INTRODUCING QUELIMMUNE

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What is QUELIMMUNE?

  • QUELIMMUNE, also known as the Selective Cytopheretic Device for Pediatrics (SCD-PED), is a humanitarian medical device to treat pediatric patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) due to sepsis or a septic condition.  The device is connected in-line to an existing hemodialysis delivery system’s extracorporeal continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) circuit.  
  • QUELIMMUNE was granted approval under a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) by FDA in February 2024 with clinical data establishing safety and probable benefit for this use.  

 

QUELIMMUNE Can Be Efficiently Added to Existing Workflows

Are you interested in bringing QUELIMMUNE to your hospital?

Eligibility Checklist (to purchase QUELIMMUNE at your hospital):

  • Use Prismaflex or PrisMax CKRT machines
  • Currently use or agree to use regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) in the CKRT circuit
  • Commitment to participate in the SAVE Surveillance Registry
  • IRB approval of SAVE Surveillance Registry
  • Institutional resources to complete data collection

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INDICATION FOR USE

QUELIMMUNE (SCD-PED) is intended to treat pediatric patients (weight ≥ 10 kg and age ≤ 22 years) with acute kidney injury (AKI) due to sepsis or a septic condition on antibiotic therapy and requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT).  

Clinical Studies of the SCD-PED

QUELIMMUNE was evaluated in two multi-center, open-label, prospective clinical trials (SCD-PED-01 & SCD-PED-02) in pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) patients with AKI requiring CKRT.

QUELIMMUNE therapy demonstrated safety & probable benefit in this critically ill population.

Study Design & Endpoints:

Safety Results:

Secondary Outcomes:

QUELIMMUNE (SCD-PED) therapy demonstrated:

– 77% survival rate at Day 60

– No dialysis required in survivors (Day 60 after ICU discharge)

– 87.5% of survivors had normal kidney function (Day 60 after ICU discharge)

These data were published in the journal Kidney Medicine

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Use of the SCD-PED as a standalone unit to provide any renal replacement therapy or fluid and electrolyte management therapy is contraindicated.  

The SCD-PED cartridge and SCD Blood Tubing Set should not be used on patients who have a known allergy to any components in this product. 

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Five adverse reactions were observed in more than one instance across the two pediatric SCD studies (SCD-PED-01 [16 subjects enrolled] and SCD-PED-02 [6 subjects enrolled]).  Those adverse reactions include six instances of hypotension across three subjects, four instances of hypothermia across two subjects, four instances of tachycardia across three subjects, two instances of hyperglycemia across two subjects, and two instances of thrombocytopenia across two subjects.

Rx Only

HUMANITARIAN DEVICE:  Authorized by Federal law for use in the treatment of pediatric patients > 10 kg with acute kidney injury due to sepsis or a septic condition on antibiotic therapy and requiring renal replacement therapy.  The effectiveness of this device for this use has not been demonstrated.   Read Instructions for Use.  Failure to follow Instructions for Use may result in patient harm, injury, or serious adverse reactions.  Additional equipment and supplies are required to use this device.  
 

read more about the pediatric clinical studies here: