EMBRYOGEN
Device Facts
| Record ID | K120136 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | EMBRYOGEN |
| Applicant | Origio A/S |
| Product Code | MQL · Obstetrics/Gynecology |
| Decision Date | Sep 26, 2012 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 884.6180 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Real-World Evidence |
Real-World Evidence
| Submission | Device | Sponsor | RWD Sources | RWE Use Summary | Key Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K120136 · Sep 26, 2012 | EMBRYOGEN | Origio A/S | Danish National Board of Health Register | The study utilized registry data to retrieve follow-up information on birth outcomes and abnormalities for the clinical trial cohort. | Registry data; Birth outcomes; Follow-up |
Clinical Evidence
| Study Design | Population | Comparator | Key Endpoints |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multicenter, randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study; Prospective randomized controlled trial with retrospective registry-based follow-up; Follow-up/Duration: Until gestational week 12 and birth | Women aged 25-39 years referred for standard IVF/ICSI treatment; Sample Size: 1,332 subjects enrolled; Number of Sites: 14 | EmbryoAssist (culture medium without GM-CSF) | Ongoing implantation rate at gestational week 7; live birth rate; embryo quality parameters |
Indications for Use
EmbryoGen® is for fertilization and culture until the 2-8 cell stage. EmbryoGen® can also be used for embryo transfer at day 2 or 3.
Device Story
EmbryoGen is a reproductive culture medium supplemented with 2 ng/mL recombinant human GM-CSF (sargramostim). It provides physiological conditions for human embryos from fertilization through Day 3. Used by embryologists in clinical IVF laboratories; embryos are cultured in the medium and subsequently transferred to the woman's uterus. The addition of GM-CSF aims to support embryo development and improve implantation/live birth rates, particularly in patients with a history of miscarriage. The device is supplied in sterile glass bottles. Quality control includes pH, sterility, endotoxin, osmolality, Mouse Embryo Assay, and GM-CSF potency/concentration testing. Clinical benefit is realized through potential increases in ongoing implantation and live birth rates.
Clinical Evidence
Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study (n=1,332). Primary endpoint: ongoing implantation rate at gestational week 7. Results showed 23.5% (GM-CSF) vs 20.0% (control) (p=0.17). Significant improvements observed in gestational week 12 implantation (23.0% vs 18.7%, p=0.02) and live birth rates (28.9% vs 24.1%, p=0.03). Subgroup analysis of women with previous miscarriage showed significant improvement in implantation (24.5% vs 17.0%, p=0.001) and live birth (29.6% vs 23.1%, p=0.02). Safety data indicated no increased risk of abnormalities or malfunctions.
Technological Characteristics
Reproductive culture medium supplemented with 2 ng/mL recombinant human GM-CSF. Supplied in 3 mL or 5 mL sterile transparent glass bottles with polypropylene screw caps. Quality control: pH, sterility, endotoxin, osmolality, Mouse Embryo Assay, GM-CSF concentration/potency (ELISA/TF-1 cell assay), and HSA concentration. No electronic or software components.
Indications for Use
Indicated for fertilization and culture of human embryos until the 2-8 cell stage and for embryo transfer at day 2 or 3 in women undergoing IVF/ICSI treatment.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
Reproductive media and supplement are products that are used for assisted reproduction procedures. Media include liquid and powder versions of various substances that come in direct physical contact with human gametes or embryos (including water, acid solutions used to treat gametes or embryos, rinsing solutions, sperm separation media, supplements, or oil used to cover the media) for the purposes of preparation, maintenance, transfer or storage. Supplements are specific reagents added to media to enhance specific properties of the media (e.g., proteins, sera, antibiotics, etc.).
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls) (mouse embryo assay information, endotoxin testing, sterilization validation, design specifications, labeling requirements, biocompatibility testing, and clinical testing). The device, when it is phosphate-buffered saline used for washing, and short-term handling and manipulation of gametes and embryos; culture oil used as an overlay for culture media containing gametes and embryos; and water for assisted reproduction applications, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 884.9.
Predicate Devices
- EmbryoAssist (K080473)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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## 510(K) SUMMARY Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Information Supporting a Substantially Equivalent Determination
Submitted by:
ORIGIO a/s Knardrupvej 2 2760 Måløv Denmark
Contact person:
Eric Gruff, PhD MBA 15696 Oakstand Road Poway, CA 92064
Date Prepared: 2012.Sep.19
## Device Identification
Trade Name: EmbryoGen® (Cat. No. 1203)
Classification Name: Reproductive media and supplements (21 CFR 884.6180, Product Code MQL)
#### Predicate Device
EmbryoAssist (K080473)
#### Description
EmbryoGen® is designed to provide physiological conditions for the embryo from fertilization to Day 3 at the time when the embryo under in vivo conditions would be transported through the oviduct.
EmbryoGen® is based on the FDA-cleared culture media EmbryoAssist™(K080473) supplemented with Leukine (sargramostim) GM-CSF.
EmbryoGen is supplied in sterilized transparent glass bottles with polypropylene screw top closure in a volume of either 3 mL or 5 mL.
The media is colorless, sterile and ready to use by professionals for assisted reproduction. EmbryoGen is quality control tested before release for pH, sterility, Mouse Embryo Assay, endotoxin, osmolality, GM-CSF concentration (by ELISA), GM-CSF potency (TF-1 cell assay) and HSA concentration (by ELISA).
## Indication for use
EmbryoGen is for fertilization and culture until the 2-8 cell stage. EmbryoGen can also be used for embryo transfer at day 2 or 3.
## Technological Characteristics
EmbryoGen supports the development and cell division of human embryos. Embryos, which have been exposed to EmbryoGen , are transferred to the woman's uterus, where they potentially implant and result in a pregnancy.
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The technological characteristics of EmbryoGen are essentially similar to the predicate device EmbryoAssist ™ (K080473). They have the same intended use and the same components. The only difference is addition of GM-CSF to EmbryoGen".
EmbryoGen is considered to be functionally equivalent to the predicate device, and is subject to the same quality control tests before release. Further to this a GM-CSF TF-1 cell Assay and an ELISA test are also conducted:
Test on sterility, osmolality, 1-cell Mouse Embryo Assay, pH, Endotoxin, TF-1 cell assay, GM-CSF ELISA and HSA concentration.
Therefore, EmbryoGen is considered substantially equivalent to the predicate device EmbryoAssist (K080473),
## Performance and safety data
## Clinical Study:
To evaluate the efficiency and safety of EmbryoGen on human embryos, a multicenter, randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study with adaptive design was conducted at 14 study centers. A total of 1,332 subjects were enrolled/randomized (ITT-population), and of these 1,149 were counted as the PP-population. The objective of this study was to assess whether addition of 2 ng/mL GM-CSF to the embryo culture medium EmbryoAssist™ would significantly increase the chance of a pregnancy after in vitro fertilization. The primary endpoint was ongoing implantation rate at gestational week 7, evaluated by ultrasound scan. The study hypothesis was to demonstrate a 25% relative increase in ongoing implantation rate at gestational week 7, after fertilization, culture until day 3 and transfer in the presence of 2 ng/ml GM-CSF compared to fertilization, culture and transfer in EmbryoAssist™. Secondary endpoints were to assess whether a GM-CSF effect was measurable on embryo quantity and quality parameters, evaluated as number of top quality embryos and number of normally developed day 3 embryos judged against predefined classification. Follow-up was based on data until gestational week 12 and birth data (including abnormalities/malfunctions) retrieved from the Danish National Board of Health Register (93%) supplemented with data from a follow-up questionnaire returned by the patient/couple (7%).
Selection criteria for subject enrolment were the following: Women referred for standard IVF/ICSI treatment, who agreed to participate in the study and to have their oocytes cultured with or without 2 ng/mL GM-CSF. All women were aged 25-39 years (both inclusive) and characterized by having a regular menstrual cycle, standard GnRH agonist or antagonist protocol, FSH/hMG starting dose between 100 and 300 IU daily, at least 3 follicles with a calculated diameter of ≥14 mm at the day of hCG, and including a leading follicle of minimum 17 mm.
All subjects in the PP-population had their oocytes fertilized and the resulting zygotes/embryos cultured until day 3 and transferred using the allocated study medium. An interim analysis was performed after recruitment of 355 eligible subjects, counting 301 women in the PP-population with embryo transfer and reported data until gestational week 7. The interim analysis did not result in any change of inclusion criteria or hypothesis, but was used for sample size adjustment. Also, because suboptimal performance of the control medium was evident at interim analysis, the concentration of HSA was increased from 2 to 5 mg/mL in both control and GM-CSF test medium just over halfway through the treatment cohort, after 620 includable women with embryo transfer. This alteration increased the ongoing implantation rate gestational week 7 for the control group from 17.9% to 22.4%, but did not affect performance of the GM-CSF medium (23.9% and 23.0% in low and high HSA concentration medium, respectively). 5 mg/mL HSA (0.5%) is the standard concentration used in ART culture media.
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The overall results showed an ongoing implantation rate gestational week 7 (primary endpoint calculated for the PP-population) of 23.5% for women in the GM-CSF group, and 20.0% for women in the control group, which was not statistically significant (p=0.17). However, the results did show a statistical significant difference in gestational week 12 and Live Birth: ongoing implantation rate week 12 was 23.0% for women in the GM-CSF group versus 18.7% in the control group (p=0.02) and Live Birth rate 28.9% versus 24.1% (p=0.03). However, this was primarily attributable to suboptimal performance of the control medium containing a low concentration of HSA.
The secondary endpoints in the study were number of top quality embryos and normally developed day 3 embryos. No effect of GM-CSF was found with regard to the quantity of embryos fulfilling these embryo quality parameters.
Based on follow-up data, live birth and baby health characteristics for the full study cohort, including AE/SAE reports received until gestational week 12, there are no indications of any unacceptable clinical risks when adding 2 ng/mL GM-CSF to the culture medium.
In a predefined subgroup of women who had previously experienced at least one miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) (n=289 patients with embryo transfer), addition of GM-CSF had a significant effect on ongoing implantation rate gestational week 7 (24.5% [GM-CSF] vs. 17.0% [control] (p=0.001)). This effect was seen in the presence of both low (27.3% [GM-CSF]) and high (21.2% [GM-CSF]) HSA concentration. Raising the HSA concentration did not have any impact on control values within this subgroup, with ongoing implantation rates gestational week 7 of 17.4% (low HSA) vs. 16.3% (high HSA). Live birth rate per woman with an embryo transfer was 29.6% (GM-CSF) vs. 23.1% (control) (p=0.02).
In conclusion, we have demonstrated a modest effect of GM-CSF on ongoing implantation rate and live birth rates in unselected women undergoing IVF treatment when compared to a control medium. This positive effect was primarily evident in a culture medium containing 2 mg/mL HSA and disappeared when the concentration of HSA was increased to 5 mg/mL. However, GM-CSF increased ongoing implantation rate, clinical pregnancy and live birth rate in a subgroup of women who had experienced previous miscarriage (~25% of the full study cohort), regardless of HSA concentration. Furthermore, this study, with a total of 369 babies born, also showed that culture medium supplemented with 2 ng/mL GM-CSF was no worse than control medium regarding miscarriages and babies born with abnormalities/malfunctions.
## Literature:
Published studies have shown that supplementing culture media for IVF with 2 ng/ml recombinant GM-CSF results in better quality embryos, potentially leading to higher implantation and pregnancy rates. Other studies report lack of an effect of GM-CSF, whereas no inhibitory effects of GM-CSF have been reported when adding 2 ng/mL, which is the concentration of GM-CSF in EmbryoGen . The safety of supplementing the culture medium with 2 ng/mL GM-CSF was examined, and a thorough investigation showed that the chromosomal constitution in humans was no worse in the group of women having their oocytes fertilized and embryos cultured in the presence of 2 ng/mL GM-CSF compared with the control group (Agerholm I, Loft A, Hald F, Lemmen JG, Munding B, Sorensen PD, Ziebe S.: Culture of human oocytes with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor has no effect on embryonic chromosomal constitution. Reprod Biomed Online. 2010;20:477-484).
## Overall conclusion:
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K120136
The conclusion from the performance and safety data, intended use comparison, product formulation comparison and test specification comparison as well as the nonclinical data demonstrates that the EmbryoGen is suitable for its intended use, and meets the criteria in the comparison to predicate device (EmbryoAssist, K080473) in which substantial equivalence has been demonstrated, and meets the criteria outlined in the Notice of Final Rule, 63 FR 48428, Docket Number 97N-0335.
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ORIGIO a/s
% Eric Gruff, Ph.D., MBA
President
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15696 Oakstand Road
POWAY CA 92064
SEP 26 2012
Re: K120136
Trade/Device Name: EmbryoGen® Regulation Number: 21 CFR§ 884.6180 Regulation Name: Reproductive media and supplements Regulatory Class: II Product Code: MQL Dated: September 12, 2012 Received: September 13, 2012
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Enclosure
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# Indication for Use
510(k) Number (if known): (Not yet assigned) (
Device Name:
EmbryoGen®
Indication for Use:
EmbryoGen® is for fertilization and culture until the 2-8 cell stage. EmbryoGen® can also be used for embryo transfer at day 2 or 3.
Prescription Use X (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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