FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROSORBA COLUMN

MDR report key: 298829 · Received September 29, 2000

Report

Report Number
3023288-2000-00010
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 29, 2000
Date of Event
August 29, 2000
Manufacturer
CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Product Code
LQQ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PT WITH PT SEVERE "RA" REC'D 9 PROSORBA COLUMN TREATMENTS. FOUR DAYS AFTER LAST TREATMENT, THE PT DEVELOPED A RASH ON BOTH FEET, THIGHS, AND ARMS. A BIOPSY WAS POSITIVE FOR VASCULITIS. THE PT'S PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT AT FIRST LESIONS APPEARED TO BEING FADING SO PT WITHHELD STERIOD THERAPY. ONE WEEK LATER A NEW SET OF LESIONS APPEARED AND THE PT WAS STARTED ON 40MG PREDNISONE QD. LAB RESULTS AT THAT TIME REVEALED INCREASED BUN AND CREATININE AND ABNORMAL URINALYSIS. PROSORBA COLUMN TREATMENTS WERE DISCONTINUED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROSORBA COLUMN PROTEIN A IMMUNOADSORPTION COLUMN LQQ CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE, INC. NA 032900B

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR Hospitalization GLUCOSAMINE CHRONDROITIN SUFATE, QUERCETIN,| PRBC, ENBREL, VIOXX, CALCIUM, FERROUS SULFATE,| (NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT), MULTI VITAMINS.