Rejuveso

For Use in the Extracorporeal Rejuvenation of Red Blood Cells

50 mL Glass Vial
NDC 23731-7000-5
PN 7012 12 Vials/Case

Rejuvesol® Solution is intended only for the extracorporeal rejuvenation of a RBC. It should never be directly administered to Humans.

Rejuvesol® Solution must not be added to whole blood because the additional plasma may reduce the effectiveness of the rejuvenation process. Immediately after rejuvenation, RBC must either be washed via an approved protocol prior to transfusion or glycerolized and frozen. RBC which have been rejuvenated, glycerolized, and frozen must be deglycerolized via an approved protocol prior to transfusion.

RBC rejuvenated before 6 days of storage may achieve 2,3-DPG levels in excess of 2 times normal and ATP levels in excess of 1.5 times normal.5,6 In patients with reduced arterial blood p02 of less than 40 torr, the use of RBC rejuvenated before 6 days of storage are contraindicated because their high 2,3-DPG levels and low oxygen affinity may impair proper oxygenation of the red blood cells in the lung.7

Rejuvenated RBC are further processed prior to transfusion to remove the un-used portion of Rejuvesol® Solution, by-products of the rejuvenation process, and any other potential storage-related impurities in Rejuvesol® Solution. Based on the concentration of the residual inosine in rejuvenated, deglycerolized RBC, the average washout of inosine was calculated to be 99.8%. A literature search for potential toxicity associated with the ingredients that comprise Rejuvesol® Solution, including potential metabolites, was conducted.23 This report concludes that no theoretical contraindications would be associated with the transfusion of a single unit of unwashed, rejuvenated RBC that would contain amounts of pyruvate, inosine, adenine, phosphate, hypoxanthine, uric acid, and lactate that exceed reference values (excluding lactate) as these substances are naturally metabolized and/or are excreted.23

The maximum number of properly processed rejuvenated RBC that can be transfused to a single recipient over their entire lifetime has not been determined.