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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 4 March 2013
Main ID:  NCT01404832
Date of registration: 27/07/2011
Primary sponsor: Dallas VA Medical Center
Public title: The Frequency of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Patients With Heartburn That is Refractory to Proton Pump Inhibitors
Scientific title: The Frequency of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Patients With Heartburn That is Refractory to Proton Pump Inhibitors
Date of first enrolment: October 2007
Target sample size: 102
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01404832
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Stuart J Spechler, MD
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Affiliation:  Dallas VA Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: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 Criteria:

1. Patients unwilling or unable to provide informed consent.

2. Allergy to lansoprazole.

3. Patients taking warfarin.

4. Coagulopathy that precludes safe biopsy of the esophagus.

5. Comorbidity that precludes safe participation in the study.

6. Pregnancy.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Treat with lansoprazole 30 mg BID for 2 weeks, endoscopic examination with esophageal biopsy for patients with persistent symptoms
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With Eosinophilic Esophagitis [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Patients Who Had Resolution of Heartburn With Lansoprazole [Time Frame: After 8 weeks of treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
VAIRB06-093
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
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