Peerview Gastroenterology Cme/cne/cpe Audio Podcast

Go online to PeerView.com/BJF860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic type 2 inflammatory disease that is triggered by food and/or environmental allergens. It is characterized by a clinical and pathologic phenotype of progressive esophageal dysfunction due to tissue inflammation and fibrosis. EoE affects about 1 in 2,000 people in the United States, and its prevalence is increasing. Until recently, there were no FDA-approved therapies, and management was limited to dietary approaches, drugs such as proton pump inhibitors and topical corticosteroids, and esophageal dilation. Targeted biologic therapies, some of which are already approved for other type 2 inflammatory disorders, are now available or are in development for the treatment of EoE. A recent PeerView live event helped to prepare clinicians to appropriately use these agents and offered a patient perspective on disease burden, the disconn