A Phase 4 interventional study of SMOFlipid® (lipid injectable emulsion) in Malnutrition, Child, Malnutrition and Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency (EFAD), sponsored by Fresenius Kabi. Recruiting at 6 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Month to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-22.
Sponsored by Fresenius Kabi · Phase 4, Interventional, and Other
Evaluate the risk of developing EFAD and/or PNAC in adult and pediatric patients 1 month of age and older, who are anticipated to need 8 weeks or longer of parenteral nutrition treatment with SMOFlipid.
167 studies on the registry are indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders; 36 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 100 is below the median of 402 across 132 interventional studies indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders.
Browse Child Nutrition Disorders studies →Fresenius Kabi is the lead sponsor of 51 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
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Age Limits: and Adults
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Excipients
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug: SMOFlipid® (lipid injectable emulsion).
Drug: SMOFlipid® (lipid injectable emulsion)
SMOFlipid is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, white, homogenous lipid emulsion for intravenous infusion. The lipid content of SMOFlipid is 0.20 g/mL, and comprises a mixture of soybean oil, MCT, olive oil, and fish oil. SMOFlipid belongs to the pharmacotherapeutic group: "Solutions for parenteral nutrition, fat emulsions" (ATC-code: B05BA02). SMOFlipid is indicated in adult and pediatric patients, including term and preterm neonates, as a source of calories and essential fatty acids for parenteral nutrition when oral or enteral nutrition is not possible, insufficient, or contraindicated.
Incidence of PNAC
defined as direct bilirubin level \> 2 mg/dL, confirmed by a second sample collected 7 days after the first sample
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Time to direct bilirubin > 2mg/dL
(confirmed by a second sample collected 7 days after the first)
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Incidence of EFAD
Triene/tetraene ratio in total plasma to assess EFAD (Holman 1960), Severity of EFAD will be graded based on triene/tetraene ratio, as suspected ≥ 0.05, moderate ≥ 0.20 and severe ≥ 0.40 (Cober et al 2012)
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Incidence of clinical EFAD
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Fatty acids
analyzed in total plasma, including linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and Mead acid
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: triglycerides
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: direct bilirubin
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: total bilirubin
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: creatinine
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: urea nitrogen
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: electrolytes
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: glucose
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values: total protein
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology: white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), and platelet count
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology: Hemoglobin
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology Hematocrit
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Laboratory values hematology: International normalized ratio
Time frame: At baseline before start of treatment to assess eligibility
Vital signs: Blood pressure
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Vital signs: Heart rate
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Vital signs: Body temperature
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
Incidence of adverse events
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN (+6 months for pediatric patients). Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
BMI
BMI is the weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Alternatively, BMI can be calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in centimeters squared, and then multiplying the result by 10,000.
Time frame: Start of Treatment until After End of Last Study PN Duration of Treatment: Study treatment will last for a minimum of 8 weeks (56 consecutive days) and as long as PN is indicated, up to 1 year (365 consecutive days).
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