Model Number TFH9100 |
Device Problem
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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Patient Problem
Post Operative Wound Infection (2446)
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Event Date 10/18/2018 |
Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Novocure medical opinion is that a contribution of the array placement to the event cannot be ruled out.Contributing factors for wound infection in this patient include underlying cancer disease and prior surgery affecting skin integrity.Wound infection is an expected event with device use and was reported as an adverse event in the ef-14 trial of optune together with temozolomide (tmz) compared to tmz alone in patients with newly diagnosed gbm in both arms of the trial (<1% and <1% in optune/tmz and tmz arms respectively).
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Event Description
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A (b)(6) female patient with newly diagnosed glioblastoma began optune therapy on (b)(6) 2018.On (b)(6) 2018, the patient's spouse informed novocure he had observed a pus-like discharge from the patient's previous resection site in the right parietal region on (b)(6) 2018.The patient was brought to the hospital and underwent a surgical repair on (b)(6) 2018, with a bone flap removal.The origin of the wound infection was noted to be from the skin surface.No additional information was provided.Optune therapy was discontinued.The prescribing physician did not provide an assessment of the relationship of the event to optune therapy.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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On december 23, 2021, novocure discovered that the initial submitted medical device report had a typo in the model number for the optune device in section d4-suspect medical device model number.Corrected model number is tfh9100.
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