Preventing Cholestasis Using SMOFLipid®

Summary

Preterm infants of extreme low birth weight (ELBW, \< 1000 gram birth weight) cannot immediately be nourished with mother´s or formula milk and are typically dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN) for a prolonged period of time. This puts them at risk for liver complications of PN, namely parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis (PNAC). Intravenous lipid emulsions (ILE) based on soy bean oil are standard of care for provision of energy and essential fatty acids in preterm infants. However, they might be implicated in the pathogenesis of PNAC. ILEs based on pure fish oil are proposed for therapy of PNAC. Recently a lipid emulsion containing 15 % fish oil together with soy bean, olive and MCT oil has become available in Europe (SMOFLIPID®). Such a balanced lipid emulsion might be more favourable than the standard soy bean oil emulsion (Intralipid®) concerning the development of PNAC. Furthermore ILEs containing fish oil might exert a positive effect on neurodevelopment. However, there are no data so far. The study aims to evaluate the fish oil containing ILE "SMOFlipid®" for its protective effect against PNAC in ELBW infants compared to standard treatment with the soy bean based ILE "Intralipid®". Furthermore neurodevelopment at 12 and 24 months of corrected gestational age will be investigated.

Timeline

Start

2012-06

Primary completion

2015-06

Completion

2017-11-13

Publications

• Thanhaeuser M, Steyrl D, Fuiko R, Brandstaetter S, Binder C, Thajer A, Huber-Dangl M, Haiden N, Berger A, Repa A. A secondary Outcome Analysis of a Randomized Trial Using a Mixed Lipid Emulsion Containing Fish Oil in Infants with Extremely Low Birth Weight: Cognitive and Behavioral Outcome at Preschool Age. J Pediatr. 2023 Mar;254:68-74.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.10.014. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
• Thanhaeuser M, Fuiko R, Oberleitner-Leeb C, Brandstaetter S, Binder C, Thajer A, Huber-Dangl M, Haiden N, Pablik E, Berger A, Repa A. A Randomized Trial of Parenteral Nutrition Using a Mixed Lipid Emulsion Containing Fish Oil in Infants of Extremely Low Birth Weight: Neurodevelopmental Outcome at 12 and 24 Months Corrected Age, A Secondary Outcome Analysis. J Pediatr. 2020 Nov;226:142-148.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.056. Epub 2020 Jun 23.
• Binder C, Giordano V, Thanhaeuser M, Kreissl A, Huber-Dangl M, Longford N, Haiden N, Berger A, Repa A, Klebermass-Schrehof K. A Mixed Lipid Emulsion Containing Fish Oil and Its Effect on Electrophysiological Brain Maturation in Infants of Extremely Low Birth Weight: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. J Pediatr. 2019 Aug;211:46-53.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.03.039. Epub 2019 Apr 25.
• Repa A, Binder C, Thanhaeuser M, Kreissl A, Pablik E, Huber-Dangl M, Berger A, Haiden N. A Mixed Lipid Emulsion for Prevention of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Pediatr. 2018 Mar;194:87-93.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.11.012. Epub 2017 Dec 18.

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