- Device
- LIPOSORBER LA-15 SYSTEM
- Applicant
- Kaneka Pharma America Corp.
- PMA number
- P910018
- Supplement
- S017
- Product code
- MMY
- Generic name
- Lipoprotein, low density, removal
- Decision date
- 2015-07-15
- Decision code
- APPR
- Date received
- 2015-04-10
- Supplement type
- Normal 180 Day Track
- Supplement reason
- Labeling Change - Indications/instructions/shelf life/tradename
- Approval order statement
- APPROVAL FOR A MODIFICATION OF THE INDICATIONS FOR USE OF THE SYSTEM. THE DEVICE, AS MODIFIED, WILL BE MARKETED UNDER THE TRADE NAME LIPOSORBER® LA-15 SYSTEM AND IS INDICATED FOR USE IN PERFORMING LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL (LDL-C) APHERESIS TO ACUTELY REMOVE LDL-C FROM THE PLASMA OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH RISK PATIENT POPULATIONS FOR WHOM DIET HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE AND MAXIMUM DRUG THERAPY HAS EITHER BEEN INEFFECTIVE OR NOT TOLERATED: 1) GROUP A FUNCTIONAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC HOMOZYGOTES WITH LDL-C > 500 MG/DL; 2) GROUP B FUNCTIONAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC HETEROZYGOTES WITH LDL-C >= 300 MG/DL; AND 3) GROUP C FUNCTIONAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC HETEROZYGOTES WITH LDL-C >= 160 MG/DL AND DOCUMENTED CORONARY HEART DISEASE.