Can a digestive enzyme device help pancreatitis patients tolerate tube feeds?
NCT ID NCT07583342
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether RELiZORB, a cartridge containing fat-digesting enzymes, can help adults with moderate to severe acute pancreatitis tolerate tube feeding better. Fifteen participants in the ICU will receive the device and be monitored for how much nutrition they can take in. The goal is to see if more calories can be delivered compared to before using the device.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RELiZORB digestive enzyme cartridge (immobilized lipase)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a way to improve nutrition delivery in hospitalized pancreatitis patients who struggle with tube feeding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase study with only 15 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The device may not significantly improve feeding tolerance.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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 manifest with diarrhea * Pre-existing constipation defined as laxative or stool softener use prior to admission to the hospital * Patients receiving cancer-related treatment in the last 3 months * History of cystic fibrosis * Any other reason that the treating or investigator team considers to be a contraindication to enteral nutrition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lenox Hill Hospital
Manhattan, New York, 10075, United States
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Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States
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North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York, 11030, United States
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South Shore University Hospital
Bay Shore, New York, 11706, United States
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Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York, 10305, United States
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