Safety Study of SMOFlipid to Evaluate the Risk of Developing EFAD and/or PNAC in Pediatric and Adult Patients

July 16, 2026 updated by: Fresenius Kabi

A Single-arm Open-label Safety Study of SMOFlipid to Evaluate the Risk of Developing Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency (EFAD) and/or Parenteral Nutrition-associated Cholestasis (PNAC) in Pediatric Patients 1 Month to 17 Years of Age and in Adult Patients, Who Are Anticipated to Need 8 Weeks or Longer of Parenteral Nutrition Treatment

Evaluate the risk of developing EFAD and/or PNAC in adult and pediatric patients 1 month of age and older, who are anticipated to need 8 weeks or longer of parenteral nutrition treatment with SMOFlipid.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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100

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
        • Recruiting
        • Emory University Hospital
        • Contact:
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60638
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Recruiting
        • Riley Hospital for Children
        • Contact:
    • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Age Limits: and Adults

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male or female patients, at least 1 month of age.
  2. Patients who require PN for at least 5 days/week.
  3. Patients who receive 80% or more of their total energy requirements as PN at enrollment and who are expected to receive 80% or more of their total energy requirements as PN for at least 56 days.
  4. Written informed consent. In case of pediatric patients, informed consent must be obtained from parent(s) or legal representatives. If possible, the assent of the pediatric patient must also be obtained (according to local law).

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Use of any other lipid injectable emulsion than SMOFlipid within 6 months prior to study participation
  2. Known hypersensitivity to fish, egg, soybean, or peanut proteins, or to any of the active ingredients or excipients of SMOFlipid.
  3. Hyperlipidemia or disorders of lipid metabolism characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (serum triglyceride concentration >250 mg/dL in infants or >400 mg/dL in older pediatric and adult patients).
  4. Inborn errors of amino acid metabolism.
  5. Cardiopulmonary instability (including pulmonary edema, cardiac insufficiency, myocardial infarction, acidosis and hemodynamic instability requiring significant vasopressor support).
  6. Hemophagocytic syndrome.
  7. Liver enzymes (either AST, or ALT, or GGT) exceeding 2 x upper limit of normal range
  8. Direct bilirubin exceeding 2 x upper limit of normal range
  9. INR exceeding 2 x upper limit of normal range and patient not receiving oral anticoagulants.
  10. Any known hepatic condition outside of IFALD that will increase direct bilirubin ≥2.0 mg/dL.
  11. Clinically significant abnormal levels of any serum electrolyte (sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, phosphate).
  12. Active bloodstream infection demonstrated by positive blood culture at screening.
  13. Severe renal failure (eGFR <15 ml/min per 1.73 m2) including patients on renal replacement therapy.
  14. Abnormal blood pH, oxygen saturation, or carbon dioxide.
  15. Pregnancy or lactation.
  16. Participation in another interventional clinical study.
  17. Unlikely to survive longer than 56 days.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Other: Single arm SMOFlipid® (lipid injectable emulsion)
Investigational drug: SMOFlipid® (lipid injectable emulsion).
Drug: SMOFlipid® (lipid injectable emulsion)
SMOFlipid is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, white, homogenous lipid emulsion for intravenous infusion. The lipid content of SMOFlipid is 0.20 g/mL, and comprises a mixture of soybean oil, MCT, olive oil, and fish oil. SMOFlipid belongs to the pharmacotherapeutic group: "Solutions for parenteral nutrition, fat emulsions" (ATC-code: B05BA02). SMOFlipid is indicated in adult and pediatric patients, including term and preterm neonates, as a source of calories and essential fatty acids for parenteral nutrition when oral or enteral nutrition is not possible, insufficient, or contraindicated.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of PNAC
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
defined as direct bilirubin level > 2 mg/dL, confirmed by a second sample collected 7 days after the first sample
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Time to direct bilirubin > 2mg/dL
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
(confirmed by a second sample collected 7 days after the first)
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Incidence of EFAD
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Triene/tetraene ratio in total plasma to assess EFAD (Holman 1960), Severity of EFAD will be graded based on triene/tetraene ratio, as suspected ≥ 0.05, moderate ≥ 0.20 and severe ≥ 0.40 (Cober et al 2012)
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Incidence of clinical EFAD
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Fatty acids
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
analyzed in total plasma, including linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and Mead acid
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Laboratory values: triglycerides
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: direct bilirubin
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: total bilirubin
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: creatinine
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: urea nitrogen
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: electrolytes
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: glucose
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: total protein
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology: white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), and platelet count
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology: Hemoglobin
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology Hematocrit
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology: International normalized ratio
Time Frame: At baseline before start of treatment to assess eligibility
At baseline before start of treatment to assess eligibility
Vital signs: Blood pressure
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Vital signs: Heart rate
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Vital signs: Body temperature
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Incidence of adverse events
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN (+6 months for pediatric patients). Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN (+6 months for pediatric patients). Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
BMI
Time Frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
BMI is the weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Alternatively, BMI can be calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in centimeters squared, and then multiplying the result by 10,000.
Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Fresenius Kabi

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Rudolph, MD, University of Pittsburgh

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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October 28, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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August 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
September 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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July 24, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 19, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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September 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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July 17, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 16, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • SMOF-044-CP4 (PMR 4240-1)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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