Safety During Use of Paediatric Triple Chamber Bag Formulas

Safety During Use of Paediatric Triple Chamber Bag Formulas, Administered IV at a Weight Dependant Dose During 5 Consecutive Days, in Paediatric Patients up to 18 Years Requiring Parenteral Nutrition.

The primary objective of this study was to provide daily information on the performance safety of the Ped3CB in practical therapeutic use in pediatric patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalized preterm newborn infants, term infants and toddlers, and children and adolescents requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) for at least 5 consecutive days.
• Preterm infants were to require PN representing, at baseline, 80% of total estimated nutritional needs, and patients in the other groups (term infants toddlers; children) were to require PN representing, at baseline, at least 50% of total estimated nutritional needs.
• Patient whose parents or legally authorized representative had provided signed written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a life expectancy < 6 days or with a severe illness with foreseeable intercurrent events that could jeopardize the patient's participation in the study were not included in the study.
• Patients with a diagnosis of shock, cardiac or renal failure with fluid overload, metabolic acidosis, respiratory failure, signs of sepsis, severe dyslipidemia, uncorrected metabolic disorders, severe sepsis, severe liver disease including cholestasis icterus, blood coagulation disorders and/or thrombophlebitis, acute myocardial infarction, or hypersensitivity to the active substance or any of the excipients of the test product, were not included in the study.
• Patients with specific nutritional requirements that could not be met by Ped3CB formulas were also excluded.