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Belousova E, Abdulganieva D, Protopopov M. AB0875 Assessment of Clinical Signs of Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.5113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundPatients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), commonly face the presence of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs). Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is present in about 10-39% of patients with IBD, being the most frequent EIM [1]. Diagnosis of axial SpA (axSpA) in IBD represents a clinical challenge. The diagnostic value of Ankylosing Spondylitis Assessment Society (ASAS) criteria that are used for defining inflammatory back pain (IBP) in axSpA, in patients with the association of axSpA and IBD is not clear.ObjectivesTo determine the diagnostic value of ASAS criteria for IBP (2009) and to evaluate factors that are associated with a higher risk of axial SpA in patients with IBD.MethodsThe study included 91 patients with IBD (UC - 52 patients (57.1%), CD - 39 (42.9%), males – 47 (51.6%), mean age 40.2±11.7 years, duration of IBD – 7.7±7.6 years). IPB was defined by ASAS criteria (2009). AxSpA in patients with IBD is recommended to be diagnosed by the combination of Inflammatory Back Pain (IBP), and imaging (MRI and X-ray) [2]. Imaging of lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints was performed to patients, who fulfilled the ASAS criteria for IBP: X-ray - 55 patients; MRI (T1, STIR) - 41 patients. Imaging was considered positive when patients had at least unilateral sacroiliitis stage 2 or higher according to the accepted grading system on X-Ray, or MRI-verified sacroiliitis.ResultsLow back pain was observed in 84 (92.3%) patients with IBD, 39 (42.9%) patients fulfilled the criteria ASAS for IBP. MRI-verified sacroiliitis was present in 26 patients. Changes on X-ray were present in 40 patients. After imaging, 26 patients were diagnosed with axSpA, 14 of them fulfilled the modified New York criteria for the ankylosing spondylitis. Diagnostic value of the ASAS criteria was the following: sensitivity 76.9%, specificity 67.2%, PPV 0.51, NPV 0.87, LR+ 2.3, and LR- 0.3 (ECCO consensus definition used as the “gold standard”). Presence of arthritis - OR 10.77 [95% CI 2.26-44.2], p=0.005, arthralgia - OR 4.12 [95% CI 1.55-10.95], p=0.005, CD - OR 2.92 [95% CI 1.14-7.48], p=0.025 and IBP – OR 8.07 [95% CI 2.8-23.23], p=0.001 was associated with a higher risk of axSpA diagnosis in the univariate logistic regression model. The associations remained statistically significant when multivariate logistic regression model was constructed – arthritis 20.03 [95% CI 3.05 -131.69], CD – 3.51 [95% CI 1.04-11.82], IBP – 8.72 [95% CI 2.64-28.79], R2=0.486.ConclusionThe ASAS criteria for IBP had a good diagnostic value in patients with IBD. The diagnostic value of the ASAS criteria for IBP (2009) in patients with IBD was comparable to the following in the patients with chronic back pain. Clinicians should pay attention to the presence of arthritis, arthralgia, IBP and CD, as these factors were associated with a higher risk of being diagnosed with axSpA in patients with IBD.References[1]Fragoulis, G. (2019). Inflammatory bowel diseases and spondyloarthropathies: From pathogenesis to treatment. World Journal Of Gastroenterology, 25(18), 2162-2176.[2]Harbord, M. (2015). The First European Evidence-based Consensus on Extra-intestinal Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Crohn’s And Colitis, 10(3), 239-254.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Nabbout R, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, Beaure d'Augères G, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen AC, Kingswood JC. Historical Patterns of Diagnosis, Treatments, and Outcome of Epilepsy Associated With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Results From TOSCA Registry. Front Neurol 2021; 12:697467. [PMID: 34566842 PMCID: PMC8455825 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.697467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background: Epilepsy is the most common neurological manifestation in individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). However, real-world evidence on diagnosis and treatment patterns is limited. Here, we present data from TuberOus Sclerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) on changes in patterns of epilepsy diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes over time, and detailed epilepsy characteristics from the epilepsy substudy. Methods: TuberOus Sclerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) was a multicentre, international disease registry, consisting of a main study that collected data on overall diagnostic characteristics and associated clinical features, and six substudies focusing on specific TSC manifestations. The epilepsy substudy investigated detailed epilepsy characteristics and their correlation to genotype and intelligence quotient (IQ). Results: Epilepsy was reported in 85% of participants, more commonly in younger individuals (67.8% in 1970s to 91.8% in last decade), while rate of treatments was similar across ages (>93% for both infantile spasms and focal seizures, except prior to 1960). Vigabatrin (VGB) was the most commonly used antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Individuals with infantile spasms showed a higher treatment response over time with lower usage of steroids. Individuals with focal seizures reported similar rates of drug resistance (32.5–43.3%). Use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), ketogenic diet, and surgery remained low. Discussion: The epilepsy substudy included 162 individuals from nine countries. At epilepsy onset, most individuals with infantile spasms (73.2%) and focal seizures (74.5%) received monotherapies. Vigabatrin was first-line treatment in 45% of individuals with infantile spasms. Changes in initial AEDs were commonly reported due to inadequate efficacy. TSC1 mutations were associated with less severe epilepsy phenotypes and more individuals with normal IQ. In individuals with TSC diagnosis before seizure onset, electroencephalogram (EEG) was performed prior to seizures in only 12.5 and 25% of subsequent infantile spasms and focal seizures, respectively. Conclusions: Our study confirms the high prevalence of epilepsy in TSC individuals and less severe phenotypes with TSC1 mutations. Vigabatrin improved the outcome of infantile spasms and should be used as first-line treatment. There is, however, still a need for improving therapies in focal seizures. Electroencephalogram follow-up prior to seizure-onset should be promoted for all infants with TSC in order to facilitate preventive or early treatment.
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- Rima Nabbout
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Reference Centre for Rare Epilepsies, Member of EPICARE Network, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Université de Paris, Institut Imagine (Inserm U1163), Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, SPS Paediatric Clinic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurology, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neuropediatric Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Neurologia Pediátrica, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna (Affiliated Partner of the ERN EpiCARE), Vienna, Austria
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, Dattein, Germany
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- Zentrum für Sozialpädiatrie und Neuropädiatrie (DBZ), Vivantes Hospital Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Paediatric Neuroscience, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, National Hospital Organization (NHO), Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU)-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Athens University Medical School, St. Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Sauter M, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, d'Augères GB, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen A, Kingswood JC. Rare manifestations and malignancies in tuberous sclerosis complex: findings from the TuberOus SClerosis registry to increAse disease awareness (TOSCA). Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:301. [PMID: 34229737 PMCID: PMC8259106 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-021-01917-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare multisystem autosomal dominant disorder caused by pathogenic variants in either the TSC1 or TSC2 gene. Common manifestations of TSC have been grouped into major and minor clinical diagnostic criteria and assessed in clinical routine workup. However, case studies point towards the existence of rare disease manifestations and to the potential association of TSC with malignant tumors. In this study we sought to characterize rare manifestations and malignancies using a large cohort of patients. METHODS TuberOus SClerosis registry to increAse disease awareness (TOSCA) is a multicenter, international disease registry collecting clinical manifestations and characteristics of patients with TSC, both retrospectively and prospectively. We report rates and characteristics of rare manifestations and malignancies in patients with TSC who had enrolled in the TOSCA registry. We also examined these manifestations by age, sex, and genotype (TSC1 or TSC2). RESULTS Overall, 2211 patients with TSC were enrolled in the study. Rare manifestations were reported in 382 (17.3%) study participants and malignancies in 65 (2.9%). Of these rare manifestations, the most frequent were bone sclerotic foci (39.5%), scoliosis (23%), thyroid adenoma (5.5%), adrenal angiomyolipoma (4.5%), hemihypertrophy and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET; both 3.1%). These rare manifestations were more commonly observed in adults than children (66.2% vs. 22.7%), in females versus males (58.4% vs. 41.6%; except for scoliosis: 48.9% vs. 51.1%), and in those with TSC2 versus TSC1 (67.0% vs. 21.1%; except for thyroid adenoma: 42.9% vs. 57.1%). In the 65 individuals with reported malignancies, the most common were renal cell carcinoma (47.7%), followed by breast (10.8%) and thyroid cancer (9.2%). Although malignancies were more common in adult patients, 26.1% were reported in children and 63.1% in individuals < 40 years. TSC1 mutations were over-represented in individuals with malignancies compared to the overall TOSCA cohort (32.1% vs. 18.5%). CONCLUSION Rare manifestations were observed in a significant proportion of individuals with TSC. We recommend further examination of rare manifestations in TSC. Collectively, malignancies were infrequent findings in our cohort. However, compared to the general population, malignant tumors occurred earlier in age and some tumor types were more common.
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- Matthias Sauter
- Klinikum Kempten, Klinikverbund Allgäu, Robert-Weixler-Str. 50, 87439, Kempten, Germany.
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, UK
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Universitätsklinik Für Kinder-Und Jugendheilkunde (Affiliated Partner of the ERN EpiCARE), Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,In Den Birken, European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, Dattein, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.P.A, Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Aoi-ku, UrushiyamaShizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, UK
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Gainullina G, Kirillova E, Abdulganieva D, Belousova E, Odincova A. AB0513 THE RELATIONSHIP OF PERIARTICULAR TISSUES LESIONS AND JOINTS DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are associated with a variety of extra-intestinal manifestations. The most frequent of these is joint involvement, which affects 16–33 % of IBD patients, whereas 5–10 % are affected by enthesitis [1, 2]. Recent studies have shown the superiority of ultrasound over clinical findings in the evaluation of joints and periarticular tissues [3].Objectives:To assess of joint and entheseal involvement in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) using ultrasound with Power Doppler.Methods:We prospectively included 70 IBD patients into the study. Peripheral joints and entheses were imaged by ultrasound, using Samsung Accuvix A30 5-13 MHz linear array transducer. Ultrasound examination of 14 peripheral joints (hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, acromioclavicular, elbow, wrist) and 35 entheses was performed. Vascularization was assessed with Power Doppler (PD). Statistical analysis was done by Mann-Whitney test by “Statistica” software.Results:In 70 patients UC was in 40 (57%), CD - in 30 (43%). The mean age of patients was 32 (27; 36) years. The mean duration of the disease was 48 (12; 84) months. The majority of patients had highly active disease: moderate and severe activity was observed in 47 (67%).Osteophytes were found in 32 (46%) IBD pts, in 10 pts (14%) - osteophytes were found in three or more joints. We divided pts into two groups. In first group we included pts without degenerative changes in the joints, in the second - with identified osteophytes.Osteophytes were found more often in the acromioclavicular joints - 13 pts (41%) and in the hip joints - 10 pts (31%). With the same frequency (9 pts), osteophytes were detected in the wrist, knee and ankle joints. The mean age of pts and mean duration of IBD were significantly higher in the second group patients (p = 0.00002 and p = 0.019).Enthesitis (echogenicity reduction and thickening) without vascularization were detected in 26 patients of the first group (68%) and 29 patients of the second group (91%) (p = 0.009). The rate of vascularized enthesitis in the two groups was the same: enthesitis with vascularization were observed in 14 pts of the first group (37%) and 14 of the second group (44%) (p = 0.822). Structure damage (erosions and enthesophytis) was more frequent in the second group (p = 0.025 and p = 0.001). There were no significant differences in the incidence of tendinitis and tenosynovitis between two groups.Conclusion:Joint and periarticular tissues damage in IBD patients increases with age and duration of the disease. The presence of degenerative changes in the joints is associated with more frequent detection of enthesitis and enthesopathies.References:[1]The First European Evidence-based Consensus on Extra-Intestinal Manifestations in IBD. JCC. 2016; 10 (3): 239-254.[2]Rovisco J, Duarte C, Batticcioto A et al. Hidden musculoskeletal involvement in inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter ultrasound study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016; 17: 84.[3]Yu-Fen Hsiao, Shu-Chen Wei, Cheng-Hsun Lu et al. Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease have Higher Sonographic Enthesitis Scores than Normal Individuals: Pilot Study in Taiwan. Journal of Medical Ultrasound. 2014 Dec; 22(4): 194-199.Disclosure of Interests:None declared.
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Komech E, Barinova A, Shmidt E, Korotaeva T, Koltakova A, Nikitina N, Belousova E, Shapina M, Rodionovskaya S, Nikishina I, Vahlyarskaya S, Atarshchikov D, Klescheva E, Chudakov D, Lukyanov S, Zvyagin I. OP0027 AS-RELATED TCR BETA CLONOTYPES ARE PRESENT IN DIFFERENT INFLAMED TISSUES OF PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Recently a group of T-cell clones with characteristic T-cell receptor (TCR) motif was identified in peripheral blood and synovial fluid of HLA-B*27+ patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) [1-2] - a prototypic disease from a wider group of spondyloarthropathies (SpAs). Extraarticular manifestations of AS could involve skin, intestine or eye. Emerging data indicate linkage between intestinal and joint inflammation, including expression of gut-associated integrins on synovial T-cells [3-4]. However, clonal T-cell composition and presence of identical clones in different inflamed sites in SpAs remains poorly studied.Objectives:To investigate clonal T-cell repertoire and presence of AS-related TCR motif in different sites of inflammation of patients with SpA.Methods:Samples of synovial fluid (SF) were obtained from HLA-B*27+ and HLA-B*27- patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), as well as gut biopsy samples from patients with AS and Crohn’s disease (AS/CD) or ulcerative colitis (AS/UC), and conjunctival swabs from patients with uveitis (Uv) and with or without articular manifestations (Table 1). Also SF and gut biopsy samples were obtained from HLA-B*27+ patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). For one patient PsA patient paired samples of SF and gut biopsy were obtained.Table 1.Detection of the AS-related motif TRBV9_CASS[V/A/L/P][G/A] [L/T/V][F/Y]STDTQYF_TRBJ2-3 in bTCR repertoires of samples from different inflamed sites of patients with SpATissueDiagnosisB27+B27-AS-related TCR motif+ among all samples from B27+ donorsSynovial fluidAS2012PsAJIAIntestinal biopsyAS/CD433 / 4AS/UCJLAConjunctival swabUv804 / 8SF and gut samples were processed to isolate mononuclear cells, while conjunctival swabs were directly lysed in the lysis buffer. CD3+ β7-intergin+ cells were isolated from SF by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Deep TCR repertoire profiling was carried out using UMI-based cDNA library preparation technology [1].Results:Identical T-cell clonotypes were detected between paired SF and gut samples of the same patient with psoriatic arthritis and intestinal inflammation. The subpopulation of β7-intergin+ SF T-cells shared significantly more identical clonotypes with gut biopsy repertoire compared to the bulk SF T-cell repertoire.Clonotypes belonging to the AS-related TCR beta motif TRBV9_CASS[V/A/L/P][G/A][L/T/V][F/Y]STDTQYF_TRBJ2-3 were detected in all inflamed tissues tested: synovial fluid, intestinal biopsies and conjunctival swabs of SpA patients (Table 1). Importantly, we observed these clonotypes exclusively in samples from HLA-B*27+ donors (n=26), but not in HLA-B27- context (n=15) with comparable analysis depth, thus confirming strong HLA-B*27-restriction of the clonotypes. The AS-related clonotypes were detected in the subpopulation of β7-intergin+ SF T-cells from HLA-B*27+ patients with PsA.Conclusion:For the first time we directly report the T-cell clonal sharing between synovial fluid and inflamed gut tissue of SpA patients. In sum our data suggests involvement of identical T-cell clones in inflammation in different anatomical sites in SpA.References:[1]Komech et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018;57(6):1097-1104.[2]Faham et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016;11(10):300-308.[3]Guggino et al.Ann Rheum Dis. Published Online First: 18 October 2019.doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216456.[4]Qaiyum et al Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(11):1566-1575.Acknowledgements:We thanks all the patients and medical personnel involved in the studyDisclosure of Interests:None declared
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Kingswood JC, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Budde K, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, d'Augères GB, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen AC. TuberOus SClerosis registry to increAse disease awareness (TOSCA) Post-Authorisation Safety Study of Everolimus in Patients With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Front Neurol 2021; 12:630378. [PMID: 33833726 PMCID: PMC8021912 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.630378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This non-interventional post-authorisation safety study (PASS) assessed the long-term safety of everolimus in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) who participated in the TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) clinical study and received everolimus for the licensed indications in the European Union. The rate of adverse events (AEs), AEs that led to dose adjustments or treatment discontinuation, AEs of potential clinical interest, treatment-related AEs (TRAEs), serious AEs (SAEs), and deaths were documented. One hundred seventy-nine patients were included in the first 5 years of observation; 118 of 179 patients had an AE of any grade, with the most common AEs being stomatitis (7.8%) and headache (7.3%). AEs caused dose adjustments in 56 patients (31.3%) and treatment discontinuation in nine patients (5%). AEs appeared to be more frequent and severe in children. On Tanner staging, all patients displayed signs of age-appropriate sexual maturation. Twenty-two of 106 female (20.8%) patients had menstrual cycle disorders. The most frequent TRAEs were stomatitis (6.7%) and aphthous mouth ulcer (5.6%). SAEs were reported in 54 patients (30.2%); the most frequent SAE was pneumonia (>3% patients; grade 2, 1.1%, and grade 3, 2.8%). Three deaths were reported, all in patients who had discontinued everolimus for more than 28 days, and none were thought to be related to everolimus according to the treating physicians. The PASS sub-study reflects the safety and tolerability of everolimus in the management of TSC in real-world routine clinical practice.
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- J Chris Kingswood
- Genomics Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St George's Hospital, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Paediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Hypertensiology DHL, University Medicine Berlin, Berline, Germany
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Neuharlingersiel, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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Kingswood JC, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, Beaure d'Augères G, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen AC, Sauter M. Renal Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Key Findings From the Final Analysis of the TOSCA Study Focussing Mainly on Renal Angiomyolipomas. Front Neurol 2020; 11:972. [PMID: 33041968 PMCID: PMC7526256 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Renal angiomyolipomas are one of the most common renal manifestations in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), with potentially life-threatening complications and a poor prognosis. Despite the considerable progress in understanding TSC-associated renal angiomyolipomas, there are no large scale real-world data. The aim of our present study was to describe in detail the prevalence and outcome of renal angiomyolipomas in patients with TSC, enrolled into the TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) from 170 sites across 31 countries worldwide. We also sought to evaluate the relationship of TSC-associated renal angiomyolipomas with age, gender and genotype. The potential risk factors for renal angiomyolipoma-related bleeding and chronic kidney disease (CKD) were studied in patients who participated in the TOSCA renal angiomyolipoma substudy. Of the 2,211 eligible patients, 1,062 (48%) reported a history of renal angiomyolipomas. The median age of TSC diagnosis for the all subjects (n = 2,211) was 1 year. The median age of diagnosis of renal angiomyolipoma in the 1,062 patients was 13 years. Renal angiomyolipomas were significantly more prevalent in female patients (p < 0.0001). Rates of angiomyolipomas >3 cm (p = 0.0119), growing lesions (p = 0.0439), and interventions for angiomyolipomas (p = 0.0058) were also higher in females than males. Pre-emptive intervention for renal angiomyolipomas with embolisation, surgery, or mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor may have abolished the gender difference in impaired renal function, hypertension, and other complications. The rate of interventions for angiomyolipomas was less common in children than in adults, but interventions were reported in all age groups. In the substudy of 76 patients the complication rate was too low to be useful in predicting risk for more severe CKD. In addition, in this substudy no patient had a renal hemorrhage after commencing on an mTOR inhibitor. Our findings confirmed that renal angiomyolipomas in subjects with TSC1 mutations develop on average at the later age, are relatively smaller in size and less likely to be growing; however, by age 40 years, no difference was observed in the percentage of patients with TSC1 and TSC2 mutations needing intervention. The peak of appearance of new renal angiomyolipomas was observed in patients aged between 18 and 40 years, but, given that angiomyolipomas can occur later, lifelong surveillance is necessary. We found that pre-emptive intervention was dramatically successful in altering the outcome compared to historical controls; with high pre-emptive intervention rates but low rates of bleeding and other complications. This validates the policy of surveillance and pre-emptive intervention recommended by clinical guidelines.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Chris Kingswood
- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Child Neurology Department, SPS Pediatrična Klinika, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Systems Medicine Department, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neuropediatric Department, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Medical University of Vienna, Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Affiliated Partner of the ERN EpiCARE, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, Dattein, Germany
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- Zentrum für Neuropädiatrie und Sozialpädiatrie, Vivantes-Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Pediatric Neurology Section, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, Tallinn Children Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint-Étienne, France
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Athens University, St. Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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de Vries PJ, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, D'Amato L, Beure d'Augères G, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Kingswood JC, Jansen AC. Natural clusters of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND): new findings from the TOSCA TAND research project. J Neurodev Disord 2020; 12:24. [PMID: 32873244 PMCID: PMC7465404 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-020-09327-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND) have unique, individual patterns that pose significant challenges for diagnosis, psycho-education, and intervention planning. A recent study suggested that it may be feasible to use TAND Checklist data and data-driven methods to generate natural TAND clusters. However, the study had a small sample size and data from only two countries. Here, we investigated the replicability of identifying natural TAND clusters from a larger and more diverse sample from the TOSCA study. Methods As part of the TOSCA international TSC registry study, this embedded research project collected TAND Checklist data from individuals with TSC. Correlation coefficients were calculated for TAND variables to generate a correlation matrix. Hierarchical cluster and factor analysis methods were used for data reduction and identification of natural TAND clusters. Results A total of 85 individuals with TSC (female:male, 40:45) from 7 countries were enrolled. Cluster analysis grouped the TAND variables into 6 clusters: a scholastic cluster (reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, visuo-spatial difficulties, disorientation), a hyperactive/impulsive cluster (hyperactivity, impulsivity, self-injurious behavior), a mood/anxiety cluster (anxiety, depressed mood, sleep difficulties, shyness), a neuropsychological cluster (attention/concentration difficulties, memory, attention, dual/multi-tasking, executive skills deficits), a dysregulated behavior cluster (mood swings, aggressive outbursts, temper tantrums), and an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-like cluster (delayed language, poor eye contact, repetitive behaviors, unusual use of language, inflexibility, difficulties associated with eating). The natural clusters mapped reasonably well onto the six-factor solution generated. Comparison between cluster and factor solutions from this study and the earlier feasibility study showed significant similarity, particularly in cluster solutions. Conclusions Results from this TOSCA research project in an independent international data set showed that the combination of cluster analysis and factor analysis may be able to identify clinically meaningful natural TAND clusters. Findings were remarkably similar to those identified in the earlier feasibility study, supporting the potential robustness of these natural TAND clusters. Further steps should include examination of larger samples, investigation of internal consistency, and evaluation of the robustness of the proposed natural clusters.
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Affiliation(s)
- Petrus J de Vries
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, 46 Sawkins Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, UK
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Affiliated Partner of the ERN EpiCARE, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Datteln, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, 886 Urushiyama Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, SW17 0RE, UK
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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Jansen AC, Vanclooster S, de Vries PJ, Fladrowski C, Beaure d'Augères G, Carter T, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Kingswood JC. Burden of Illness and Quality of Life in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Findings From the TOSCA Study. Front Neurol 2020; 11:904. [PMID: 32982929 PMCID: PMC7485558 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Research on tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) to date has focused mainly on the physical manifestations of the disease. In contrast, the psychosocial impact of TSC has received far less attention. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the impact of TSC on health, quality of life (QoL), and psychosocial well-being of individuals with TSC and their families. Questionnaires with disease-specific questions on burden of illness (BOI) and validated QoL questionnaires were used. After completion of additional informed consent, we included 143 individuals who participated in the TOSCA (TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness) study. Our results highlighted the substantial burden of TSC on the personal lives of individuals with TSC and their families. Nearly half of the patients experienced negative progress in their education or career due to TSC (42.1%), as well as many of their caregivers (17.6% employed; 58.8% unemployed). Most caregivers (76.5%) indicated that TSC affected family life, and social and working relationships. Further, well-coordinated care was lacking: a smooth transition from pediatric to adult care was mentioned by only 36.8% of adult patients, and financial, social, and psychological support in 21.1, 0, and 7.9%, respectively. In addition, the moderate rates of pain/discomfort (35%) and anxiety/depression (43.4%) reported across all ages and levels of disease demonstrate the high BOI and low QoL in this vulnerable population.
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- Anna C Jansen
- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Germany
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Affiliated Partner of the ERN EpiCARE, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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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
Abstract
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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de Vries PJ, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, Beaure d'Augères G, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Kingswood JC, Jansen AC. Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders (TAND): New Findings on Age, Sex, and Genotype in Relation to Intellectual Phenotype. Front Neurol 2020; 11:603. [PMID: 32733359 PMCID: PMC7358578 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Knowledge is increasing about TSC-Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders (TAND), but little is known about the potentially confounding effects of intellectual ability (IA) on the rates of TAND across age, sex, and genotype. We evaluated TAND in (a) children vs. adults, (b) males vs. females, and (c) TSC1 vs. TSC2 mutations, after stratification for levels of IA, in a large, international cohort. Methods: Individuals of any age with a documented visit for TSC in the 12 months prior to enrolment were included. Frequency and percentages of baseline TAND manifestations were presented by categories of IA (no intellectual disability [ID, intelligence quotient (IQ)>70]; mild ID [IQ 50–70]; moderate-to-profound ID [IQ<50]). Chi-square tests were used to test associations between ID and TAND manifestations. The association between TAND and age (children vs. adults), sex (male vs. female), and genotype (TSC1 vs. TSC2) stratified by IA levels were examined using the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel tests. Results: Eight hundred and ninety four of the 2,211 participants had formal IQ assessments. There was a significant association (P < 0.05) between levels of IA and the majority of TAND manifestations, except impulsivity (P = 0.12), overactivity (P = 0.26), mood swings (P = 0.08), hallucinations (P = 0.20), psychosis (P = 0.06), depressive disorder (P = 0.23), and anxiety disorder (P = 0.65). Once controlled for IA, children had higher rates of overactivity, but most behavioral difficulties were higher in adults. At the psychiatric level, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was seen at higher rates in children while anxiety and depressive disorders were observed at higher rates in adults. Compared to females, males showed significantly higher rates of impulsivity and overactivity, as well as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ADHD. No significant age or sex differences were observed for academic difficulties or neuropsychological deficits. After controlling for IA no genotype-TAND associations were observed, except for higher rates of self-injury in individuals with TSC2 mutations. Conclusions: Findings suggest IA as risk marker for most TAND manifestations. We provide the first evidence of male preponderance of ASD and ADHD in individuals with TSC. The study also confirms the association between TSC2 and IA but, once controlling for IA, disproves the previously reported TSC2 association with ASD and with most other TAND manifestations.
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- Petrus J de Vries
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Astrid Lindgren Childrens Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Affiliated Partner of the ERN EpiCARE, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, Dattein, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Clinical Neurosciences Section, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint-Étienne, France
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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Gainullina G, Kirillova E, Odincova A, Belousova E, Abdulganieva D. AB1092 ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION OF JOINTS AND PERIARTICULAR TISSUES IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.5391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Joints and entheseal involvement is a common extraintestinal manifestation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) [1]. Recent studies have shown the superiority of ultrasound over clinical findings in the evaluation of joints and periarticular tissues.Objectives:To assess of joint and entheseal involvement in IBD patients using ultrasound with Power Doppler, their correlation with IBD clinical variables and the difference between Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods:We prospectively included 38 IBD patients into the study. Disease activity was evaluated in CD by Harvey Bradshaw, in UC - Mayo Index. Peripheral joints and entheses were imaged by ultrasound, using Samsung Accuvix A30 5-13 MHz linear array transducer. Ultrasound examination of 14 peripheral joints (hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, acromioclavicular, elbow, wrist) and 35 entheses was performed. Vascularization on them was assessed with Power Doppler (PD). Entheseal abnormalities were scored with US according to indices GUESS, MASEI and BUSES [2]. Statistical analysis was done by Mann-Whitney test and Spearman criteria by “Statistica” software.Results:In 38 patients UC was in 22 (58%), CD - in 16 (42%). The mean age of UC patients was 28 (23; 35) years, in CD - 33 (27; 36) years. The mean duration of UC was 24 (10; 48) months; CD - 66 (24; 114) months. The majority of patients had highly active disease: in UC - moderate and severe attacks in 16 pts (72%), in CD out of 16 patients, moderate and severe activity was observed in 9 (56%).Synovitis were found in 19 patients (50%), 8 patients with UC (36%), and 10 patients with CD (62%), synovitis with vascularization was detected in 7 patients (18%), five with CD (13%), two with UC (9%).Enthesitis (echogenicity reduction and thickening) was detected in 30 patients (79%), 8 (50%) pts with CD and 17 (77%) pts with UC, enthesitis with vascularization (PD) in 13 pts (34 %), 5 (31%) pts with CD and 8 (36%) pts with UC. Tenosynovitis was observed in 11 pts (29%), three (19%) with CD and 8 (36%) pts - UC, tenosynovitis with vascularization in two patients (5%), one with UC and one with CD. Structure damage (erosion, enthesophytis) were found in 23 patients (61%), 12 patients (75%) with CD and 11 (50%) patients with UC.There were no significant differences in ultrasound signs of joint and entheses damage between patients with UC and CD.We found an association between the clinical characteristics of IBD and the ultrasound signs of entheses damage: duration of the disease has a direct moderate correlation with the number of enthesitis (SR = 0.36; p = 0.026) and GUESS (SR = 0.37; p = 0.022).There was no statistically significant relationship between the severity of the attack and damage to the joints and entheses.Conclusion:The severity of joint and periarticular tissues damage is significantly correlated with the duration of the index disease and are independent of IBD activity.References:[1]The First European Evidence-based Consensus on Extra-Intestinal Manifestations in IBD // JCC. — 2016. —V. 10, № 3. — Р. 239-254.[2] Bandinelli F, Milla M, Genise S et al. Ultrasound discloses entheseal involvement in inactive and low active inflammatory bowel disease without clinical signs and symptoms of spondyloarthropathy. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Jul; 50 (7): 1275-1279.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Bissler JJ, Budde K, Sauter M, Franz DN, Zonnenberg BA, Frost MD, Belousova E, Berkowitz N, Ridolfi A, Christopher Kingswood J. Effect of everolimus on renal function in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: evidence from EXIST-1 and EXIST-2. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020; 34:1000-1008. [PMID: 30053159 PMCID: PMC6545468 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfy132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background A reduction in renal angiomyolipoma volume observed with everolimus (EVE) treatment in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) has been postulated to translate to clinical benefit by reducing the risk of renal hemorrhage and chronic renal failure. Methods The long-term effects of EVE on renal function (∼4 years of treatment) were examined in patients treated with EVE in the Phase 3 EXIST-1 and EXIST-2 studies. Patients in EXIST-1 had TSC and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA), and patients in EXIST-2 had renal angiomyolipoma and a definite diagnosis of TSC or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis. EVE was administered at 4.5 mg/m2/day, with adjustment to achieve target trough levels of 5–15 ng/mL in EXIST-1 and at 10 mg/day in EXIST-2. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and creatinine levels were assessed at baseline, at Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 18, then every 3 months thereafter. Proteinuria was graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0. Results A total of 111 patients from EXIST-1 and 112 patients from EXIST-2 were included in this analysis. Respective mean ages at EVE initiation were 10.5 [standard deviation (SD) 6.45] and 33.2 (SD 10.29) years, and 3.6% and 37.5% of patients had undergone prior renal intervention. Mean baseline eGFR was 115 and 88 mL/min/1.73 m2 in EXIST-1 and EXIST-2, respectively. Overall, mean eGFR remained stable over time in both studies, with an decline in renal function mostly confined to some patients with severely compromised renal function before treatment. Patients with prior renal intervention exhibited low eGFR values throughout the study. The incidence of proteinuria increased after initiating treatment with EVE and was mostly Grade 1/2 in severity, with Grade 3 proteinuria reported in only two patients. Measurements of proteinuria were limited by the use of urine dipstick tests. Conclusions The use of EVE does not appear to be nephrotoxic in patients with SEGA or renal angiomyolipoma associated with TSC and may preserve renal function in most patients. ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers NCT00789828 and NCT00790400
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- John J Bissler
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Moscow Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Moscow, Russian Federation
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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]
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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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Kingswood JC, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D' Amato L, d'Augères GB, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen AC. Renal angiomyolipoma in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: findings from the TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2019; 34:502-508. [PMID: 29697822 PMCID: PMC6399480 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfy063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Renal angiomyolipoma occurs at a high frequency in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and is associated with potentially life-threatening complications. Despite this frequency and severity, there are no large population-based cohort studies. Here we present baseline and follow-up data of the international TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) with an aim to provide detailed clinical characteristics of renal angiomyolipoma among patients with TSC. Methods Patients of any age with a documented clinic visit for TSC within 12 months or who were newly diagnosed with TSC before participation in the registry were eligible. Data specific to renal angiomyolipoma included physical tumour characteristics (multiple, bilateral, lesion size and growing lesions), clinical signs and symptoms, and management. The effects of age, gender and genotype on the prevalence of renal angiomyolipoma were also evaluated. Results Renal angiomyolipoma was reported in 51.8% of patients at baseline, with higher frequency in female patients (57.8% versus 42.2%). The median age at diagnosis was 12 years. Prevalence of angiomyolipoma was higher in patients with TSC2 compared with TSC1 mutations (59.2% versus 33.3%, P < 0.01). Of the 1031 patients with angiomyolipoma at baseline, multiple lesions were reported in 88.4% and bilateral in 83.9% of patients, while the size of angiomyolipoma was >3 cm in 34.3% of patients. Most patients were asymptomatic (82%). Frequently reported angiomyolipoma-related symptoms included bleeding, pain, elevated blood pressure and impaired renal function. Embolization and mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors were the two most common treatment modalities. Conclusions The TOSCA registry highlights the burden of renal angiomyolipoma in patients with TSC and shows that renal manifestations are initially asymptomatic and are influenced by gender and genotype. Furthermore, the occurrence of significant problems from angiomyolipoma in a minority of younger patients suggests that surveillance should begin in infancy or at initial diagnosis.
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, UK
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurosciences, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Paediatrics, Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Germany
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- Chefarzt des Zentrums für Sozial- und Neuropädiatrie, Vivantes-Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia
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- Sección de Neurología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,The Institute of Biomedicine University of Leon, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tallinn Children Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Abteilung für Hygiene und Infektiologie, Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu gGmbH, Kempten, Germany
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Urushiyama Aoi-ku Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Athens University Medical School, St Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology Unit, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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Marques R, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, Beaure d'Augères G, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jansen AC, Jozwiak S, Kingswood JC, Lawson JA, Macaya A, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Nabbout R. The TOSCA Registry for Tuberous Sclerosis-Lessons Learnt for Future Registry Development in Rare and Complex Diseases. Front Neurol 2019; 10:1182. [PMID: 31798515 PMCID: PMC6863928 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Introduction: The TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) is an international disease registry designed to provide insights into the clinical characteristics of patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC). The aims of this study were to identify issues that arose during the design, execution, and publication phases of TOSCA, and to reflect on lessons learnt that may guide future registries in rare and complex diseases. Methods: A questionnaire was designed to identify the strengths, weaknesses, and issues that arose at any stage of development and implementation of the TOSCA registry. The questionnaire contained 225 questions distributed in 7 sections (identification of issues during registry planning, during the operation of the registry, during data analysis, during the publication of the results, other issues, assessment of lessons learnt, and additional comments), and was sent by e-mail to 511 people involved in the registry, including 28 members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), 162 principal investigators (PIs), and 321 employees of the sponsor belonging to the medical department or that were clinical research associate (CRA). Questionnaires received within the 2 months from the initial mailing were included in the analysis. Results: A total of 53 (10.4%) questionnaires were received (64.3% for SAB members, 12.3% for PIs and 4.7% for employees of the sponsor), and the overall completeness rate for closed questions was 87.6%. The most common issues identified were the limited duration of the registry (38%) and issues related to handling of missing data (32%). In addition, 25% of the respondents commented that biases might have compromised the validity of the results. More than 80% of the respondents reported that the registry improved the knowledge on the natural history and manifestations of TSC, increased disease awareness and helped to identify relevant information for clinical research in TSC. Conclusions: This analysis shows the importance of registries as a powerful tool to increase disease awareness, to produce real-world evidence, and to generate questions for future research. However, there is a need to implement strategies to ensure patient retention and long-term sustainability of patient registries, to improve data quality, and to reduce biases.
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- Ruben Marques
- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Datteln, Germany
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Inserm U1163, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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Marques R, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, Beaure d'Augères G, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Kingswood JC, Jansen AC. Treatment Patterns and Use of Resources in Patients With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Insights From the TOSCA Registry. Front Neurol 2019; 10:1144. [PMID: 31708865 PMCID: PMC6823684 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal-dominant disorder caused by mutations in the TSC1 or TSC2 genes. Patients with TSC may suffer from a wide range of clinical manifestations; however, the burden of TSC and its impact on healthcare resources needed for its management remain unknown. Besides, the use of resources might vary across countries depending on the country-specific clinical practice. The aim of this paper is to describe the use of TSC-related resources and treatment patterns within the TOSCA registry. A total of 2,214 patients with TSC from 31 countries were enrolled and had a follow-up of up to 5 years. A search was conducted to identify the variables containing both medical and non-medical resource use information within TOSCA. This search was performed both at the level of the core project as well as at the level of the research projects on epilepsy, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA), lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), and renal angiomyolipoma (rAML) taking into account the timepoints of the study, age groups, and countries. Data from the quality of life (QoL) research project were analyzed by type of visit and age at enrollment. Treatments varied greatly depending on the clinical manifestation, timepoint in the study, and age groups. GAB Aergics were the most prescribed drugs for epilepsy, and mTOR inhibitors are dramatically replacing surgery in patients with SEGA, despite current recommendations proposing both treatment options. mTOR inhibitors are also becoming common treatments in rAML and LAM patients. Forty-two out of the 143 patients (29.4%) who participated in the QoL research project reported inpatient stays over the last year. Data from non-medical resource use showed the critical impact of TSC on job status and capacity. Disability allowances were more common in children than adults (51.1% vs 38.2%). Psychological counseling, social services and social worker services were needed by <15% of the patients, regardless of age. The long-term nature, together with the variability in its clinical manifestations, makes TSC a complex and resource-demanding disease. The present study shows a comprehensive picture of the resource use implications of TSC.
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- Ruben Marques
- Novartis Farma SpA, Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Medical University of Vienna, Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine institute Inserm 1163, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Jansen AC, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, D'Amato L, Beaure d'Augères G, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Kingswood JC. Newly Diagnosed and Growing Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma in Adults With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Results From the International TOSCA Study. Front Neurol 2019; 10:821. [PMID: 31428037 PMCID: PMC6688052 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The onset and growth of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) typically occurs in childhood. There is minimal information on SEGA evolution in adults with TSC. Of 2,211 patients enrolled in TOSCA, 220 of the 803 adults (27.4%) ever had a SEGA. Of 186 patients with SEGA still ongoing in adulthood, 153 (82.3%) remained asymptomatic, and 33 (17.7%) were reported to ever have developed symptoms related to SEGA growth. SEGA growth since the previous scan was reported in 39 of the 186 adults (21%) with ongoing SEGA. All but one patient with growing SEGA had mutations in TSC2. Fourteen adults (2.4%) were newly diagnosed with SEGA during follow-up, and majority had mutations in TSC2. Our findings suggest that surveillance for new or growing SEGA is warranted also in adulthood, particularly in patients with mutations in TSC2.
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- Anna C Jansen
- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Child Neurology Department, SPS Pediatrična Klinika, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association (TSA), Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Systems Medicine Department, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Medical University of Vienna, Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, Dattein, Germany
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- Zentrum für Neuropädiatrie und Sozialpädiatrie, Vivantes-Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Pediatric Neurology Section, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Paediatric Neuroscience, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Neurology and Rehabilitation, Tallinn Children Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Klinikum Kempten, Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu gGmbH, Kempten, Germany
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, Aoi-ku, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Athens University, St. Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St. Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Jansen AC, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, d'Augères GB, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Kingswood JC. Clinical Characteristics of Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Front Neurol 2019; 10:705. [PMID: 31333563 PMCID: PMC6616060 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: This study evaluated the characteristics of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) entered into the TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA). Methods: The study was conducted at 170 sites across 31 countries. Data from patients of any age with a documented clinical visit for TSC in the 12 months preceding enrollment or those newly diagnosed with TSC were entered. Results: SEGA were reported in 554 of 2,216 patients (25%). Median age at diagnosis of SEGA was 8 years (range, <1–51), with 18.1% diagnosed after age 18 years. SEGA growth occurred in 22.7% of patients aged ≤ 18 years and in 11.6% of patients aged > 18 years. SEGA were symptomatic in 42.1% of patients. Symptoms included increased seizure frequency (15.8%), behavioural disturbance (11.9%), and regression/loss of cognitive skills (9.9%), in addition to those typically associated with increased intracranial pressure. SEGA were significantly more frequent in patients with TSC2 compared to TSC1 variants (33.7 vs. 13.2 %, p < 0.0001). Main treatment modalities included surgery (59.6%) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors (49%). Conclusions: Although SEGA diagnosis and growth typically occurs during childhood, SEGA can occur and grow in both infants and adults.
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- Anna C Jansen
- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Child Neurology Department, SPS Pediatrična Klinika, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Systems Medicine Department, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neuropediatric Department, Astrid Lindgren Childrens Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Medical University of Vienna, Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Germany
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- Zentrum für Neuropädiatrie und Sozialpädiatrie, Vivantes-Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Pediatric Neurology Section, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A., Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Leon, León, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Neurology and Rehabilitation, Tallinn Children Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Klinikum Kempten, Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu gGmbH, Kempten, Germany
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, CHU-Hôpital Nord, Saint Etienne, France
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- First Department of Paediatrics, St. Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Centre, St. Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom
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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]
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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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Nabbout R, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D´Amato L, d'Augères GB, de Vries PJ, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen A, Kingswood JC. Epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex: Findings from the TOSCA Study. Epilepsia Open 2019; 4:73-84. [PMID: 30868117 PMCID: PMC6398114 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To present the baseline data of the international TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) with emphasis on the characteristics of epilepsies associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHODS Retrospective and prospective patients' data on all aspects of TSC were collected from multiple countries worldwide. Epilepsy variables included seizure type, age at onset, type of treatment, and treatment outcomes and association with genotype, seizures control, and intellectual disability. As for noninterventional registries, the study protocol did not specify any particular clinical instruments, laboratory investigations, or intervention. Evaluations included those required for diagnosis and management following local best practice. RESULTS Epilepsy was reported in 83.6% of patients (1852/2216) at baseline; 38.9% presented with infantile spasms and 67.5% with focal seizures. The mean age at diagnosis of infantile spasms was 0.4 year (median <1 year; range <1-30 years) and at diagnosis of focal seizures was 2.7 years (median 1 year; range <1-66 years). A total of 1469 patients (79.3%) were diagnosed with epilepsy <2 years. The rate of infantile spasms was higher in patients with a TSC 2 mutation than in patients with a TSC1 mutation (47.3% vs 23%). ɣ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic drugs were the most common treatment modality for both infantile spasms (78.7%) and focal seizures (65.5%). Infantile spasms and focal seizures were controlled in 76.3% and 58.2% of patients, respectively. Control of seizures was associated with lower rates of intellectual disability in both groups. SIGNIFICANCE This registry reports the largest international cohort of patients with TSC. Findings confirmed the typical onset pattern of infantile spasms and other focal seizures in the first 2 years of life, and the high rates of infantile spasms in patients with TSC2 mutation. Our results underscored the occurrence of focal seizures at all ages, including an onset that preceded emergence of infantile spasms. Seizure control was shown to be associated with lower rates of intellectual disability but did not preclude the presence of intellectual disability.
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- Rima Nabbout
- Department of Pediatric NeurologyNecker Enfants Malades HospitalParis Descartes UniversityParisFrance
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- Research and Clinical Institute of PediatricsPirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityMoscowRussian Federation
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis AssociationNottinghamUK
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- Hôpital Louis PradelClaude Bernard University Lyon 1LyonFrance
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- Division of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Association ONLUSMilanItaly
- European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex AssociationIn den BirkenDatteinGermany
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- Department of Child NeurologyWarsaw Medical UniversityWarsawPuerto Rico
- Department of Neurology and EpileptologyThe Children's Memorial Health InstituteWarsawPuerto Rico
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management ClinicSydney Children's HospitalRandwickNSWAustralia
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A.OriggioItaly
- Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED)University of LeonLeónSpain
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- Department of PediatricsPeking University People's Hospital (PKUPH)BeijingChina
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.HyderabadIndia
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- National Epilepsy CenterShizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological DisordersNHOShizuokaJapan
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- Pediatric Neurology UnitDepartment of PediatricsUZ Brussel VUBBrusselsBelgium
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research CentreSt Georges University of LondonLondonUK
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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]
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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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Artemyeva S, Vlodavets D, Monakhova A, Melnik E, Shulyakova I, Shidlovskaya O, Belousova E, Reshetov D. REGISTRIES AND CARE OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS. Neuromuscul Disord 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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de Vries PJ, Belousova E, Benedik MP, Carter T, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, D'Amato L, d'Augères GB, Ferreira JC, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Kingswood JC, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Marques R, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Qin J, Sander V, Sauter M, Shah S, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen AC. TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND): findings from the TOSCA natural history study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2018; 13:157. [PMID: 30201051 PMCID: PMC6131901 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-018-0901-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Most evidence for TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND) to date have come from small studies and case reports, and very little is known about TAND in adults. We explored baseline TAND data from the large-scale international TOSCA natural history study to compare childhood and adult patterns, describe age-based patterns, and explore genotype-TAND correlations. Results The study enrolled 2216 eligible participants with TSC from 170 sites across 31 countries at the data cut-off for the third interim analysis (data cut-off date: September 30, 2015). The most common behavioural problems (reported in > 10% of participants) were overactivity, sleep difficulties, impulsivity, anxiety, mood swings, severe aggression, depressed mood, self-injury, and obsessions. Psychiatric disorders included autism spectrum disorder (ASD, 21.1%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, 19.1%), anxiety disorder (9.7%), and depressive disorder (6.1%). Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores were available for 885 participants. Of these, 44.4% had normal IQ, while mild, moderate, severe, and profound degrees of intellectual disability (ID) were observed in 28.1, 15.1, 9.3, and 3.1%, respectively. Academic difficulties were identified in 58.6% of participants, and neuropsychological deficits (performance <5th percentile) in 55.7%. Significantly higher rates of overactivity and impulsivity were observed in children and higher rates of anxiety, depressed mood, mood swings, obsessions, psychosis and hallucinations were observed in adults. Genotype-TAND correlations showed a higher frequency of self-injury, ASD, academic difficulties and neuropsychological deficits in TSC2. Those with no mutations identified (NMI) showed a mixed pattern of TAND manifestations. Children and those with TSC2 had significantly higher rates of intellectual disability, suggesting that age and genotype comparisons should be interpreted with caution. Conclusions These results emphasize the magnitude of TAND in TSC and the importance of evaluating for neuropsychiatric comorbidity in all children and adults with TSC, across TSC1 and TSC2 genotypes, as well as in those with no mutations identified. However, the high rates of unreported or missing TAND data in this study underline the fact that, even in expert centres, TAND remains underdiagnosed and potentially undertreated.
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- Petrus J de Vries
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, 46 Sawkins Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, UK
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farma S.p.A, Origgio, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Leon, Leon, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, 886 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- UZ Brussel Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Bissler JJ, Nonomura N, Budde K, Zonnenberg BA, Fischereder M, Voi M, Louveau AL, Herbst F, Bebin EM, Curatolo P, Zonta A, Belousova E. Angiomyolipoma rebound tumor growth after discontinuation of everolimus in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201005. [PMID: 30192751 PMCID: PMC6128468 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Introduction The EXIST-2 (NCT00790400) study demonstrated the superiority of everolimus over placebo for the treatment of renal angiomyolipomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). This post hoc analysis of EXIST-2 study aimed to assess angiomyolipoma tumor behavior among patients who submitted to continued radiographic examination following discontinuation of everolimus in the noninterventional follow-up phase. Methods For patients who discontinued everolimus at the completion of extension phase for reasons other than angiomyolipoma progression, a single CT/MRI scan of the kidney was collected after 1 year of treatment discontinuation. Changes from baseline and from the time of everolimus discontinuation in the sum of volumes of target angiomyolipoma lesions were assessed in the non-interventional follow-up phase (data cutoff date, November 6, 2015). Results Of the 112 patients who received ≥1 dose of everolimus and discontinued treatment by the end of extension phase, 34 (30.4%) were eligible for participation in the non-interventional follow-up phase. Sixteen of 34 patients were evaluable for angiomyolipoma tumor behavior as they had at least one valid efficacy assessment (i.e. kidney CT/MRI scan) after everolimus discontinuation. During the non-interventional follow-up phase, compared with baseline, two patients (12.5%) experienced angiomyolipoma progression (angiomyolipoma-related bleeding [n = 1], increased kidney volume [n = 1]). Five patients out of 16 (31.3%) experienced angiomyolipoma progression when compared with the angiomyolipoma tumor assessment at everolimus discontinuation. The median (range) percentage change in angiomyolipoma tumor volume (cm3) from baseline was −70.56 (−88.30; −49.64) at time of everolimus discontinuation (n = 11), and −50.55 (−79.40; −23.16) at week 48 (n = 7) after discontinuation of everolimus. One patient death was reported due to angiomyolipoma hemorrhage. Conclusions Angiomyolipoma lesions displayed an increase in volume following discontinuation of everolimus in patients with renal angiomyolipoma or sporadic LAM associated with TSC, but there was no evidence of rapid regrowth. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00790400
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- John J. Bissler
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Osaka University Hospital, Department of Urology, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik IV, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilian’s Universitaet, Munich, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma, Oncology, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Schlumberger Moscow Research Center, Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Franz DN, Budde K, Kingswood JC, Belousova E, Sparagana S, de Vries PJ, Berkowitz N, Ridolfi A, Bissler JJ. Effect of everolimus on skin lesions in patients treated for subependymal giant cell astrocytoma and renal angiomyolipoma: final 4-year results from the randomized EXIST-1 and EXIST-2 studies. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2018; 32:1796-1803. [PMID: 29569806 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic disorder associated with tumour growth in various organs, including the brain, kidneys, heart and skin. Cutaneous lesions are prevalent manifestations of TSC, occurring in up to 90% of patients. Oral mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors, such as everolimus, is believed to be effective for treatment of TSC-associated lesions because they act on the underlying disease pathophysiology. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the long-term effect of oral everolimus on TSC-associated skin lesions as a secondary objective in the phase III studies EXIST-1 (NCT00789828) and EXIST-2 (NCT00790400) after approximately 4 years of treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Everolimus was dosed 4.5 mg/m2 /day (titrated to trough 5-15 ng/mL) in patients with TSC-associated subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in EXIST-1, and 10 mg/day initially in adult patients with TSC- or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis-associated renal angiomyolipoma in EXIST-2. Following positive results from the core phase, remaining patients were offered open-label everolimus in an extension. Skin lesion response rate was the proportion of patients achieving complete or partial clinical response. RESULTS A total of 105 patients in EXIST-1 and 107 in EXIST-2 received everolimus and had ≥1 skin lesion at baseline. Skin lesion response rate (95% confidence interval) was 58.1% (48.1-67.7%) in EXIST-1 and 68.2% (58.5-76.9%) in EXIST-2; most were partial responses. At week 192 (EXIST-1: n = 55; EXIST-2: n = 56), 69% and 66% had a response. Most common drug-related adverse event was stomatitis (41-45%). CONCLUSION Oral everolimus improved TSC-related skin lesions, with responses sustained over 4 years of treatment in EXIST-1 and EXIST-2.
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- D N Franz
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics & Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals S.A.S., Rueil-Malmaison, France
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Karmazanovsky G, Belousova E, Schima W, Glotov A, Kalinin D, Kriger A. Nonhypervascular pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Spectrum of MDCT imaging findings and differentiation from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Eur J Radiol 2018; 110:66-73. [PMID: 30599875 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of our study was to determine contrast-enhanced MDCT features to differentiate nonhypervascular pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs). METHODS and materials: We included 74 patients with PNETs and 80 patients with PDACs who underwent preoperative MDCT. Two radiologists evaluated the morphologic characteristic and enhancement patterns of the tumors. Quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed, including evaluation of tumor size, homogeneity, contrast enhancement pattern, presence of pancreatic duct dilatation and tumor invasion to the adjacent vessels and peripancreatic infiltration. Tumor-to-pancreas enhancement ratio was defined as the Hounsfield units (HU) value of the tumor divided by the HU value of the pancreas. the first group was hypervascular PNETs showing hyperenhancement on arterial phase images and nonhypervascular PNETs, showing iso- or hypoenhancement on arterial phase images. After that, two radiologists estimated the possibilities of PNET or PDAC were for nonhypervascular PNETs. RESULTS On the basis of arterial enhancement, 43 PNETs were hypervascular and 31 were nonhypervascular. When compared to PDAC, nonhypervascular PNETs more frequently had well-defined tumor margins, intratumoral cystic components, calcifications and blood vessels and less frequently had main pancreatic duct dilatation, peripancreatic infiltration and vascular invasion (p < 0.01 for all). Nonhypervascular PNETs had higher tumor-to-pancreas enhancement ratio in venous phase (1.02 vs. 0.78, p = 0.012). Nonhypervascular PNETs more often had portal-venous hyperenhancement or persistent isoenhancement, while PDAC more often had persistent hypoenhancement or gradual delayed enhancement (p < 0.001). The absence of pancreatic duct dilatation and portal-venous hyperenhancement or persistent isoenhancement were the independent predictors for nonhypervascular PNETs. (The most accurate MDCT-findings to predict nonhypervascular PNET were the absence of pancreatic duct dilatation and peripancreatic infiltration (79% and 92% accuracy), portal-venous phase hyperenhancement or persistent isoenhancement (77%), the presence of intratumoral blood vessels (77%) and relative enhancement intensity in venous phase >0.9 (76%). Using these criteria, the area under curve for differentiation of PNET from PDAC was 0.906-0.846. CONCLUSION Combined assessment of the enhancement and morphologic characteristics can improve the differentiation between nonhypervascular PNETs and PDAC at contrast-enhanced MDCT.
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- Grigory Karmazanovsky
- Department of Radiology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Training of Physicians, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Radiology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Training of Physicians, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Goettlicher Heiland Krankenhaus, Barmherzige Schwestern Krankenhaus, and Sankt Josef Krankenhaus, Vinzenzgruppe, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pathology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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Bissler JJ, Franz DN, Frost MD, Belousova E, Bebin EM, Sparagana S, Berkowitz N, Ridolfi A, Kingswood JC. The effect of everolimus on renal angiomyolipoma in pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis being treated for subependymal giant cell astrocytoma. Pediatr Nephrol 2018; 33:101-109. [PMID: 28993887 PMCID: PMC5700234 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-017-3806-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) often have multiple TSC-associated hamartomas, particularly in the brain and kidney. METHODS This was a post hoc analysis of pediatric patients being treated for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGAs) during the phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled EXIST-1 trial. Patients were initially randomly assigned to receive everolimus 4.5 mg/m2/day (target blood trough 5-15 mg/dl) or placebo and could continue in an open-label extension phase. Angiomyolipoma response rates were analyzed in patients aged <18 years with ≥1 target angiomyolipoma lesion at baseline. Response was defined as the proportion of patients with a ≥50% reduction in the sum volume of target renal angiomyolipomata from baseline, in the absence of new target angiomyolipomata, a >20% increase in kidney volume from nadir, and angiomyolipoma-related bleeding ≥ grade 2. Tolerability was also assessed. RESULTS Overall, this analysis included 33 patients. Renal angiomyolipoma response was achieved by 75.8% of patients (95% confidence interval, 57.7-88.9%), with sustained mean reductions in renal angiomyolipoma volume over nearly 4 years of treatment. In addition, most (≥80%) achieved clinically relevant reductions in angiomyolipoma volume (≥50%), beginning at week 24 and continuing for the remainder of the study. Everolimus was generally well tolerated in this subgroup, with most adverse events being grade 1 or 2 in severity. CONCLUSIONS Although everolimus is currently not indicated for this use, this analysis from EXIST-1 demonstrates its long-term efficacy and safety for the treatment of renal angiomyolipoma in pediatric patients undergoing treatment for TSC-associated SEGA.
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- John J Bissler
- Division of Nephrology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 49 North Dunlap Street, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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Goemans N, Mercuri E, Belousova E, Komaki H, Dubrovsky A, McDonald CM, Kraus JE, Lourbakos A, Lin Z, Campion G, Wang SX, Campbell C. A randomized placebo-controlled phase 3 trial of an antisense oligonucleotide, drisapersen, in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2017; 28:4-15. [PMID: 29203355 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 09/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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This 48-week, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 study (DMD114044; NCT01254019) evaluated efficacy and safety of subcutaneous drisapersen 6 mg/kg/week in 186 ambulant boys aged ≥5 years, with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) resulting from an exon 51 skipping amenable mutation. Drisapersen was generally well tolerated, with injection-site reactions and renal events as most commonly reported adverse events. A nonsignificant treatment difference (P = 0.415) in the change from baseline in six-minute walk distance (6MWD; primary efficacy endpoint) of 10.3 meters in favor of drisapersen was observed at week 48. Key secondary efficacy endpoints (North Star Ambulatory Assessment, 4-stair climb ascent velocity, and 10-meter walk/run velocity) gave consistent findings. Lack of statistical significance was thought to be largely due to greater data variability and subgroup heterogeneity. The increased standard deviation alone, due to less stringent inclusion/exclusion criteria, reduced the statistical power from pre-specified 90% to actual 53%. Therefore, a post-hoc analysis was performed in 80 subjects with a baseline 6MWD 300-400 meters and ability to rise from floor. A statistically significant improvement in 6MWD of 35.4 meters (P = 0.039) in favor of drisapersen was observed in this subpopulation. Results suggest that drisapersen could have benefit in a less impaired population of DMD subjects.
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- Nathalie Goemans
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Child Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Fundacion Cenit, Instituto de Neurociencias, Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Paediatric Neurology, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada
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Belousova E, Sukhorukov V, Dorofeeva M, Shagam L, Vlodavetz DV. Clinical report: a rare co-occurrence of tuberous sclerosis complex and Rett syndrome in a girl with mental retardation, epilepsy and autism. Journal of Epileptology 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/joepi-2017-0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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SummaryIntroduction.There are some genetic disorders with combination of mental retardation, epilepsy and autism in which the abnormal mammalian Target of Rapamycin (m-TOR) signaling is implicated. The most important of them is tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), but the disturbances of the m-TOR pathway can also be detected in Rett syndrome (RS), Fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome. We describe the rare case of co-occurrence of TSC and RS.Case study.The female child was born at term by normal delivery after a non-complicated pregnancy. Family history was negative for epilepsy and mental retardation. The neonatal period was uneventful and psychomotor development was normal before the child became 1.5 years old. At the age of 18 months the girl developed hand-wringing stereotypes, facial hypotonia, ataxia and gait apraxia. She lost eye-to-eye contact and verbal contact with relatives, and became indifferent to the surrounding environment. When she was 2 years old, focal adversive seizures started which were readily controlled with carbamazepine. Cerebral cortical and subcortical tubers, cerebral white-matter radial migration lines and subependymal nodules on brain MRI together with hypomelanotic macules suggested the presence of TSC. Diagnosis was confirmed at age of 3 years by a heterozygous mutation c.5161-2A>G inTSC2gene on chromosome 16p13. But the rude regression of psychomotor development and speech, autistic features alongside with characteristic hand-wringing stereotypes were unexplained until at age of 4.5 years RS was diagnosed by finding a heterozygous missense mutation in exon 4 of theMECP2gene c.455C>T, resulting in a P152R substitution in the methyl-binding domain of the protein. At age of 5 the patient is not able to walk independently and has no expressive speech, she is autistic, has ataxia, limb rigidity, hyperreflexia, lack of purposeful hand movements, verbal and motor stereotypies.Discussion.The presence of two mutations (one characteristic forTSC2and one – characteristic for RS) significantly worsened the developmental and motor delay and autistic features in our patient. Dysregulation of m-TOR way is well established in TSC and recently described in RS, Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome.
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Vlodavets D, Reshetov D, Artemieva S, Shulyakova I, Shidlovskaya O, Monakhova A, Vitrensky F, Kazakov D, Litvinova E, Belousova E. DMD Genetic registry in Russia. Neuromuscul Disord 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.06.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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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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Bissler JJ, Kingswood JC, Radzikowska E, Zonnenberg BA, Belousova E, Frost MD, Sauter M, Brakemeier S, de Vries PJ, Berkowitz N, Voi M, Peyrard S, Budde K. Everolimus long-term use in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: Four-year update of the EXIST-2 study. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180939. [PMID: 28792952 PMCID: PMC5549893 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES We examined the long-term effects of everolimus in patients with renal angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis. METHODS Following favorable results from the double-blind core phase of EXIST-2 (NCT00790400), patients were allowed to receive open-label everolimus (extension phase). Patients initially randomly assigned to everolimus continued on the same dose; those who were receiving placebo crossed over to everolimus 10 mg/day. Dose modifications were based on tolerability. The primary end point was angiomyolipoma response rate, defined as a ≥50% reduction from baseline in the sum volume of target renal angiomyolipomas in the absence of new target angiomyolipomas, kidney volume increase of >20% from nadir, and angiomyolipoma-related bleeding grade ≥2. The key secondary end point was safety. RESULTS Of the 112 patients who received ≥1 dose of everolimus, 58% (95% CI, 48.3% to 67.3%) achieved angiomyolipoma response. Almost all patients (97%) experienced reduction in renal lesion volumes at some point during the study period. Median duration of everolimus exposure was 46.9 months. Sixteen (14.3%) patients experienced angiomyolipoma progression at some point in the study. No angiomyolipoma-related bleeding or nephrectomies were reported. One patient on everolimus underwent embolization for worsening right flank pain. Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma lesion response was achieved in 48% of patients and skin lesion response in 68% of patients. The most common adverse events suspected to be treatment-related were stomatitis (42%), hypercholesterolemia (30.4%), acne (25.9%), aphthous stomatitis and nasopharyngitis (each 21.4%). Ten (8.9%) patients withdrew because of an adverse event. Renal function remained stable, and the frequency of emergent adverse events generally decreased over time. CONCLUSIONS Everolimus treatment remained safe and effective over approximately 4 years. The overall risk/benefit assessment supports the use of everolimus as a viable treatment option for angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00790400.
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- John J. Bissler
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Nephrology, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Lung Diseases, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Oncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Oncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Oncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals S.A.S., Rueil-Malmaison, France
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Kingswood JC, d'Augères GB, Belousova E, Ferreira JC, Carter T, Castellana R, Cottin V, Curatolo P, Dahlin M, de Vries PJ, Feucht M, Fladrowski C, Gislimberti G, Hertzberg C, Jozwiak S, Lawson JA, Macaya A, Nabbout R, O'Callaghan F, Benedik MP, Qin J, Marques R, Sander V, Sauter M, Takahashi Y, Touraine R, Youroukos S, Zonnenberg B, Jansen AC. TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) - baseline data on 2093 patients. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2017; 12:2. [PMID: 28057044 PMCID: PMC5217262 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-016-0553-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder. Many gaps remain in the understanding of TSC because of the complexity in clinical presentation. The TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) is an international disease registry designed to address knowledge gaps in the natural history and management of TSC. Here, we present the baseline data of TOSCA cohort. Methods Patients of any age diagnosed with TSC, having a documented visit for TSC within the preceding 12 months, or newly diagnosed individuals were included. The registry includes a “core” section designed to record detailed background information on each patient including disease manifestations, interventions, and outcomes collected at baseline and updated annually. “Subsections” of the registry recorded additional data related to specific features of TSC. Results Baseline “core” data from 2093 patients enrolled from 170 sites across 31 countries were available at the cut-off date September 30, 2014. Median age of patients at enrollment was 13 years (range, 0–71) and at diagnosis of TSC was 1 year (range, 0–69). The occurrence rates of major manifestations of TSC included – cortical tubers (82.2%), subependymal nodules (78.2%), subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (24.4%), renal angiomyolipomas (47.2%), lymphangioleiomyomatosis (6.9%), cardiac rhabdomyomas (34.3%), facial angiofibromas (57.3%), forehead plaque (14.1%), ≥ 3 hypomelanotic macules (66.8%), and shagreen patches (27.4%). Epilepsy was reported in 1748 (83.5%) patients, of which 1372 were diagnosed at ≤ 2 years (78%). Intellectual disability was identified in 451 (54.9%) patients of those assessed. TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND) were diagnosed late, and not evaluated in 30–50% of patients. Conclusion TOSCA is the largest clinical case series of TSC to date. It provided a detailed description of the disease trajectory with increased awareness of various TSC manifestations. The rates of different features of TSC reported here reflect the age range and referral patterns of clinics contributing patients to the cohort. Documentation of TAND and LAM was poor. A widespread adoption of the international TSC assessment and treatment guidelines, including use of the TAND Checklist, could improve surveillance. The registry provides valuable insights into the necessity for monitoring, timing, and indications for the treatment of TSC. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13023-016-0553-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- John C Kingswood
- Sussex Kidney Unit, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, UK.
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- Moscow Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, UK
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- Novartis Farmacéutica SA, Gran Vía Corts Catalanes, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.,European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, Dattein, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Tuberous Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Management Clinic, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of pediatric neurology, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University People's Hospital (PKUPH), Beijing, China
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, NHO, 886 Urushiyama Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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Belousova E, Karmazanovsky G, Kriger A, Kalinin D, Mannelli L, Glotov A, Karelskaya N, Paklina O, Kaldarov A. Contrast-enhanced MDCT in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: correlation with histological findings and diagnostic performance in differentiation between tumour grades. Clin Radiol 2016; 72:150-158. [PMID: 27890421 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2016.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIM To identify the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) features of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNETs), which correlate with tumour histology and enable preoperative grading. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-nine patients with histologically confirmed pNET who underwent preoperative contrast-enhanced MDCT were included in this study. Nineteen tumours were classified as Grade 1 (G1) and 20 as Grade 2 (G2). Histopathology slides were reviewed to assess the intratumoural microvascular density (MVD) and the amount of tumour stroma. Computed tomography (CT) image analysis included tumour size, margin delineation, calcifications, homogeneity, contrast enhancement (CE) pattern, tumour absolute and relative enhancement, presence of cystic changes, pancreatic duct dilatation, regional and distant metastases. The diagnostic ability to predict tumour grade was measured for each MDCT finding and their combinations. RESULTS The mean arterial enhancement ratio had a mean±standard deviation of 1.53±0.45 in G1 and 1.01±0.33 in G2 pNETs (p=0.0003) and correlated with intratumoural microvascular density (MVD; r=0.55, p=0.0002). Tissue stroma percentage did not correlate with imaging findings. Late CE of the tumour (the peak attenuation observed in the venous phase) was significantly associated with G2. Tumour size >20 mm, arterial enhancement ratio <1.1, and late CE showed 74.4%, 79.5%, and 74.4% accuracy, respectively, in diagnosing G2 tumours, while the accuracy of at least two of these criteria used in combination was 82%. Based on these results, a diagnostic algorithm was proposed, which showed high interobserver agreement (k=0.82) in the prediction of tumour grade. CONCLUSION Contrast-enhanced MDCT features correlate with histological findings and enable the differentiation between G1 and G2 pNETs during preoperative examination.
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- E Belousova
- Department of Radiology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Training of Physicians, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Radiology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Training of Physicians, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pathology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Radiology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pathology, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia; Department of Pathology, S.P. Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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Vlodavets D, Reshetov D, Artemieva S, Litvinova E, Shulyakova I, Shidlovskaya O, Kazakov D, Belousova E. Russian experience of DMD genetic database. Neuromuscul Disord 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2016.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Franz DN, Belousova E, Sparagana S, Bebin EM, Frost MD, Kuperman R, Witt O, Kohrman MH, Flamini JR, Wu JY, Curatolo P, de Vries PJ, Berkowitz N, Niolat J, Jóźwiak S. Long-Term Use of Everolimus in Patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Final Results from the EXIST-1 Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158476. [PMID: 27351628 PMCID: PMC4924870 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Everolimus, a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, has demonstrated efficacy in treating subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGAs) and other manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). However, long-term use of mTOR inhibitors might be necessary. This analysis explored long-term efficacy and safety of everolimus from the conclusion of the EXIST-1 study (NCT00789828). Methods and Findings EXIST-1 was an international, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial examining everolimus in patients with new or growing TSC-related SEGA. After a double-blind core phase, all remaining patients could receive everolimus in a long-term, open-label extension. Everolimus was initiated at a dose (4.5 mg/m2/day) titrated to a target blood trough of 5–15 ng/mL. SEGA response rate (primary end point) was defined as the proportion of patients achieving confirmed ≥50% reduction in the sum volume of target SEGA lesions from baseline in the absence of worsening nontarget SEGA lesions, new target SEGA lesions, and new or worsening hydrocephalus. Of 111 patients (median age, 9.5 years) who received ≥1 dose of everolimus (median duration, 47.1 months), 57.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 47.9–67.0) achieved SEGA response. Of 41 patients with target renal angiomyolipomas at baseline, 30 (73.2%) achieved renal angiomyolipoma response. In 105 patients with ≥1 skin lesion at baseline, skin lesion response rate was 58.1%. Incidence of adverse events (AEs) was comparable with that of previous reports, and occurrence of emergent AEs generally decreased over time. The most common AEs (≥30% incidence) suspected to be treatment-related were stomatitis (43.2%) and mouth ulceration (32.4%). Conclusions Everolimus use led to sustained reduction in tumor volume, and new responses were observed for SEGA and renal angiomyolipoma from the blinded core phase of the study. These findings support the hypothesis that everolimus can safely reverse multisystem manifestations of TSC in a significant proportion of patients. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00789828
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- David N. Franz
- Department of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Research and Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Neurology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, California, United States of America
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- Department of Oncology, University of Heidelberg Medical Center and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mattel Children’s Hospital at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Oncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Oncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals S.A.S., Rueil-Malmaison, France
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Bissler J, Radzikowska E, Zonnenberg B, Belousova E, Frost MD, Sauter M, kinngswood C, Brakemeier S, de Vries P, Berkowitz N, Voi M, Peyrard S, Budde K, Franz DN. PD04-03 EVEROLIMUS FOR RENAL ANGIOMYOLIPOMA ASSOCIATED WITH TSC OR SLAM: FINAL LONG-TERM RESULTS FROM EXIST-2. J Urol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.2408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fomenkov A, Vincze T, Grabovich M, Anton BP, Dubinina G, Orlova M, Belousova E, Roberts RJ. Complete Genome Sequence of a Strain of Azospirillum thiophilum Isolated from a Sulfide Spring. Genome Announc 2016; 4:e01521-15. [PMID: 26744373 PMCID: PMC4706337 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.01521-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the complete, closed genome sequence and complete methylome of Azospirillum thiophilum strain BV-S(T).
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- New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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Fomenkov A, Vincze T, Grabovich MY, Dubinina G, Orlova M, Belousova E, Roberts RJ. Complete Genome Sequence of the Freshwater Colorless Sulfur Bacterium Beggiatoa leptomitoformis [corrected] Neotype Strain D-402T. Genome Announc 2015; 3:e01436-15. [PMID: 26659680 PMCID: PMC4675945 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.01436-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this report, we announce the availability of a complete closed genome sequence and methylome analysis of Beggiatoa leptomitiformis neotype strain D-402(T) (DSM 14946, UNIQEM U 779).
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- New England BioLabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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Belousova E. Comments to “Is epileptogenesis a key to treatment of childhood epileptic encephalopathies?”. Journal of Epileptology 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/joepi-2015-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Bissler JJ, Kingswood JC, Radzikowska E, Zonnenberg BA, Frost M, Belousova E, Sauter M, Nonomura N, Brakemeier S, de Vries PJ, Berkowitz N, Miao S, Segal S, Peyrard S, Budde K. Everolimus for renal angiomyolipoma in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis: extension of a randomized controlled trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015; 31:111-9. [PMID: 26156073 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are recommended as first-line treatment of renal angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (sporadic LAM), but follow-up is limited. Longer term efficacy and tolerability data from a Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial are presented. METHODS Following favorable results from the primary analysis (data cutoff 30 June 2011) of the EXIST-2 trial, patients still receiving study treatment were allowed to enter an open-label extension. Everolimus was initiated at 10 mg once daily and titrated based on tolerability. The primary outcome was angiomyolipoma response rate (≥ 50% reduction from baseline in target lesion volumes). Safety was a secondary endpoint. RESULTS As of the cutoff date (1 May 2013), 112 patients had received everolimus, and the response rate in 107 patients with angiomyolipoma (median duration of medication exposure of 28.9 months) was 54%. The proportion of patients achieving angiomyolipoma reductions of ≥ 30% and ≥ 50% increased over time, reaching 81.6% (62/76) and 64.5% (49/76), respectively, by Week 96. No everolimus-treated patients experienced renal bleeding. The long-term safety profile was consistent with previous reports; adverse events (AEs) were mostly Grade 1/2, and there were no new safety issues. The frequency of emerging AEs and severe AEs lessened over time. CONCLUSIONS Longer term everolimus treatment appeared safe and effective in patients with TSC- or sporadic LAM-associated renal angiomyolipoma not requiring surgical intervention. Continued reduction in angiomyolipoma volume was demonstrated, and there was no angiomyolipoma-related bleeding; AEs were predictable and generally manageable. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrialsgov identifier: NCT00790400 (http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00790400).
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität MüNchen, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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Bissler J, Kingswood J, Radzikowska E, Zonnenberg B, Frost M, Belousova E, Sauter M, Nonomura N, Brakemeier S, De Vries P, Berkowitz N, Peyrard S, Budde K. 1 Everolimus for renal angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) from EXIST-2: Continued efficacy and diminishing adverse events after ∼3.5 years of treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(15)60004-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Belousova E. Zonisamid in additional treatment of pediatric partial epilepsy: a review of efficacy and safety in randomized double blind pacebo-controlled III phase study. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2015; 115:46-51. [DOI: 10.17116/jnevro20151155146-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Franz DN, Belousova E, Sparagana S, Bebin EM, Frost M, Kuperman R, Witt O, Kohrman MH, Flamini JR, Wu JY, Curatolo P, de Vries PJ, Berkowitz N, Anak O, Niolat J, Jozwiak S. Everolimus for subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: 2-year open-label extension of the randomised EXIST-1 study. Lancet Oncol 2014; 15:1513-1520. [DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(14)70489-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kingswood JC, Bruzzi P, Curatolo P, de Vries PJ, Fladrowski C, Hertzberg C, Jansen AC, Jozwiak S, Nabbout R, Sauter M, Touraine R, O'Callaghan F, Zonnenberg B, Crippa S, Comis S, d'Augères GB, Belousova E, Carter T, Cottin V, Dahlin M, Ferreira JC, Macaya A, Benedik MP, Sander V, Youroukos S, Castellana R, Ulker B, Feucht M. TOSCA - first international registry to address knowledge gaps in the natural history and management of tuberous sclerosis complex. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2014; 9:182. [PMID: 25424195 PMCID: PMC4256743 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-014-0182-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare, multisystem, genetic disorder with an estimated prevalence between 1/6800 and 1/15000. Although recent years have seen huge progress in understanding the pathophysiology and in the management of TSC, several questions remain unanswered. A disease registry could be an effective tool to gain more insights into TSC and thus help in the development of improved management strategies. METHODS TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) is a multicentre, international disease registry to assess manifestations, interventions, and outcomes in patients with TSC. Patients of any age diagnosed with TSC, having a documented visit for TSC within the preceding 12 months, or newly diagnosed individuals are eligible. Objectives include mapping the course of TSC manifestations and their effects on prognosis, identifying patients with rare symptoms and co-morbidities, recording interventions and their outcomes, contributing to creation of an evidence-base for disease assessment and therapy, informing further research on TSC, and evaluating the quality of life of patients with TSC. The registry includes a 'core' section and subsections or 'petals'. The 'core' section is designed to record general information on patients' background collected at baseline and updated annually. Subsections will be developed over time to record additional data related to specific disease manifestations and will be updated annually. The registry aimed to enrol approximately 2000 patients from about 250 sites in 31 countries. The initial enrolment period was of 24 months. A follow-up observation period of up to 5 years is planned. RESULTS A pre-planned administrative analysis of 'core' data from the first 100 patients was performed to evaluate the feasibility of the registry. Results showed a high degree of accuracy of the data collection procedure. Annual interim analyses are scheduled. Results of first interim analysis will be presented subsequent to data availability in 2014. IMPLICATIONS The results of TOSCA will assist in filling the gaps in understanding the natural history of TSC and help in planning better management and surveillance strategies. This large-scale international registry to study TSC could serve as a model to encourage planning of similar registries for other rare diseases.
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- John C Kingswood
- Sussex Kidney Unit, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, UK.
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- IRCCS AUO San Martino IST-Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy.
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Associazione Sclerosi Tuberosa ONLUS, Milan, Italy.
- European Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Association, In den Birken, 30, 45711, Dattein, Germany.
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- The Children's Memorial Health Institute of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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- Moscow Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- TSA Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Nottingham, UK.
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- Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde, Vienna, Austria.
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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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Affiliation(s)
- 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]
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- 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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