Measurement of Body Composition by Air Displacement Plethysmography in Pediatric Intestinal Failure Patients

NCT ID: NCT02561819

Last Updated: 2019-12-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-30

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study will determine if air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) provides accurate measurement of body composition (percent body fat and fat-free mass) in pediatric patients with intestinal failure, as compared to body composition measured by alternative standard methods, including deuterium dilution, bioimpedance analysis (BIA), dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) when clinically indicated, and routine anthropometric measurements.

Detailed Description

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Infants and children with intestinal failure (IF) require prolonged periods of parenteral nutrition (PN) for sustenance and growth until intestinal adaptation allows adequate enteral intake. Lean body mass (or muscle mass) preservation and accrual is an important goal during this phase of nutritional rehabilitation. However, lean body mass is not accurately measured by currently available anthropometric techniques. Thus, despite weight gain, muscle mass depletion can remain undetected.

Little data exist in the field of measuring body composition in patients with intestinal failure, where changes in body weight are commonly taken to indirectly measure gastrointestinal absorptive function. Body composition analysis is of particular importance in the management of these patients, since it can help guide medical, surgical and/or nutrition interventions, including titration of enteral or parenteral nutrition. To the investigators' knowledge there are no studies examining whether air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) is a valid measure of body composition in patients with intestinal failure.

The investigators propose a non-randomized, prospective cohort study to validate ADP as a measure of body composition in infants and children with IF.

The investigators will apply non-radioactive (stable) isotope techniques to examine the accuracy of ADP in measuring body composition in these children.

The investigators will also compare ADP with bioimpedance analysis and routine anthropometry. Additionally, if subjects have had a recent dual-energy X- ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, the investigators will compare the ADP estimates of body composition to those obtained from DXA. The investigators hypothesize that ADP is a feasible and accurate technique for body composition measurements, and that the device can be used to serially measure lean body mass and fat mass changes in this cohort. If the feasibility and accuracy of ADP for body composition analysis can be demonstrated, the technique is likely to have wider applications in other pediatric illnesses.

Conditions

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Short Bowel Syndrome

Keywords

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Short Bowel Syndrome Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome Body Composition Parenteral Nutrition Intestinal Failure

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients evaluated in the CAIR Program at Boston Children's Hospital will be eligible for participation if they meet the definition of short bowel syndrome and are under 18 years of age. Short bowel syndrome will be defined as a malabsorptive state resulting from congenital or acquired gastrointestinal disease leading to current dependence on parenteral nutrition for greater than or equal to 90 days. If the patient is on intravenous fluids, they must have a stable intravenous fluid regimen for at least 4 weeks prior to the study visit.

Exclusion Criteria

* age \< 2 years or ≥ 18 years
* presence of cardiac pacing device (BIA may theoretically interfere with pacer functioning)
* presence of any other electrical device that might interfere with the BIA such as implantable drug delivery pumps, vagal nerve stimulator and invasive cerebral perfusion monitor
* subjects will be excluded due to pregnancy
* subjects with ongoing fluid imbalance, clinically evident shifts in fluid compartments (e.g. edema, ascites) or with fluid resuscitation (defined as daily fluid intake more than 150% of maintenance or fluid boluses more than 20 ml/kg/day). Determination of fluid imbalance will be made by the physicians directly involved in the patient's care.
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Christopher Duggan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christopher Duggan

MD, MPH

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Boston Children's Hospital

Alexandra Carey, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Boston Children's Hospital

Locations

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Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Other Identifiers

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IRB-P00014026

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id