(187 days)
No
The summary describes a cryosurgical system with a console and disposable spray kit, managed by an off-the-shelf controller for basic functions. There is no mention of AI, ML, or image processing, and the performance study focuses on clinical outcomes rather than algorithmic performance.
Yes
The device is used to ablate benign and malignant lesions, which is a therapeutic intervention.
No
The truFreeze System is a cryosurgical tool intended to ablate benign and malignant lesions, which is a treatment function, not a diagnostic one.
No
The device description clearly outlines hardware components including a console with a touch panel computer, cryogen, suction, and electronics modules, a mobile cart, foot pedals, and disposable spray kits (catheters and introducers). While software is mentioned as managing functions, it is part of a larger hardware system.
Based on the provided text, this device is not an IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic).
Here's why:
- Intended Use: The intended use clearly states it's a "cryosurgical tool... to ablate benign and malignant lesions." This describes a therapeutic procedure performed directly on the patient's tissue.
- Device Description: The description details a system that applies liquid nitrogen to tissue for ablation. This is a physical intervention, not a test performed on a sample taken from the body.
- Lack of IVD Characteristics: The text does not mention any of the typical characteristics of an IVD, such as:
- Analyzing samples (blood, urine, tissue, etc.)
- Detecting or measuring substances in samples
- Providing information for diagnosis, monitoring, or screening based on sample analysis.
The device is a surgical tool used for treatment, not a diagnostic device used for testing samples.
N/A
Intended Use / Indications for Use
The truFreeze System is indicated for use as a cryosurgical tool in the fields of dermatology, gynecology, and general surgery, to ablate benign (e.g. Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia) and malignant lesions.
Product codes
GEH
Device Description
The truFreeze system is a cryosurgical tool that applies medical-grade liquid nitrogen to the ablation area via a small, low pressure, open tipped catheter. The truFreeze System consists of a console and a disposable spray kit.
Console:
The console is the central interface of the system and is comprised of a touch panel computer (TPC) and cryogen, suction, and electronics modules packaged in a mobile cart. Users interact with the console through a dual foot pedal and a touch panel. An off-the-shelf controller and associated software manage the cryogen level sensing, filling, pressure, cooling, defrost, suction, timing and data management functions. A fill kit, stored on the rear of the console, allows for liquid nitrogen transfer from the source tank to the console. Safety features include indicators, tank pressure relief valves, an isolated low voltage power system, and an emergency button to be used in the event of user or technical malfunction. The console is the same as previously cleared for the predicate truFreeze System (K162695). Therefore, there are no new issues of safety or effectiveness raised.
Disposable spray kit:
There are 2 types of spray kits available. One kit is available for active venting procedures and one is available for passive venting procedures. Both active and passive venting kits are provided in a carton of five (5) individually packaged sterile, single-use catheters with introducers in individual pouches. Additionally, the active venting kit is provided with includes a carton of five (5) individually packaged sterile, single-use CDTs with associated tubing in individual pouches. Each carton within a spray kit contains the instructions for use. The disposable kit is the same as previously cleared for the predicate truFreeze System (K162695). Therefore, there are no new issues of safety or effectiveness raised.
Mentions image processing
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Mentions AI, DNN, or ML
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Input Imaging Modality
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Anatomical Site
Barrett's Esophagus
Indicated Patient Age Range
18 or older
Intended User / Care Setting
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Description of the training set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol
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Description of the test set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol
A clinical summary of data collected from a post market registry study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01802203) supports this submission. This post-marketing registry prospectively collected data on patients treated with the FDA-cleared cryotherapy device (truFreeze® System). The instructions for use document guided the dosimetry used for ablation procedures. Similar to any clinical trial, physicians offered "all comers" with BE to participate in the registry if they met all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria. Patients were sequentially and consecutively enrolled into the registry at participating trial. The registry had pre-defined inclusion / exclusion criteria, which are consistent with the instructions for use of the cleared device. CSA Medical applied 3 additional exclusion criteria that were sequentially applied to the population of BE patients. These exclusion criteria included items 3-5 in table 1 below. This yielded patients for the efficacy population.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to read, comprehend, and complete the informed consent form.
- Aged 18 or older.
- Receiving spray cryotherapy procedure with the truFreeze device for the first time for removal of unwanted tissues including malignant or premalignant conditions of the aerodigestive system.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Contraindication to spray cryotherapy.
- Prior treatment with spray cryotherapy. Previous or concurrent treatment using other mucosal therapies such as endoscopic mucosal resection or radiofrequency ablation is acceptable.
- Patients not having Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia.
- Patients without a pre-therapy and post-therapy histology.
- Patients who received other therapies (such as endoscopic mucosal resection) during the ablation therapy period.
Summary of Performance Studies (study type, sample size, AUC, MRMC, standalone performance, key results)
Study Type: Post-market registry study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01802203)
Sample Size: Safety Population N=111 patients, Efficacy Population N=46 patients (BE-HGD patients)
Key Results:
- The majority of BE-HGD patients were successfully treated with the truFreeze device.
- Among the 46 BE-HGD patients in the efficacy population, 40 achieved a response of CE-D of 87.0 %.
- This success rate is comparable to the success rate for the Barrx System and the Coldplay CryoBalloon™ Focal Ablation System among all phenotypes of BE patients, ranging from no dysplasia to early adenocarcinoma and across 3 different ablation doses.
- Safety rate:
- Stricture: 3 (2.7%) per patient rate in safety population (N=111)
- Pancreatitis: 1 (0.9%) per patient rate in safety population (N=111) (This was the only serious adverse event reported, and relationship with truFreeze treatment was highly unlikely but could not be ruled out due to temporal association).
Key Metrics (Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, etc.)
- Clinical Efficacy Data (CE-D: Complete Eradication of Dysplasia): 40 out of 46 (87% BE-HGD patients only)
Predicate Device(s)
K162695 (truFreeze® System)
Reference Device(s)
K152329 (Coldplay CryoBalloon™ Focal Ablation System), K083737 (Barrx System), and K 161202 ((Coldplay CryoBalloon™ Focal Ablation System)
Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) - All Relevant Information
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§ 878.4350 Cryosurgical unit and accessories.
(a)
Identification —(1)Cryosurgical unit with a liquid nitrogen cooled cryoprobe and accessories. A cryosurgical unit with a liquid nitrogen cooled cryoprobe and accessories is a device intended to destroy tissue during surgical procedures by applying extreme cold.(2)
Cryosurgical unit with a nitrous oxide cooled cryoprobe and accessories. A cryosurgical unit with a nitrous oxide cooled cryoprobe and accessories is a device intended to destroy tissue during surgical procedures, including urological applications, by applying extreme cold.(3)
Cryosurgical unit with a carbon dioxide cooled cryoprobe or a carbon dioxide dry ice applicator and accessories. A cryosurgical unit with a carbon dioxide cooled cryoprobe or a carbon dioxide dry ice applicator and accessories is a device intended to destroy tissue during surgical procedures by applying extreme cold. The device is intended to treat disease conditions such as tumors, skin cancers, acne scars, or hemangiomas (benign tumors consisting of newly formed blood vessels) and various benign or malignant gynecological conditions affecting vulvar, vaginal, or cervical tissue. The device is not intended for urological applications.(b)
Classification. Class II.
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CSA Medical, Inc. Ms. Sherrie Coval-Goldsmith. M.S. VP of Regulatory & Quality 91 Hartwell Avenue Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
Re: K163244
Trade/Device Name: Trufreeze® System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 878.4350 Regulation Name: Cryosurgical Unit and Accessories Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: GEH Dated: April 25, 2017 Received: April 27, 2017
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We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food. Drug. and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
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Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K163244
Device Name truFreeze® System
Indications for Use (Describe)
The truFreeze System is indicated for use as a cryosurgical tool in the fields of dermatology, gynecology, and general surgery, to ablate benign (e.g. Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia) and malignant lesions.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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K163244
510(k) SUMMARY
Applicant Establishment Registration Number Contact Person
Summary Date Proprietary Name Classification Classification Name Regulation Number Classification Predicate Device Reference Devices
CSA Medical, Inc. 3010140265 Sherrie Coval-Goldsmith, M.S. Vice President RA/QA CSA Medical 91 Hartwell Ave Lexington, Ma 02421 Phone:781-538-7447 Fax:781-538-4730 sgoldsmith@csamedical.com
May 19, 2017 truFreeze® System Class II Cryosurgical Unit, Cryogenic Surgical Device 21 CFR 878.4350 Product Code GEH K162695 (truFreeze® System) K152329 (Coldplay CryoBalloon™ Focal Ablation System), K083737 (Barrx System), and K 161202 ((Coldplay CryoBalloon™ Focal Ablation System)
Device Description
The truFreeze system is a cryosurgical tool that applies medical-grade liquid nitrogen to the ablation area via a small, low pressure, open tipped catheter. The truFreeze System consists of a console and a disposable spray kit.
Console:
The console is the central interface of the system and is comprised of a touch panel computer (TPC) and cryogen, suction, and electronics modules packaged in a mobile cart. Users interact with the console through a dual foot pedal and a touch panel. An off-the-shelf controller and associated software manage the cryogen level sensing, filling, pressure, cooling, defrost, suction, timing and data management functions. A fill kit, stored on the rear of the console, allows for liquid nitrogen transfer from the source tank to the console. Safety features include indicators, tank pressure relief valves, an isolated low voltage power system, and an emergency button to be used in the event of user or technical malfunction. The console is the same as previously cleared for the predicate truFreeze System (K162695). Therefore, there are no new issues of safety or effectiveness raised.
Disposable spray kit:
There are 2 types of spray kits available. One kit is available for active venting procedures and one is available for passive venting procedures. Both active and passive venting kits are provided in a carton of five (5) individually packaged sterile, single-use catheters with introducers in individual pouches. Additionally, the active venting kit is provided with includes a carton of five (5) individually packaged sterile, single-use CDTs with associated tubing in individual pouches. Each carton within a spray kit contains the instructions for use. The disposable kit is the same as previously cleared for the predicate
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truFreeze System (K162695). Therefore, there are no new issues of safety or effectiveness raised.
Labeling (Intended Use/Indications for Use and Instructions for Use Document)
The Intended Use/Indications for Use statement is identical in its Intended Use as the predicate device with the exception of adding a specific indication for use as an example of benign tissue that can be ablated with truFreeze. Clinical data has been generated to substantiate a change in label claim. The proposed modification adds Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia into the Intended Use/Indications for Use statement as an example of benign tissue to be ablated.
Indications for Use
The truFreeze System is indicated for use as a cryosurgical tool in the fields of dermatology, gynecology, and general surgery, to ablate benign (eg. Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia) and malignant lesions.
Technical and Operational Characteristics
The truFreeze System is identical in design, operational and technological characteristics as the predicate device and supports that no new safety concerns are being raised by change in intended use/indications for use statement and thus raises no new issues of safety or effectiveness.
Summary of Testing
The truFreeze System was previously subjected to a comprehensive test program that included electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility testing, software testing, animal testing, biocompatibility and sterilization testing. Data was previously submitted to support that the use of liquid nitrogen is cold enough to ablate benign or malignant lesions (K133258) and reference is being made to that data. Clinical data are summarized below.
Rationale For Substantial Equivalence:
The Intended Use/Indications for Use statement and technological characteristics of the truFreeze System and the predicate device were compared. The Intended Use/Indications for Use statement of the two devices had equivalent general claims but a specific example of a benign lesion that can be ablated was added to the indications for use statement. Clinical data are presented to support the safety and efficacy of adding Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia as an example of specific benign that can be ablated.
A clinical summary of data collected from a post market registry study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01802203) supports this submission. This post-marketing registry prospectively collected data on patients treated with the FDA-cleared cryotherapy device (truFreeze® System). The instructions for use document guided the dosimetry used for ablation procedures.
Similar to any clinical trial, physicians offered "all comers" with BE to participate in the registry if they met all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria. Patients were sequentially and consecutively
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enrolled into the registry at participating trial.
The registry had pre-defined inclusion / exclusion criteria, which are consistent with the instructions for use of the cleared device. CSA Medical applied 3 additional exclusion criteria that were sequentially applied to the population of BE patients. These exclusion criteria included items 3-5 in table 1 below. This yielded patients for the efficacy population.
Two medical societies cite endoscopic radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as a recognized ablation method for BE HGD. 1-2 A rate of 81% CE-D is cited in the literature with a lower rate of 62% also being cited.1-
The clinical data for the patients with Barrett's Esophagus high grade dysplasia are provided in Tables 1-5 below.
| Inclusion Criteria | 1. Able to read, comprehend, and complete the informed consent form.
2. Aged 18 or older.
3. Receiving spray cryotherapy procedure with the truFreeze device for
the first time for removal of unwanted tissues including malignant or pre-
malignant conditions of the aerodigestive system. |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Exclusion Criteria | 1. Contraindication to spray cryotherapy.
2. Prior treatment with spray cryotherapy. Previous or concurrent
treatment using other mucosal therapies such as endoscopic mucosal
resection or radiofrequency ablation is acceptable.
3. Patients not having Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia.
4. Patients without a pre-therapy and post-therapy histology.
5. Patients who received other therapies (such as endoscopic mucosal
resection) during the ablation therapy period. |
| Safety Population | 111 Patients |
| Efficacy population | 46 patients |
| Device Used | truFreeze System |
Table 1 Summary of Populations analyzed
Table 2 Demographics
| | BE Patients
(Safety Population)
(N=111) | BE HGD Patients
(Efficacy Population)
(N=46) |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Age Mean (yrs) | 67.8 (10.8) | 67.4 (9.1) |
| Range (yrs) | 24 - 89 | 50 - 86 |
| Female | 29 (26.1%) | 15 (32.6%) |
| Male | 82 (73.9%) | 31 (67.4%) |
| Segment length (cm) =6 | 21 (19%) | 5 (11%) |
| Segment length (cm)Unknown | 8 (7%) | 3 (7%) |
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| | BE Patients
(Safety Population)
(N=111) | BE HGD Patients
(Efficacy Population)
(N=46) |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Previous EMR, no. (%) | 30 (28%) | 17 (37%) |
| Mean time since EMR (months), mean (SD) | 6.9 (11.8)
N=28
(2 missing data) | 7.0 (12.7)
N=17 |
Table 3 . Procedure Information to Achieve Best Response
| | 46 BE-HGD Patients in Efficacy
Population |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Patients receiving 1 procedure session to best
response | 19 (41%) |
| Patients receiving 2 procedure sessions to best
response | 17 (37%) |
| Patients receiving 3 procedure sessions to best
response | 6 (13%) |
| Patients receiving >3 procedure sessions to best
response | 4 (9%) |
| Mean Procedure Sessions (SD) | 1.89 (0.95) |
| Mean Cycles per procedure (SD) | 2.23 (0.52) |
| Mean Time (sec) per cycle (SD) (seconds) | 21.17 (2.94) |
Table 4 Procedure or Device Related Adverse Event Rate per Procedure Session
| | BE Patients
Safety Population Procedures
(258 procedures) | BE HGD Patients
Efficacy Population Procedures
(113 procedures) |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Stricture | 3 (1.2%) | 1 (0.9%) |
| Pancreatitis* | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.9%) |
- This is the only serious adverse event reported. The physician stated the relationship of truFreeze treatment and development of pancreatitis was highly unlikely. However, a possible causal relation with the device could not be ruled out because of the temporal association.
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Table 5 Barrett's segment length for CE-D Results
| | Response
CE-D |
|------------------------------------|------------------|
| Efficacy Population | 46 |
| N Responders | 40 (87.0%) |
| Response rate by BE segment length | |
| Unknown | 2 (4.3%) |
| =6cm | 4 (8.7%) |
Table 6 Safety Data
| truFreeze Per Patient Rate | |
|---|---|
| Safety Population (N=111) | |
| Stricture | 3 (2.7%) |
| Abdominal Pain | 0 (0%) |
| Pancreatitis | 1 (0.9%) |
| Chest Pain | 0 (0%) |
| GI Hemorrhage | 0 (0%) |
| Mucosal Lacerations | 0 (0%) |
Table 7 Efficacy Data (N=46)
| CE-D Patients (%) | |
|---|---|
| truFreeze | 40 (87% BE-HGD patients only) |
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Discussion
The data show that the majority of BE-HGD patients were successfully treated with the truFreeze device. Among the 46 BE-HGD patients in the efficacy population, 40 achieved a response of CE-D of 87.0 %. This success rate is comparable to the success rate for the Barrx System and the Coldplay CryoBalloon™ Focal Ablation System among all phenotypes of BE patients, ranging from no dysplasia to early adenocarcinoma and across 3 different ablation doses.
The safety rate of the trufreeze device is also substantially equivalent to these 2 reference devices.
Conclusion
In summary, endoscopic ablation of Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia with the truFreeze device does not raise new questions of safety or efficacy as compared to the reference devices or the predicate device and warrant adding Barrett's Esophagus with high grade dysplasia as an example of benign tissues that can be ablated, to the truFreeze label. This indication was supported by clinical data obtained from the post market registry study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01802203).
References
- ASGE Standards of Practice Committee. The role of endoscopy in Barrett's esophagus and other 1. premalignant conditions of the esophagus. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2012; 76 (6): 1087 (available at https://www.asge.org/docs/default-source/education/practice_guidelines/doc-therole-of-endoscopy-in-barretts- esophagus-and-other-premalignant-conditions-of-theesophagus.pdf?sfvrsn=8).
- Nicholas J. Shaheen , MD, MPH, FACG , Gary W. Falk , MD, MS, FACG, Prasad G. lyer , MD, MSc, 2. FACG andLauren Gerson , MD, MSc, FACG. ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Barrett's Esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol advance online publication, 3 November 2015; doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.322 (available at https://gi.org/guideline/diagnosis-and-management-of-barretts-esophagus/).