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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01376817
Date of registration: 16/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Public title: Comparative Study About the Impact of Two Oil Emulsions Administered Intravenously on Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Scientific title: Comparative Study About the Impact of Two Oil Emulsions, One of Them Formulated With MCT, LCT, Olive Oil and Omega 3 Fatty Acids Versus Another One Formulated With MCT and LCT, Administered Intravenously on Severe Acute Pancreatitis Clinical Evolution
Date of first enrolment: July 2008
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01376817
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:   Jordi Virgili Arumí
Address: 
Telephone: 00-34-932919050
Email: jvirgili@santpau.cat
Affiliation: 
Name:   Jordi Virgili Arumí
Address: 
Telephone: 00-34-932919050
Email: jvirgili@santpau.cat
Affiliation: 
Name:   Daniel Cardona Pera, Doctor
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis: characteristic abdominal pain, serum amylase and /
or lipase >= 3 times the upper limit of normal range, characteristic CT-scan

- Criteria of severity of acute pancreatitis diagnosed at <= 72 hours following
admission: severity Index of Balthazar's CT-scan (with contrast) >= grade D,
APACHE-II >= 8, C-reactive protein >= 150 mg/L

- Inability to initiate feeding (oral or with nutritional supplements) and / or enteral
nutrition during the 5 days after the diagnosis and prediction of the indication of
nil-by-mouth >= 5 days

- <= 3 mmol/L of triglycerides in the blood

- Men and women aged >= 18 years old

- Acceptance of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known hipersensitivity to the fish, egg or soy proteins

- Lipid etiology

- > 3 mmol/L of triglycerides in the blood

- Severe hepatic impairment

- Severe renal insufficiency without dialysis or haemofiltration

- Serious disturbances of blood clotting

- Acute shock

- Infusion therapy general contraindications

- Clinical conditions of instability that must not be taken with parenteral nutrition

- Have other acute or chronic inflammatory diseases

- Status of severe immunosuppression: cytotoxic treatment in 15 days prior to inclusion
and / or a disease that causes white blood cells levels <5000/mm3

- Treatment with steroids > 0.25 mg/kg/day of prednisone or equivalent doses of
corticosteroids: as pre-treatment and / or during admission



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Fat emulsion with MCT and LCT
Drug: Fat emulsion with MCT, LCT, olive oil and omega 3 fatty acids
Primary Outcome(s)
Inflammatory markers [Time Frame: Day 10]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Complications of acute severe pancreatitis [Time Frame: Day 10.]
Evolution of the degree of severity of acute severe pancreatitis [Time Frame: During the first 72 hours after admission]
Secondary ID(s)
2007-005611-26
ELomega3
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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