Benzinga | Jul 28, 2021 04:42PM EDT

Heron Therapeutics Highlights Publication Of Results From HOPE Study Of ZYNRELEF In Journal 'Pain and Therapy'

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced the results from the HOPE Hernia-1 study of ZYNRELEF (bupivacaine and meloxicam) in hernia repair surgery have been published online by Pain and Therapy in an article entitled, "Opioid-Free Recovery After Hernia Repair With HTX-011 as the Foundation of a Non-Opioid, Multimodal Analgesia Regimen in a Real-World Setting." In this study, ZYNRELEF, used with scheduled over-the-counter oral analgesics (acetaminophen and ibuprofen) and a personalized opioid prescription algorithm in a real-world environment, enabled more than 90% of patients to be discharged without an opioid prescription, with no callbacks for pain management and 95% of patients to recover opioid-free.

ZYNRELEF is an extended-release solution of bupivacaine and meloxicam that is indicated in adults for soft tissue or periarticular instillation to produce postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours after bunionectomy, open inguinal herniorrhaphy, and total knee arthroplasty.

"Despite efforts to combat the nation's growing opioid crisis, recent evidence suggests that clinical practice is lagging and opioids are still overprescribed after inguinal herniorrhaphy," said Jay Redan, M.D., FACS, Chief of Surgery at Advent Health-Celebration in Celebration, Florida and an author of the publication. "The findings from this study demonstrate the ability of ZYNRELEF to serve as the foundation of non-opioid multimodal analgesia. These data also show ZYNRELEF, in conjunction with an algorithm that distinguishes between patients who need or do not need a discharge opioid prescription, could further increase the proportion of opioid-free patients, decrease the amount of opioids required per patient, and decrease the total number of opioid pills prescribed at discharge after surgery."

The study, HOPE Hernia-1, is part of the HOPE project, which is designed to provide surgeons with practical real-world solutions to effectively manage postoperative pain and eliminate the need for opioid prescriptions using ZYNRELEF as the foundation of a scheduled non-opioid multimodal analgesic regimen.

The Pain and Therapy article can be found here.