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NCT Number: NCT06274788

Safety Study to Evaluate the Occurrence of EFAD in Pediatric Patients With PNAC Who Require More Than Eight Weeks of Omegaven Treatment

This study will demonstrate safety in pediatric patients with Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Cholestasis treated with Omegaven®, which is indicated as a source of calories and fatty acids in this patient population

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) has provided a signed and dated Informed Consent Form (ICF).
  • Pediatric patient (<18 years) has been diagnosed with PNAC, defined as direct or conjugated bilirubin (DBil) ≥ 2.0 mg/dL with no other known cause of liver dysfunction at the time of enrollment and is expected to require Omegaven treatment for at least eight weeks.
  • Patient has oral or enteral feeding intolerance or at least one gastrointestinal disorder requiring PN.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient has received Omegaven within four weeks before inclusion in the study
  • Patient has any other known cause of chronic liver disease such as hepatitis C, cystic fibrosis, biliary atresia, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, passive hepatic congestion due to heart failure, etc.
  • Patient has known cirrhosis (liver biopsy is not required under this protocol).
  • Patient has been previously diagnosed with, or has prior evidence of, portal vein thrombosis.
  • Patient has previously received a liver-only or liver-inclusive transplant.
  • Patient has hemodynamic instability due to any major cardiac anomaly.
  • Patient has a major life-threatening disease (e.g., sepsis requiring high-dose vasopressors, acute respiratory distress syndrome, veno-occlusive disease, cancer).
  • Patient has multi-organ failure, septic shock, hypotension requiring pressor therapy, persistent pulmonary hypertension requiring inhaled nitric oxides, or requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or similar intervention.
  • Patient has renal failure and requires renal replacement therapy.
  • Patient has a severe hemorrhagic disorder.
  • Patient has severe hyperlipidemia or a severe disorder of lipid metabolism characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (i.e., serum triglyceride level > 1,000 mg/dL).
  • Patient has a record of EFAD before inclusion in the study
  • Patient has been diagnosed with or is suspected to have an inborn error of metabolism.
  • Patient has a known hypersensitivity to fish or egg protein or to any of the active ingredients or excipients of Omegaven.
  • Patient is subject to treatment limitation.
  • Patient is enrolled in any other study with an investigational medicinal product during the course of the current study.

Treatment and study plan

Omegaven® (fish oil triglycerides) Injectable Emulsion

Drug

Pediatric patients Pediatric patients with new-onset PNAC

Drug: Omegaven® (fish oil triglycerides) Injectable Emulsion Dose, frequency and duration is a decision of the Investigator

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD)

    Time frame: Up to week 56

    EFAD as defined by the triene:tetraene (T:T) ratio; severity of EFAD will be graded and analysed based on T:T ratio (suspected ≥ 0.05, moderate ≥ 0.20, and severe ≥ 0.40)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of clinical EFAD

    Time frame: Up to week 56

    Clinical EFAD is defined by clinical symptoms (like dry, scaly rash, hair loss, hair depigmentation, poor wound healing, growth restriction, and increased susceptibility to infection) and T:T ratio ≥ 0.083

  2. Time from treatment start to EFAD diagnosis

    Time frame: Up to week 56

    Time from treatment start to EFAD diagnosis

  3. Incidence of adverse events (AEs)/serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to week 56

    The incidence of AEs/SAEs considered by the Investigator to be related to study treatment

  4. Routine laboratory tests: Direct or conjugated bilirubin

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  5. Routine laboratory tests: triglycerides

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  6. Fatty acid profiles: α-linolenic acid

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  7. Fatty acid profiles: linoleic acid

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  8. Fatty acid profiles: arachidonic acid

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  9. Fatty acid profiles: mead acid

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  10. Fatty acid profiles: oleic acid

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  11. Fatty acid profiles: docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  12. Fatty acid profiles: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  13. Anthropometric measures: body weight

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  14. Anthropometric measures: body height/length

    Time frame: Up to week 56

  15. Anthropometric measures: head circumference

    Time frame: Up to week 56

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Lohse Jean-Marc, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+49 173 5420453

Niess Ulf, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

M +49 173 5439924

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fresenius Kabi

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Title: A Single-arm, Open-label, Prospective, Multicenter Safety Study to Evaluate the Occurrence of Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency (EFAD) in Pediatric Patients With Parenteral Nutrition-associated Cholestasis (PNAC) Who Require More Than Eight Weeks of Omegaven Treatment

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Feb 23, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2025

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