Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Double-blind, Randomized, Multi-center, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Pancrelipase Delayed Release 12,000 Unit Capsules in Subjects Aged 7 - 11 With Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency Due to Cystic Fibrosis
Brief Summary: This study will assess the effect of pancrelipase delayed release 12,000 unit capsules on fat and nitrogen absorption in subjects 7 - 11 with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency due to Cystic Fibrosis.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Confirmed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, defined by positive sweat test or CFTR mutation analysis according to CFF diagnostic criteria,
2. Age greater than or equal to 18y on date of consent
3. Pancreatic insufficiency
4. Recent OGTT consistent with Indeterminate-GT, IGT, CFRD w/o fasting hyperglycemia, or an established diagnosis of CFRD without fasting hyperglycemia
5. For female subjects, negative urine pregnancy test at enrollment.

Control Subjects:

1. No history of cystic fibrosis.
2. Age ≥ 18y on date of consent.
3. Recent OGTT consistent with NGT.
4. For female subjects, negative urine pregnancy test at enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Established diagnosis of non-CF diabetes (i.e. T1D) or CFRD with fasting hyperglycemia (fasting glucose greater than126 mg/dL)
2. History of clinically symptomatic pancreatitis within last year
3. Prior lung or liver transplant
4. Severe CF liver disease, as defined by portal hypertension
5. Fundoplication-related dumping syndrome
6. Medical co-morbidities that are not CF-related or are unstable per investigator opinion (i.e. history of bleeding disorders, immunodeficiency)
7. Acute illness or changes in therapy (including antibiotics) within 6 weeks prior to study procedures
8. Treatment with oral or intravenous corticosteroids within 6 weeks of study
9. Hemoglobin less than10g/dL, within 90 days of Visit 1 or at Screening
10. Abnormal renal function, within 90 days of Visit 1 or at Screening; defined as Creatinine greater than 2x upper limit of normal (ULN) or potassium greater than 5.5mEq/L on non-hemolyzed specimen
11. Inability to perform study specific procedures (MMTT, GPA)
12. Subjects, who in study team opinion, may be non-compliant with study procedures.

Control Subjects who will be exposed to GIP only:

1. History of clinically symptomatic pancreatitis.
2. History of liver disease.
3. History of any illness or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator might confound the results of the study or pose an additional risk to the subject.
4. Hemoglobin \<10g/dL, within 90 days of GPA test or at Screening.
5. Abnormal renal function, within 90 days of GPA test or at Screening; defined as creatinine \> 2x upper limit of normal (ULN) or potassium \> 5.5mEq/L on non-hemolyzed specimen.
6. Inability to perform study specific procedures (MMTT, GPA).
7. subjects, who in study team opinion, may be non-compliant with study procedures.
8. elevation of serum amylase or lipase \> 1.5x ULN within 90 days of GPA test.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female patients aged ≥12 years from the date of informed consent
* Confirmed diagnosis of CF at screening
* Confirmed EPI by historical (within past 12 months) CFA \<70% without use of PERTs or current fecal elastase \<50 µg/g stool at screening
* Currently receiving PERT with a commercially available pancreatic enzyme
* Currently on stable treatment with proton pump inhibitors or H2 receptor antagonists
* Clinically stable condition without evidence of acute respiratory disease or any other acute condition

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of fibrosing colonopathy
* History of significant bowel resection, in the opinion of the investigator, or solid organ transplant
* History of being refractory to pancreatic enzyme replacement
* Current diagnosis or history of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome
* Current diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, ileus or acute abdomen
* A body mass index percentile \<10%
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants with age greater than or equal to (\>=) 7 years at the time of enrollment
* Participants with weight 70 kg or less and be in an adequate nutritional status as indicated by a body mass index (BMI) \>=20 kg/m\^2 for ages 18 and above, or a BMI above the twenty fifth percentile for participants aged 7 to 17 years
* Participants with confirmed diagnosis of CF who have 2 clinical features consistent with CF, and have either a genotype with 2 identifiable mutations consistent with CF or a sweat chloride concentration that is more than 60 milliequivalent per liter by quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis
* Participants with confirmed diagnosis of EPI who are currently receiving treatment with a commercially available PEP and have documented with a fecal elastase of \<100 microgram per gram stool (if no documentation was available, a stool sample was taken at Screening for determination of fecal elastase).
* Clinically stable participants with no evidence of acute respiratory disease or any other acute condition
* Participants who are willing and able to interrupt current CF treatment for CF-related malabsorption along with any medications that may affect gastric motility or stomach power of hydrogen (pH)
* Participants 18 years of age and older had to a) understand the requirements of the study, b) provide written informed consent, c) agree to abide by the study restrictions, and d) return for the required assessments
* Participants 7 to 17 years of age must have a parent(s) or legal guardian who provides written informed consent, agree to abide by the study restrictions
* Females participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and must agree to use adequate birth control during the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants with fibrosing colonopathy, hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria
* Participants who are allergic to pork or other porcine PEPs
* Participants with forced expiratory volume (FEV1) \<30 percent of predicted FEV1 at screening
* Participants with any acute systemic administration of an antibiotic for any reason in the previous 4 weeks; however, a low stable dose of an antibiotic or chronic treatment with an inhalatory antibiotic is allowed
* Participants with hepatic insufficiency as defined by history or presence of ascites or serum albumin level of \< 3.0 milligram/deciliter, or a coagulopathy with an international normalized ratio that is greater than 1.7
* Participants who have used an acute dose of any steroid in the previous 2 weeks; however, low chronic doses of a steroid is allowed
* Participants with history of or current diagnosis of distal ileal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) as evidenced or suggested by constipation, abdominal pain, anorexia, early satiety, recurrent vomiting, and palpable fecal mass on physical examination (the absence of DIOS will be confirmed by an X-ray of the abdomen taken at screening)
* Participants with any solid organ transplant or surgery affecting the bowel. Participants with a history of appendectomy and inguinal (non-incarcerated) hernioplasty or meconium ileus without the need for bowel resection could be enrolled. Gastrointestinal-tube-fed patients, in absence of dumping syndrome, were also eligible
* Participants with history of or current screening evaluation of hyperglycemia as defined by an 8-hour fasting blood glucose (FBG) of \>126 mg/dL, or of CF-related diabetes as determined according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Consensus Conference of January 1999 (Section IX Part II), that is: a) FBG \>126 mg/dL (7.0 millimoles per liter \[mmol/L\]) on two or more occasions b)FBG \>126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) plus casual (without regard to time of day or last meal consumed) glucose level \>200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) c)Casual (previously called random) glucose levels \>200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) on two or more occasions with symptoms
* Participants using an enzyme preparation in excess of 10,000-lipase units/kg/day
* Participants using an immunosuppressive drug
* Participants who are expecting an inability to tolerate the washout period and/or the placebo treatment
* Participants participating in an investigational study of a drug, biologic, or device not currently approved for marketing, within 30 days of screening visit
* Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or unwilling to use effective birth control during study
* Participants with any condition that would, in the investigator's opinion, limit the participant's ability to complete the study
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Confirmed CF diagnosis by two positive chloride sweat tests or gene analysis
* Confirmed PEI by historical Coefficient of fat Absorption \< 70% without supplementation or current or historical fecal elastase \< 50µg/stool (within the last 12 months)
* Currently receiving treatment with a commercially available pancreatic enzyme product on a stable dose for more than 3 months
* Clinically stable condition without evidence of acute respiratory disease or any other acute condition
* Stable body weight and agrees to abstain from sexual activity

Exclusion Criteria:

* Ileus or acute abdomen
* History of fibrosing colonopathy, celiac disease, gastrectomy, Crohn´s disease and small bowel surgery other than minor resection due to meconium ileus without resulting in malabsorption syndrome
* History of distal ileal obstruction syndrome within 6 months of enrollment
* Use of an immunosuppressive drug
* Any type of malignancy involving the digestive tract in the last 5 years
* Known infection with HIV

Answer: D