FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED EL

MDR report key: 3170284 · Received June 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
6000030-2013-00154
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 14, 2013
Date of Event
August 7, 2012
Report Date
May 15, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE ACTUAL EVENT DATE WAS NOT PROVIDED; THIS DATE IS BASED ON THE ARTICLE WAS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO MATCH THIS EVENT WITH ANY PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

VAN DER PLAS, A. A., VAN RIJN, M. A., MARINUS, J., PUTTER, H., VAN HILTEN, J. J. EFFICACY OF INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN ON DIFFERENT PAIN QUALITIES IN COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME. ANESTHESIA ANALGESIA. 2013. 116(1). 211-215. DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0B013E31826F0A2E. SUMMARY: IN THIS STUDY, WE EVALUATED THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF CENTRAL G-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (B) RECEPTOR STIMULATION ON THE DIFFERENT PAIN QUALITIES IN CRPS PATIENTS WITH DYSTONIA. THE 10 PAIN QUALITIES OF THE NEUROPATHIC PAIN SCALE, DYSTONIA SEVERITY, AND CHANGES IN USE OF ANTINOCICEPTIVE DRUGS WERE EVALUATED EVERY 3 MONTHS FOR A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR IN 42 CRPS PATIENTS WITH DYSTONIA RECEIVING TITRATED DOSES OF INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN (ITB) TREATMENT IN AN OPEN DESIGN. USING A LINEAR MIXED MODEL ANALYSIS AND CONTROLLING FOR GLOBAL DYSTONIA SEVERITY AND THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL ANALGESICS, WE FOUND A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN GLOBAL INTENSE PAIN, SHARP PAIN, DULL PAIN, AND DEEP PAIN DURING THE FIRST 6 MONTHS. AFTER THIS PERIOD, THE SCORES LEVELED OFF DESPITE FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF DYSTONIA AND CONTINUED ITB DOSE ESCALATION. G-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (B) RECEPTOR STIMULATION BY ITB EXERTS DIFFERENTIAL ANTI¬NOCICEPTIVE EFFECTS ON SPECIFIC PAIN QUALITIES IN CRPS PATIENTS WITH DYSTONIA. PLEASE NOTE THIS PATIENT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WITH LIMITED INFORMATION ON MANUFACTURER REPORT 3007566237-2013-00730. (B)(4). THROUGH FOLLOW-UP WITH THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT PATIENT 24 EXPERIENCED POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; A BLOOD PATCH WAS PERFORMED. THE PATIENT WAS RECEIVING COMPOUNDED BACLOFEN 3,000 MCG/ML, 150 MCG/DAY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
271701 SYNCHROMED EL PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 8627-18

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention