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Study NCT ID: NCT00217035
Status: WITHDRAWN
Last Update Posted: 2017-01-13
First Post: 2005-09-19

Brief Title: Glutamine Enriched Total Parenteral Feeding and Proline Metabolism in Severely Burned Patients
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Organization: National Institute of General Medical Sciences NIGMS

Study Overview

Official Title: Glutamine Enriched Total Parenteral Feeding and Proline Metabolism in Severely Burned Patients
Status: WITHDRAWN
Status Verified Date: 2017-01
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: State of Mass tightened regulations for making intravenous solutions for research subjects Study was withdrawn and no participants were enrolled
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Proline is a non-essential amino acid that helps with collagen formation Collagen is one of the main ingredients of skin bone tendons and connective tissue It is thought that proline becomes depleted in burn patients because it is being used in greater than normal quantities to help the injured skin and connective tissue heal If this is true then the body must look for alternate energy sources as proline becomes depleted

This study aims to evaluate 1the metabolic kinetics of the amino acids proline glutamate and ornithine and 2 the effects of glutamine supplemented total parenteral nutrition TPN on the metabolism of these amino acids
Detailed Description: Proline is a nutritionally dispensable non-essential amino acid Its synthesis and catabolism is via the pathway of ornithine and glutamate The latter two amino acids serve as immediate precursors for proline as well as metabolites Ornithine is one of the intermediates for urea cycle Glutamate is metabolically connected to tricarboxylic acid TCA cycle the major cycle for energy production

It is hypothesized that the significantly increased rates of net nitrogen loss and energy production as the consequence of the accelerated activities of both the urea and TCA cycles in burn injury drain both ornithine and glutamate thus depleting tissues of the availability of proline Hence the de novo synthesis of proline is likely to be affected by the reduced availability of its major precursors glutamate and ornithine We further propose that increased supply of glutamine would increase the de novo synthesis of proline and or spare the loss of proline via its metabolite glutamate Hence glutamine will be beneficial to the overall nutritional status of the burn patients

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
2P50GM021700-27 NIH None httpsreporternihgovquickSearch2P50GM021700-27