MAUDE Adverse Event Report: APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC. ORBERA INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON SYSTEM

Model Number B-4800

Device Problem Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)

Patient Problems Abdominal Pain (1685); Vomiting (2144); Burning Sensation (2146)

Event Date 01/10/2018

Event Type  Injury  

Manufacturer Narrative

This event was reported by the patient's friend.To date, apollo has been unable to confirm the reported events with the patient's physician and unable to obtain the device nor any further device information.Device labeling addresses the reported event as follows: precautions: antiemetics, antispasmodic, and anticholinergic drugs may be prescribed to lessen the early placement symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.Patients will need to immediately contact their physician for any severe or unusual symptoms.Placement of the balloon within the stomach produces an expected and predictable reaction characterized most commonly by a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, nausea and vomiting, gastroesophageal reflux, belching, esophagitis, heartburn, diarrhea and, at times, abdominal, back or epigastric pain and cramping.Food digestion may be slowed during this adjustment period.These symptoms can be treated with antiemetic, antispasmodic, and anticholinergic medications.Typically the stomach acclimates to the presence of the device within the first 2 weeks.In order to prevent or ameliorate the symptoms most frequently experienced during the adjustment period, it is recommended that the physician use proton pump inhibitors (ppis), antiemetics, antispasmodics, and anticholinergic medications prophylactically (before orbera® placement).Patients should be advised to immediately contact their physician for any unusually severe or worsening symptoms.To prevent ulcers, it is recommended that the patient start a program of oral proton pump inhibitors (ppis) for approximately 3-5 days prior to orbera® placement so a maximal gastric acid suppression effect will be present on the day of placement.It is recommended that the ppi dose be given sublingually after orbera® placement if nausea and/or vomiting are present.A regimen of 40 mg per day of an oral ppi should be continued as long as the orbera® is in place.Other medications that are started prophylactically should be continued after orbera® placement until they are no longer needed.Furthermore, subjects will be directed to avoid medications known to cause or exacerbate gastroduodenal mucosal damage.The physiological response of the patient to the presence of orbera® may vary depending upon the patient's general condition and the level and type of activity.The types and frequency of administration of drugs or diet supplements and the overall diet of the patient may also affect the response.Each patient must be monitored closely during the entire term of treatment in order to detect the development of possible complications.Each patient should be instructed regarding symptoms of deflation, gastrointestinal obstruction, ulceration and other complications which might occur, and should be advised to contact his/her physician immediately upon the onset of such symptoms.Patients need to be evaluated and the device removed at or within 6 months of placement.Adverse events: it is important to discuss all possible complications and adverse events with your patient.Complications that may result from the use of this product include the risks associated with the medications and methods utilized in the endoscopic procedure, the risks associated with any endoscopic procedure, the risks associated with the orbera intragastric balloon specifically, and the risks associated with the patient's degree of intolerance to a foreign object placed in the stomach.Possible complications of the use of orbera® include: gastric discomfort, feelings of nausea and vomiting following balloon placement as the digestive system adjusts to the presence of the balloon.Continuing nausea and vomiting.This could result from direct irritation of the lining of the stomach or as a result of the balloon blocking the outlet of the stomach.It is even theoretically possible that the balloon could prevent vomiting (not nausea or retching) by blocking the inlet to the stomach from the esophagus.Abdominal or back pain, either steady or cyclic.

Event Description

Reported as: a patient with the orbera intragastric balloon had abdominal pain and was throwing up.Implanting physician tried to schedule a visit with the patient, but the patient did not want to wait.Instead the patient went to a hospital where blood work was done and "found the blood level was down".Patient was moved to another hospital where the device was removed.The patient is doing okay after the device was removed.This was the second balloon the patient was implanted with a year.Everything went well during and after the removal of the first implant.Before the second device placement, an endoscopy was performed and everything looked normal.Reported events were not confirmed with the physician.

Manufacturer Narrative

Supplement #1: medwatch sent to fda on 04/19/2018.Additional information: sex, date of report, event, other relevant history, concomitant medical products, date rec¿d by mfr, pma/510k, if follow-up, what type, device manufacture date.

Event Description

Additional information: per follow up with the physician's office, patient had many cups of coffee and complained of abdominal burning.5 days later the patient was given 2 liters of iv fluid during the follow-up visit.Patient was not eating or drinking very much because the patient "lives alone and doesn't have much food".Patient was also not taking the prescribed medications regularly and was non-compliant with the medications.

• Brand Name: ORBERA INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON SYSTEM
• Type of Device: INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON
• Manufacturer (Section D): APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC.; 1120 s capitol of texas hwy; bldg 1, ste 300; austin TX 78746
• MDR Report Key: 7355235
• MDR Text Key: 102966713
• Report Number: 3006722112-2018-00082
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: LTI
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10811955020619
• UDI-Public: 10811955020619
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• PMA/PMN Number: P140008
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: consumer,health professional
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 03/20/2018

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Device Operator: Physician
• Device Expiration Date: 08/23/2019
• Device Model Number: B-4800
• Device Catalogue Number: B-4800
• Device Lot Number: AF01191
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Was the Report Sent to FDA?: No
• Initial Date Manufacturer Received: 02/20/2018
• Initial Date FDA Received: 03/20/2018
• Supplement Dates Manufacturer Received: 03/20/2018
• Supplement Dates FDA Received: 04/19/2018
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Treatment: LEVSIN 0.125 MG; PRILOSEC 20 MG; ZOFRAN 8MG
• Patient Outcome(s): Hospitalization; Required Intervention
• Patient Age: 38 YR
• Patient Weight: 59