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Study Medicine

This study will find out if the study medicine is better than no medicine (placebo). The medicine being studied is "budesonide" (bu-des-o-nide). In this study it is given as a liquid and swallowed each day. Budesonide has been FDA-approved for asthma and hay fever in children and adults, but not for EoE.

Your child will have a 3 in 4 (75%) chance of receiving the study medicine with budesonide and a 1 in 4 (25%) chance of receiving placebo. The placebo looks exactly like the study medicine, but does not contain any budesonide.

Studies designed with a placebo are necessary. In this way, the effect of the study medicine can be compared with the effect of no medicine. Each participant group is of equal importance to this study's success. Each group and each patient makes a valuable contribution to advancing EoE research and knowledge.

The most common risk for swallowing budesonide is thrush, a yeast infection that can cause soreness of the mouth and throat. There are medicines available to treat this if it occurs.

If you feel your child's EoE symptoms are not improving after taking study medicine, you can tell the study doctor and you can discontinue the study at any time.