FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

CYBERKNIFE ROBOTIC RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3012320 · Received March 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
2950679-2013-00003
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 15, 2013
Date of Event
February 13, 2013
Report Date
March 15, 2013
Manufacturer
ACCURAY, INC.
Product Code
IYE
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A REVIEW OF A DRAFT CLINICAL PUBLICATION, AN ACCURAY EMPLOYEE NOTICED AN ADVERSE EVENT DESCRIBED. THE PUBLICATION DESCRIBES A STUDY OF 26 PTS TREATED FROM 2007-2011. THE PTS WERE CONSIDERED INOPERABLE PTS WITH LOCALIZED LUNG TUMORS. ON PT, WHO WAS PRESENTED WITH STEROID-REFRACTORY RADIATION PNEUMONITIS AT EIGHT MONTHS POST-TREATMENT, DIED OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE FOUR MONTHS LATER. THE PT HAD UNDERGONE A LEFT PNEUMONECTOMY PRIOR TO RECEIVING RADIATION TREATMENT. THE COMPLICATION IS A KNOWN RISK OF TREATING A TUMOR WITHIN THE GIVEN TREATMENT PARAMETERS AND TUMOR LOCATION. THE PHYSICIAN INDICATED THAT THE PLANNED TREATMENT WAS DELIVERED AS INTENDED AND THAT THE AE WAS NOT DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
110487 CYBERKNIFE ROBOTIC RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM CYBERKNIFE SYSTEM IYE ACCURAY, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Death