Inflammatory Responses to Lipid Emulsions in Children Before and After Open Heart Surgery

November 26, 2007 updated by: University of Alberta

Inflammatory Responses of Intravenous Fish Oil, Soybean Oil and Medium Chain Triglyceride Fat Emulsions in Young Children Before and After Open Heart Surgery

This study is a blinded, randomized, controlled prospective trial comparing immune response (sepsis, inflammatory response, pulmonary vasoconstriction) in 2 groups of infants less than 3-month old receiving pre and post cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. The infants will receive 1 out of the 2 following intravenous lipid preparations: Soybean Oil (n-6), or a combination of Medium Chain Triglyceride i.e. coconut oil, Long Chain Triglyceride i.e. Soybean Oil, and Fish Oil (MCT:LCT:FO). There will be 16 subjects in each group.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

32

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Alberta
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
        • Stollery Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 3 months (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 36 weeks gestation
  • 3 months corrected age
  • appropriate for gestational age (AGA)
  • admitted for surgical correction of congenital heart defects (single ventricle, tetralogy of Fallot, truncus and complex biventricular repairs)
  • enteral nutrition at 30 kcal/kilogram/day

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 5 minute Apgar score of 4
  • major congenital defect other than heart defect
  • presence of significant neonatal morbidity (intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) grade 3 or greater, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and surgical abdomen)
  • any metabolic disorder
  • any endocrine disorder
  • medications which alter eicosanoid metabolism including indomethacin, acetylsalicylate (with exception of steroids which will be analyzed independently)

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
To determine whether incidence of sepsis and degree of inflammatory response is altered

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
To characterize serum arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid levels, leukotriene B 4/leukotriene B 5 levels and incidence of nosocomial infection
To characterize incidental findings as a result of attaining complete fatty acid and cytokine profiles

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Alberta

Collaborators

Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John E Van Aerde, MD, PhD, University of Alberta

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 13, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 13, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

June 14, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 27, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 26, 2007

Last Verified

November 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2030001 71860000074
  • UofA-JVA-2005-1

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