Status:
COMPLETED
Perenteral Nutrition and Oxidative Stress in Preterm Infants
Lead Sponsor:
Mansoura University
Conditions:
Preterm Infants
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 7 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In an effort to decrease the load of peroxides in TPN solutions, multiple studies examined different strategies such as photo-protection, adding multivitamins to the lipid emulsion rather than to the ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Preterm infants included are:
- with gestational age between 28 to 34 weeks
- managed with TPN as part of their care in the NICU
- their postnatal age on enrolment was \< 7 days
Exclusion
- Infants are excluded if they have:
- Clinical evidence of sepsis, or a positive blood culture on admission
- Hepatobiliary dysfunction
- Persistent metabolic acidosis with base deficit \> 10 mEq / L
- Renal impairment (urine output \< 1 ml/kg/hour and serum creatinine \> 1 mg/dl)
- Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
- Maternal conditions known to be associated with oxidative stress such as preeclampsia, hypertension and diabetes.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00611546
Start Date
April 1 2003
End Date
January 1 2005
Last Update
February 11 2008
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