Trial reportJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2025
Essential fatty acid deficiency, olive oil-based intravenous lipid emulsion, and genetic polymorphisms: A pediatric randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04555044 (A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Risk of Developing Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency in Pediatric Patients, Including Neonates, Receiving Either Clinolipid), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Risk of Developing Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency in Pediatric Patients, Including Neonates, Receiving Either Clinolipid (Lipid Injectable Emulsion, USP) 20% or Standard-of-Care Soybean Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion (Part A)
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Essential fatty acid deficiency, olive oil-based intravenous lipid emulsion, and genetic polymorphisms: A pediatric randomized controlled trial.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Trial
- [Interpretation of the "Expert consensus on the management of neonatal parenteral nutrition (2025)"].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesThere is a concern that decreasing soybean oil (SO) content in intravenous lipid emulsions (ILEs) may increase the risk for essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD). This study evaluates the risk of EFAD in pediatric patients who were expected to require parenteral nutrition for at least 7 days with an 80% olive oil/20% SO ILE (OO/SO group) versus a 100% SO ILE (SO group).
methodsThis randomized, double-blind, controlled, multicenter study evaluated 101 pediatric patients including 94 preterm infants. The primary outcome was the incidence of EFAD, including the analysis of the plasma fatty acid (FA) profiles and genetic polymorphism in the FA desaturase genes in patients with extreme arachidonic acid values.
resultsTreatment duration was 10.3 ± 7.8 and 11.3 ± 9.4 days in the OO/SO and SO groups respectively. No EFAD was observed. Linoleic acid values increased in both groups but to a lesser extent in the OO/SO group. Arachidonic acid values remained stable within the two groups. The changes in mead acid value were opposite in the two groups, demonstrating an increase in the OO/SO group and a decrease in the SO group, leading to similar changes in the triene:tetraene ratio (T:T). Genetic polymorphisms were frequently observed in patients presenting extreme arachidonic acid values in both groups.
conclusionsThe use of an 80% OO/20% SO ILE is well tolerated, safe, and does not increase the risk of EFAD in pediatric patients. The assessment of EFAD should not only consider the T:T but also the complete FA profile and genetic polymorphisms. TRIAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: Trial Identification Number and URL: NCT04555044, https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04555044?term=NCT04555044&rank=1.
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