PMID- 35379069 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220523 LR - 20220523 IS - 1744-7666 (Electronic) IS - 1465-6566 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 7 DP - 2022 May TI - Drug treatment strategies for eosinophilic esophagitis in adults. PG - 827-840 LID - 10.1080/14656566.2022.2060077 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a clinical and pathological disorder, characterized by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction, and eosinophil-predominant inflammation restricted to the esophagus. Treatment outcomes include symptomatic remission, histological and endoscopic normalization and improving quality of life. Besides dietary modifications and endoscopic dilation, drugs available are swallowed topical corticosteroids (STCs) with reduced bioavailability and proton pump inhibitors (PPI). AREAS COVERED: Herein, the authors review the current treatment strategies for EoE in adults, providing the reader with their expert perspectives. The authors give discussion to the value of PPIs as a first-line therapy for EoE, in addition to the use of STCs. The current development of new formulations of STCs targeting the esophagus and novel therapies aimed at blocking molecular pathways are also discussed. Finally, the authors briefly look at the value of monoclonal antibodies targeting IL-5RA, IL-13, IL-4 or Siglec8, and oral S1PR agonists to the treatment of EoE. EXPERT OPINION: Viscose formulations of STC designed to coat the esophagus and new effervescent orodispersible tablets provide increased effectiveness at low doses. Investigational therapies that target several Th2-associated diseases seem useful in EoE. Comparative effectiveness and cost-utility analyses will help to position them in a complex therapeutic scenario. FAU - Lucendo, Alfredo J AU - Lucendo AJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1183-1072 AD - Department of Gastroenterology. Hospital General de Tomelloso, Tomelloso, Spain. AD - Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Princesa, Spain. AD - Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria de Castilla-La Mancha (IDISCAM). AD - Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220404 PL - England TA - Expert Opin Pharmacother JT - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy JID - 100897346 RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 0 (Proton Pump Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Eosinophilic Esophagitis/diagnosis/drug therapy/pathology MH - Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Proton Pump Inhibitors/therapeutic use MH - Quality of Life OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biological therapy OT - benralizumab OT - budesonide OT - cendakimab OT - dupilumab OT - eosinophilic esophagitis OT - etrasimod OT - fluticasone OT - food-elimination diet OT - mepolizumab OT - proton pump inhibitor OT - reslizumab OT - swallowed topical corticosteroids EDAT- 2022/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/24 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/05 05:26 PHST- 2022/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/05 05:26 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/14656566.2022.2060077 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2022 May;23(7):827-840. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2022.2060077. Epub 2022 Apr 4.