eligibility Criteria: Patient has been diagnosed with acromegaly. Patient's prescriptions are not paid in part or full by any state-funded or federally funded programs, including but not limited to Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap, VA, DOD, or TriCare. Patient is not a resident of Massachusetts. Starter therapy is available for up to 8 months as long as insurance coverage for Somatuline Depot is actively being pursued by the prescriber and the patient's insurance company has not yet communicated a final coverage decision. Call PACE at 866-435-5677 for full details and program dates.† Please contact PACE for an explanation of our financial assistance programs and eligibility criteria. Ipsen reserves the right to rescind, revoke, or amend offers at any time.

Individual response to any acromegaly therapy will vary from patient to patient. Ask your endocrinologist if Somatuline® Depot therapy is right for you.

Important Information About Somatuline Depot

Your doctor is your primary source of information about treatment. For more information, please talk to your doctor and see the full Patient Information. Before each treatment, please read the Patient Information that comes with each package of Somatuline Depot (lanreotide) Injection, as there may be new information.

Who is Somatuline Depot for?

Somatuline Depot is a prescription medicine used for the long-term treatment of people with acromegaly when:

  • surgery or radiotherapy have not worked well enough or
  • they are not able to have surgery or radiotherapy

It is not known if Somatuline Depot is safe and effective in children.

Before taking Somatuline Depot, you should talk to your doctor about all of your medical conditions and medicines you are taking, including if you have:

  • Gallbladder, thyroid, heart, kidney, and liver problems
  • Diabetes
  • Are allergic to latex or natural dry rubber
  • Are taking cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune)
  • Are receiving medicines that lower heart rate such as beta-blockers
  • Are taking a medicine called bromocriptine (Parlodel)
  • Are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, breast-feeding, or plan to breast-feed, it is not known if Somatuline Depot could harm your unborn baby or passes into your breast milk

What are possible side effects of Somatuline Depot?

Somatuline Depot may cause serious side effects, including:

  • Gallstones. Tell your doctor if you have any of these symptoms including: sudden pain in your upper right stomach area (abdominal), right shoulder or between your shoulder blades, yellowing of your skin and whites of your eyes, fever with chills, and/or nausea
  • Changes in your blood sugar. Your doctor may change your dose of diabetes medicine especially when you first start receiving Somatuline Depot or if your dose of Somatuline Depot changes.
  • Slow heart rate
  • High blood pressure

The most common side effects of Somatuline Depot include: diarrhea, stomach area (abdominal) pain, nausea, and pain, itching, or lump at the injection site.

Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of Somatuline Depot. For more information ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

For more information, please talk to your doctor and see the full Patient Prescribing Information.