Kate Farms Inc
This study aims to introduce a new dietary therapy for Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) patients by using partial enteral nutrition (PEN) to enhance remission rates and explore how this approach affects immune function, gut microbiota, and environmental toxin exposures.
The purpose of this research project is to offer patients diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) a novel dietary therapy approach which models that of evidence-based dietary therapy used in Crohn's disease and the principles of dietary antigen elimination currently successfully implemented in EoE patients. The study proposes using partial enteral nutrition (PEN) to improve remission rates in EoE patients and investigate the mechanism by which these effects immune dysregulation, microbiota shifts, and through assessment of changes in environmental toxin exposure. Objectives 1: Determine…
Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric patients 1 year to 21 of age presenting with chronic symptoms of dysphagia, odynophagia, vomiting or heartburn, chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, picky eating, to outpatient gastroenterology clinic and are planning to undergo EGD for evaluation. Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English-Speaking Subjects, adults unable to consent, wards of the state, pregnant women, and prisoners will be excluded from the study. * Patients with autoimmune conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease. Patients with prior esophageal or intestinal surgeries. * Patients with history…
Patients in the PEN with dairy elimination group will receive 50% calories from Kate Farms Standard 1.2 formula and 50% dairy free regular diet.
Participants in this group will be on a dairy-free regular diet alone.
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