Treatment of enteral feeding intolerance
AssigneeLyric Pharmaceuticals Inc.
InventorsDavid Wurtman, Joyce James, M. Scott Harris
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Abstract
Enteral Feeding Intolerance (EFI) can be efficaciously treated by administration of therapeutically effective doses of ulimorelin every 8 hours (three times a day). Therapeutic benefit can be obtained from single and consecutive daily dosing, including for periods of up to a week or longer.
Claims15
A method of treating a patient receiving enteral feeding in an intensive care unit (ICU) and exhibiting enteral feeding intolerance (EFI), comprising administering ulimorelin to the patient by intravenous infusion three times daily at approximately 8 hour intervals (q8H), wherein ulimorelin is administered at a dose of 600 μg/kg patient body weight per infusion.
A method of treating a population of critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), wherein the patients require enteral feeding, the method comprising administering ulimorelin by intravenous infusion three times daily at approximately 8 hour intervals (q8H), wherein ulimorelin is administered at a dose of 600 μg/kg patient body weight per infusion.
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