Bingtian Dong, Ruiling He, Shenghong Ju, Yuping Chen, Ivica Grgurevic, Jianzhong Ma, Ying Guo, Huizhen Fan, Qiang Yan, Chuan Liu, Huixiong Xu, Anita Madir, Kristian Podrug, Jia Wang, Linxue Qian, Zhengzi Geng, Shanghao Liu, Tao Ren, Guo Zhang, Kun Wang, Meiqin Su, Fei Chen, Sumei Ma, Liting Zhang, Zhaowei Tong, Yonghe Zhou, Xin Li, Fanbin He, Hui Huan, Wenjuan Wang, Yunxiao Liang, Juan Tang, Fang Ai, Tingyu Wang, Liyun Zheng, Zhongwei Zhao, Jiansong Ji, Wei Liu, Jiaojiao Xu, Bo Liu, Xuemei Wang, Yao Zhang, Qiong Yan, Hui Liu, Xiaomei Chen, Shuhua Zhang, Yihua Wang, Yang Liu, Li Yin, Yanni Liu, Yanqing Huang, Li Bian, Ping An, Xin Zhang, Shaoting Zhang, Jinhua Shao, Xiangman Zhang, Wei Rao, Chaoxue Zhang, Christoph Frank Dietrich, Won Kim, Xiaolong Qi
{"title":"Fibrosis-4plus score: a novel machine learning-based tool for screening high-risk varices in compensated cirrhosis (CHESS2004): an international multicenter study.","authors":"Bingtian Dong, Ruiling He, Shenghong Ju, Yuping Chen, Ivica Grgurevic, Jianzhong Ma, Ying Guo, Huizhen Fan, Qiang Yan, Chuan Liu, Huixiong Xu, Anita Madir, Kristian Podrug, Jia Wang, Linxue Qian, Zhengzi Geng, Shanghao Liu, Tao Ren, Guo Zhang, Kun Wang, Meiqin Su, Fei Chen, Sumei Ma, Liting Zhang, Zhaowei Tong, Yonghe Zhou, Xin Li, Fanbin He, Hui Huan, Wenjuan Wang, Yunxiao Liang, Juan Tang, Fang Ai, Tingyu Wang, Liyun Zheng, Zhongwei Zhao, Jiansong Ji, Wei Liu, Jiaojiao Xu, Bo Liu, Xuemei Wang, Yao Zhang, Qiong Yan, Hui Liu, Xiaomei Chen, Shuhua Zhang, Yihua Wang, Yang Liu, Li Yin, Yanni Liu, Yanqing Huang, Li Bian, Ping An, Xin Zhang, Shaoting Zhang, Jinhua Shao, Xiangman Zhang, Wei Rao, Chaoxue Zhang, Christoph Frank Dietrich, Won Kim, Xiaolong Qi","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0898","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>A large percentage of patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening do not have esophageal varices (EV) or have only small EV. We evaluated a large, international, multicenter cohort to develop a novel score, termed FIB-4plus, by combining the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score, liver stiffness measurement (LSM), and spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) to identify high-risk EV (HRV) in compensated cirrhosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This international cohort study involved patients with compensated cirrhosis from 17 Chinese hospitals and one Croatian institution (NCT04546360). Two-dimensional shear wave elastography-derived LSM and SSM values, and components of the FIB-4 score (i.e., age, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and platelet count [PLT]) were combined using machine learning algorithms (logistic regression [LR] and extreme gradient boosting [XGBoost]) to develop the LR-FIB-4plus and XGBoost-FIB-4plus models, respectively. Shapley Additive exPlanations method was used to interpret the model predictions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analyzed data from 502 patients with compensated cirrhosis who underwent EGD screening. The XGBoost-FIB-4plus score demonstrated superior predictive performance for HRV, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.927 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.897-0.957) in the training cohort (n=268), and 0.919 (95% CI 0.843-0.995) and 0.902 (95% CI 0.820-0.984) in the first (n=118) and second (n=82) external validation cohorts, respectively. Additionally, the XGBoost-FIB-4plus score exhibited high AUROC values for predicting EV across all cohorts. The FIB-4plus score outperformed the individual parameters (LSM, SSM, PLT, and FIB-4).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The FIB-4plus score effectively predicted EV and HRV in patients with compensated cirrhosis, providing clinicians with a valuable tool for optimizing patient management and outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"881-898"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260638/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Donghee Kim, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Karn Wijarnpreecha, George Cholankeril, Aijaz Ahmed
{"title":"Contemporary burden of mortality from chronic liver disease by sex and race/ethnicity in the United States.","authors":"Donghee Kim, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Karn Wijarnpreecha, George Cholankeril, Aijaz Ahmed","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0384","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0384","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e268-e272"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143967903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classification of microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: Different standards, common goals: Letter to the editor on \"Classification of microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: Correlation with prognosis and magnetic resonance imaging\".","authors":"Wei Chen, Yihui Rong, Tianshi Ma, Weiwei Shi, Wei Chen, Hang Jiang","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0167","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0167","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e249-e251"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260606/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143440002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tung-Hung Su, Sheng-Shun Yang, Mei-Hsuan Lee, Wei-Yu Kao, Shang-Chin Huang, Fen-Fang Chen, Francis Sk Poon, Lung-Wen Tsai, Yi-Ting Chen, Che Lin, Weichung Wang, W Ray Kim, Jia-Horng Kao
{"title":"High Steatosis-Associated Fibrosis Estimator scores predict hepatocellular carcinoma in viral and non-viral hepatitis and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.","authors":"Tung-Hung Su, Sheng-Shun Yang, Mei-Hsuan Lee, Wei-Yu Kao, Shang-Chin Huang, Fen-Fang Chen, Francis Sk Poon, Lung-Wen Tsai, Yi-Ting Chen, Che Lin, Weichung Wang, W Ray Kim, Jia-Horng Kao","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0822","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0822","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>There are no hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance recommendations for non-viral chronic liver diseases (CLD), such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). We explored the Steatosis-Associated Fibrosis Estimator (SAFE) score to predict HCC in MASLD and other CLD etiologies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with various CLDs were included from medical centers in Taiwan. The SAFE score, consisting of age, body mass index, diabetes, and laboratory data, was calculated at baseline, and patients were traced for new development of HCC. The predictability of the SAFE score for HCC was analyzed using the sub-distribution hazard model with adjustments for competing risks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 12,963 CLD patients with a median follow-up of 4 years, 258 developed HCC. The SAFE score classifies 1-, 3-, and 5-year HCC risk regardless of CLD etiologies. High (≥100) and intermediate (0-100) SAFE scores increased 11 and 2 folds HCC risks compared to low (<0) SAFE scores. Combining two lower risk tiers (SAFE<100), a high SAFE score (≥100) was associated with a 7.5-fold risk of HCC (adjusted sub-distributional hazard ratio [aSHR] 7.54; 95% confidence interval (CI) 5.38-10.60). A high SAFE score increased the risks of HCC in subgroups of viral hepatitis, non-viral hepatitis (aSHR 11.10; 95% CI 3.97-31.30) and MASLD (aSHR 4.23; 95% CI 1.43-12.50). A hospital cohort (n=8,103) and a community MASLD cohort (n=120,166) validated the high SAFE score (≥100) for HCC risk prediction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The SAFE score stratifies high risks for HCC in CLD patients regardless of etiologies and helps to select at-risk candidates for HCC surveillance.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":"31 3","pages":"796-809"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260615/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144636346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the editor on \"Bariatric surgery reduces long-term mortality in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and cirrhosis\".","authors":"Weixiong Zhu, Xuefan Zeng, Zengxi Yang, Yusheng Cheng, Wence Zhou","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0189","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e252-e253"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260627/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143499063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huihai Yang, Martina Mang Leng Lei, Longfei Xie, Yinuo Shou, Terence Kin Wah Lee
{"title":"Deciphering adenosine signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma: Pathways, prognostic models, and therapeutic implications.","authors":"Huihai Yang, Martina Mang Leng Lei, Longfei Xie, Yinuo Shou, Terence Kin Wah Lee","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.1068","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.1068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly lethal cancer due to its aggressive nature and poor prognosis. Adenosine, a key metabolic regulator in the tumor microenvironment (TME), plays a crucial role in cancer progression. In this review, we first described adenosine triphosphate adenosine metabolism in the TME and summarized its effects on tumor growth, immune suppression, angiogenesis, and metastasis in HCC. Given the limited number of clinical studies on adenosine signaling in HCC, we conducted LASSO-Cox analysis using the TCGA-LIHC cohort to develop a prognostic risk model composed of eight adenosine signaling-related genes. This model stratified the patients into low- and high-risk groups, with Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealing poorer overall survival in the high-risk group. Additionally, differential gene expression analysis between the two groups identified 24 enriched signaling pathways for further investigation. Immune infiltration and single cell RNA-seq analyses revealed a correlation between adenosine and immunosuppressive activity in the TME, with a particularly strong association observed in macrophages, dendritic cells, and monocytes. Finally, we provided an overview of the advancements of antagonists that target adenosine receptors' progress in both preclinical research and clinical trials. In conclusion, this review aims to deepen our understanding of the biological role of adenosine and highlights emerging therapeutic strategies that may improve treatment outcomes for HCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"706-729"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260624/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Yanfang Pang, Tanuj Mahendru, Primrose Tothanarungroj, Luis Antonio Díaz, Juan Pablo Arab, Pimtawan Jatupornpakdee, Mark D Muthiah, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Won-Mook Choi, Daniel Q Huang, Donghee Kim, Mazen Noureddin, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Amit G Singal, Ju Dong Yang
{"title":"Sex disparities in alcohol-associated liver disease and subtype differences in alcohol-attributable cancers in the United States.","authors":"Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Yanfang Pang, Tanuj Mahendru, Primrose Tothanarungroj, Luis Antonio Díaz, Juan Pablo Arab, Pimtawan Jatupornpakdee, Mark D Muthiah, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Won-Mook Choi, Daniel Q Huang, Donghee Kim, Mazen Noureddin, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Amit G Singal, Ju Dong Yang","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0169","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Harmful alcohol use is a substantial contributor to liver diseases, liver cancer, and extrahepatic neoplasms. Patterns of alcohol consumption have shifted over recent decades. This study evaluates trends in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and alcohol-attributable cancers in the United States (US) from 2000 to 2021.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the methodological framework of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, we analyzed trends in incidence, prevalence, and mortality from ALD and alcohol-attributable cancers in the US.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2021, there were 28,340 new cases of ALD, 227,730 prevalent cases, and 21,860 deaths attributed to ALD in the US. From 2000 to 2021, ALD incidence, prevalence, and mortality increased by 43%, 36%, and 79%, respectively. The age-standardized incidence and death rate of ALD rose disproportionately among females compared to males. For alcohol-attributable cancers, primary liver cancer, colorectal cancer, and esophageal cancer accounted for the largest share of deaths in 2021. Age-standardized death rates increased significantly for primary liver cancer (annual percent change [APC] 2.21%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.70-2.73%) and other pharyngeal cancer (APC 1.35%, 95% CI 1.08-1.62%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The burden of ALD is substantial and continues to rise in the US, with a particularly notable increase among females. Mortality from alcohol-attributable cancers is also increasing, mainly driven by primary liver cancer and pharyngeal cancer. However, system-wise, gastrointestinal cancer had the highest death attributable to alcohol. These findings highlight the urgent need for public health strategies to tackle ALD, primary liver cancer, and alcoholattributable extrahepatic malignancies.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"1058-1070"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143963311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gu-Wei Ji, Zheng-Gang Xu, Shuo-Chen Liu, Shu-Ya Cao, Chen-Yu Jiao, Ming Lu, Biao Zhang, Yue Yang, Qing Xu, Xiao-Feng Wu, Ke Wang, Yong-Xiang Xia, Xiang-Cheng Li, Xue-Hao Wang
{"title":"Radiogenomics of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma predicts immunochemotherapy response and identifies therapeutic target.","authors":"Gu-Wei Ji, Zheng-Gang Xu, Shuo-Chen Liu, Shu-Ya Cao, Chen-Yu Jiao, Ming Lu, Biao Zhang, Yue Yang, Qing Xu, Xiao-Feng Wu, Ke Wang, Yong-Xiang Xia, Xiang-Cheng Li, Xue-Hao Wang","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0895","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0895","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Identifying patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) likely to benefit from immunochemotherapy, the new front-line treatment, remains challenging. We aimed to unveil a novel radiotranscriptomic signature that can facilitate treatment response prediction by multi-omics integration and multiscale modelling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed bulk, single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data comprising 457 ICC patients to identify an immune-related score (IRS), followed by decoding its spatial immune context. We mapped radiomics profiles onto spatial-specific IRS using machine learning to define a novel radiotranscriptomic signature, followed by multi-scale and multi-cohort validation covering 331 ICC patients. The signature was further explored for the potential therapeutic target from in vitro to in vivo.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We revealed a novel 3-gene (PLAUR, CD40LG, and FGFR4) IRS whose down-regulation correlated with better survival and improved sensitivity to immunochemotherapy. We highlighted functional IRS-immune interactions within tumor epithelium, rather than stromal compartment, irrespective of geospatial locations. Machine learning pipeline identified the optimal 3-feature radiotranscriptomic signature that was well-validated by immunohistochemical assays in molecular cohort, exhibited favorable external prognostic validity with C-index over 0.64 in resection cohort, and predicted treatment response with an area under the curve of up to 0.84 in immunochemotherapy cohort. We also showed that anti-uPAR/PLAUR alone or in combination with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 therapy remarkably curbed tumor growth, using in vitro ICC cell lines and in vivo humanized ICC patient-derived xenograft mouse models.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This proof-of-concept study sheds light on the spatially-resolved radiotranscriptomic signature to improve patient selection for emerging immunochemotherapy and high-order immunotherapy combinations in ICC.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"935-959"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260641/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emerging therapies and real-world application of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease treatment.","authors":"Hee Yeon Kim, Mary E Rinella","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0083","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, formerly referred to as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, is the most common liver disease in Western countries and has emerged as the leading indication for liver transplantation. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a more advanced stage, carries a high risk of progression to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Until recently, lifestyle intervention remained the mainstay of MASH management, with no pharmacological treatments specifically approved. However, advances in understanding its pathophysiological mechanisms have fueled numerous clinical trials, culminating in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of resmetirom as the first treatment for MASH in 2024. Additionally, many investigational drugs are nearing FDA approval or progressing through late-stage clinical trials. This review examines the current therapeutic landscape, highlights strategies for identifying patients suitable for liver-directed therapies in real-world settings, and discusses the challenges that remain.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"753-770"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Baveno VI-SSM stratifies the risk of portal hypertension-related events in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis.","authors":"Haiyu Wang, Weihao Liang, Ling Zhou, Jiankang Song, Biao Wen, Qiaoping Wu, Yuanjian Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Haoran Ke, Yujun Tang, Fuyuan Zhou, Youfu Zhu, Weiqun Wen, Zhihua Liu, Yali Ji, Qintao Lai, Qinjun He, Wenfan Luo, Tingting Qi, Miaoxia Liu, Xiaoqin Lan, Yongpeng Chen, Ranran Xi, Junting Wan, Lin Dai, Yuan Li, Jinjun Chen","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0609","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Cirrhotic patients with liver stiffness measurement (LSM) <20 kPa and platelet count ≥150×109/L (Baveno VI criteria), otherwise spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) ≤40 kPa (Baveno VI-SSM criteria) can avoid endoscopy screening; however, no prospective data for their hepatic outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Compensated cirrhosis with HBV were prospectively enrolled from April 2019 to April 2022 and followed until July 2023. All patients underwent LSM, SSM and esophagogastroduodenoscopy assessment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1,224 patients enrolled with median follow-up of 30 months (interquartile range, 21-42), the incidence of decompensation was greater in 560 patients with unfavored Baveno VI criteria (0.5 vs. 20.4 per 1,000 person-years, P=0.0004) than that in 664 patients with favored Baveno VI-SSM criteria. The Baveno VI-SSM model identified more patients (54.2%) as low-risk for decompensation than Baveno VII-SSM model (single cutoff) (48.4%, P=0.004) and than Baveno VI criteria (34.6%, P<0.0001) did. Patients with high-risk varices diagnosed via endoscopy following Baveno VI-SSM model assessment had greater probability of decompensation compared to those identified by the Baveno VII-SSM model (single cutoff) (42.8 vs. 21.1 per 1,000 person-years, P=0.0088). Additionally, among the 493 patients who underwent endoscopic re-assessment, 242 patients with favored Baveno VI-SSM criteria had much lower incidence of EV progression (2.6 vs. 99.5 per 1,000 person-years, P=0.0004) and lower risk of decompensation compared to 140 patients with unfavored Baveno VI-SSM model (0 vs. 34.2 per 1,000 person-years, P=0.0256).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Baveno VI-SSM model could identify HBV-related cirrhosis patients at low risk of decompensation, which was greatly improved upon Baveno VI-SSM reassessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"866-880"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12260633/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}