No Maintenance, No Gain in Long-term Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergen-induced/immune-mediated disease that has been rapidly increasing in incidence and prevalence and now accounts for substantial health care costs and utilization.1–3 The chronicity of EoE has been supported by a number of investigations, including a seminal natural history study by Straumann et al4 in which esophageal eosinophilia and dysphagia persisted in EoE patients over a mean follow-up period of more than 7 years without anti-inflammatory treatment.

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