Status:

TERMINATED

The Frequency of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Patients With Heartburn That is Refractory to Proton Pump Inhibitors

Lead Sponsor:

Dallas VA Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.

Conditions:

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Background: Up to 40% of patients who are treated with PPIs for symptoms that are thought to be due to GERD experience only incomplete relief of their symptoms. Those patients are deemed "PPI failures...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female patients ages 18 years and older who are referred to the Division of Gastroenterology at the Dallas VA Medical Center for the evaluation of heartburn that is refractory to PPI therapy

Exclusion

  • Patients unwilling or unable to provide informed consent.
  • Allergy to lansoprazole.
  • Patients taking warfarin.
  • Coagulopathy that precludes safe biopsy of the esophagus.
  • Comorbidity that precludes safe participation in the study.
  • Pregnancy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

102 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01404832

Start Date

October 1 2007

End Date

May 1 2010

Last Update

February 27 2013

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Dallas VA Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75216