Clinical trial NCT00910104: Cholestasis Reversal: Efficacy of IV Fish Oil
Official title: Cholestasis Reversal: Efficacy of IV Fish Oil
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease
Short Bowel Syndrome
Gastrointestinal Disease
Keywords: PNALD
Omegaven
Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease
Cholestasis
Short Bowel Syndrome
Lead sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2009-05-29
Enrollment: 91
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether Omegaven is effective in the treatment of parenteral nutrition associated liver disease (PNALD).

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to determine whether the omega-3 fatty acid emulsion (Omegaven), when used in lieu of the conventional soy-based fat emulsion (Intralipid), is effective in the treatment of parenteral nutrition associated liver disease (PNALD).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients will be PN dependent (unable to meet nutritional needs solely by enteral nutrition) and are expected to require PN for at least another 30 days
2. Patients considered eligible for study participation must have parenteral nutrition associated liver disease (PNALD) as defined as a direct bilirubin of \> 2 mg/dl or currently on Omegaven through another protocol. Other causes of liver disease should be excluded. A liver biopsy is not necessary for treatment.
3. Direct bilirubin \> 2.0 mg/dl or already on Omegaven through another protocol
4. Signed patient informed consent.
5. The patient must have utilized standard therapies to prevent the progression of his/her liver disease including surgical treatment, cyclic PN, avoiding overfeeding, reduction/removal of copper and manganese from PN, advancement of enteral feeding, and the use of ursodiol (i..e., Actigall®).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnancy
2. Other causes of chronic liver disease (Hepatitis C, biliary atresia, and alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency).
3. Enrollment in any other clinical trial involving an investigational agent (unless approved by the designated physicians on the multidisciplinary team)
4. The parent or guardian or child unwilling to provide consent or assent

In rare instances, patients diagnosed with PNALD may later be found to have liver disease due to other causes in addition to the use of PN (i.e., inborn errors of metabolism, viral infections ). Such causes may not be known at the time of enrollment and will not preclude them from continuing in the study. For the sake of statistical analysis, however, these patients will be excluded although all data will be collected and reviewed.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reversal of Cholestasis, Defined as a Direct Bilirubin to <= 2.0 mg/dL.
timeFrame: Duration of treatment
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Children's Hospital Boston
state: Massachusetts
Study officials:
References:
citation: Gura KM, Lee S, Valim C, Zhou J, Kim S, Modi BP, Arsenault DA, Strijbosch RA, Lopes S, Duggan C, Puder M. Safety and efficacy of a fish-oil-based fat emulsion in the treatment of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease. Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):e678-86. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-2248.
citation: Gura KM, Duggan CP, Collier SB, Jennings RW, Folkman J, Bistrian BR, Puder M. Reversal of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease in two infants with short bowel syndrome using parenteral fish oil: implications for future management. Pediatrics. 2006 Jul;118(1):e197-201. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-2662.
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citation: Nandivada P, Fell GL, Mitchell PD, Potemkin AK, O'Loughlin AA, Gura KM, Puder M. Long-Term Fish Oil Lipid Emulsion Use in Children With Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease [Formula: see text]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 Aug;41(6):930-937. doi: 10.1177/0148607116633796. Epub 2016 Mar 9.
citation: Nandivada P, Chang MI, Potemkin AK, Carlson SJ, Cowan E, O'loughlin AA, Mitchell PD, Gura KM, Puder M. The natural history of cirrhosis from parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease after resolution of cholestasis with parenteral fish oil therapy. Ann Surg. 2015 Jan;261(1):172-9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000445.
citation: Le HD, de Meijer VE, Robinson EM, Zurakowski D, Potemkin AK, Arsenault DA, Fallon EM, Malkan A, Bistrian BR, Gura KM, Puder M. Parenteral fish-oil-based lipid emulsion improves fatty acid profiles and lipids in parenteral nutrition-dependent children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Sep;94(3):749-58. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.008557. Epub 2011 Jul 20.
citation: Puder M, Valim C, Meisel JA, Le HD, de Meijer VE, Robinson EM, Zhou J, Duggan C, Gura KM. Parenteral fish oil improves outcomes in patients with parenteral nutrition-associated liver injury. Ann Surg. 2009 Sep;250(3):395-402. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b36657.
citation: Gura KM, Calkins KL, Premkumar MH, Puder M. Use of Intravenous Soybean and Fish Oil Emulsions in Pediatric Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease: A Multicenter Integrated Analysis Report on Extrahepatic Adverse Events. J Pediatr. 2022 Feb;241:173-180.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.10.030. Epub 2021 Oct 23.
citation: Gura KM, Premkumar MH, Calkins KL, Puder M. Fish Oil Emulsion Reduces Liver Injury and Liver Transplantation in Children with Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease: A Multicenter Integrated Study. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:46-54.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.068. Epub 2020 Oct 8.
citation: Gura K, Premkumar MH, Calkins KL, Puder M. Intravenous Fish Oil Monotherapy as a Source of Calories and Fatty Acids Promotes Age-Appropriate Growth in Pediatric Patients with Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease. J Pediatr. 2020 Apr;219:98-105.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.12.065. Epub 2020 Feb 12.