Evaluating the Utility of RELiZORB™ for Treating Feeding Intolerance in Critically Ill Adults With Multi-Organ Failure
NCT ID: NCT05710315
Last Updated: 2025-09-30
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
32 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-05-07
2026-03-02
Brief Summary
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RELiZORB™ is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with tube feedings in patients 5 years of age or older. While the use of RELiZORB™ in this study is consistent with the FDA approval, the use of RELiZORB™ in patients with multi organ failure is not in the current standard of care practice at Inova Health Care facilities.
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Detailed Description
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After informed consent has been obtained, two patients will receive enteral formula administered through RELiZORB™ as test subjects (will be excluded from analysis). Subsequently, patients will be randomized to RELiZORB™ vs placebo cartridges in a 1:1 ratio. Enteral nutrition will be administered through RELiZORB™ cartridges (up to 6 cartridges per day depending on the volume of enteral nutrition). Patients will be studied for a total of 5 days (considered to be the end of study). Patients will return to the original form of nutritional support per their routine clinical care.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
DIAGNOSTIC
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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RELiZORB
RELiZORB™ cartridges connect in-line with existing enteral feeding pump tubing sets and patient extension sets or enteral feeding tubes.
RELiZORB™
RELiZORB cartridges will be used with routine enteral feedings for 5 days for randomized participants
Placebo
Placebo cartridges connect in-line with existing enteral feeding pump tubing sets and patient extension sets or enteral feeding tubes
Placebo
Placebo cartridges will be used with routine enteral feedings for 5 days for randomized participants
Interventions
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RELiZORB™
RELiZORB cartridges will be used with routine enteral feedings for 5 days for randomized participants
Placebo
Placebo cartridges will be used with routine enteral feedings for 5 days for randomized participants
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Patients who have Multi-Organ Failure (MOF) (defined as requiring mechanical ventilation and demonstrating at least one more system failure on the SOFA score on the day of ICU admission).
* Patients who have not yet been initiated on enteral nutrition, yet enteral nutritional support is needed, or patients who have been initiated on enteral nutrition within the previous 48 hours. Enteral nutrition support defined as support planned to be given via any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes tube feeding using nasogastric, nasoduodenal, gastrostomy, jejunostomy tubes, or similar.
* Patients who lack the capacity to consent for themselves may be included upon receiving consent from their legally authorized representatives.
Exclusion Criteria
* Hypotension is attributed to suspected or confirmed cardiogenic shock.
* Evidence of unresolved intestinal obstruction, ischemia, bleeding, perforation, fistulas or tract discontinuity, or other contraindication for enteral nutrition.
* Sepsis suspected or confirmed due to an abdominal source and enteral nutrition is contraindicated.
* C. Difficile or other gastrointestinal infection that may manifest with diarrhea.
* Use of pancreatic hormone stimulant or inhibitor (e.g. octreotide, pancreatic enzyme supplements) during or immediately prior to hospital admission.
* Any other reason that the treating or investigator team considers to be a contraindication to enteral nutrition.
18 Years
89 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.
INDUSTRY
Inova Health Care Services
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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George Kasotakis, MD MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Locations
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Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Other Identifiers
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INOVA-2023-42
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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