This multicenter, prospective, single-arm clinical study will evaluate the probable benefit and safety of the LIPOSORBER® LA-15 System for the treatment of adult patients with nephrotic syndrome associated with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, when the standard treatment options, including corticosteroid and/or calcineurin inhibitors treatments, have been unsuccessful or not well tolerated, and the patient has a GFR ≥ 45 ml/min/1.73m2, or the patient has post-renal transplant recurrence. Treatment for FSGS is considered unsuccessful if the patient is unresponsive to standard therapy (e.g., at least 8 weeks of corticosteroids) and fails to achieve complete or partial remission. A standard treatment is considered not well tolerated if the patient experiences severe side effects without providing an acceptable level of clinical benefit.
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Patient is greater than 75 years of age at the start of the treatment period or less than 22
The patient is unwilling or unable to sign and date the informed consent
Pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant prior to completing the study (Note: The safety of the use of LIPOSORBER® in pregnant women has not been studied. There may be unknown risks to an embryo/fetus. Sexually active women of childbearing potential should avoid pregnancy during the use of the LIPOSORBER device and throughout the study duration.)
Unable or unwilling to comply with the follow-up schedule
Single group
LIPOSORBER® LA-15
DeviceLIPOSORBER® LA-15 is a blood purification therapy; selectively removes apoprotein B-containing lipoproteins such as LDL from circulating blood and rapidly reduces the plasma cholesterol level. It was originally developed for prevention of coronary atherosclerosis progression in patients with serious hyperlipidemia such as familial hypercholesterolemia. In the late 1980's, LDL-A was used to improve dyslipidemia in Nephrotic Syndrome, initially to prevent organ damage. LDL-A was found to improve both the dyslipidemic condition and clinical symptoms (proteinuria and hypoproteinemia).
Evaluate the safety and probable benefit of the LIPOSORBER® LA-15 System in relieving nephrotic syndrome associated with primary FSGS at 1 month after the final apheresis treatment. partial remission at 1 month after the final apheresis treatment.
The primary probable benefit endpoint will be assessed by calculating the percent reduction in Up/c values at screening and at 1 month after the final apheresis.
Nephrotic condition at 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after the final apheresis treatment, including the percentage of patients who obtain complete or partial remission at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months.
Nephrotic condition will be evaluated in following categories, CR (complete remission), PR (partial remission), or NS (nephrotic syndrome).
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