Phase
Condition
Cystic Fibrosis
Pancreatitis
Pancreatic Disorders
Treatment
N/AClinical Study ID
Ages > 7 All Genders
Study Summary
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
Inclusion Criteria:
Participants or their legally authorized representative must understand the nature ofthe study and sign an informed consent or assent form along with a parental form
Participants must have a confirmed diagnosis of CF based on 1 or more clinicalfeatures consistent with the CF phenotype, and one of the following:
A genotype with 2 identifiable mutations consistent with CF
A sweat chloride test greater than 60 millimole per liter (mmol/L) byquantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis
Participants must have PI as demonstrated by a fecal elastase-1 (FE-1) concentrationless than 100 microgram per gram (mcg/g) of stools (ScheBo test) and must requirepancreatic enzyme supplementation
Participants must be clinically stable as evidenced by medical and medication history,baseline physical examination including vital signs and laboratory analyses
Participants must be 7 years and older
Participants must have an adequate nutritional status based on the following body massindex (BMI):
Participants 7 to 20 years old must have a BMI greater than or equal to fifthpercentile
Female participants greater than 20 years old must have a BMI greater than orequal to 16
Male participants greater 20 years old must have a BMI greater than or equal to 16.5
Participants must be on an optimal clinical dose of pancreatic enzymes (Ultrase® MT18or MT20 or other pancreatic enzymes preparations including Ultrase® MT12) prior toentry in the study, and must tolerate this medication in the opinion of theinvestigator
Participants must be able to swallow capsules and must be able to eat a high fat dietcalculated as 2 gram (± 15%) fat per kilogram body weight per day
Participants must be, in the opinion of the investigator, able and willing to completethis study
Female participants must be premenarcheal, surgically sterile or postmenopausal for atleast 12 consecutive months. Otherwise, the women of childbearing potential (WOCBP)must not be pregnant and must have practiced an acceptable method of contraception forat least one month prior to the study entry
Exclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants with a known contraindication, sensitivity or hypersensitivity to Ultraseor any porcine protein
Participants with a known allergy to the food drug and cosmetic (FD&C) Blue No. 2 dyeindicator (stool marker)
Participants not willing to stop the prohibited medications or products at study entryand throughout the study
Participants who are using narcotics
Participants who are using bowel stimulants and/or laxatives on a regular basis
Participants with acute pancreatitis or acute exacerbation of chronic pancreaticdisease
Participants with an acute pulmonary infection
Participants with a history of bowel resection
Participants suffering from any dysmotility disorders
Participants with chronic or severe abdominal pain
Participants receiving enteral tube feeding and not willing to stop during the courseof the study
Participants known to have a significant medical disease that would compromise theirwelfare or confound the study results
Participants with a history of or a current diagnosis of clinically significant portalhypertension
Participants who have a condition known to increase fecal fat loss including celiac'sdisease, biliary cancer, biliary stricture, cholelithiasis, Crohn's disease, pancreascancer, radiation enteritis, tropical sprue, Whipple's disease, lactose intolerance,pseudomembranous colitis
Participants with a current diagnosis or a history of complete distal intestinalobstruction syndrome (DIOS) in the past 6 months; or, participants who had 2 or moreepisodes of DIOS in the past year
Participants with poorly controlled diabetes to the investigator's opinion
Female participants who are pregnant or lactating
Participants who received an investigational drug within 30 days prior to entry intothe study
Study Design
Study Description
Connect with a study center
DeVos Children's Hospital
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
United StatesSite Not Available
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
United StatesSite Not Available
Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
United StatesSite Not Available
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
United StatesSite Not Available
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