Northwell Health
The goal of this study is to learn if Relizorb, a fat-digesting enzyme, can improve tolerance of tube feeds in adult patients with moderate to severe pancreatitis. The main question it aims to answer is: Does Relizorb allow more nutrition to be delivered to participants than they received without it? Participants will be observed with standard, universal monitoring after adding Relizorb to their nutrition regimen.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female aged 18 + years of age * Admission to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit in the Northwell Health hospital system * Moderate to severe acute pancreatitis based on Atlanta criteria * Inability to tolerate ≥75% of goal EN (25 kcal/kg/d) Exclusion Criteria: * Moribund patients expected to expire within 120 hours * Evidence of unresolved intestinal obstruction, ischemia, bleeding, perforation, fistulas or tract discontinuity, or other contraindication for enteral nutrition * Diagnosis or evidence of C. Difficile or other gastrointestinal infection that may mani…
An in-line digestive enzyme cartridge designed for hydrolyzing lipids within enteral nutrition will be used to improve tube feed tolerance in patients with moderate to severe pancreatitis.