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Observational Study
. 2022 Feb;149(2):659-670.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.07.001. Epub 2021 Jul 6.

Development of a core outcome set for therapeutic studies in eosinophilic esophagitis (COREOS)

COREOS Collaborators:Christopher Ma  1 Alain M Schoepfer  2 Evan S Dellon  3 Albert J Bredenoord  4 Mirna Chehade  5 Margaret H Collins  6 Brian G Feagan  7 Glenn T Furuta  8 Sandeep K Gupta  9 Ikuo Hirano  10 Vipul Jairath  7 David A Katzka  11 Rish K Pai  12 Marc E Rothenberg  13 Alex Straumann  14 Seema S Aceves  15 Jeffrey A Alexander  11 Nicoleta C Arva  16 Dan Atkins  17 Luc Biedermann  14 Carine Blanchard  18 Antonella Cianferoni  19 Constanza Ciriza de Los Rios  20 Frederic Clayton  21 Carla M Davis  22 Nicola de Bortoli  23 Jorge A Dias  24 Gary W Falk  25 Robert M Genta  26 Gisoo Ghaffari  27 Nirmala Gonsalves  10 Thomas Greuter  28 Russell Hopp  29 Karen S Hsu Blatman  30 Elizabeth T Jensen  31 Doug Johnston  32 Amir F Kagalwalla  33 Helen M Larsson  34 John Leung  35 Hubert Louis  36 Joanne C Masterson  37 Calies Menard-Katcher  8 Paul A Menard-Katcher  38 Fouad J Moawad  39 Amanda B Muir  40 Vincent A Mukkada  41 Roberto Penagini  42 Robert D Pesek  43 Kathryn Peterson  44 Philip E Putnam  41 Alberto Ravelli  45 Edoardo V Savarino  46 Christoph Schlag  47 Philipp Schreiner  14 Dagmar Simon  48 Thomas C Smyrk  49 Jonathan M Spergel  19 Tiffany H Taft  10 Ingrid Terreehorst  50 Tim Vanuytsel  51 Carina Venter  17 Mario C Vieira  52 Michael Vieth  53 Berber Vlieg-Boerstra  54 Ulrike von Arnim  55 Marjorie M Walker  56 Joshua B Wechsler  57 Philip Woodland  58 John T Woosley  59 Guang-Yu Yang  60 Noam Zevit  61 Ekaterina Safroneeva  62
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Observational Study

Development of a core outcome set for therapeutic studies in eosinophilic esophagitis (COREOS)

COREOS Collaborators: et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Background: End points used to determine treatment efficacy in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) have evolved over time. With multiple novel therapies in development for EoE, harmonization of outcomes measures will facilitate evidence synthesis and appraisal when comparing different treatments.

Objective: We sought to develop a core outcome set (COS) for controlled and observational studies of pharmacologic and diet interventions in adult and pediatric patients with EoE.

Methods: Candidate outcomes were generated from systematic literature reviews and patient engagement interviews and surveys. Consensus was established using an iterative Delphi process, with items voted on using a 9-point Likert scale and with feedback from other participants to allow score refinement. Consensus meetings were held to ratify the outcome domains of importance and the core outcome measures. Stakeholders were recruited internationally and included adult and pediatric gastroenterologists, allergists, dieticians, pathologists, psychologists, researchers, and methodologists.

Results: The COS consists of 4 outcome domains for controlled and observational studies: histopathology, endoscopy, patient-reported symptoms, and EoE-specific quality of life. A total of 69 stakeholders (response rate 95.8%) prioritized 42 outcomes in a 2-round Delphi process, and the final ratification meeting generated consensus on 33 outcome measures. These included measurement of the peak eosinophil count, Eosinophilic Esophagitis Histology Scoring System, Eosinophilic Esophagitis Endoscopic Reference Score, and patient-reported measures of dysphagia and quality of life.

Conclusions: This interdisciplinary collaboration involving global stakeholders has produced a COS that can be applied to adult and pediatric studies of pharmacologic and diet therapies for EoE and will facilitate meaningful treatment comparisons and improve the quality of data synthesis.

Keywords: Eosinophilic esophagitis; clinical trials; end points; endoscopy; histology; histopathology; outcomes; patient-reported outcomes; quality of life; symptoms.

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Core outcome set development process.
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Outcome domains for inclusion in the eosinophilic esophagitis core outcome set.

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