Status:

COMPLETED

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

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alberta

Collaborating Sponsors:

Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation

Conditions:

Inflammation

Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 3 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

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 rec...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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

  • 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)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

32 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00336908

Start Date

November 1 2005

End Date

November 1 2007

Last Update

November 27 2007

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Stollery Children's Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7