Active clinical trials for "Esophagitis"

Reflux esophagitis is a common clinical disease ; pPI or potassium competitive acid blocker ( P-CAB ) is the first choice for the treatment of reflux esophagitis. However, patients with recurrent symptoms and severe esophagitis ( Los Angeles grade C and D ) after long-term use of PPI or P-CAB usually need long-term maintenance treatment. Attention should be paid to the possible adverse reactions of long-term acid suppression therapy and the interaction between drugs. The main efficacy of Jinghua Weikang capsules is regulating qi and dispersing cold, clearing heat and removing blood stasis. Applicable to cold and heat syndrome, qi stagnation and blood stasis caused by epigastric distension, pain, belching, acid reflux, noisy, bitter taste ; duodenal ulcer see the above syndrome. In the early stage, a series of studies were carried out on Jinghua Weikang Capsule, which confirmed that Jinghua Weikang Capsule showed the effect of acid inhibition and symptom relief in the treatment of reflux esophagitis, and had a synergistic effect when combined with western medicine. However, Jinghua Weikang Capsule still lacks sufficient evidence to support the reduction of the recurrence rate of reflux esophagitis. Therefore, we carried out this experiment to explore the clinical efficacy of Jinghua Weikang Capsule in the maintenance treatment of reflux esophagitis, so as to reduce the recurrence rate of reflux esophagitis and relieve symptoms.

Background: - About 15 million Americans have a food allergy. Because there are no cures or effective prevention or treatment for food allergies, researchers want to learn more about them. Objective: - To learn more about the causes and effects of food allergy and related conditions. Eligibility: People ages 2 99 who have food allergy and/or a related genetic or other condition Their relatives Healthy relatives and volunteers Design: Participants will have at least 3 visits over 1 2 years, and then once a year for up to 12 years. Each may last a day or longer. Participants will be screened with medical history, physical exam, and questionnaires. Participants may have the following: Blood tests Allergy skin prick tests: Drops of allergens are placed on the back or arm. The skin is scratched under each drop. Leukapheresis: blood is taken from a needle in one arm, passed through a machine, and returned through a needle in the other arm. X-rays Esophageal string test: One end of a string is taped to the cheek and the other end is packed into a capsule. When the capsule is swallowed, the string unwinds; it is left in for at least 1 hour. EGD and colonoscopy: Biopsies are taken from the gastrointestinal system. Tiny biopsies of skin Photographs of the body Collection of cells through: Swab of nose, inside of cheek, or skin Gentle skin scrape Tape stripping: piece of tape is put on the skin and pulled off.

This observational study will follow pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis who are scheduled to begin topical steroid treatment, from the initiation of treatment longitudinally to determine the safety profile of the drug.

A phase 2, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, positive drug parallel controlled, multicenter trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of within 8 weeks (including 8 weeks) treatment of Anaprazole 40mg QD, 60mg QD compared with Rabeprazole 20mg QD in patients with reflux esophagitis.

1) To explore a simple, safe, post-proximal gastrectomy reconstruction method with good absorption and digestive function in order to improve patients' postoperative quality of life; 2) To fill the gap in the comparison of clinical efficacy between left-open single-flap technique and double-flap technique in this specialized field in China; 3) To utilize the experience and foundation of gastrointestinal surgery in the treatment of gastric cancer and integrate the advantageous resources in China; 4) To establish a large-sample, multicenter randomized clinical study in order to promote the establishment and improvement of relevant norms of gastrointestinal reconstruction

The overall goal of this study is to develop a novel minimally invasive device, the Esophageal String Test (EST) to monitor esophageal inflammation during treatment of the rare disease Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) in a safe and efficacious manner. This study is broken down into 2 specific aims: Specific Aim 1: Identify the EoE Biomarker Panel (EBP) that will improve the sensitivity and specificity of the EST for documenting esophageal inflammation in a 1-hour time point. Specific Aim 2: Validate the ability of the EST EBP to monitor therapeutic efficacy in a 1-hour sampling time. Funding Source - FDA OOPD

The purpose of this research is to determine if detergents in everyday products such as toothpaste make the lining of the esophagus leaky and cause allergic inflammation.

The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and the tolerability of a tethered spectrally encoded confocal microscopy (SECM) capsule and to use it to image the esophagus.

The relationship or effect of food antigen (wheat based soy sauce) in eosinophilic esophagitis. It is believed that when food antigens are exposed to the esophageal tissue it starts an chronic allergy-based inflammation. This will be analyzed with the esophageal biopsies and the mucosal impedance probe.

Purpose: To validate our previously developed model of risk factors for diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), and to assess the utility of serum levels of biomarkers in diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of EoE. Participants: Up to a total of 800 participants (approximately 400 with EoE and 400 without EoE) who are referred for upper endoscopy. Procedures: This is a prospective cohort study. Patients will be compared with newly diagnosed EoE to non-EoE controls, obtain baseline measures, reassess EoE patients after treatment, and also reassess untreated controls. Data collection will include questionnaire results, blood collection, and tissue collection (esophageal biopsies performed during upper endoscopy per pre-specified protocol). Blood will be analyzed for the presence of the candidate biomarkers. Patients will be compared with newly diagnosed EoE to non-EoE controls, obtain baseline measures, reassess EoE patients after treatment, and also reassess untreated controls. Data collection will include questionnaire results, blood collection, possible saliva collection, possible urine collection, and tissue collection (esophageal biopsies performed during upper endoscopy per pre-specified protocol). Blood will be analyzed for the presence of the candidate biomarkers, including eotaxin-3 and IL-13.