GVT and ASPEN have partnered to launch the Sustain Patient Registry - an web-based patient registry software solution for nutrition support therapy cases in the United States.

Currently in the United States, little is known about the annual utilization of Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN). Medicare, the largest payer for home parenteral and enteral nutrition, does not generate specific public access reports on this patient population. The most recent published data from 2002 estimated that 39,000 people received HPN. This estimate was based on home care infusion therapy databases, and does not represent the entire US population.

For more information - you can view the press release here or visit the Sustain Patient Registry website.