Jaguar Health's Napo Announces That Initial Proof-Of-Concept Results From Ongoing IIT Show Liquid Formulation Of Crofelemer Reduced Required TPN And Supplementary Intravenous Fluids In Third Intestinal Failure Patient

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | June 30, 2025 09:23am

As recently announced, initial proof-of-concept results from this ongoing investigator-initiated trial (IIT) show crofelemer reduced the required total parenteral nutrition in the first participating microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) patient by up to 27% and in the first participating short bowel syndrome patient by up to 12.5%

The first two patients in this IIT were taken off crofelemer after 12 weeks of treatment for a period intended to last 30 days, per the study protocol, but were promptly placed back on daily crofelemer treatment because their symptoms worsened

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2025 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) (Jaguar) family companies Napo Pharmaceuticals (Napo) and Napo Therapeutics today announced that initial proof-of-concept results show that a novel liquid formulation of crofelemer reduced the required total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and supplementary intravenous fluids in a third intestinal failure patient. This is the second pediatric patient with intestinal failure due to the orphan disease short bowel syndrome (SBS-IF) who was treated with crofelemer. To date, three patients with intestinal failure due to SBS-IF or microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) have been treated with crofelemer in this exploratory, single-arm open label non-randomized IIT in Abu Dhabi.

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