FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

KINETRA

MDR report key: 1652812 · Received April 6, 2010

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2010-02768
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 6, 2010
Date of Event
February 28, 2010
Report Date
March 8, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4) - USED FOR SUICIDAL IDEATION - (B) (4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITERATURE: BEWERNICK BH, HURLEMANN R, MATUSCH A, ET AL. NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION DECREASES RATINGS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION. BIOL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(2):110-116. SUMMARY: THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF DBS IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS IN TEN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM VERY RESISTANT FORMS OF DEPRESSION. REPORTABLE EVENT: ONE PATIENT COMMITTED SUICIDE DURING THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD. THE SUICIDE TOOK PLACE DURING A PERSONAL CRISIS CAUSED BY CRITICAL LIFE EVENTS (SEPARATION FROM PARTNER, CONFLICTS WITH CLOSE RELATIVES) WHICH WERE NOT COUNTERACTED BY THEIR PSYCHIATRIST. AT THE TIME, THE PATIENT WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND STUDY VISITS FOR A STIMULATION PARAMETER CHANGE. THE PATIENT HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE STUDY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KINETRA MHY MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 7428 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death| L IMPLANTED:| PROGRAMMER: MODEL PROGRAMMER, LOT# UNKNOWN| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| LEAD: MODEL 3387, LOT# UNKNOWN| IMPLANTED:| EXPLANTED:| EXTENSION: MODEL EXTENSION MVD, LOT# UNKNOWN| EXPLANTED: