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Burden of eosinophilic esophagitis in adult and adolescent patients: results from a real-world analysis
| Title: | Burden of eosinophilic esophagitis in adult and adolescent patients: results from a real-world analysis |
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| Authors: | Schoepfer, A.M., Olsen, S., Siddall, J., McCann, E., Kamat, S., Borsos, K., Khodzhayev, A., Radwan, A., Pela, T., Jacob-Nara, J., Tilton, S.T., Thomas, R.B. |
| Source: | Dis Esophagus Diseases of the esophagus, vol. 38, no. 2 |
| Publisher Information: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Subject Terms: | Male, Adult, Adolescent, Proton Pump Inhibitors, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Comorbidity, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Young Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Cost of Illness, Quality of Life, Humans, Original Article, Female, Eosinophilic Esophagitis/complications, Eosinophilic Esophagitis/psychology, Eosinophilic Esophagitis/epidemiology, Eosinophilic Esophagitis/therapy, Deglutition Disorders/etiology, Child, Proton Pump Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data, clinical burden, eosinophilic esophagitis, healthcare resource utilization, quality of life, real-world evidence, Deglutition Disorders |
| Description: | Summary Background Real-world data on the impact of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in patients are limited. This study assessed clinical characteristics, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), symptoms, comorbidities, and quality of life (QoL) of EoE patients. Methods The multicountry cross-sectional survey, Adelphi EoE Disease Specific Programme™, collected physician and patient-reported data on clinical characteristics, HCRU, symptoms, comorbidities, and QOL of EoE patients with past/current proton pump inhibitor use and ongoing dysphagia-related symptoms (September to December 2020) at study entry. Results Physicians provided clinical characteristics, symptom, comorbidity, and HCRU data for 412 patients (12–17 years: 8%; ≥18 years: 92%); and 161 of these patients (12–17 years: 6%; ≥18 years: 94%) provided symptom and QOL data. Of the 412 patients, 67% were male, with a mean (SD) age of 37.0 (15.3) years. Overall, 74% of patients were currently being treated with corticosteroids (12–17 years: 88%; ≥18 years: 73%); 25% of patients had a history of esophageal dilations (12–17 years: 19%; ≥18 years: 26%); and 30% of patients had EoE-related emergency room visit (12–17 years: 31%; ≥18 years: 30%) in the last year. Among the 161 patients, heartburn (69%) was the most commonly reported symptom; the greatest negative impacts on QOL were reported for dysphagia-related anxiety, social activities involving food, and maintaining friendships (EoE Impact Questionnaire scores [1–5, low to high impact]: 1.6–2.2 for both age groups). Conclusion EoE patients continued to experience disease burden despite receiving treatment, highlighting the high unmet need for effective disease management in this population. |
| Document Type: | Article Other literature type |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1442-2050 1120-8694 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/dote/doaf024 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40188493 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_ABBCC2FFF2557 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_ABBCC2FFF255 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_ABBCC2FFF255.P001/REF.pdf |
| Rights: | CC BY NC URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....abff19cd91b0e3e8a13d02181140d3fc |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 14422050 11208694 |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/dote/doaf024 |