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Hammerhøj A, Boye TL, Langholz E, Nielsen OH. Mirikizumab (Omvoh™) for ulcerative colitis. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2024; 45:281-282. [PMID: 38262797 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2024.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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- Alexander Hammerhøj
- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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James JP, Riis LB, Søkilde R, Malham M, Høgdall E, Langholz E, Nielsen BS. Short noncoding RNAs as predictive biomarkers for the development from inflammatory bowel disease unclassified to Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297353. [PMID: 38408066 PMCID: PMC10896517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Numerous pathogenic processes are mediated by short noncoding RNAs (sncRNA). Twenty percent of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are labelled as IBD unclassified (IBDU) at disease onset. Most IBDU patients are reclassified as Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) within few years. Since the therapeutic methods for CD and UC differ, biomarkers that can forecast the categorization of IBDU into CD or UC are highly desired. Here, we investigated whether sncRNAs can predict CD or UC among IBDU patients. 35 IBDU patients who were initially diagnosed with IBDU were included in this retrospective investigation; of them, 12, 15, and 8 were reclassified into CD (IBDU-CD), UC (IBDU-UC), or remained as IBDU (IBDU-IBDU), respectively. Eight IBD patients, were included as references. SncRNA profiling on RNA from mucosal biopsies were performed using Affymetrix miRNA 4.0 array. Selected probe sets were validated using RT-qPCR. Among all patients and only adults, 306 and 499 probe sets respectively were differentially expressed between IBDU-CD and IBDU-UC. Six of the probe sets were evaluated by RT-qPCR, of which miR-182-5p, miR-451a and ENSG00000239080 (snoU13) together with age and sex resulted in an AUC of 78.6% (95% CI: 60-97) in discriminating IBDU-CD from IBDU-UC. Based on the three sncRNAs profile it is possible to predict if IBDU patients within 3 years will be reclassified as CD or UC. We showed that the expression profile of IBDU patients differ from that of definite CD or UC, suggesting that a subgroup of IBDU patients may compose a third unique IBD subtype.
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- Jaslin P. James
- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bioneer A/S, Hørsholm, Kogle Allé 2, Hørsholm, Denmark
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- The Pediatric Department, Copenhagen University Hospital—Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gastroenheden, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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Nielsen KR, Midjord J, Nymand Lophaven S, Langholz E, Hammer T, Burisch J. The Incidence and Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Continues to Increase in the Faroe Islands - A Cohort Study from 1960 to 2020. J Crohns Colitis 2024; 18:308-319. [PMID: 37667976 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS The highest reported incidence rate of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD], and especially of ulcerative colitis [UC], is found in the Faroe Islands. This study aimed to assess the incidence rate and temporal trends in prevalence over six decades. METHODS All incident and prevalent patients diagnosed with IBD between 1960 and 2020 from the nationwide and population-based Faroese IBD cohort were included in this study. All patients fulfilled the Copenhagen Diagnostic Criteria. RESULTS Overall, 873 individuals were diagnosed with IBD during the study period, 559 [64%] with UC, 151 [17%] with Crohn's disease, and 163 [19%] with IBD unclassified. A total of 59 patients had paediatric-onset IBD. The incidence of IBD continued to increase throughout the study period, as the age-standardized incidence rate started at 8 per 100 000 person-years [py] [European Standard Population, ESP] in 1960-79 and reached 70 by 2010-20. In 2021, the age-standardized period prevalence was 1414 per 100 000 persons. The IBD incidence was unevenly distributed among the islands with Sandoy having the highest rate of 106 per 100 000 py in 2010-2020. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of IBD continues to increase in the Faroe Islands, mainly driven by UC. The incidence shows an uneven geographical distribution, which suggests an adverse interaction between unknown environmental factors and genetic traits. The prevalence in 2021 corresponded to 1.3% of the Faroese population. Environmental risk factors are suspected to impact this homogeneous high-risk population; however, the reason for this is unclear.
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- Kári Rubek Nielsen
- Medical Centre, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Genetic Biobank, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Centre, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Gastrounit D, Medical section, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, the Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Gastrounit, Medical section, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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James JP, Nielsen BS, Christensen IJ, Langholz E, Malham M, Poulsen TS, Holmstrøm K, Riis LB, Høgdall E. Mucosal expression of PI3, ANXA1, and VDR discriminates Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18421. [PMID: 37891214 PMCID: PMC10611705 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45569-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) is crucial for treatment decision making. With the aim of generating a clinically applicable molecular-based tool to classify IBD patients, we assessed whole transcriptome analysis on endoscopy samples. A total of 408 patient samples were included covering both internal and external samples cohorts. Whole transcriptome analysis was performed on an internal cohort of FFPE IBD samples (CD, n = 16 and UC, n = 17). The 100 most significantly differentially expressed genes (DEG) were tested in two external cohorts. Ten of the DEG were further processed by functional enrichment analysis from which seven were found to show consistent significant performance in discriminating CD from UC: PI3, ANXA1, VDR, MTCL1, SH3PXD2A-AS1, CLCF1, and CD180. Differential expression of PI3, ANXA1, and VDR was reproduced by RT-qPCR, which was performed on an independent sample cohort of 97 patient samples (CD, n = 44 and UC, n = 53). Gene expression levels of the three-gene profile, resulted in an area under the curve of 0.84 (P = 0.02) in discriminating CD from UC, and therefore appear as an attractive molecular-based diagnostic tool for clinicians to distinguish CD from UC.
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 73, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
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- Gastroenheden D, Herlev University Hospital, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
- Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Department of Pediatric and Adolescence Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital-Amager and Hvidovre, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 73, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
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- Bioneer A/S, Hørsholm, Kogle Allé 2, 2970, Hørsholm, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 73, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
- Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 73, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
- Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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James JP, Nielsen BS, Langholz E, Malham M, Høgdall E, Riis LB. Estimating tissue-specific TNF mRNA levels prior to anti-TNFα treatment may support therapeutic optimisation in IBD patients. Scand J Gastroenterol 2023; 58:1237-1245. [PMID: 37246424 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2023.2217313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF) antagonists have improved the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), however, their usage and administration persist to be suboptimal. Here, we examined the relationship between tissue-specific TNF mRNA expression in mucosal biopsies from IBD patients and anti-TNF treatment response. METHODS Archived tissue samples from patients with luminal IBD that had all been or were in treatment with anti-TNF were included (18 adults and 24 paediatric patients). Patients were stratified into three groups according to anti-TNF response: responders, primary non-responders (PNR) and secondary loss of response (SLOR). TNF mRNA was detected using RNAscope in situ hybridisation (ISH) and the expression was quantified using image analysis. RESULTS The ISH analysis showed varying occurrence of TNF mRNA positive cells located in lamina propria and often with increased density in lymphoid follicles (LF). Consequently, expression estimates were obtained in whole tissue areas with and without LF. Significantly higher TNF mRNA expression levels were measured in adults compared to paediatric patients in both the analyses with and without LF (p = .015 and p = .016, respectively). Considering the relation to response, the adult and paediatric patients were evaluated separately. In adults, the TNF expression estimates were higher in PNRs compared to responders with and without LF (p = .017 and p = .024, respectively). CONCLUSION Our data indicate that adult PNR have significantly higher TNF mRNA levels than responders. This suggests that higher anti-TNF dose may be considered for IBD patients with high TNF mRNA expression estimates from the start of treatment.
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- Jaslin P James
- Department of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Pediatric Department, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bjørlykke KH, Jahnsen J, Brynskov J, Molander P, Eberhardson M, Davidsdottir LG, Sipponen T, Hjortswang H, Goll GL, Syversen SW, Langholz E, Jørgensen KK, Steenholdt C. Therapeutic drug monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease: implementation, utilization, and barriers in clinical practice in Scandinavia. Scand J Gastroenterol 2023; 58:25-33. [PMID: 35996928 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2022.2108684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) may optimize biologic and thiopurine therapies in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study aimed to investigate implementation and utilization of TDM in Scandinavia. METHODS A web-based questionnaire on the use of TDM was distributed to Scandinavian gastroenterologists via the national societies. RESULTS In total, 297 IBD physicians prescribing biologic therapies, equally distributed between community and university hospitals, were included (response rate 42%) (Norway 118 (40%), Denmark 86 (29%), Sweden 50 (17%), Finland 33 (11%), Iceland 10 (3%)). Overall, TDM was applied during biologic therapies by 87%, and for TNF-inhibitors >90%. Among the users, reactive and proactive TDM were utilized by 90% and 63%, respectively. Danish physicians were significantly less inclined to use TDM compared to other Scandinavian countries; (58% vs 98%); OR 0.03 [0.01-0.09], p < 0.001). Reactive TDM was commonly applied at primary (74%) and secondary (99%) treatment failure. Proactive TDM was used by 80% during maintenance therapy and 56% during induction and more commonly utilized in Norway (p < 0.001), and by physicians managing >10 IBD patients/week (p = 0.005). TDM scenarios were interpreted in accord with available evidence but with discrepancies for proactive TDM. The main barriers to TDM were lack of guidelines (51%) and time lag between sampling and results (49%). TDM of thiopurines was routinely used by 87%. CONCLUSION TDM of biologic and thiopurine therapies has been broadly implemented into clinical practice in Scandinavia. However, physicians call for TDM guidelines detailing indications and interpretations of test results along with improved test response times.
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- Kristin H Bjørlykke
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Abdominal Center, Gastroenterology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Landspítali, University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Abdominal Center, Gastroenterology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
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Wewer MD, Langholz E, Munkholm P, Bendtsen F, Seidelin JB, Burisch J. Disease Activity Patterns of Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study 1995-2018. J Crohns Colitis 2022; 17:329-337. [PMID: 36124895 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Few studies have assessed the contemporary patterns of disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to describe the disease patterns and their long-term outcomes. METHODS All Danish individuals with IBD between 1995 and 2018 were identified using information about IBD-related hospitalizations, surgeries, and redeemed prescriptions. The disease activity patterns for 5- and 10-year periods were assessed. RESULTS In incident patients with Crohn's disease (CD), severe disease activity occurred in the year of diagnosis in 80% of patients; for ulcerative colitis (UC) this figure was 75%, in addition to 3.4% of UC patients who underwent a colectomy within the first year. After 20 years of disease, the proportion of CD and UC patients in remission increased to 89% and 72%, respectively. The proportion of prevalent patients in remission each year was stable, despite the introduction of biological therapies. A decreasing activity pattern was the most common in both CD and UC patients (both 45%). The distribution of the disease activity patterns was observed to be stable over time. A quiescent disease pattern was accompanied by a significantly higher risk of intestinal cancer (HR: 3.37, 95%CI: 1.23-9.19) for CD patients, according to a Cox proportional hazards model. In UC patients, increasing disease activity (HR: 0.67, 95%CI: 0.31-1.48) was associated with an increased risk of intestinal cancer. CONCLUSIONS We reported the distribution of disease patterns among IBD patients. Patients with quiescent CD, as well as UC patients with chronic continuous or increasing activity, were at increased risk of developing intestinal cancer.
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- Mads Damsgaard Wewer
- Medical Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Gastro Unit, Medical Division, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen.,Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen.,Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hillerød, Denmark
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- Gastro Unit, Medical Division, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen.,Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Gastro Unit, Medical Division, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
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Zhao M, Lirhus S, Lördal M, Langholz E, Knudsen T, Voutilainen M, Høivik ML, Moum B, Anisdahl K, Saebø B, Haiko P, Malmgren C, Coskun M, Melberg HO, Burisch J. Therapeutic management and outcomes in inflammatory bowel diseases, 2010 to 2017 in cohorts from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022; 56:989-1006. [PMID: 35902223 DOI: 10.1111/apt.17145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Despite the increasing use of biologics in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), real-world data about outcomes in the era of biologics remain inconclusive. AIMS To investigate trends in surgeries, hospitalisations and medication use in patients with IBD in a multinational, population-based cohort METHODS: We included 42,894 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 24,864 with Crohn's disease (CD) who were diagnosed between 2010 and 2017 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We extracted data about surgeries, hospitalisations and medications from national registries and compared across countries and diagnosis years. RESULTS Between 2010 and 2017, 2-year surgery rates were 4-7% in UC and 10-15% in CD and were stable over time. Two-year hospitalisation rates increased in Denmark (UC: 20% to 35%; CD: 27% to 32%) but were stable in Norway and Sweden (fluctuating between 33% and 37% in UC, and 46% and 52% in CD). Two-year rates of biologic use increased in both UC (7% to 16% in Denmark, 8% to 18% in Norway) and CD (22% to 26% in Denmark; 21% to 35% in Norway). Two-year rates of immunomodulator use increased in Norway (from 14% to 23% in UC; 37% to 45% in CD) and Sweden (from 41% to 52% in CD), but were stable in Denmark (between 17% and 21% in UC; 39% to 46% in CD). CONCLUSION Between 2010 and 2017, surgery rates among Scandinavian patients with IBD remained stable, with no clear changes in hospitalisation rates despite the increasing use of immunomodulators and biologics.
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- Mirabella Zhao
- Gastrounit, Medical Division, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Danderyds Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Gastro Unit, Medical Division, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of South West Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark.,Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Takeda Oy, Medical Affairs, Helsinki, Finland
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- Takeda Pharma A/S, Medical Affairs, Vallensbaek Strand, Denmark
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- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Gastrounit, Medical Division, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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Burisch J, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Letter: the clinical course of Crohn's disease-the Sicilian experience. Authors' reply. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022; 55:1239-1240. [PMID: 35429028 DOI: 10.1111/apt.16898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- Johan Burisch
- Gastrounit, Medical Division, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents, and Adults, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hillerød, Denmark
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Burisch J, Lophaven S, Munkholm P, Langholz E. Surgery, cancer and mortality among patients with ulcerative colitis diagnosed 1962-1987 and followed until 2017 in a Danish population-based inception cohort. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022; 55:339-349. [PMID: 34713926 DOI: 10.1111/apt.16677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Long-term data on the natural disease course of unselected patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are limited. AIMS To determine the long-term course and prognosis of UC, including patients' risks of surgery, cancer and mortality, in a population-based cohort followed for over 50 years METHODS: All incident patients with UC diagnosed between 1962 and 1987 in Copenhagen County, Denmark were included in a population-based cohort. We extracted information about IBD-related surgeries, cancers and mortality from patient files from 1962 to 1987, and from the Danish National Patient Registry, Cancer Registry, and Register of Causes of Death during 1988-2017. Patients were matched with up to 50 individuals from the general population. RESULTS We followed 1161 patients for a median of 34 years (range: 0.1-56.0). Median age at diagnosis was 33 years (range: 2-88). The cumulative probability of colectomy 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years after diagnosis was 22% (95% CI: 20%-25%), 27% (95% CI: 25%-30%), 31% (95% CI: 28%-34%), 34% (95% CI: 31%-37%), and 40% (95% CI: 36%-44%), respectively. The risk of small intestinal, colon, rectal and anal cancer was higher than among controls, as was cancer of the skin, pancreas and thyroid. All-cause mortality was lower than controls (adjusted RR: 0.90, 95% CI: 0.82-0.99). CONCLUSION In this population-based cohort of UC patients diagnosed between 1962 and 1987, 40% underwent colectomy within 50 years of diagnosis. Physicians need to be aware that UC patients are at increased risk of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers. However, UC patients' risk of mortality is comparable to that of the background population.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hillerød, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hillerød, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Lophaven S, Langholz E, Munkholm P. The clinical course of Crohn's disease in a Danish population-based inception cohort with more than 50 years of follow-up, 1962-2017. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022; 55:73-82. [PMID: 34543457 DOI: 10.1111/apt.16615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Few population-based studies have investigated the long-term prognosis of Crohn's disease (CD). AIM To determine the long-term natural disease course of CD with regard to surgery, cancer and mortality in a population-based cohort followed for more than 50 years. METHODS All patients diagnosed with CD from 1962 to 1987 in Copenhagen County, Denmark were included in a population-based cohort. Information about surgeries, cancers and mortality was collected from patient files from 1962 to 1987 and from the Danish National Patient Registry, Cancer Registry, and from the Register of Causes of Death, 1987-2017. Patients were matched with individuals from the general population. RESULTS A total of 373 patients were followed for a median of 33 years (range: 0-56 years). The cumulative probability of surgery 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years after diagnosis was 62% (CI 95%: 57%-67%), 71% (CI 95%: 66%-75%), 72% (CI 95%: 67%-76%), 74% (CI 95%: 69%-79%) and 74% (CI 95%: 69%-79%), respectively. A total of 142 patients (54%) were operated upon at least twice: 69 (26%) needing two surgeries and 73 (28%) needing three or more. Patients with CD were found to be at increased risk of intestinal (small bowel, rectum and anus) and extra-intestinal (respiratory organs and skin) cancer. All-cause mortality among CD patients was higher than among controls (RR: 1.22, CI 95%: 1.04-1.43), whereas mortality due to gastrointestinal cancer was not. CONCLUSION After 50 years of follow-up, 75% CD patients had undergone surgery, with most needing repeat surgery. The risk of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers, as well as mortality, was higher among CD patients than the background population.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Editorial: delving into the natural history of Crohn's disease and the impact of medical therapy-authors' reply. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022; 55:110-111. [PMID: 34907565 DOI: 10.1111/apt.16680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jorsal T, Christensen MM, Mortensen B, Nygaard EB, Zhang C, Rigbolt K, Wandall E, Langholz E, Friis S, Worm D, Floyd A, Helgstrand F, Støving RK, Aldries AR, Juhl CB, Østergaard T, Rydborg T, Forman JL, Sørensen F, Schmidt T, Falkenhahn M, Musholt PB, Theis S, Larsen PJ, Rehfeld JF, Vrang N, Jelsing J, Vilsbøll T, Knop FK. Gut Mucosal Gene Expression and Metabolic Changes After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2020; 28:2163-2174. [PMID: 33150746 DOI: 10.1002/oby.22973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Changes in the secretion of gut-derived peptide hormones have been associated with the metabolic benefits of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. In this study, the effects of RYGB on anthropometrics, postprandial plasma hormone responses, and mRNA expression in small intestinal mucosa biopsy specimens before and after RYGB were evaluated. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 20 individuals with obesity undergoing RYGB underwent mixed meal tests and upper enteroscopy with retrieval of small intestinal mucosa biopsy specimens 3 months before and after surgery. Concentrations of circulating gut and pancreatic hormones during mixed meal tests as well as full mRNA sequencing of biopsy specimens were evaluated. RESULTS RYGB-induced improvements of body weight and composition, insulin resistance, and circulating cholesterols were accompanied by significant changes in postprandial plasma responses of pancreatic and gut hormones. Global gene expression analysis of biopsy specimens identified 2,437 differentially expressed genes after RYGB, including changes in genes that encode prohormones and G protein-coupled receptors. CONCLUSIONS RYGB affects the transcription of a wide range of genes, indicating that the observed beneficial metabolic effects of RYGB may rely on a changed expression of several genes in the gut. RYGB-induced changes in the expression of genes encoding signaling peptides and G protein-coupled receptors may disclose new gut-derived treatment targets against obesity and diabetes.
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- Tina Jorsal
- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Elite Research Center for Medical Endocrinology & Center for Eating Disorders, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, South West Jutland Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, South West Jutland Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Bergemalm D, Halfvarson J, Domislovic V, Krznaric Z, Goldis A, Dahlerup JF, Oksanen P, Collin P, de Castro L, Hernandez V, Turcan S, Belousova E, D'Incà R, Sartini A, Valpiani D, Giannotta M, Misra R, Arebi N, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Gatt K, Ellul P, Pedersen N, Kjeldsen J, Andersen KW, Andersen V, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK, Sebastian S, Barros L, Magro F, Midjord JM, Nielsen KR, Salupere R, Kievit HA, Kiudelis G, Kupčinskas J, Fumery M, Gower-Rousseau C, Kaimakliotis IP, Schwartz D, Odes S, Lakatos L, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. The use of 5-aminosalicylate for patients with Crohn's disease in a prospective European inception cohort with 5 years follow-up - an Epi-IBD study. United European Gastroenterol J 2020; 8:949-960. [PMID: 32715989 DOI: 10.1177/2050640620945949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The lack of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of 5-aminosalicylate in patients with Crohn's disease is in sharp contrast to its widespread use in clinical practice. AIMS The aim of the study was to investigate the use of 5-aminosalicylate in patients with Crohn's disease as well as the disease course of a subgroup of patients who were treated with 5-aminosalicylate as maintenance monotherapy during the first year of disease. METHODS In a European community-based inception cohort, 488 patients with Crohn's disease were followed from the time of their diagnosis. Information on clinical data, demographics, disease activity, medical therapy and rates of surgery, cancers and deaths was collected prospectively. Patient management was left to the discretion of the treating gastroenterologists. RESULTS Overall, 292 (60%) patients with Crohn's disease received 5-aminosalicylate period during follow-up for a median duration of 28 months (interquartile range 6-60). Of these, 78 (16%) patients received 5-aminosalicylate monotherapy during the first year following diagnosis. Patients who received monotherapy with 5-aminosalicylate experienced a mild disease course with only nine (12%) who required hospitalization, surgery, or developed stricturing or penetrating disease, and most never needed more intensive therapy. The remaining 214 patients were treated with 5-aminosalicylate as the first maintenance drug although most eventually needed to step up to other treatments including immunomodulators (75 (35%)), biological therapy (49 (23%)) or surgery (38 (18%)). CONCLUSION In this European community-based inception cohort of unselected Crohn's disease patients, 5-aminosalicylate was commonly used. A substantial group of these patients experienced a quiescent disease course without need of additional treatment during follow-up. Therefore, despite the controversy regarding the efficacy of 5-aminosalicylate in Crohn's disease, its use seems to result in a satisfying disease course for both patients and physicians.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 162072University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 162072University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.,School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Digestive Diseases Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), Vigo, Spain.,Department of Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Digestive Diseases Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), Vigo, Spain.,Department of Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- UO Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia digestiva, Hospital Morgagni Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- UO Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia digestiva, Hospital Morgagni Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- IBD Department, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- IBD Department, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Pharmacology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Pharmacology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Gastroenterology, 223089Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Division of Gastroenterology, 223089Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- IRS-Center Soenderjylland, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Aabenraa, Denmark
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- IRS-Center Soenderjylland, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Aabenraa, Denmark.,Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK.,Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Biomedicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tarty, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.,Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Gastroenterology Unit, 26993Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Economic Health, Lille University and Hospital, Lille, France.,Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation (Infinite), Lille University, Lille, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, 26732Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine, 26732Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Csolnoky Ferenc Regional Hospital, Veszprem, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology, 53176Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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Burisch J, Vardi H, Schwartz D, Friger M, Kiudelis G, Kupčinskas J, Fumery M, Gower-Rousseau C, Lakatos L, Lakatos PL, D'Incà R, Sartini A, Valpiani D, Giannotta M, Arebi N, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Chetcuti Zammit S, Ellul P, Pedersen N, Kjeldsen J, Midjord JMM, Nielsen KR, Winther Andersen K, Andersen V, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK, Domislovic V, Krznaric Z, Sebastian S, Oksanen P, Collin P, Barros L, Magro F, Salupere R, Kievit HAL, Goldis A, Kaimakliotis IP, Dahlerup JF, Eriksson C, Halfvarson J, Fernandez A, Hernandez V, Turcan S, Belousova E, Langholz E, Munkholm P, Odes S. Health-care costs of inflammatory bowel disease in a pan-European, community-based, inception cohort during 5 years of follow-up: a population-based study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020; 5:454-464. [PMID: 32061322 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(20)30012-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) places a significant burden on health-care systems because of its chronicity and need for expensive therapies and surgery. With increasing use of biological therapies, contemporary data on IBD health-care costs are important for those responsible for allocating resources in Europe. To our knowledge, no prospective long-term analysis of the health-care costs of patients with IBD in the era of biologicals has been done in Europe. We aimed to investigate cost profiles of a pan-European, community-based inception cohort during 5 years of follow-up. METHODS The Epi-IBD cohort is a community-based, prospective inception cohort of unselected patients with IBD diagnosed in 2010 at centres in 20 European countries plus Israel. Incident patients who were diagnosed with IBD according to the Copenhagen Diagnostic Criteria between Jan 1, and Dec 31, 2010, and were aged 15 years or older the time of diagnosis were prospectively included. Data on clinical characteristics and direct costs (investigations and outpatient visits, blood tests, treatments, hospitalisations, and surgeries) were collected prospectively using electronic case-report forms. Patient-level costs incorporated procedures leading to the initial diagnosis of IBD and costs of IBD management during the 5-year follow-up period. Costs incurred by comorbidities and unrelated to IBD were excluded. We grouped direct costs into the following five categories: investigations (including outpatient visits and blood tests), conventional medical treatment, biological therapy, hospitalisation, and surgery. FINDINGS The study population consisted of 1289 patients with IBD, with 1073 (83%) patients from western Europe and 216 (17%) from eastern Europe. 488 (38%) patients had Crohn's disease, 717 (56%) had ulcerative colitis, and 84 (6%) had IBD unclassified. The mean cost per patient-year during follow-up for patients with IBD was €2609 (SD 7389; median €446 [IQR 164-1849]). The mean cost per patient-year during follow-up was €3542 (8058; median €717 [214-3512]) for patients with Crohn's disease, €2088 (7058; median €408 [133-1161]) for patients with ulcerative colitis, and €1609 (5010; median €415 [92-1228]) for patients with IBD unclassified (p<0·0001). Costs were highest in the first year and then decreased significantly during follow-up. Hospitalisations and diagnostic procedures accounted for more than 50% of costs during the first year. However, in subsequent years there was a steady increase in expenditure on biologicals, which accounted for 73% of costs in Crohn's disease and 48% in ulcerative colitis, in year 5. The mean annual cost per patient-year for biologicals was €866 (SD 3056). The mean yearly costs of biological therapy were higher in patients with Crohn's disease (€1782 [SD 4370]) than in patients with ulcerative colitis (€286 [1427]) or IBD unclassified (€521 [2807]; p<0·0001). INTERPRETATION Overall direct expenditure on health care decreased over a 5-year follow-up period. This period was characterised by increasing expenditure on biologicals and decreasing expenditure on conventional medical treatments, hospitalisations, and surgeries. In light of the expenditures associated with biological therapy, cost-effective treatment strategies are needed to reduce the economic burden of inflammatory bowel disease. FUNDING Kirsten og Freddy Johansens Fond and Nordsjællands Hospital Forskningsråd.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark.
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- Department of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Soroka Medical Centre, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Epimad Registry, CHU Amiens Sud, Avenue Laennec-Salouel, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Economic Health, Registre Epimad, Lille University, Lille, France; Lille Inflammation Research International Center LIRIC, Lille University, Lille, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Csolnoky Ferenc Regional Hospital, Veszprem, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, Azienda, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Bufalini Hospital Cesena, AUSL della Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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- UO Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Hospital Morgagni Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Department, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Pharmacology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- IRS-Center Soenderjylland, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Aabenraa, Denmark; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology, School of Health Sciences, University Hospital and University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Division of Gastroenterology, School of Health Sciences, University Hospital and University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK; Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal; Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, Victor Babeş University of Medicine, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Xerencia Xestion Integrada de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Jorsal T, Wewer Albrechtsen NJ, Christensen MM, Mortensen B, Wandall E, Langholz E, Friis S, Worm D, Ørskov C, Støving RK, Andries A, Juhl CB, Sørensen F, Forman JL, Falkenhahn M, Musholt PB, Theis S, Larsen PJ, Holst JJ, Vrang N, Jelsing J, Vilsbøll T, Knop FK. Investigating Intestinal Glucagon After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2019; 104:6403-6416. [PMID: 31276156 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2019-00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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CONTEXT After Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery, postprandial plasma glucagon concentrations have been reported to increase. This occurs despite concomitant improved glucose tolerance and increased circulating plasma concentrations of insulin and the glucagon-inhibiting hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). OBJECTIVE To investigate whether RYGB-induced hyperglucagonemia may be derived from the gut. DESIGN AND SETTING Substudy of a prospective cross-sectional study at a university hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. PARTICIPANTS Morbidly obese individuals undergoing RYGB (n = 8) with or without type 2 diabetes. INTERVENTIONS Three months before and after RYGB, participants underwent upper enteroscopy with retrieval of gastrointestinal mucosal biopsy specimens. Mixed-meal tests were performed 1 week and 3 months before and after RYGB. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The 29-amino acid glucagon concentrations in plasma and in mucosal gastrointestinal biopsy specimens were assessed using mass spectrometry-validated immunoassays, and a new monoclonal antibody reacting with immunoreactive glucagon was used for immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Postprandial plasma concentrations of glucagon after RYGB were increased. Expression of the glucagon gene in the small intestine increased after surgery. Glucagon was identified in the small-intestine biopsy specimens obtained after, but not before, RYGB. Immunohistochemically, mucosal biopsy specimens from the small intestine harbored cells costained for GLP-1 and immunoreactive glucagon. CONCLUSION Increased concentrations of glucagon were observed in small-intestine biopsy specimens and postprandially in plasma after RYGB. The small intestine harbored cells immunohistochemically costaining for GLP-1 and glucagon-like immunoreactivity after RYGB. Glucagon derived from small-intestine enteroendocrine l cells may contribute to postprandial plasma concentrations of glucagon after RYGB.
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- Tina Jorsal
- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Elite Research Center for Medical Endocrinology & Center for Eating Disorders, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Surgical Unit, Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Surgical Unit, Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Zammit SC, Ellul P, Turcan S, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Andersen KW, Andersen V, Kaimakliotis IP, Fumery M, Gower-Rousseau C, Girardin G, Valpiani D, Goldis A, Brinar M, Čuković-Čavka S, Oksanen P, Collin P, Barros L, Magro F, Misra R, Arebi N, Eriksson C, Halfvarson J, Kievit HAL, Pedersen N, Kjeldsen J, Myers S, Sebastian S, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK, Midjord J, Nielsen KR, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Schwartz D, Odes S, Salupere R, Carmona A, Pineda JR, Vegh Z, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Disease course of inflammatory bowel disease unclassified in a European population-based inception cohort: An Epi-IBD study. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019; 34:996-1003. [PMID: 30562421 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.14563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM A definitive diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) is not always possible, and a proportion of patients will be diagnosed as inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBDU). The aim of the study was to investigate the prognosis of patients initially diagnosed with IBDU and the disease course during the following 5 years. METHODS The Epi-IBD study is a prospective population-based cohort of 1289 IBD patients diagnosed in centers across Europe. Clinical data were captured prospectively throughout the follow-up period. RESULTS Overall, 476 (37%) patients were initially diagnosed with CD, 701 (54%) with UC, and 112 (9%) with IBDU. During follow-up, 28 (25%) IBDU patients were changed diagnoses to either UC (n = 20, 71%) or CD (n = 8, 29%) after a median of 6 months (interquartile range: 4-12), while 84 (7% of the total cohort) remained IBDU. A total of 17 (15%) IBDU patients were hospitalized for their IBD during follow-up, while 8 (7%) patients underwent surgery. Most surgeries (n = 6, 75%) were performed on patients whose diagnosis was later changed to UC; three of these colectomies led to a definitive diagnosis of UC. Most patients (n = 107, 96%) received 5-aminosalicylic acid, while 11 (10%) patients received biologicals, of whom five remained classified as IBDU. CONCLUSIONS In a population-based inception cohort, 7% of IBD patients were not given a definitive diagnosis of IBD after 5 years of follow-up. One in four patients with IBDU eventually was classified as CD or UC. Overall, the disease course and medication burden in IBDU patients were mild.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Pharmacology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Medical Department, Regional Hospital of Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
- Focused Research Unit for Molecular Diagnostic and Clinical Research (MOK), IRS-Center Sonderjylland, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Epimad Registry, CHU Amiens Sud, Avenue Laennec-Salouel, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Economic Health, Registre Epimad, Lille University and Hospital, Lille, France
- Lille Inflammation Research International Center LIRIC, Lille University, Lille, France
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Azienda, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia digestiva, Hospital Morgagni Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- IBD Department, St Marks Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- IBD Department, St Marks Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- IBD Unit, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
- Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion, University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion, University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, University of Tarty, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital POVISA, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, EOXI de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Kievit HAL, Andersen KW, Andersen V, Salupere R, Pedersen N, Kjeldsen J, D'Incà R, Valpiani D, Schwartz D, Odes S, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Vegh Z, Lakatos PL, Toca A, Turcan S, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK, Fumery M, Gower-Rousseau C, Zammit SC, Ellul P, Eriksson C, Halfvarson J, Magro FJ, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Fernandez A, Hernández V, Myers S, Sebastian S, Oksanen P, Collin P, Goldis A, Misra R, Arebi N, Kaimakliotis IP, Nikuina I, Belousova E, Brinar M, Cukovic-Cavka S, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Natural disease course of Crohn's disease during the first 5 years after diagnosis in a European population-based inception cohort: an Epi-IBD study. Gut 2019; 68:423-433. [PMID: 29363534 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The Epi-IBD cohort is a prospective population-based inception cohort of unselected patients with inflammatory bowel disease from 29 European centres covering a background population of almost 10 million people. The aim of this study was to assess the 5-year outcome and disease course of patients with Crohn's disease (CD). DESIGN Patients were followed up prospectively from the time of diagnosis, including collection of their clinical data, demographics, disease activity, medical therapy, surgery, cancers and deaths. Associations between outcomes and multiple covariates were analysed by Cox regression analysis. RESULTS In total, 488 patients were included in the study. During follow-up, 107 (22%) patients received surgery, while 176 (36%) patients were hospitalised because of CD. A total of 49 (14%) patients diagnosed with non-stricturing, non-penetrating disease progressed to either stricturing and/or penetrating disease. These rates did not differ between patients from Western and Eastern Europe. However, significant geographic differences were noted regarding treatment: more patients in Western Europe received biological therapy (33%) and immunomodulators (66%) than did those in Eastern Europe (14% and 54%, respectively, P<0.01), while more Eastern European patients received 5-aminosalicylates (90% vs 56%, P<0.05). Treatment with immunomodulators reduced the risk of surgery (HR: 0.4, 95% CI 0.2 to 0.6) and hospitalisation (HR: 0.3, 95% CI 0.2 to 0.5). CONCLUSION Despite patients being treated early and frequently with immunomodulators and biological therapy in Western Europe, 5-year outcomes including surgery and phenotype progression in this cohort were comparable across Western and Eastern Europe. Differences in treatment strategies between Western and Eastern European centres did not affect the disease course. Treatment with immunomodulators reduced the risk of surgery and hospitalisation.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, Nordsjællands Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.,Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Medical Department, Regional Hospital of Viborg, Viborg, Midtjylland, Denmark.,Focused research unit for Molecular Diagnostic and Clinical Research (MOK), IRS-Center Sonderjylland, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, University of Tarty, Tartu, Estonia
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Sjaelland, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Azienda, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia digestiva, Hospital Morgagni Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Epimad Registry, CHU Amiens Sud, Avenue Laennec-Salouel, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Economic Health, Registre Epimad, Lille University and Hospital, Lille, France.,Lille Inflammation Research International Center LIRIC, Lille University, Lille, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Pharmacology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro. Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur. EOXI de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- IBD Unit, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- IBD Department, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- IBD Department, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nordsjællands Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederikssund, Denmark
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Burisch J, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK, Barros L, Magro F, Pedersen N, Kjeldsen J, Vegh Z, Lakatos PL, Eriksson C, Halfvarson J, Fumery M, Gower-Rousseau C, Brinar M, Cukovic-Cavka S, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Myers S, Sebastian S, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Schwartz D, Odes S, Kaimakliotis IP, Valpiani D, D'Incà R, Salupere R, Chetcuti Zammit S, Ellul P, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Goldis A, Kievit HAL, Toca A, Turcan S, Midjord J, Nielsen KR, Andersen KW, Andersen V, Misra R, Arebi N, Oksanen P, Collin P, de Castro L, Hernandez V, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Natural Disease Course of Ulcerative Colitis During the First Five Years of Follow-up in a European Population-based Inception Cohort-An Epi-IBD Study. J Crohns Colitis 2019; 13:198-208. [PMID: 30289522 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Few population-based cohort studies have assessed the disease course of ulcerative colitis [UC] in the era of biological therapy and widespread use of immunomodulators. The aim of this study was to assess the 5-year outcome and disease course of patients with UC in the Epi-IBD cohort. METHODS In a prospective, population-based inception cohort of unselected patients with UC, patients were followed up from the time of their diagnosis, which included the collection of their clinical data, demographics, disease activity, medical therapy, and rates of surgery, cancers, and deaths. Associations between outcomes and multiple covariates were analysed by Cox regression analysis. RESULTS A total of 717 patients were included in the study. During follow-up, 43 [6%] patients underwent a colectomy and 163 [23%] patients were hospitalised. Of patients with limited colitis [distal to the left flexure], 90 [21%] progressed to extensive colitis. In addition, 92 [27%] patients with extensive colitis experienced a regression in disease extent, which was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalisation (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.5 95% CI: 0.3-0.8]. Overall, patients were treated similarly in both geographical regions; 80 [11%] patients needed biological therapy and 210 [29%] patients received immunomodulators. Treatment with immunomodulators was found to reduce the risk of hospitalisation [HR: 0.5 95% CI: 0.3-0.8]. CONCLUSIONS Although patients in this population-based cohort were treated more aggressively with immunomodulators and biological therapy than in cohorts from the previous two decades, their disease outcomes, including colectomy rates, were no different. However, treatment with immunomodulators was found to reduce the risk of hospitalisation.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, Nordsjællands Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Epimad Registry, CHU Amiens Sud, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Economic Health, Registre Epimad, Lille University and Hospital, Lille, France.,Lille Inflammation Research International Center LIRIC, Lille University, Lille, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.,School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.,School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- IBD Unit, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.,Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia digestiva, Hospital Morgagni Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Azienda, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, ISCARE, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Pharmacology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, Regional Hospital of Viborg, Viborg, Denmark.,Focused Research Unit for Molecular Diagnostic and Clinical Research [MOK], IRS-Center Sonderjylland, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark.,Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- IBD Department, St Mark's Hospital, London, UK
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- IBD Department, St Mark's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology. Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, EOXI de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology. Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, EOXI de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nordsjællands Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederikssund, Denmark
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Burisch J, Gisbert JP, Siegmund B, Bettenworth D, Thomsen SB, Cleynen I, Cremer A, Ding NJS, Furfaro F, Galanopoulos M, Grunert PC, Hanzel J, Ivanovski TK, Krustins E, Noor N, O'Morain N, Rodríguez-Lago I, Scharl M, Tua J, Uzzan M, Ali Yassin N, Baert F, Langholz E. Validation of the 'United Registries for Clinical Assessment and Research' [UR-CARE], a European Online Registry for Clinical Care and Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2018; 12:532-537. [PMID: 29415255 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The 'United Registries for Clinical Assessment and Research' [UR-CARE] database is an initiative of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation [ECCO] to facilitate daily patient care and research studies in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. Herein, we sought to validate the database by using fictional case histories of patients with IBD that were to be entered by observers of varying experience in IBD. METHODS Nineteen observers entered five patient case histories into the database. After 6 weeks, all observers entered the same case histories again. For each case history, 20 key variables were selected to calculate the accuracy for each observer. We assumed that the database was such that ≥ 90% of the entered data would be correct. The overall proportion of correctly entered data was calculated using a beta-binomial regression model to account for inter-observer variation and compared to the expected level of validity. Re-test reliability was assessed using McNemar's test. RESULTS For all case histories, the overall proportion of correctly entered items and their confidence intervals included the target of 90% (Case 1: 92% [88-94%]; Case 2: 87% [83-91%]; Case 3: 93% [90-95%]; Case 4: 97% [94-99%]; Case 5: 91% [87-93%]). These numbers did not differ significantly from those found 6 weeks later [NcNemar's test p > 0.05]. CONCLUSION The UR-CARE database appears to be feasible, valid and reliable as a tool and easy to use regardless of prior user experience and level of clinical IBD experience. UR-CARE has the potential to enhance future European collaborations regarding clinical research in IBD.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-IP), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain
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- Medizinische Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Infektiologie, Rheumatologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine B, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Gastrounit, Medical section, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme University Hospital, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- IBD Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milanm, Italy
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Pauls Stradins Clinical, University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Irel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerl
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- Department of Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Tal-Qroqq, Malta
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- Department of Gastroenterology, IBD unit, Beaujon Hospital, APHP, Clichy, France.,Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Shrewsbury University Hospitals, Shrewsbury, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Gastroenheden D, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark
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Fernandez-Cachon ML, Pedersen SL, Rigbolt KT, Zhang C, Fabricius K, Hansen HH, Elster L, Fink LN, Schäfer M, Rhee NA, Langholz E, Wandall E, Friis SU, Vilmann P, Kristiansen VB, Schmidt C, Schreiter K, Breitschopf K, Hübschle T, Jorsal T, Vilsbøll T, Schmidt T, Theis S, Knop FK, Larsen PJ, Jelsing J. Guanylin and uroguanylin mRNA expression is increased following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, but guanylins do not play a significant role in body weight regulation and glycemic control. Peptides 2018; 101:32-43. [PMID: 29289697 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2017.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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AIM To determine whether intestinal expression of guanylate cyclase activator 2A (GUCA2A) and guanylate cyclase activator 2B (GUCA2B) genes is regulated in obese humans following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), and to evaluate the corresponding guanylin (GN) and uroguanylin (UGN) peptides for potentially contributing to the beneficial metabolic effects of RYGB. METHODS Enteroendocrine cells were harvested peri- and post-RYGB, and GUCA2A/GUCA2B mRNA expression was compared. GN, UGN and their prohormones (proGN, proUGN) were administered subcutaneously in normal-weight mice to evaluate effects on food intake and glucose regulation. The effect of pro-UGN or UGN overexpression, using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, was assessed in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. Intracerebroventricular administration of GN and UGN was performed in rats for assessment of putative centrally mediated effects on food intake. GN and UGN, as well as their prohormones, were evaluated for effects on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in rat pancreatic islets and perfused rat pancreas. RESULTS GUCA2A and GUCA2B mRNA expression was significantly upregulated in enteroendocrine cells after RYGB. Peripheral administration of guanylins or prohormones did not influence food intake, oral glucose tolerance, and GSIS. Central administration of GN and UGN did not affect food intake in rats. Chronic AVV-mediated overexpression of UGN and proUGN had no effect on body weight or glucose homeostasis in DIO mice. CONCLUSION GN and UGN, as well as their prohormones, do not seem to play a significant role in body weight regulation and glycemic control, suggesting that guanylin-family peptides do not show promise as targets for the treatment of obesity or diabetes.
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Gastro Unit, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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Burisch J, Vegh Z, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK, Lazar D, Goldis A, O'Morain C, Fernandez A, Pereira S, Myers S, Sebastian S, Pedersen N, Olse J, Rubek Nielsen K, Schwartz D, Odes S, Almer S, Halfvarson J, Turk N, Cukovic-Cavka S, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Shonová O, Salupere R, Barros L, Magro F, Jonaitis L, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Kaimakliotis I, Ladefoged K, Kudsk K, Andersen V, Vind I, Thorsgaard N, Oksanen P, Collin P, Dal Piaz G, Santini A, Niewiadomski O, Bell S, Moum B, Arebi N, Kjeldsen J, Carlsen K, Langholz E, Lakatos PL, Munkholm P, Gerdes LU, Dahlerup JF. Occurrence of Anaemia in the First Year of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a European Population-based Inception Cohort-An ECCO-EpiCom Study. J Crohns Colitis 2017; 11:1213-1222. [PMID: 28575481 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Anaemia is an important complication of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia and the practice of anaemia screening during the first year following diagnosis, in a European prospective population-based inception cohort. METHODS Newly diagnosed IBD patients were included and followed prospectively for 1 year in 29 European and one Australian centre. Clinical data including demographics, medical therapy, surgery and blood samples were collected. Anaemia was defined according to the World Health Organization criteria. RESULTS A total of 1871 patients (Crohn's disease [CD]: 686, 88%; ulcerative colitis [UC]: 1,021, 87%; IBD unclassified [IBDU] 164. 81%) were included in the study. The prevalence of anaemia was higher in CD than in UC patients and, overall, 49% of CD and 39% of UC patients experienced at least one instance of anaemia during the first 12 months after diagnosis. UC patients with more extensive disease and those from Eastern European countries, and CD patients with penetrating disease or colonic disease location, had higher risks of anaemia. CD and UC patients in need of none or only mild anti-inflammatory treatment had a lower risk of anaemia. In a significant proportion of patients, anaemia was not assessed until several months after diagnosis, and in almost half of all cases of anaemia a thorough work-up was not performed. CONCLUSIONS Overall, 42% of patients had at least one instance of anaemia during the first year following diagnosis. Most patients were assessed for anaemia regularly; however, a full anaemia work-up was frequently neglected in this community setting.
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- Johan Burisch
- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Estrutura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- IBD Unit, Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb,Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb,Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Pharmacology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Ceské Budejovice, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital,Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.,Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal.,Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Medical Department, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Laboratory Center, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark.,Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Gastrounit, Medical Division, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Herning Central Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Dipartimento Medicina Specialistica Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Ospedale Morgagni - Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- St Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hvidovre University Hospital,Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Univerisity Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Maaser C, Langholz E, Gordon H, Burisch J, Ellul P, Ramirez VH, Karakan T, Katsanos KH, Krustins E, Levine A, Mantzaris GJ, O'Morain C, Strid H, Yuksel ES, Annese V. European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation Topical Review on Environmental Factors in IBD. J Crohns Colitis 2017; 11:905-920. [PMID: 28039310 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjw223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
This ECCO Topical Review of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation [ECCO] focuses on the role of environmental factors with respect to the development of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] as well as their influence on the course of established IBD. The objective was to reach expert consensus to provide evidence-based guidance for clinical practice.
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- Christian Maaser
- Outpatients Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
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- Gastroenterology Section, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, North Zealand University Hospital, Frederikssund, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Besevler, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University and Medical School of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Therapy, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
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- Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beacon Consultants Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Södra Älvsborgs Hospital, Borås, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy
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Gordon H, Langholz E. The EpiCom Survey-Registries Across Europe, Epidemiological Research and Beyond. J Crohns Colitis 2017; 11:1019-1021. [PMID: 28158624 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
The 2015 EpiCom survey evaluated population, patient, and research registries across Europe. Information was collected from 38 countries. The registries included those falling within the remit of national statistics, hospital databases, twin and multiplex registries, inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] registries and biobanks, and cancer and surgical registries. The scale and nature of registries were investigated, and where possible a contact detail for each registry was obtained.The survey demonstrated 33 birth and death registers across Europe. It also highlighted ethical and legal challenges in linking information from health and social registries: 30 delegates reported that their home country has a hospital database; 21 have adverse events registers, although the majority only mandate reporting of events that occur during drug trials; 17 countries have twin registries; And IBD registries have been established in 19 countries, with 15 countries having a biobank with IBD samples. The cancer registries were the most complete and consistent.Despite heterogeneity between countries, the registries represent an invaluable source of information for future IBD research. Supplementary material [available at ECCO-JCC online] depicts active registries in each of the participating countries.
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- Hannah Gordon
- Department of Gastroenterology, Royal London Hospital, London
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- Gastroenterology Section Dept. C, Gentofte and Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen
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Rohde U, Federspiel CA, Vilmann P, Langholz E, Friis SU, Krakauer M, Rehfeld JF, Holst JJ, Vilsbøll T, Knop FK. The impact of EndoBarrier gastrointestinal liner in obese patients with normal glucose tolerance and in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2017; 19:189-199. [PMID: 27696668 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS The duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve ((DJBS) or EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner) induces weight loss in obese subjects and may improve glucose homeostasis in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). To explore the underlying mechanisms, we evaluated postprandial physiology including glucose metabolism, gut hormone secretion, gallbladder emptying, appetite and food intake in patients undergoing DJBS treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 10 normal glucose-tolerant (NGT) obese subjects and 9 age-, body weight- and body mass index-matched metformin-treated T2D patients underwent a liquid mixed meal test and a subsequent ad libitum meal test before implantation with DJBS and 1 week (1w) and 26 weeks (26w) after implantation. RESULTS At 26w, both groups had achieved a weight loss of 6 to 7 kg. Postprandial glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and peptide YY responses increased at 1w and 26w, but only in T2D subjects. In contrast, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide responses were reduced only by DJBS in the NGT group. Postprandial glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon, cholecystokinin and gastrin responses were unaffected by DJBS in both groups. Satiety and fullness sensations were stronger and food intake was reduced at 1w in NGT subjects; no changes in appetite measures or food intake were observed in the T2D group. No effect of DJBS on postprandial gallbladder emptying was observed, and gastric emptying was not delayed. CONCLUSIONS DJBS-induced weight loss was associated with only marginal changes in postprandial physiology, which may explain the absence of effect on postprandial glucose metabolism.
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- Ulrich Rohde
- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- GastroUnit, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bølling Hansen R, Staun M, Kalhauge A, Langholz E, Biering-Sørensen F. Bowel function and quality of life after colostomy in individuals with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2016; 39:281-9. [PMID: 25738657 PMCID: PMC5073766 DOI: 10.1179/2045772315y.0000000006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of colostomy on bowel function and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING Department for Spinal Cord Injuries and Departments of Gastroenterology and Radiology, Rigshospitalet. PARTICIPANTS Eighteen individuals with SCI and a colostomy performed post injury, 12 males, 6 females, 8 with tetraplegia and 10 with paraplegia. Median age at time of study was 49.9 years, years since lesion was 3-56 years, and time since colostomy was performed 0.5 to 20 years. INTERVENTIONS Questionnaires and measurement of gastrointestinal transit time (GITT). OUTCOME MEASURES Retrospective data collection from patient records, a questionnaire on bowel management pre and post colostomy, quality of life (QoL) by SF-36, and GITT. RESULTS Seventy-two percent significantly reduced their use of time on bowel emptying after the colostomy. All but one reported being content with the colostomy. Thirty-nine percent reported one or more problems related to the colostomy. Seventy-five percent had a GITT within normal range for able-bodied populations. When disregarding the physical component, QoL was not significantly lower in the total study group compared to a Danish norm group, but significantly lower when compared the subgroup of persons with tetraplegia. CONCLUSION A colostomy reduces the time necessary for bowel management. The majority of individuals with SCI and a colostomy did not perceive bowel management as being a problem. The results indicate that colostomy is a favourable option for individuals with SCI, who spend long hours on bowel management and for whom non-invasive procedures did not improve the situation enough.
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- Rikke Bølling Hansen
- Department for Spinal Cord Injuries, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hornbæk, Denmark,Correspondence to: Rikke Bølling Hansen, Department for Spinal Cord Injuries, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Havnevej 25, DK-3100 Hornbæk, Denmark. E-mail:
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department for Spinal Cord Injuries, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hornbæk, Denmark,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rohde U, Federspiel CA, Vilmann P, Friis SU, Langholz E, Vilsbøll T, Knop FK. Premature explantation of an EndoBarrier gastrointestinal liner because of sleeve invagination. Endoscopy 2016; 47 Suppl 1 UCTN:E275-6. [PMID: 26099090 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1391906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Ulrich Rohde
- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- GastroUnit, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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Annese V, Duricova D, Gower-Rousseau C, Jess T, Langholz E. Impact of New Treatments on Hospitalisation, Surgery, Infection, and Mortality in IBD: a Focus Paper by the Epidemiology Committee of ECCO. J Crohns Colitis 2016; 10:216-25. [PMID: 26520163 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The medical management of inflammatory bowel disease has changed considerably over time with wider use of immunosuppressant therapy and the introduction of biological therapy. To what extent this change of medical paradigms has influenced and modified the disease course is incompletely known. To address this issue, an extensive review of the literature has been carried out on time trends of hospitalization, surgery, infections, cancer, and mortality rates in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] patients. Preference was given to population-based studies but, when data from these sources were limited, large cohort studies and randomised controlled trials were also considered. In general, data on hospitalisation rates are strikingly heterogeneous and conflicting. In contrast, the consistent drop in surgery/colectomy rates suggests that the growing use of immunosuppressants and biological agents has had a positive impact on the course of IBD. Most clinical trial data indicate that the risk of serious infections is not increased in patients treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha [TNFα] agents, but a different picture emerges from cohort studies. The use of thiopurines increases the risk for non-melanoma skin cancers and to a lesser extent for lymphoma and cervical cancer [absolute risk: low], whereas no clear increase in the cancer risk has been reported for anti-TNF agents. Finally, the majority of studies reported in the literature do not reveal any increase in mortality with immunosuppressant therapy or biologicals/anti-TNF agents.
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- Vito Annese
- Emergency Department, Gastroenterology Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Clinical and Research Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, ISCARE a.s. and Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Epidemiology Unit, Lille University and Hospital, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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Rhee NA, Wahlgren CD, Pedersen J, Mortensen B, Langholz E, Wandall EP, Friis SU, Vilmann P, Paulsen SJ, Kristiansen VB, Jelsing J, Dalbøge LS, Poulsen SS, Holst JJ, Vilsbøll T, Knop FK. Effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on the distribution and hormone expression of small-intestinal enteroendocrine cells in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2015; 58:2254-8. [PMID: 26186884 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3696-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We studied the impact of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) on the density and hormonal gene expression of small-intestinal enteroendocrine cells in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Twelve patients with diabetes and 11 age- and BMI-matched controls underwent RYGB followed by enteroscopy ~10 months later. Mucosal biopsies taken during surgery and enteroscopy were immunohistochemically stained for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), peptide YY (PYY), cholecystokinin (CCK), glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and prohormone convertase 2 (PC2) and the expression of GCG (encoding preproglucagon), PYY, CCK, GIP, GHRL (encoding ghrelin), SCT (encoding secretin), NTS (encoding neurotensin) and NR1H4 (encoding farnesoid X receptor) was evaluated. RESULTS The density of cells immunoreactive for GLP-1, CCK and GIP increased in patients after RYGB and the density of those immunoreactive for GLP-1, PYY, CCK and PC2 increased in controls. In both groups, GHRL, SCT and GIP mRNA was reduced after RYGB while PYY, CCK, NTS and NR1H4 gene expression was unaltered. GCG mRNA was upregulated in both groups. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Numerous alterations in the distribution of enteroendocrine cells and their expression of hormonal genes are seen after RYGB and include increased density of GLP-1-, PYY-, CCK-, GIP- and PC2-positive cells, reduced gene expression of GHRL, SCT and GIP and increased expression of GCG.
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- Nicolai A Rhee
- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Kildegårdsvej 28, DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark
- NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Scandinavia AB, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Kildegårdsvej 28, DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark
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- NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Kildegårdsvej 28, DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Unit of Enteroscopy, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Unit of Enteroscopy, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Unit of Enteroscopy, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Unit of Enteroscopy, Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
- Gastro Unit D, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Kildegårdsvej 28, DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Kildegårdsvej 28, DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark.
- NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Vegh Z, Burisch J, Pedersen N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Vinding KK, Avnstrøm S, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Lakatos L, Schwartz D, Odes S, D'Incà R, Beltrami M, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskap L, Jucov A, Turcan S, Barros LF, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, de Castro L, Hernandez V, Niewiadomski O, Bell S, Langholz E, Munkholm P, Lakatos PL. Treatment Steps, Surgery, and Hospitalization Rates During the First Year of Follow-up in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases from the 2011 ECCO-Epicom Inception Cohort. J Crohns Colitis 2015; 9:747-53. [PMID: 26055976 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The ECCO-EpiCom study investigates the differences in the incidence and therapeutic management of inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD] between Eastern and Western Europe. The aim of this study was to analyse the differences in the disease phenotype, medical therapy, surgery, and hospitalization rates in the ECCO-EpiCom 2011 inception cohort during the first year after diagnosis. METHODS Nine Western, five Eastern European centres and one Australian centre with 258 Crohn's disease [CD], 380 ulcerative colitis [UC] and 71 IBD unclassified [IBDU] patients [female/male: 326/383; mean age at diagnosis: 40.9 years, SD: 17.3 years] participated. Patients' data were registered and entered in the web-based ECCO-EpiCom database [www.epicom-ecco.eu]. RESULTS In CD, 36 [19%] Western Europe/Australian and 6 [9%] Eastern European patients received biological therapy [p = 0.04], but the immunosuppressive [IS] use was equal and high in these regions [Eastern Europe vs Western Europe/Australia: 53% vs 45%; p = 0.27]. Surgery was performed in 17 [24%] CD patients in Eastern Europe and 13 [7%] in Western Europe/Australia [p < 0.001, pLogRank = 0.001]. Of CD patients from Eastern Europe, 24 [34%] were hospitalized, and 39 [21%] from Western Europe/Australia, [p = 0.02, pLogRank = 0.01]. In UC, exposure to biologicals and colectomy rates were low and hospitalization rates did not differ between these regions during the 1-year follow-up period [16% vs 16%; p = 0.93]. CONCLUSIONS During the first year after diagnosis, surgery and hospitalization rates were significantly higher in CD patients in Eastern Europe compared with Western Europe/Australia, whereas significantly more CD patients were treated with biologicals in the Western Europe/Australian centres.
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- Z Vegh
- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Gastrounit, Medical Section, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse University Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- First Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- First Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Medicine, Csolnoky F. Province Hospital, Veszprem, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- UO Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova, Padova, Italy On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Degenza Breve Internistica e Centro M.I.C.I.-Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal MedInUP-Centre for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Grupo de Investigación en Patología Digestiva, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica [IBI], Xerencia de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, SERGAS, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Grupo de Investigación en Patología Digestiva, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica [IBI], Xerencia de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, SERGAS, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department C, Gastroenterology Section, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Gastro Unit, Medical Section, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Rungoe C, Simonsen J, Riis L, Frisch M, Langholz E, Jess T. Inflammatory bowel disease and cervical neoplasia: a population-based nationwide cohort study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 13:693-700.e1. [PMID: 25086189 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/13/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We examined the risk of cervical neoplasia (dysplasia or cancer) in women with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD). We also calculated the reverse, the risk for diagnosis with cervical neoplasia before development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS We established a national cohort of women diagnosed with UC (n = 18,691) or CD (n = 8717) between 1979 and 2011 and a control cohort of individually matched women from the general population (controls, n = 1,508,334). Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of screening activity and diagnosis of cervical neoplasia in women with IBD were assessed by Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. Odds ratios (ORs) of cervical neoplasia before diagnosis of IBD were calculated by using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS Women with CD underwent cervical cancer screening as often as women in the general population (IRR, 0.99; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.96-1.02), whereas screening frequency was slightly increased in women with UC (IRR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.04-1.08). A total of 561 patients with UC were diagnosed with dysplasia during a median follow-up time of 7.8 years, and 28 patients with UC developed cervical cancer, compared with 1918 controls. A total of 407 patients with CD were diagnosed with dysplasia during a median follow-up time of 8.3 years, and 26 patients with CD developed cervical cancer, compared with 940 controls. Patients with UC had increased risk of low-grade (IRR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.00-1.32) and high-grade (IRR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01-1.25) squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs), whereas patients with CD had increased risks of low-grade SIL (IRR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.07-1.48), high-grade SIL (IRR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.13-1.45), and cervical cancer compared with controls (IRR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.04-2.27). ORs for cervical cancer were also increased 1-9 years before diagnosis of UC, compared with women without UC (OR, 2.78; 95% CI, 2.12-3.64) or CD (OR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.08-3.15). CONCLUSIONS In a population-based nationwide cohort study, we found a 2-way association between IBD, notably CD, and neoplastic lesions of the uterine cervix. This observation is not explained by differences in screening activity.
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- Christine Rungoe
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark.
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Aalykke C, Jensen MD, Fallingborg J, Jess T, Langholz E, Meisner S, Andersen NN, Riis LB, Thomsen OØ, Tøttrup A. Colonoscopy surveillance for dysplasia and colorectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Dan Med J 2015; 62:B4995. [PMID: 25557336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been highly debated as risk estimates from different studies vary greatly. The present national Danish guideline on colonoscopy surveillance for dysplasia and colorectal cancer in patients with IBD is based on a thorough review of existing literature with particular focus on recent studies from Denmark revealing a lower risk of CRC than previously assumed. The overall risk of CRC in the Danish IBD population does not appear to be different from that of the background population; however, in some subgroups of patients the risk is increased. These subgroups of patients, who should be offered colonoscopy surveillance, include patients with ulcerative colitis having extensive disease and a long disease duration (10-13 years); early age at onset (less than 19 years of age) of ulcerative colitis; and patients with ulcerative colitis as well as Crohn's disease with a concomitant diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis. A colonoscopy surveillance program is recommended in these subgroups with intervals ranging from every 3-6 months to every 5 years, using chromoendoscopy with targeted biopsies of the lesion and adjacent mucosa, instead of conventional colonoscopy with random biopsies. Preferably, the colonoscopy should be performed during clinical remission. If a lesion is detected the endoscopical resectability together with the pathology of the lesion and the adjacent mucosa determine how the lesion should be treated.
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- Claus Aalykke
- Department of Medicine, OUH, Svendborg Sygehus, 5700 Svendborg, Denmark.
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Background Tranexamic acid reduces haemorrhage through its antifibrinolytic effects. In a previous version of the present review, we found that tranexamic acid may reduce mortality. This review includes updated searches and new trials.Objectives To assess the effects of tranexamic acid versus no intervention, placebo or other antiulcer drugs for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.Search methods We updated the review by performing electronic database searches (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL),MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Citation Index) and manual searches in July 2014.Selection criteriaRandomised controlled trials, irrespective of language or publication status.Data collection and analysis We used the standard methodological procedures of the The Cochrane Collaboration. All-cause mortality, bleeding and adverse events were the primary outcome measures. We performed fixed-effect and random-effects model meta-analyses and presented results as risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and used I² as a measure of between-trial heterogeneity. We analysed tranexamic acid versus placebo or no intervention and tranexamic acid versus antiulcer drugs separately. To analyse sources of heterogeneity and robustness of the overall results, we performed subgroup, sensitivity and sequential analyses.Main results We included eight randomised controlled trials on tranexamic acid for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Additionally, we identified one large ongoing pragmatic randomised controlled trial from which data are not yet available. Control groups were randomly assigned to placebo (seven trials) or no intervention (one trial). Two trials also included a control group randomly assigned to antiulcer drugs(lansoprazole or cimetidine). The included studies were published from 1973 to 2011. The number of participants randomly assigned ranged from 47 to 216 (median 204). All trials reported mortality. In total, 42 of 851 participants randomly assigned to tranexamic acid and 71 of 850 in the control group died (RR 0.60, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.87; P value 0.007; I² = 0%). The analysis was not confirmed when all participants in the intervention group with missing outcome data were included as treatment failures, or when the analysis was limited to trials with low risk of attrition bias. Rebleeding was diagnosed for 117 of 826 participants in the tranexamic acid group and for 146 of 825 participants in the control group (RR 0.80, 95% CI 0.64 to 1.00; P value 0.07; I² = 49%).We were able to evaluate the risk of serious adverse events on the basis of only four trials. Our analyses showed 'no evidence of a difference between tranexamic acid and control interventions regarding the risk of thromboembolic events.’ Tranexamic acid appeared to reduce the risk of surgery ina fixed-effect meta-analysis (RR 0.73, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.95), but this result was no longer statistically significant in a random-effects meta-analysis (RR 0.61, 95% CI 0.35 to 1.04; P value 0.07). No difference was apparent between tranexamic acid and placebo in the assessment of transfusion (RR 1.02, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.11; I² = 0%), and meta-analyses that compared tranexamic acid versus antiulcer drugs did not identify beneficial or detrimental effects of tranexamic acid for any of the outcomes assessed.Authors' conclusions This review found that tranexamic acid appears to have a beneficial effect on mortality, but a high dropout rate in some trials means that we cannot be sure of this until the findings of additional research are published. At the time of this update in 2014, one large study(8000 participants) is in progress, so this review will be much more informative in a few years. Further examination of tranexamic acid would require inclusion of high-quality randomised controlled trials. Timing of randomisation is essential to avoid attrition bias and to limit the number of withdrawals. Future trials may use a pragmatic design and should include all participants with suspected bleeding or with endoscopically verified bleeding, as well as a tranexamic placebo arm and co-administration of pump inhibitors and endoscopic therapy. Assessment of outcome measures in such studies should be clearly defined. Endoscopic examination with appropriate control of severe bleeding should be performed, as should endoscopic verification of clinically significant rebleeding. In addition, clinical measures of rebleeding should be included. Other important outcome measures include mortality (30-day or in-hospital), need for emergency surgery or blood transfusion and adverse events (major or minor).
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- Cathy Bennett
- Coventry UniversityCentre for Technology Enabled Health Research (CTEHR)Priory StreetCoventryUKCV1 5FB
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- Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 7812, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University HospitalCochrane Hepato‐Biliary GroupBlegdamsvej 9CopenhagenDenmarkDK‐2100
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- Gentofte University HospitalDepartment F, Gastroenterology SectionNiels Andersensvej 65HellerupDenmark2900
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- Copenhagen University Hospital HvidovreGastrounit, Medical DivisionKettegaards AlleHvidovreDenmark2650
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Vegh Z, Burisch J, Pedersen N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Avnstrøm S, Vinding KK, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Lakatos L, Schwartz D, Odes S, Lupinacci G, De Padova A, Jonaitis L, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Tighineanu O, Mihu I, Barros LF, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, Fernandez A, Hernandez V, Niewiadomski O, Bell S, Langholz E, Munkholm P, Lakatos PL. Incidence and initial disease course of inflammatory bowel diseases in 2011 in Europe and Australia: results of the 2011 ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:1506-15. [PMID: 24998983 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 06/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of the present study was to validate the IBD (inflammatory bowel diseases) incidence reported in the 2010 ECCO-EpiCom (European Crohn's and Colitis Organization-Epidemiological Committee) inception cohort by including a second independent inception cohort from participating centers in 2011 and an Australian center to investigate whether there is a difference in the incidence of IBD between Eastern and Western European countries and Australia. METHODS Fourteen centers from 5 Eastern and 9 Western European countries and one center from Australia participated in the ECCO-EpiCom 2011 inception cohort. Patients' data regarding disease type, socio-demographic factors, extraintestinal manifestations and therapy were entered into the Web-based EpiCom database, www.ecco-epicom.eu. RESULTS A total of 711 adult patients were diagnosed during the inclusion year 2011, 178 (25%) from Eastern, 461 (65%) from Western Europe and 72 (10%) from Australia; 259 (37%) patients were diagnosed with Crohn's disease, 380 (53%) with ulcerative colitis and 72 (10%) with IBD unclassified. The mean annual incidence rate for IBD was 11.3/100,000 in Eastern Europe, 14.0/100,000 in Western Europe and 30.3/100,000 in Australia. Significantly more patients were diagnosed with complicated disease at diagnosis in Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe (43% vs. 27%, p=0.02). CONCLUSION Incidence rates, disease phenotype and initial treatment characteristics in the 2011 ECCO-EpiCom cohort were not significantly different from that reported in the 2010 cohort.
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- Z Vegh
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- U.O.Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia, Ospedale Maggiore di Crema, Crema, Italy; On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy; U.O. Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, University of Ioannina, Forlì, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Centre of Mother and Child, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Centre of Mother and Child, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; MedInUP-Centre for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Gastroenterology Department, POVISA Hospital, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Rungoe C, Langholz E, Andersson M, Basit S, Nielsen NM, Wohlfahrt J, Jess T. Changes in medical treatment and surgery rates in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide cohort study 1979-2011. Gut 2014; 63:1607-16. [PMID: 24056767 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Treatment possibilities have changed in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We assessed changes in medical treatment and surgery over time and impact of medications on risk of surgery in a population-based cohort. METHODS 48 967 individuals were diagnosed with IBD (Crohn's disease (CD), 13 185; ulcerative colitis (UC), 35 782) during 1979-2011. Cumulative probability of receiving 5-aminosalicylic acids (5-ASA), topical, oral corticosteroids, thiopurines, and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) blockers, and of first minor or major surgery according to period of diagnosis, was estimated. Medication use and risk of surgery was examined by Cox regression. RESULTS 5-year cumulative probability of first major surgery decreased from 44.7% in cohort (1979-1986) to 19.6% in cohort (2003-2011) (p < 0.001) for CD, and from 11.7% in cohort (1979-1986) to 7.5% in cohort (2003-2011) (p < 0.001) for UC. Minor surgery risk decreased significantly in CD. From cohort (1995-2002) to cohort (2003-2011), a significant increase in use of thiopurines and TNF-α blockers was observed, paralleled by a significant decrease in use of 5-ASA and corticosteroids. Comparing use of azathioprine (or oral corticosteroids) to never-use, no convincing surgery-sparing effect was found. Comparing use in 3+ months of a given drug with use <3 months, only 3+ months use of oral corticosteroids reduced the risk of surgery in patients with disease duration of >1 year. CONCLUSIONS Parallel to an increasing use of thiopurines and TNF-α blockers in IBD over time, a persistent significant decrease in surgery rates was observed along with a significant decrease in use of 5-ASA and corticosteroids. However, no convincing surgery-sparing effect of newer medications was found.
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- Christine Rungoe
- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rohde U, Gylvin S, Vilmann P, Friis SU, Langholz E, Vilsbøll T, Knop FK. [Duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve - a potential alternative to bariatric surgery?]. Ugeskr Laeger 2014; 176:V01140053. [PMID: 25294038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Overweight and obesity are risk factors for several co-morbidities reducing life expectancy. Conservative treatment of obesity is generally ineffective in the long-term. Bariatric surgery has proven effective, but is associated with potential complications. Duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve is a novel minimal invasive and fully reversible endoscopic treatment modality approved for treatment of obesity with or without concomitant type 2 diabetes. Here we review present data for the efficacy and safety of this treatment modality.
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- Center for Diabetesforskning, Medicinsk -Afdeling F, Gentofte Hospital, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900 Hellerup. E-mail:
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Burisch J, Weimers P, Pedersen N, Cukovic-Cavka S, Vucelic B, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Krabbe S, Andersen V, Dahlerup JF, Kjeldsen J, Salupere R, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Manninen P, Collin P, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Ragnarsson G, Björnsson E, Bailey Y, O'Morain C, Schwartz D, Odes S, Valpiani D, Boni MC, Jonaitis L, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Barros L, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Fernandez A, Sanroman L, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Diggory T, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Health-related quality of life improves during one year of medical and surgical treatment in a European population-based inception cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease--an ECCO-EpiCom study. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:1030-42. [PMID: 24560877 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2014.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is impaired in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim was prospectively to assess and validate the pattern of HRQoL in an unselected, population-based inception cohort of IBD patients from Eastern and Western Europe. METHODS The EpiCom inception cohort consists of 1560 IBD patients from 31 European centres covering a background population of approximately 10.1 million. Patients answered the disease specific Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (SIBDQ) and generic Short Form 12 (SF-12) questionnaire at diagnosis and after one year of follow-up. RESULTS In total, 1079 patients were included in this study. Crohn's disease (CD) patients mean SIBDQ scores improved from 45.3 to 55.3 in Eastern Europe and from 44.9 to 53.6 in Western Europe. SIBDQ scores for ulcerative colitis (UC) patients improved from 44.9 to 57.4 and from 48.8 to 55.7, respectively. UC patients needing surgery or biologicals had lower SIBDQ scores before and after compared to the rest, while biological therapy improved SIBDQ scores in CD. CD and UC patients in both regions improved all SF-12 scores. Only Eastern European UC patients achieved SF-12 summary scores equal to or above the normal population. CONCLUSION Medical and surgical treatment improved HRQoL during the first year of disease. The majority of IBD patients in both Eastern and Western Europe reported a positive perception of disease-specific but not generic HRQoL. Biological therapy improved HRQoL in CD patients, while UC patients in need of surgery or biological therapy experienced lower perceptions of HRQoL than the rest.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Herning Central Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark; Medical Department, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark; Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine V, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Department, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
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- Department of Medicine, Csolnoky F. Province Hospital, Veszprem, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Ospedale Morgagni - Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy; On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema & Cremona, Firenze, Forlì, Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- U.O. Medicina 3° e Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy; On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema & Cremona, Firenze, Forlì, Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC - Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Gastroenterology Department, POVISA Hospital, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology/UHL, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- St. Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust & Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK; Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust & Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK; Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Vegh Z, Pedersen N, Cuković-Čavka S, Turk N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Shonová O, Thorsgaard N, Krabbe S, Andersen V, Dahlerup JF, Kjeldsen J, Salupere R, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Manninen P, Collin P, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Ladefoged K, Ragnarsson G, Björnsson E, Bailey Y, O'Morain C, Schwartz D, Odes S, Politi P, Santini A, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Magro F, Barros L, Lazar D, Goldis A, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Sanromán L, Martinez-Ares D, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Houston Y, Sebastian S, Langholz E, Lakatos PL, Munkholm P. Health care and patients' education in a European inflammatory bowel disease inception cohort: an ECCO-EpiCom study. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:811-8. [PMID: 24439390 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The EpiCom study and inception cohort was initiated in 2010 in 31 centers from 14 Western and 8 Eastern European countries, covering a 10.1million person background population. Our aim was to investigate whether there is a difference between Eastern and Western Europe in health care and education of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS A quality of care (QoC) questionnaire was developed in the EpiCom group consisting of 16 questions covering 5 items: time interval between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis, information, education, empathy and access to health care providers. RESULTS Of 1,515 patients, 947 (217 east/730 west) answered the QoC questionnaire. Only 23% of all patients had knowledge about IBD before diagnosis. In Eastern Europe, significantly more patients searched out information about IBD themselves (77% vs. 68%, p<0.05), the main source was the Internet (92% vs. 88% p=0.23). In Western Europe, significantly more patients were educated by nurses (19% vs. 1%, p<0.05), while in Eastern Europe, gastroenterologists were easier to contact (80% vs. 68%, p<0.05). CONCLUSION Health care differed significantly between Eastern and Western Europe in all items, but satisfaction rates were high in both geographic regions. Because of the low awareness and the rising incidence of IBD, general information should be the focus of patient organizations and medical societies. In Western Europe IBD nurses play a very important role in reducing the burden of patient management.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Herning Central Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark; Medical Department, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark; Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine V (Hepatology and Gastroenterology), Aarhus University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Department, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- U.O. di Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Italy; On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy Centre based in Crema & Cremona, Firenze, Forlì, Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy; On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy Centre based in Crema & Cremona, Firenze, Forlì, Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology/UHL, County council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Sir Alan Park's Physiology Unit, St Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hull & East Yorkshire HNS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust & Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Cukovic-Cavka S, Turk N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Krabbe S, Andersen V, Dahlerup JF, Kjeldsen J, Salupere R, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Manninen P, Collin P, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Ragnarsson G, Björnsson E, Bailey Y, O'Morain C, Schwartz D, Odes S, Giannotta M, Girardin G, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Barros L, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Martinez-Ares D, Hernandez V, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Tsai HH, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Environmental factors in a population-based inception cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Europe--an ECCO-EpiCom study. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:607-16. [PMID: 24315795 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe possibly due to changes in environmental factors towards a more "westernised" standard of living. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in exposure to environmental factors prior to diagnosis in Eastern and Western European IBD patients. METHODS The EpiCom cohort is a population-based, prospective inception cohort of 1560 unselected IBD patients from 31 European countries covering a background population of 10.1 million. At the time of diagnosis patients were asked to complete an 87-item questionnaire concerning environmental factors. RESULTS A total of 1182 patients (76%) answered the questionnaire, 444 (38%) had Crohn's disease (CD), 627 (53%) ulcerative colitis (UC), and 111 (9%) IBD unclassified. No geographic differences regarding smoking status, caffeine intake, use of oral contraceptives, or number of first-degree relatives with IBD were found. Sugar intake was higher in CD and UC patients from Eastern Europe than in Western Europe while fibre intake was lower (p<0.01). Daily consumption of fast food as well as appendectomy before the age of 20 was more frequent in Eastern European than in Western European UC patients (p<0.01). Eastern European CD and UC patients had received more vaccinations and experienced fewer childhood infections than Western European patients (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS In this European population-based inception cohort of unselected IBD patients, Eastern and Western European patients differed in environmental factors prior to diagnosis. Eastern European patients exhibited higher occurrences of suspected risk factors for IBD included in the Western lifestyle.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Herning Central Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark; Organ Centre, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark; Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine V (Hepatology and Gastroenterology), Aarhus University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Department, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera - Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology/UHL, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- St. Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Isene R, Bernklev T, Høie O, Langholz E, Tsianos E, Stockbrügger R, Odes S, Småstuen M, Moum B. Thromboembolism in inflammatory bowel disease: results from a prospective, population-based European inception cohort. Scand J Gastroenterol 2014; 49:820-5. [PMID: 24754745 DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2014.910545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have proven an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), particularly when hospitalized. The estimate of the true risk varies considerably between studies, primarily due to differences in methodology. We set out to determine the incidence of VTE in a population-based European inception cohort. METHODS IBD patients were incepted into a cohort that was prospectively followed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. A total of 1145 patients were followed for a total of 10,634 patient-years (p.y.). RESULTS A total of 19 thromboembolic events were identified - 13 deep vein thrombosis and 6 with pulmonary embolism. The incidence rate of VTE was 1.8 per 1000 p.y. CONCLUSION The risk of VTE was elevated in this IBD cohort but lower than previously reported. The highest risk was seen in hospitalized patients, but corticosteroids-requiring disease in outpatients also conferred some risk.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Čuković-Čavka S, Brinar M, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Andersen V, Krabbe S, Dahlerup JF, Salupere R, Nielsen KR, Olsen J, Manninen P, Collin P, Tsianos EV, Katsanos KH, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Björnsson E, Ragnarsson G, Bailey Y, Odes S, Schwartz D, Martinato M, Lupinacci G, Milla M, De Padova A, D'Incà R, Beltrami M, Kupcinskas L, Kiudelis G, Turcan S, Tighineanu O, Mihu I, Magro F, Barros LF, Goldis A, Lazar D, Belousova E, Nikulina I, Hernandez V, Martinez-Ares D, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. East-West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort. Gut 2014. [PMID: 23604131 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-3046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe. The reasons for these changes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an East-West gradient in the incidence of IBD in Europe exists. DESIGN A prospective, uniformly diagnosed, population based inception cohort of IBD patients in 31 centres from 14 Western and eight Eastern European countries covering a total background population of approximately 10.1 million people was created. One-third of the centres had previous experience with inception cohorts. Patients were entered into a low cost, web based epidemiological database, making participation possible regardless of socioeconomic status and prior experience. RESULTS 1515 patients aged 15 years or older were included, of whom 535 (35%) were diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD), 813 (54%) with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 167 (11%) with IBD unclassified (IBDU). The overall incidence rate ratios in all Western European centres were 1.9 (95% CI 1.5 to 2.4) for CD and 2.1 (95% CI 1.8 to 2.6) for UC compared with Eastern European centres. The median crude annual incidence rates per 100,000 in 2010 for CD were 6.5 (range 0-10.7) in Western European centres and 3.1 (range 0.4-11.5) in Eastern European centres, for UC 10.8 (range 2.9-31.5) and 4.1 (range 2.4-10.3), respectively, and for IBDU 1.9 (range 0-39.4) and 0 (range 0-1.2), respectively. In Western Europe, 92% of CD, 78% of UC and 74% of IBDU patients had a colonoscopy performed as the diagnostic procedure compared with 90%, 100% and 96%, respectively, in Eastern Europe. 8% of CD and 1% of UC patients in both regions underwent surgery within the first 3 months of the onset of disease. 7% of CD patients and 3% of UC patients from Western Europe received biological treatment as rescue therapy. Of all European CD patients, 20% received only 5-aminosalicylates as induction therapy. CONCLUSIONS An East-West gradient in IBD incidence exists in Europe. Among this inception cohort--including indolent and aggressive cases--international guidelines for diagnosis and initial treatment are not being followed uniformly by physicians.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, , Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Čuković-Čavka S, Brinar M, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Andersen V, Krabbe S, Dahlerup JF, Salupere R, Nielsen KR, Olsen J, Manninen P, Collin P, Tsianos EV, Katsanos KH, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Björnsson E, Ragnarsson G, Bailey Y, Odes S, Schwartz D, Martinato M, Lupinacci G, Milla M, De Padova A, D'Incà R, Beltrami M, Kupcinskas L, Kiudelis G, Turcan S, Tighineanu O, Mihu I, Magro F, Barros LF, Goldis A, Lazar D, Belousova E, Nikulina I, Hernandez V, Martinez-Ares D, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. East-West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort. Gut 2014; 63:588-97. [PMID: 23604131 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-304636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe. The reasons for these changes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an East-West gradient in the incidence of IBD in Europe exists. DESIGN A prospective, uniformly diagnosed, population based inception cohort of IBD patients in 31 centres from 14 Western and eight Eastern European countries covering a total background population of approximately 10.1 million people was created. One-third of the centres had previous experience with inception cohorts. Patients were entered into a low cost, web based epidemiological database, making participation possible regardless of socioeconomic status and prior experience. RESULTS 1515 patients aged 15 years or older were included, of whom 535 (35%) were diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD), 813 (54%) with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 167 (11%) with IBD unclassified (IBDU). The overall incidence rate ratios in all Western European centres were 1.9 (95% CI 1.5 to 2.4) for CD and 2.1 (95% CI 1.8 to 2.6) for UC compared with Eastern European centres. The median crude annual incidence rates per 100,000 in 2010 for CD were 6.5 (range 0-10.7) in Western European centres and 3.1 (range 0.4-11.5) in Eastern European centres, for UC 10.8 (range 2.9-31.5) and 4.1 (range 2.4-10.3), respectively, and for IBDU 1.9 (range 0-39.4) and 0 (range 0-1.2), respectively. In Western Europe, 92% of CD, 78% of UC and 74% of IBDU patients had a colonoscopy performed as the diagnostic procedure compared with 90%, 100% and 96%, respectively, in Eastern Europe. 8% of CD and 1% of UC patients in both regions underwent surgery within the first 3 months of the onset of disease. 7% of CD patients and 3% of UC patients from Western Europe received biological treatment as rescue therapy. Of all European CD patients, 20% received only 5-aminosalicylates as induction therapy. CONCLUSIONS An East-West gradient in IBD incidence exists in Europe. Among this inception cohort--including indolent and aggressive cases--international guidelines for diagnosis and initial treatment are not being followed uniformly by physicians.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, , Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rungoe C, Basit S, Ranthe MF, Wohlfahrt J, Langholz E, Jess T. Risk of ischaemic heart disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide Danish cohort study. Gut 2013; 62:689-94. [PMID: 22961677 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder. Systemic inflammation increases the risk of atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease (IHD). OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of IBD, including its duration and treatment, on the risk of IHD. METHODS In a nationwide population-based cohort of 4.6 million Danes aged ≥ 15 years, we compared people diagnosed with IBD during 1997-2009 (n=28 833) with IBD-free individuals. Subjects with IHD were identified in the National Patient Register. Using Poisson regression, we estimated the incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for IHD with 95% CI with adjustment for age, gender, socioeconomic status, calendar year and use of drugs for comorbidities. RESULTS A markedly increased risk of IHD was seen within the first year after IBD diagnosis (IRR=2.13 95% CI 1.91 to 2.38). During 1-13 years of follow-up after IBD diagnosis, the risk of IHD was 1.22 (95% CI 1.14 to 1.30). The risk of IHD was lower among patients with IBD using 5-aminosalicylic acids (IRR=1.16; 95% CI 1.06 to 1.26) than among non-users (IRR=1.36; 95% CI 1.22 to 1.51) (p=0.02), in particular among oral corticosteroid users, used as a proxy for disease severity. Likewise patients treated surgically or with thiopurines and tumour necrosis factor α antagonists tended to have reduced IRRs for IHD. CONCLUSIONS The risk of IHD was highest in the first year after IBD diagnosis, possibly owing to ascertainment bias. The increased long-term risk of IHD in IBD may be related to chronic inflammation, and interventions reducing the inflammatory burden may attenuate this risk.
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- Christine Rungoe
- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Institute for Health Data and Disease Control, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen DK-2300, Denmark.
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Pedersen N, Elkjaer M, Duricova D, Burisch J, Dobrzanski C, Andersen NN, Jess T, Bendtsen F, Langholz E, Leotta S, Knudsen T, Thorsgaard N, Munkholm P. eHealth: individualisation of infliximab treatment and disease course via a self-managed web-based solution in Crohn’s disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2012; 36:840-9. [PMID: 22971016 DOI: 10.1111/apt.12043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infliximab (IFX) maintenance therapy for Crohn's disease (CD) is administered every 8 weeks, but inter-patient variation in optimal treatment intervals may exist. AIM To assess, in a prospective pilot study, the efficacy, safety and quality of life (QoL) of IFX maintenance treatment scheduled through web-based self-monitoring of disease activity. METHODS Twenty-seven CD patients in IFX maintenance therapy were enrolled and received a standardised disease education and web-training. Using the http://www.cd.constant-care.dk concept, patients recorded their disease activity and faecal calprotectin weekly. From this, the inflammatory burden (IB) score was calculated, placing patients in the green, yellow or red zones of a ‘traffic light’ system. If placed in the yellow or red zones, the computer directed these patients to consult their physician for IFX infusion. RESULTS Seventeen patients (63%) completed 52 weeks of follow-up, 6 (22%) completed 26 weeks and 4 (15%) were excluded due to loss of response, patient decision or non-adherence. In total, 121 IFX infusions were given with a median interval of 9 (range: 4–18) weeks. Only 10% of infusions were given at 8-week intervals, whereas 39% were administered with shorter and 50% with longer intervals respectively. The mean IB and the QoL remained stable during the web-treatment. One mild infusion reaction and one case of folliculitis were observed, while three patients underwent surgery. CONCLUSIONS The program http://www.cd.constant-care.dk appears to be a practical and safe concept for the individualised scheduling of maintenance treatment with IFX in patients with Crohn's disease. Larger studies are awaited to confirm this preliminary outcome.
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Epidemiology Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Section, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Medical Department F, Hellerup, Denmak
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark.
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BACKGROUND Tranexamic acid reduces haemorrhage through its antifibrinolytic effects. In a previous version of the present review, we found that tranexamic acid may reduce mortality. The present review includes updated searches of randomised trials on tranexamic acid versus placebo, cimetidine or lansoprazole. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of tranexamic acid for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. SEARCH METHODS Electronic searches (The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Citation Index) and manual searches were combined. The last search update was in October 2011. SELECTION CRITERIA Trials in which patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding were randomised to receive either tranexamic acid or placebo, or any anti-ulcer drug, were included. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently extracted data. All-cause mortality was the primary outcome measure. Random-effects model meta-analyses were performed and results presented as relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Subgroup, sensitivity, regression and sequential analyses were performed to analyse sources of intertrial heterogeneity and the robustness of the overall result. MAIN RESULTS Seven double blind randomised trials on tranexamic acid versus placebo, cimetidine, or lanzoprazole were included. One trial offered endoscopic treatment to all patients that were randomised. Random-effects model meta-analysis found that tranexmic acid reduced mortality compared with placebo (41 of 829 versus 68 of 825 patients; RR: 0.61, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.89). The beneficial effect was not confirmed in subgroup analysis stratified for the quality of bias control, in worst case scenario analyses (in which 21% of the randomised patients were excluded), or in sequential analyses. No significant differences were found between tranexamic acid and placebo on bleeding, surgery, or transfusion requirements. No clear effects of tranexamic acid were identified in trials using endoscopic therapy or in the trials comparing tranexamic acid with cimetidine or lansoprazole. In the tranexamic acid group, five cases of serious thromboembolic events occurred (myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and cerebral infarction). Overall, the number of patients with any thrombotic event was not significantly increased in the tranexamic acid group (RR 1.87, 95% CI 0.60 to 5.85). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Considering the internal and external validity of the evidence, tranexamic acid cannot be recommended for routine use. Additional trials in which tranexamic acid is used in combination with the currently recommended interventions are required.
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- Department of InternalMedicine, Gentofte UniversityHospital, Hellerup,
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Katsanos KH, Tatsioni A, Pedersen N, Shuhaibar M, Ramirez VH, Politi P, Rombrechts E, Pierik M, Clofent J, Beltrami M, Bodini P, Freitas J, Mouzas I, Fornaciari G, Moum B, Lakatos PL, Vermeire S, Langholz E, Odes S, Morain CO, Stockbrügger R, Munkholm P, Tsianos EV. Cancer in inflammatory bowel disease 15 years after diagnosis in a population-based European Collaborative follow-up study. J Crohns Colitis 2011; 5:430-42. [PMID: 21939917 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AIM OF THE STUDY To determine the occurrence of intestinal and extraintestinal cancers in the 1993-2009 prospective European Collaborative Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD) Study Group cohort. PATIENTS-METHODS A physician per patient form was completed for 681 inflammatory bowel disease patients (445UC/236CD) from 9 centers (7 countries) derived from the original EC-IBD cohort. For the 15-year follow up period, rates of detection of intestinal and extraintestinal cancers were computed. RESULTS Patient follow-up time was fifteen years. In total 62/681 patients (9.1%) [41 with ulcerative colitis/21 with Crohn's disease, 36 males/26 females] were diagnosed with sixty-six cancers (four patients with double cancers). Colorectal cancer was diagnosed in 9/681 patients [1.3%] (1 Crohn's disease and 8 ulcerative colitis). The remaining 53 cancers were extraintestinal. There was a higher prevalence of intestinal cancer in the Northern centers compared to Southern centers [p=NS]. Southern centers had more cases of extraintestinal cancer compared to Northern centers [p=NS]. The frequency of all observed types of cancers in Northern and in Southern centers did not differ compared to the expected one in the background population. CONCLUSIONS In the fifteen-year follow up of the EC-IBD Study Group cohort the prevalence of cancer was 9.1% with most patients having a single neoplasm and an extraintestinal neoplasm. In Northern centers there were more intestinal cancers while in Southern centers there were more extraintestinal cancers compared to Northern centers. In this IBD cohort the frequency of observed cancers was not different from that expected in the background population.
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Burisch J, Cukovic-Cavka S, Kaimakliotis I, Shonová O, Andersen V, Dahlerup JF, Elkjaer M, Langholz E, Pedersen N, Salupere R, Kolho KL, Manninen P, Lakatos PL, Shuhaibar M, Odes S, Martinato M, Mihu I, Magro F, Belousova E, Fernandez A, Almer S, Halfvarson J, Hart A, Munkholm P. Construction and validation of a web-based epidemiological database for inflammatory bowel diseases in Europe An EpiCom study. J Crohns Colitis 2011; 5:342-9. [PMID: 21683305 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Revised: 02/22/2011] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The EpiCom-study investigates a possible East-West-gradient in Europe in the incidence of IBD and the association with environmental factors. A secured web-based database is used to facilitate and centralize data registration. AIM To construct and validate a web-based inception cohort database available in both English and Russian language. METHOD The EpiCom database has been constructed in collaboration with all 34 participating centers. The database was translated into Russian using forward translation, patient questionnaires were translated by simplified forward-backward translation. Data insertion implies fulfillment of international diagnostic criteria, disease activity, medical therapy, quality of life, work productivity and activity impairment, outcome of pregnancy, surgery, cancer and death. Data is secured by the WinLog3 System, developed in cooperation with the Danish Data Protection Agency. Validation of the database has been performed in two consecutive rounds, each followed by corrections in accordance with comments. RESULTS The EpiCom database fulfills the requirements of the participating countries' local data security agencies by being stored at a single location. The database was found overall to be "good" or "very good" by 81% of the participants after the second validation round and the general applicability of the database was evaluated as "good" or "very good" by 77%. In the inclusion period January 1st -December 31st 2010 1336 IBD patients have been included in the database. CONCLUSION A user-friendly, tailor-made and secure web-based inception cohort database has been successfully constructed, facilitating remote data input. The incidence of IBD in 23 European countries can be found at www.epicom-ecco.eu.
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- Johan Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Elkjaer M, Shuhaibar M, Burisch J, Bailey Y, Scherfig H, Laugesen B, Avnstrøm S, Langholz E, O'Morain C, Lynge E, Munkholm P. E-health empowers patients with ulcerative colitis: a randomised controlled trial of the web-guided 'Constant-care' approach. Gut 2010; 59:1652-61. [PMID: 21071584 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.220160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The natural history of ulcerative colitis requires continuous monitoring of medical treatment via frequent outpatient visits. The European health authorities' focus on e-health is increasing. Lack of easy access to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinics, patients' education and understanding of the importance of early treatment at relapse is leading to poor compliance. To overcome these limitations a randomised control trial 'Constant-care' was undertaken in Denmark and Ireland. METHODS 333 patients with mild/moderate ulcerative colitis and 5-aminosalicylate acid treatment were randomised to either a web-group receiving disease specific education and self-treatment via http://www.constant-care.dk or a control group continuing the usual care for 12 months. A historical control group was included to test the comparability with the control group. We investigated: feasibility of the approach, its influence on patients' compliance, knowledge, quality of life (QoL), disease outcomes, safety and health care costs. RESULTS 88% of the web patients preferred using the new approach. Adherence to 4 weeks of acute treatment was increased by 31% in Denmark and 44% in Ireland compared to the control groups. In Denmark IBD knowledge and QoL were significantly improved in web patients. Median relapse duration was 18 days (95% CI 10 to 21) in the web versus 77 days (95% CI 46 to 108) in the control group. The number of acute and routine visits to the outpatient clinic was lower in the web than in the control group, resulting in a saving of 189 euro/patient/year. No difference in the relapse frequency, hospitalisation, surgery or adverse events was observed. The historical control group was comparable with the control group. CONCLUSION The new web-guided approach on http://www.constant-care.dk is feasible, safe and cost effective. It empowers patients with ulcerative colitis without increasing their morbidity and depression. It has yet to be shown whether this strategy can change the natural disease course of ulcerative colitis in the long term.
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- Margarita Elkjaer
- Digestive Disease Center Herlev Hospital, Medical Section, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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