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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-jRCTs041180088
Date of registration: 12/03/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Sumida Wataru
Public title: Influence of fatty acid metabolism for clinical course of biliary atresia
Scientific title: The difference of the profile of fatty acids and eicosanoids in clinical course and the effect to the prognosis by collection of biliary atresia
Date of first enrolment: 01/12/2016
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  https://jrct.niph.go.jp/latest-detail/jRCTs041180088
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  non-randomized controlled trial, open(masking not used), active control, parallel assignment, treatment purpose  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name: Wataru    Sumida
Address:  Aichi 466-8550 Aichi Japan
Telephone: +81-52-744-2959
Email: wsumida@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Nagoya University Hospital
Name: Wataru    Sumida
Address:  Aichi 466-8550 Aichi Japan
Telephone: +81-52-744-2959
Email: wsumida@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Nagoya University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) New case with biliary atresia. 2) As control group A, cases of suspected biliary atresia with liver dysfunction or jaundice. 3) As control group B, healthy individuals with similar age.
Exclusion criteria: A history of blood transfusion within 1 month before enrollment

Age minimum: Not applicable
Age maximum: Not applicable
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
biliary atresia, neonatal hepatitis, Alagille syndrome, PFIC, etc.
Intervention(s)
oral administration of 30(+/- 10)mg/kg/day of eicosapentaenoic acid
Primary Outcome(s)
Liver fibrosis in BA patients with or without administration of EPA
Secondary Outcome(s)
The difference of concentration of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, or eicosanoids among BA group and non-BA groups
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Uchida Hiroo
Ethics review
Status: Approval
Approval date:
Contact:
ethics@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Nagoya University Certified Review Board
+81-52-744-2479
ethics@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 02/03/2022
Date Completed: 17/01/2022
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