Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1159/000539581
Eli Magen, Eugene Merzon, Michal Vinker Shuster, Ilan Green, Israel Magen, Avivit Golan-Cohen, Ariel Israel
{"title":"Prevalence of Helminth Infections in Patients with Celiac Disease.","authors":"Eli Magen, Eugene Merzon, Michal Vinker Shuster, Ilan Green, Israel Magen, Avivit Golan-Cohen, Ariel Israel","doi":"10.1159/000539581","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539581","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate the association between helminth infections and celiac disease (CeD), examining various demographic and clinical factors in CeD cases compared to controls.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective case-control study utilizing Leumit Health Care Services' electronic health records. The study encompassed individuals with CeD and a matched control group. We analyzed demographic and clinical characteristics, examining their association with helminth infections.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed CeD cases and controls had similar mean ages (17.8 years vs. 18.0 years, p = 0.565) and gender distributions (64.0% females in both groups, p = 0.999). There were no significant differences in socioeconomic status and ethnic distribution between the two groups. Most of the helminthiases in the CeD group were due to intestinal helminthiases, and most of the intestinal helminthiases were nematode (roundworm) infections. Enterobiasis (the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis) is involved in most cases (odds ratio 1.32, 95% confidence interval 1.20-1.45, p < 0.001). While the prevalence of ascariasis and anisakiasis was also higher in the CeD group, these differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.115 and p = 0.174, respectively). No significant differences were found in the prevalence of other specific helminth infections, such as echinococcosis, cestode infections, and strongyloidiasis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study reveals an unexpected association between CeD and helminth infections, challenging prevailing hypotheses, particularly within the context of the hygiene hypothesis. These findings warrant further investigation to elucidate the mechanisms underlying this intriguing relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"593-599"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1159/000533901
Nimish Vakil
{"title":"Developments in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease over the Last 40 Years.","authors":"Nimish Vakil","doi":"10.1159/000533901","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000533901","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The last 40 years have seen a remarkable change in our understanding of reflux disease.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>These changes encompass disease definition and impact, pathophysiology, diagnostic testing, regulatory oversight of clinical trials, pharmacotherapy, endoscopic, and surgical treatment. We have also seen a number of promising therapies fail.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>The future holds the promise of further advances. Adaptive artificial intelligence will take over diagnostics in manometry and pH impedance testing and patient-driven outcomes may be changed by interactions with artificial intelligence rather than humans. Changes in chip technology will allow higher resolution chips to be carried on smaller devices making extra-esophageal areas where reflux may play a role more accessible to prolonged observation and testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"127-136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41143632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1159/000540379
Debora Compare, Costantino Sgamato, Alba Rocco, Pietro Coccoli, Carmen Ambrosio, Gerardo Nardone
{"title":"The Leaky Gut and Human Diseases: \"Can't Fill the Cup if You Don't Plug the Holes First\".","authors":"Debora Compare, Costantino Sgamato, Alba Rocco, Pietro Coccoli, Carmen Ambrosio, Gerardo Nardone","doi":"10.1159/000540379","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000540379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The gut barrier is a sophisticated and dynamic system that forms the frontline defense between the external environment and the body's internal milieu and includes various structural and functional components engaged not only in digestion and nutrient absorption but also in immune regulation and overall health maintenance.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>When one or more components of the intestinal barrier lose their structure and escape their function, this may result in a leaky gut. Mounting evidence emphasizes the crucial role of the gut microbiome in preserving the integrity of the gut barrier and provides insights into the pathophysiological implications of conditions related to leaky gut in humans. Assessment of intestinal permeability has evolved from invasive techniques to noninvasive biomarkers, but challenges remain in achieving consensus about the best testing methods and their accuracy. Research on the modulation of gut permeability is just starting, and although no medical guidelines for the treatment of leaky gut syndrome are available, several treatment strategies are under investigation with promising results.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>This review discusses the composition of the intestinal barrier, the pathophysiology of the leaky gut and its implications on human health, the measurement of intestinal permeability, and the therapeutic strategies to restore gut barrier integrity.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"548-566"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-23DOI: 10.1159/000538788
Muzaffer Reha Ümütlü, Osman Öcal, Daniel Puhr-Westerheide, Matthias P Fabritius, Moritz Wildgruber, Sinan Deniz, Stefanie Corradini, Maya Rottler, Franziska Walter, Paul Rogowski, Ricarda Seidensticker, Alexander B Philipp, Daniel Rössler, Jens Ricke, Max Seidensticker
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Local Liver Radioablation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Lesions within and beyond Limits of Thermal Ablation.","authors":"Muzaffer Reha Ümütlü, Osman Öcal, Daniel Puhr-Westerheide, Matthias P Fabritius, Moritz Wildgruber, Sinan Deniz, Stefanie Corradini, Maya Rottler, Franziska Walter, Paul Rogowski, Ricarda Seidensticker, Alexander B Philipp, Daniel Rössler, Jens Ricke, Max Seidensticker","doi":"10.1159/000538788","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>CT-guided interstitial brachytherapy (iBT) radiotherapy has been established in the treatment of liver tumors. With iBT, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) lesions can be treated beyond the limits of thermal ablation (i.e., size and location). However, a comprehensive analysis of the efficacy of iBT in patients within and beyond thermal ablation limits is lacking.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A total of 146 patients with 216 HCC lesions have been analyzed retrospectively. Clinical and imaging follow-up data has been collected. Lesions were evaluated in terms of suitability for thermal ablation or not. The correlation between local tumor control (LTC), time to progression (TTP), overall survival (OS), and clinical and imaging parameters have been evaluated using univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>LTC rates at 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months were 87%, 75%, and 73%, respectively. 65% of lesions (n = 141) were not suitable for radiofrequency ablation (RFA). The median TTP was 13 months, and the median OS was not reached (3-year OS rate: 70%). No significant difference in LTC, TTP, or OS regarding RFA suitability existed. However, in the overall multivariable analysis, lesion diameter >5 cm was significantly associated with lower LTC (HR: 3.65, CI [1.60-8.31], p = 0.002) and shorter TTP (HR: 2.08, CI [1.17-3.70], p = 0.013). Advanced BCLC stage, Child-Pugh Stage, and Hepatitis B were associated with shorter OS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>iBT offers excellent LTC rates and OS in local HCC treatment regardless of the limits of thermal ablation, suggesting further evidence of its alternative role to thermal ablation in patients with early-stage HCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"461-472"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141086544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-24DOI: 10.1159/000536303
Joseph M Cappuccio, Neev Mehta, Randall Pellish
{"title":"Inpatient Infliximab Biosimilar Cost-Savings: Cost Analysis of Inpatient Treatment with Originator Infliximab (Remicade™) versus Biosimilar Infliximab (Renflexis™) for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis.","authors":"Joseph M Cappuccio, Neev Mehta, Randall Pellish","doi":"10.1159/000536303","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Infliximab (IFX) is a standard, inpatient salvage therapy for the treatment of refractory acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC). Remicade™ is the originator IFX. Its biosimilar Renflexis™ offers a reduced cost structure. We performed a cost-minimization analysis to compare costs with Remicade™ and Renflexis™ for the inpatient treatment of ASUC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective clinical and financial data were obtained from 34 inpatients with refractory ASUC who received Renflexis™ (n = 17) or Remicade™ (n = 17) between 2019 and 2021. Clinical data included admission and discharge laboratory values. Financial data included a decision support drug cost (DSDC), constituting the total cost associated with inpatient IFX administration, and total inpatient cost of care. The following equation generated a ratio (rDSDC) representing the percentage of drug cost (or DSDC) of the total inpatient cost of care, after controlling for IFX dose and length of stay: [DSDC of IFX/Number of Units of IFX] ÷ [Total Inpatient Cost of Care/Length of Stay in Days]. Median and non-parametric Wilcoxon ranked sum test were used for analyzing patient demographics, clinical, and financial data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No differences were found in baseline or discharge clinical parameters. The median unadjusted ratio of DSDC to total inpatient cost of care was 0.387 versus 0.241 in the Remicade™ versus Renflexis™ groups (p = 0.0025), respectively, representing an absolute difference of ∼14%. Median adjusted rDSDC were 0.04 versus 0.024 in the Remicade™ versus Renflexis™ groups, respectively, representing a relative cost reduction of ∼40% (p = 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The unadjusted absolute cost reduction and adjusted relative cost reduction were, respectively, 14% and 40% in the Renflexis™ group as compared to Remicade™, when treating inpatient ASUC. Our calculation included median DSDC as a percentage of the total inpatient cost of care, controlling for IFX dose and length of stay. This reduced cost structure promotes use of Renflexis™ for ASUC inpatients and may reduce costs systemically.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"496-502"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-03DOI: 10.1159/000536053
Min Kyung Yeo, Sun Hyung Kang, Hyun Seok Lee, Hyuk Soo Eun, Hee Seok Moon, Eaum Seok Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Jae Kyu Sung, Byung Seok Lee, Hyun Yong Jeong
{"title":"Risk Factors for a Narrow Safety Margin after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer.","authors":"Min Kyung Yeo, Sun Hyung Kang, Hyun Seok Lee, Hyuk Soo Eun, Hee Seok Moon, Eaum Seok Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Jae Kyu Sung, Byung Seok Lee, Hyun Yong Jeong","doi":"10.1159/000536053","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>A narrow safety margin (NSM) after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a well-recognized risk factor for local recurrence in early gastric cancer (EGC). However, only a few studies have investigated the risk factors for the development of NSM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The medical records and pathologic specimens of patients with EGC who underwent ESD from January 2020 to December 2020 at a single tertiary hospital (Daejeon, South Korea) were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 218 patients were enrolled and 29 had NSM (<3 mm). When comparing the NSM and the control groups, the size of the lesion, the depth of invasion, and the operating endoscopist were found to be risk factors for the development of NSM. The increased length of the subepithelial spread of the lesion was associated with a narrower safety margin. Logistic regression analysis revealed that lesion size was a risk factor for NSM, and a marginally significant difference between endoscopists was found.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Multiple factors may need to be considered during ESD, including lesion size, invasion depth, operating endoscopist, and subepithelial spread.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"137-144"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139086355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-05DOI: 10.1159/000535774
Nabeel Mansour, Simon Sirtl, Martin K Angele, Moritz Wildgruber
{"title":"Management of Sinistral Portal Hypertension after Pancreaticoduodenectomy.","authors":"Nabeel Mansour, Simon Sirtl, Martin K Angele, Moritz Wildgruber","doi":"10.1159/000535774","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sinistral, or left-sided, portal hypertension (SPH) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage resulting from obstruction of the splenic vein. Venous drainage from the spleen via collaterals can result in venous hemorrhage into both the retroperitoneal and intra-abdominal spaces due to increased venous blood pressure in peripancreatic and gastroduodenal vasculature. SPH can occur secondary to pancreatitis with thrombosis of the splenic vein. Another possible cause is the surgical ligation of the splenic vein as part of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Although splenectomy has been traditionally considered as the treatment of choice to relieve venous hypertension, individual concepts for each patient have to be developed. Considering the venous collateral drainage pathways, a comprehensive approach involving surgical, endoscopic, and interventional radiology interventions may be necessary to address the underlying cause of variceal bleeding. Among these approaches, splenic artery embolization (SAE) has demonstrated efficacy in mitigating the adverse effects associated with elevated venous outflow pressure.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>This review summarizes key imaging findings in SPH patients after PD and highlights the potential of minimally invasive embolization for curative treatment of variceal hemorrhage.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>(i) SPH is a potential consequence after major pancreas surgery. (ii) Collateral flow can lead to life-threatening abdominal bleeding. (iii) Depending on the origin and localization of the bleeding, a dedicated management is required, frequently involving interventional radiology techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"178-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10997249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139377341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-08DOI: 10.1159/000537782
Iván Guerra, Francisco Barros, María Chaparro, José M Benítez, María Dolores Martín-Arranz, Ruth de Francisco, Marta Piqueras, Luisa de Castro, Ana Y Carbajo, Fernando Bermejo, Miguel Mínguez, Ana Gutiérrez, Francisco Mesonero, Fiorella Cañete, Carlos González-Muñoza, Marta Calvo, Beatriz Sicilia, Erika Alfambra, Montserrat Rivero, Alfredo J Lucendo, Carlos A Tardillo, Pedro Almela, Luis Bujanda, Manuel van Domselaar, Laura Ramos, María Fernández Sánchez, Esther Hinojosa, Cristina Verdejo, Anna Gimenez, Iago Rodríguez-Lago, Noemí Manceñido, José L Pérez Calle, Mónica Del Pilar Moreno, Pedro Genaro Delgado-Guillena, Beatriz Antolín, Patricia Ramírez de la Piscina, María José Casanova, Pilar Soto Escribano, Eduardo Martín Arranz, Isabel Pérez-Martínez, Raquel Mena, Natalia García Morales, Alicia Granja, Marta Maia Boscá Watts, Rubén Francés, Cristina Fernández, Margalida Calafat, Cristina Roig-Ramos, María Isabel Vera, Ángel Carracedo, Eugeni Domènech, Javier P Gisbert
{"title":"Evaluation of Genetic Variants Associated with the Risk of Thiopurine-Related Pancreatitis: A Case Control Study from ENEIDA Registry.","authors":"Iván Guerra, Francisco Barros, María Chaparro, José M Benítez, María Dolores Martín-Arranz, Ruth de Francisco, Marta Piqueras, Luisa de Castro, Ana Y Carbajo, Fernando Bermejo, Miguel Mínguez, Ana Gutiérrez, Francisco Mesonero, Fiorella Cañete, Carlos González-Muñoza, Marta Calvo, Beatriz Sicilia, Erika Alfambra, Montserrat Rivero, Alfredo J Lucendo, Carlos A Tardillo, Pedro Almela, Luis Bujanda, Manuel van Domselaar, Laura Ramos, María Fernández Sánchez, Esther Hinojosa, Cristina Verdejo, Anna Gimenez, Iago Rodríguez-Lago, Noemí Manceñido, José L Pérez Calle, Mónica Del Pilar Moreno, Pedro Genaro Delgado-Guillena, Beatriz Antolín, Patricia Ramírez de la Piscina, María José Casanova, Pilar Soto Escribano, Eduardo Martín Arranz, Isabel Pérez-Martínez, Raquel Mena, Natalia García Morales, Alicia Granja, Marta Maia Boscá Watts, Rubén Francés, Cristina Fernández, Margalida Calafat, Cristina Roig-Ramos, María Isabel Vera, Ángel Carracedo, Eugeni Domènech, Javier P Gisbert","doi":"10.1159/000537782","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000537782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Risk factors for developing pancreatitis due to thiopurines in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not clearly identified. Our aim was to evaluate the predictive pharmacogenetic risk of pancreatitis in IBD patients treated with thiopurines.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an observational pharmacogenetic study of acute pancreatitis events in a cohort study of IBD patients treated with thiopurines from the prospectively maintained ENEIDA registry biobank of GETECCU. Samples were obtained and the CASR, CEL, CFTR, CDLN2, CTRC, SPINK1, CPA1, and PRSS1 genes, selected based on their known association with pancreatitis, were fully sequenced.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-five cases and 105 controls were enrolled; a total of 57% were women. Median age at pancreatitis diagnosis was 39 years. We identified 81 benign variants (50 in cases and 67 in controls) and a total of 35 distinct rare pathogenic and unknown significance variants (10 in CEL, 21 in CFTR, 1 in CDLN2, and 3 in CPA1). None of the cases or controls carried pancreatitis-predisposing variants within the CASR, CPA1, PRSS1, and SPINK1 genes, nor a pathogenic CFTR mutation. Four different variants of unknown significance were detected in the CDLN and CPA1 genes; one of them was in the CDLN gene in a single patient with pancreatitis and 3 in the CPA1 gene in 5 controls. After the analysis of the variants detected, no significant differences were observed between cases and controls.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients with IBD, genes known to cause pancreatitis seem not to be involved in thiopurine-related pancreatitis onset.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"257-264"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140058924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-26DOI: 10.1159/000538511
Chiara Pierantoni, Lorenzo Cosentino, Luigi Ricciardiello
{"title":"Molecular Pathways of Colorectal Cancer Development: Mechanisms of Action and Evolution of Main Systemic Therapy Compunds.","authors":"Chiara Pierantoni, Lorenzo Cosentino, Luigi Ricciardiello","doi":"10.1159/000538511","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Colorectal cancer is known as one of the \"big killers\" in oncology given its burden in terms on morbidity and mortality. Since the second half of the last century, similarly to what happened for other solid tumors, a large series of cytotoxic molecules have been developed and tested to treat this disease.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Following new discoveries in terms of colorectal cancer pathogenesis and specific pathways involved such as angiogenesis, a new series of drugs have been developed: targeted therapies.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>In this review, we will briefly describe colorectal cancer molecular biology and its main pathways in order to retrace the main stages of oncological treatment development for colorectal cancer from the first available treatments to novel approaches to the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"319-324"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140293100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digestive DiseasesPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-21DOI: 10.1159/000538399
Peter Kahrilas, Foteini Anastasiou, Albert J Bredenoord, Hashem B El Serag, Joachim Labenz, Juan Mendive, Edoardo V Savarino, Daniel Sifrim, Mihaela Udrescu, Rena Yadlapati, A Pali Hungin
{"title":"Proton Pump Inhibitors: Rational Use and Use-Reduction - The Windsor Workshop.","authors":"Peter Kahrilas, Foteini Anastasiou, Albert J Bredenoord, Hashem B El Serag, Joachim Labenz, Juan Mendive, Edoardo V Savarino, Daniel Sifrim, Mihaela Udrescu, Rena Yadlapati, A Pali Hungin","doi":"10.1159/000538399","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite deprescribing initiatives to curb overutilization of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), achieving meaningful reductions in PPI use is proving a challenge.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>An international group of primary care doctors and gastroenterologists examined the literature surrounding PPI use and use-reduction to clarify: (i) what constitutes rational PPI prescribing; (ii) when and in whom PPI use-reduction should be attempted; and (iii) what strategies to use when attempting PPI use-reduction.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>Before starting a PPI for reflux-like symptoms, patients should be educated on potential causes and alternative approaches including dietary and lifestyle modification, weight loss, and relaxation strategies. When commencing a PPI, patients should understand the reason for treatment, planned duration, and review date. PPI use at hospital discharge should not be continued without a recognized indication for long-term treatment. Long-term PPI therapy should be reviewed at least annually. PPI use-reduction should be based on the lack of a rational indication for long-term PPI use, not concern for PPI-associated adverse events. PPI use-reduction strategies involving switching to on-demand PPI or dose tapering, with rescue therapy for rebound symptoms, are more likely to succeed than abrupt cessation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11294,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"211-220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11152023/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140184029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}