NCT02227836

Value of Patch Testing in Direct Diet Therapy for Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Efficacy of Allergy Patch Testing in Directed Dietary Therapy of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is being done to see if allergy patch testing (APT) can help predict effective dietary therapy in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.

Detailed description

Patients are referred to Mayo Clinic Rochester with an establish diagnosis of EoE and are nonresponsive to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medical therapy. Eligible patients will then meet with one of three investigators complete the Mayo Dysphagia Questionaire-30 Day (MDQ-30) following which a standardized Allergy Patch testing (APT) will be conducted. Thereafter, a standard clinically indicated Six Food Elimination Diet treatment completed. Patients will follow up with one of three investigators following the elimination diet who will be blinded to the results of the APT. During this visit responders and nonresponders will be identified and nonresponders will complete a directed elimination diet based on APT results.

Conditions

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Allergy Patch Testing

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2014-08-28
• Last updated: 2019-04-17
• Results posted: 2019-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States