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Safroneeva E, Pan Z, King E, Martin LJ, Collins MH, Yang GY, Capocelli KE, Arva NC, Abonia JP, Atkins D, Bonis PA, Dellon ES, Falk GW, Gonsalves N, Gupta SK, Hirano I, Leung J, Menard-Katcher PA, Mukkada VA, Schoepfer AM, Spergel JM, Wershil BK, Rothenberg ME, Aceves SS, Furuta GT. Long-Lasting Dissociation of Esophageal Eosinophilia and Symptoms After Dilation in Adults With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 20:766-775.e4. [PMID: 34062314 PMCID: PMC8628021 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Esophageal dilation improves dysphagia but not inflammation in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) patients. We investigated if dilation modifies the association between symptoms and peak esophageal eosinophils per high-power field (eos/hpf). METHODS Adults enrolled in a multisite prospective Consortium of Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Disease Researchers Outcome Measures for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Across Ages observational study (NCT02523118) completed the symptom-based EoE activity index (EEsAI) patient-reported outcome instrument and underwent endoscopy with biopsy specimens. Patients were stratified based on dilation status as absent, performed 1 year or less before endoscopy, and performed more than 1 year before endoscopy. Assessments included Spearman correlations of the relationship between symptoms and eos/hpf and linear regression with EEsAI as the outcome, eos/hpf as predictor, and interaction for dilation and eos/hpf. RESULTS Among 100 patients (n = 61 males; median age, 37 y), 15 and 40 patients underwent dilation 1 year or less and more than 1 year before index endoscopy, respectively. In nondilated patients, the association between eos/hpf and symptoms was moderate (ρ = 0.49; P < .001); for a 10-eos/hpf increase, the predicted EEsAI increased by 2.69 (P = .002). In patients dilated 1 or less and more than 1 year before index endoscopy, this association was abolished (ρ = -0.38; P = .157 for ≤1 y and ρ = 0.02; P = .883 >1 y); for a 10-eos/hpf increase, the predicted EEsAI changed by -1.64 (P = .183) and 0.78 (P = .494), respectively. Dilation modified the association between symptoms and eos/hpf (P = .005 and P = .187 for interaction terms of eos/hpf and dilation 1 or less years before and more than 1 year before index endoscopy, respectively). CONCLUSIONS In nondilated EoE adults, eos/hpf correlate modestly with symptoms; this correlation was no longer appreciated in dilated patients, and the dilation effects lasted longer than 1 year. Dilation status should be considered in studies evaluating EoE treatment and for clinical follow-up evaluation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ekaterina Safroneeva
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Section of Allergy, Immunology, Aurora, Colorado
| | - Peter A Bonis
- Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Evan S Dellon
- Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, Ohio
| | - Seema S Aceves
- Division of Allergy Immunology, University of California, San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California
| | - Glenn T Furuta
- Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Aurora, Colorado
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