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title: >-
  Time to Diagnosis Among Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the United
  States.
description: >-
  Explore this publication on real-world evidence: Time to Diagnosis Among
  Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the United States..
date: '2024-01-01'
category: Publications
tags:
  - EAACI Annual Meeting
  - Poster Presentation
  - R&D
  - Care
  - Gastroenterology
  - EoE/EGIDS
  - Pharma Partner
  - Health System Partner
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## Challenge

EoE diagnosis is frequently delayed due to symptom overlap with other conditions, but the real-world magnitude of diagnostic delays—and which symptom presentations are associated with the longest journeys to diagnosis—had not been characterized in a large US EoE registry with prospective data.

## Solution

The TARGET-EGIDs registry was used to describe the time from first EoE-related symptom or complication to confirmed diagnosis across 915 newly diagnosed EoE patients, stratified by symptom type and prior GERD diagnosis, with Bristol Myers Squibb as a funding partner.

## Impact

Documenting that patients wait an average of 1–5 years from symptom onset to EoE diagnosis—with the longest delays in GERD-misdiagnosed patients—creates the evidence base for early diagnosis advocacy and supports the regulatory and commercial case for novel EoE therapies by demonstrating the unmet need of delayed intervention.

### [Keith D. Knapp](/people/keith-knapp/)

### [Derek Gazis](/people/derek-gazis/)

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### [Julie M. Crawford](/people/julie-crawford/)