COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY (EPI)

• Main Authors: PHILIPPE, David Stéphane, RAN-RESSLER, Rinat, JACOB, Jissy
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.07.2021
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A method of treating exocrine pancreatic insufficiency includes administering to an individual in need thereof (e.g., an individual with cystic fibrosis) an effective amount of an enteral composition having a total protein consisting essentially of hydrolyzed protein and a total fat containing monoacylglycerols (MAG) that are at least about 30 wt. % of the total fat, and the total fat optionally further contains medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and/or fatty acids. In one particular non-limiting embodiment, about 60 wt. % of the total fat is from MCT and about 40 wt. % of the total fat is from MAG; in another particular non-limiting embodiment, the total fat is MAG with free fatty acids (esterified and/or bound) without MCT; and in yet another particular non-limiting embodiment, the total fat is MAG alone without MCT.