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A Safety and Efficacy Study to Determine if Giving Intravenous Fish Oil Helps Children With Liver Disease (FO)

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified June 2011 by University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
University of California, Los Angeles
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00969332
First received: August 31, 2009
Last updated: June 2, 2011
Last verified: June 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of the study is to investigate if intravenous fish oil, commercially available as Omegaven, safely and effectively reverses Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis in children.


Condition Intervention Phase
Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis
 Drug: Omegaven
 Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Omegaven and Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis

Resource links provided by NLM:

Drug Information available for: Fish oil
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of California, Los Angeles:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Time to reversal of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis [ Time Frame: 24 weeks, death, transplant, or discontinuation of Parenteral Nutrition (whichever is longer) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    serial liver function tests

  • safety [ Time Frame: 24 weeks, death, transplant, or discontinuation of Parenteral Nutrition (whichever is longer) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    serial platelet counts, essential fatty acid profile, and coagulation parameters

  • growth [ Time Frame: 24 weeks, death, transplant, or discontinuation of Parenteral Nutrition (whichever is longer) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    serial weight, length, and head circumference measurements


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • death [ Time Frame: 24 weeks, death, transplant, or discontinuation of Parenteral Nutrition (whichever is longer) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • transplant [ Time Frame: 24 weeks, death, transplant, or discontinuation of Parenteral Nutrition (whichever is longer) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • time to full enteral feeds [ Time Frame: 24 weeks, death, transplant, or discontinuation of Parenteral Nutrition (whichever is longer) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 15
Study Start Date: August 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date: June 2014
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Drug: Omegaven
    0.5 gm/kg/d intravenous every day for 2 days, then 1 gm/kg/d intravenous everyday for no longer than 24 weeks
    Other Name: Omegaven
Detailed Description:

Infants dependent on parenteral nutrition for greater than 1 year who develop Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis will universally face mortality unless they receive a timely liver and/or small bowel transplant. Although transplant survival has improved in recent years, survival is not guaranteed, and transplant care remains costly. Alternative nutritional and pharmacological strategies are imperative to improve the clinical outcomes of infants with Intestinal Failure and Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis. In both animal and human studies, intravenous fish oil, a lipid emulsion rich in omega-3 fatty acids and lacking phytosterols, has been shown to ameliorate Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis and improve morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate if Omegaven, a commercially available intravenous fish oil, at 1 gm/kg/d, will safely reverse liver disease in 20 subjects with Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis. Subjects can initially receive a maximum of 6 months (24 weeks) of intravenous fish oil. If the subject re-develops liver disease and still satisfies inclusion/exclusion criteria, the intervention can be restarted for an additional 6 months (24 weeks). The intervention can be restarted more than once as long as inclusion/exclusion criteria are satisfied. Study subjects will be compared to a historical cohort of children with Short Bowel Syndrome and Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis who have been receiving standard intravenous soybean oil for > 60 days.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical evidence of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis
  • Direct bilirubin greater or equal to 2 mg/dL on 2 consecutive measurements
  • Expected parenteral nutrition course greater than 30 days
  • Acquired or congenital gastrointestinal disease
  • > 2 weeks of age and < 18 years of age
  • > 60% calories from parenteral nutrition
  • Failed standard therapies to prevent progression of liver disease (Actigal, cyclic parenteral nutrition, avoidance of overfeeding, reduction/removal of copper from parenteral nutrition if elevated my laboratory analysis, advancement of enteral feeds)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inborn errors of metabolism
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Seafood, egg, or Omegaven allergy
  • Documented case of liver disease other than Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis
  • Anticoagulant therapy
  • Hemodynamically unstable or in shock
  • Comatose state
  • Stroke, pulmonary embolism, recent myocardial infarction
  • Diabetes
  • Fatal chromosomal disorder
  • Enrollment in any other clinical trial involving an investigational agent
  • Patient, parent, or legal guardians unable or unwilling to give consent
  • Patient expected to weaned from parenteral nutrition in 30 days
  • unable to tolerate necessary monitoring
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00969332

Locations
United States, California
University of California, Los Angeles Recruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
Contact: Kara L Calkins, MD     310-794-9855     KCalkins@mednet.ucla.edu    
Contact: Robert Venick, MD     (310) 206-6134     RVenick@mednet.ucla.edu    
Principal Investigator: Kara L Calkins, MD            
Sub-Investigator: Stephen B Shew, MD            
Sub-Investigator: James Dunn, MD, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Robert Venick, MD            
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of California, Los Angeles
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kara L Calkins, MD University of California, Los Angeles
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Kara L. Calkins, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00969332     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 09-02-079-02
Study First Received: August 31, 2009
Last Updated: June 2, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by University of California, Los Angeles:
Cholestasis
Parenteral Nutrition
fish oil
Omegaven
children

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cholestasis
Bile Duct Diseases
Biliary Tract Diseases
Digestive System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013