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{"title":"Utility of mobile applications in the management of hepatitis B: A systematic review.","authors":"Judit Romero-Vico, Elena Vargas-Accarino, Adriana Palom, Núria Fabrellas, Maria Buti","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502395","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502395","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatitis B virus is a public health issue, with severe complications such as cirrhosis and liver cancer that impose significant economic, emotional, and psychosocial burdens. Despite the availability of a vaccine and oral treatments, effective management of this disease remains a challenge. Telemedicine and mobile applications have the potential to improve the management of chronic diseases; this study examines their utility in hepatitis B. A search was conducted in four databases in November 2024 following the PRISMA guidelines. Out of 216 articles, seven studies were included. These studies evaluated the use of mobile applications in providing access to information, detection and linkage to care, quality of life assessment, and vaccination promotion. The findings showed the usefulness of these tools, considering mobile applications as a helpful tool in the management and prevention of hepatitis B.</p>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":" ","pages":"502395"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143472445","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}

{"title":"High persistence rate at one year- follow-up of subcutaneous vedolizumab at standard dose after switching endovenous vedolizumab, even in those previously intensified: results of a Spanish multicentre observational study.","authors":"Laura Andrés, Marisa Iborra, Raquel Vicente, Lara Arias, Pilar Nos, Ana Royo-Esteban, Beatriz Sicilia","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502379","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Subcutaneous (sc) vedolizumab is an alternative to intravenous (iv) vedolizumab for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To analyse the persistence rate of the sc vedolizumab and its pharmacokinetics in patients previously treated with iv vedolizumab; describing clinical and biochemical remission rates at one year, and comparing previous intravenous intensification regimens.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multicenter, descriptive, observational, and retrospective study of a cohort of 54 patients with IBD treated with iv vedolizumab for more than six months, who were switched to sc vedolizumab under a standard regimen, 32 patients (59%) with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) and 22 patients (41%) with Crohn's disease (CD) RESULTS: After one year of follow-up, 93% of the patients continued with vedolizumab, 100% were in clinical remission, and 86% achieved biochemical remission (calprotectin <150). A progressive increase in vedolizumab levels was observed after switching to sc vedolizumab, with statistical significance (p<0.05). 14 patients (25.9%) were on an intensified regimen before switching to sc vedolizumab; however, all patients remained on subcutaneous vedolizumab at a dose of 108 mg every two weeks without the need for intensification.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>After switching to sc vedolizumab in patients with endovenous vedolizumab treatment, high persistence rate at one year of follow-up is achieved, with a greater tendency to biochemical remission, which is more pronounced in previously intensified patients without the need for subcutaneous vedolizumab intensification.</p>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":" ","pages":"502379"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143440648","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}

{"title":"Dysplasia screening in inflammatory bowel disease patients: to whom, when and how.","authors":"María Pilar Ballester, Cristina Rubín de Célix, Lucía Madero, Margalida Calafat, Iria Baston-Rey, Eduard Brunet-Mas","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502373","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":" ","pages":"502373"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143374088","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}

{"title":"Body mass index does not influence loss of response to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in Crohn's disease.","authors":"Carla Bortolin Fonseca, Roberta Petry, Luciana Harlacher, Laryssa Hanauer, Carlos Fernando Magalhães Francesconi, Paulo Gustavo Kotze, Cristina Flores","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502372","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD) treatment was revolutionized by introducing anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents, which is still a cornerstone of the treatment. It is speculated that adipose tissue may influence treatment response, especially for non-weight-adjusted agents.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>Research comparing the effectiveness of anti-TNFs between eutrophic and overweight patients may impact clinical management. We performed a retrospective analysis of a CD patient database. The primary endpoint was loss of response (LOR) after 54 weeks with infliximab (IFX) and adalimumab (ADA) in patients with body mass index (BMI) <25 and ≥25. Secondary endpoints were steroid-free remission and endoscopic remission rate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred seventy-nine CD patients were evaluated; 48.9% had LOR after 54 weeks of anti-TNF therapy. Fifty-four patients had a BMI ≥25, with 51 receiving IFX and 28 receiving ADA. The univariate analysis identified LOR in 56.5% of the patients with IFX and 34.9% in the ADA group (p=0.009). In the 54-week multivariate analysis, loss of response in the IFX group with BMI ≥25 had a relative risk of 1.04 [CI 0.60-1.80 (p=0.891)] compared to patients with BMI <25. Being overweight or obese led to a risk of 1.50 for LOR for ADA at 54-week time point [CI 0.60-3.74 (p=0.0387)]. Clinical remission at 54 weeks was similar between BMI groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Being overweight did not influence the LOR to treatment when IFX and ADA were compared, nor did it affect clinical and endoscopic remission after 54 weeks.</p>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":" ","pages":"502372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364386","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}

{"title":"Exploring the gut-brain axis in a large cohort of patients with irritable bowel syndrome: Is there a link between depression and intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms?","authors":"Facundo Pereyra, Francisco Schlottmann, María A Casas, Leandro Steinberg, Lisandro Pereyra","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502370","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms according to depression severity in a large cohort of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>A consecutive series of patients with diagnosis of IBS according to Rome IV criteria undertaking a social-media based program (B15 program) were analyzed. The B15 program provides evidence-based dietary and non-pharmacological recommendations (i.e., mindfulness techniques and exercise) to improve gastrointestinal health. All patients completed the symptom-severity questionnaire (IBS-SSS) to determine severity of disease and the patient health questionnaire (PHQ9) to assess depressive symptoms. Patients' depression severity was stratified according to the PHQ9 score: none (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10-14), moderately severe (15-19), and severe (20-27). Demographics, IBS phenotype and prevalence of intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms were compared among groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 15,675 patients with IBS were included; 895 (12.1%) with none, 5709 (36.4%) with mild, 4279 (27.3%) with moderate, 2457 (15.7%) with moderately severe, and 1335 (8.5%) with severe depression. Mean IBS-SSS score was significantly higher in patients with depressive symptoms (none 256.5 vs. severe 324.1, p<0.0001). IBS-M (mixed bowel habits alternating constipation and diarrhea) was more frequent in those with depression (p<0.0001). The presence of bloating, heartburn, dyspepsia, and belching were significantly more common in patients with higher levels of depression (p<0.0001). The prevalence and number of extra-intestinal symptoms were also associated with the severity of depression (p<0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The presence and severity of depression are strongly associated with the prevalence of intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms in patients with IBS. Stratifying patients based on both their symptomatic and psychological profile could help targeting therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":" ","pages":"502370"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143255591","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}

{"title":"Patients' and paediatric gastroenterologists' assessments of the follow-up of coeliac disease in Spain.","authors":"David Pérez Solís, Juan Ignacio Serrano-Vela, Cristóbal Pérez Sixto, Teresa Bermejo Delgado, M Luz Cilleruelo Pascual, Josefa Barrio Torres, Ester Donat Aliaga, Ricardo Torres Peral, Enriqueta Román Riechmann","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502371","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2025.502371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There is high variability in the follow-up of paediatric patients with coeliac disease (CD) in Europe. The aim of this study was to know the current reality of paediatric CD follow-up in Spain through professionals and the patients themselves and their families.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using 2 anonymous web surveys, one aimed at paediatric gastroenterologists, and the other at members of CD patients' associations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 96 responses from paediatricians and 4745 from patients (1362<15 years) were analysed. Among the professionals, 84.4% carry out follow-up only at the hospital level. A percentage of 80.2 lack a joint follow-up protocol with primary health care. The transition after the paediatric age is made to adult gastroenterologists by 56.2% of professionals (only 8.3% in a protocolized manner). A percentage of 58.3 do not have a dietitian and 64.6% do not use quality of life questionnaires. The patients stated that they mainly performed follow-up visits in the hospital (68.8%). Only 15.7% ever consult a dietitian. Scheduled visits were more frequent in paediatric patients than in adults (95.1% vs. 63.5%, p<0.001). The variable most associated with attendance at follow-up visits was that the survey had been answered by the patient's parents (odds ratio 2.6, p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In Spain, there is a lack of follow-up protocols for paediatric CD patients integrating hospitals and primary care, as well as protocols for the transition to adult professionals. The participation of dietitians is very low. Adult patients adhere less to follow-up visits.</p>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":" ","pages":"502371"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143255592","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}

{"title":"Artificial intelligence for dysplasia detection during surveillance colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis: A cross-sectional, non-inferiority, diagnostic test comparison study","authors":"Antonio López-Serrano ,&nbsp;Alba Voces ,&nbsp;José Ramón Lorente ,&nbsp;Francisco José Santonja ,&nbsp;Angela Algarra ,&nbsp;Patricia Latorre ,&nbsp;Pablo del Pozo ,&nbsp;José María Paredes","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502210","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and study aim</h3><div>High-definition virtual chromoendoscopy, along with targeted biopsies, is recommended for dysplasia surveillance in ulcerative colitis patients at risk for colorectal cancer. Computer-aided detection (CADe) systems aim to improve colonic adenoma detection, however their efficacy in detecting polyps and adenomas in this context remains unclear. This study evaluates the CADe Discovery™ system's effectiveness in detecting colonic dysplasia in ulcerative colitis patients at risk for colorectal cancer.</div></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><div>A prospective cross-sectional, non-inferiority, diagnostic test comparison study was conducted on ulcerative colitis patients undergoing colorectal cancer surveillance colonoscopy between January 2021 and April 2021. Patients underwent virtual chromoendoscopy (VCE) with iSCAN 1 and 3 with optical enhancement. One endoscopist, blinded to CADe Discovery™ system results, examined colon sections, while a second endoscopist concurrently reviewed CADe images. Suspicious areas detected by both techniques underwent resection. Proportions of dysplastic lesions and patients with dysplasia detected by VCE or CADe were calculated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Fifty-two patients were included, and 48 lesions analyzed. VCE and CADe each detected 9 cases of dysplasia (21.4% and 20.0%, respectively; <em>p</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.629) in 8 patients and 7 patients (15.4% vs. 13.5%, respectively; <em>p</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.713). Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and diagnostic accuracy for dysplasia detection using VCE or CADe were 90% and 90%, 13% and 5%, 21% and 2%, 83% and 67%, and 29.2% and 22.9%, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The CADe Discovery™ system shows similar diagnostic performance to VCE with iSCAN in detecting colonic dysplasia in ulcerative colitis patients at risk for colorectal cancer.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":"48 2","pages":"Article 502210"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140916052","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}

{"title":"La endoscopia de tercer espacio: una realidad para la próxima generación de endoscopistas","authors":"Raúl Honrubia López ,&nbsp;Aurora Burgos García ,&nbsp;Yutaka Mitsunaga ,&nbsp;Pedro de María Pallares ,&nbsp;Mariana Tavecchia ,&nbsp;Cristina Fernández de Castro","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502291","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":"48 2","pages":"Article 502291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142686894","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}

{"title":"Preguntas comunes y respuestas razonadas sobre el síndrome del sobrecrecimiento bacteriano intestinal (SIBO)","authors":"Javier Alcedo González ,&nbsp;Fermín Estremera-Arévalo ,&nbsp;Julyssa Cobián Malaver ,&nbsp;Javier Santos Vicente ,&nbsp;Luis Gerardo Alcalá-González ,&nbsp;Juan Naves ,&nbsp;Elizabeth Barba Orozco ,&nbsp;Claudia Barber Caselles ,&nbsp;Blanca Serrano-Falcón ,&nbsp;Anna Accarino Garaventa ,&nbsp;Carmen Alonso-Cotoner ,&nbsp;Jordi Serra Pueyo","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recognition and treatment of intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndrome are matters of controversy. The symptoms that have guided the search for the disorder suffer from lack of specificity, especially in the absence of well-defined predisposing factors. The accuracy of diagnostic procedures has been questioned and the proposed therapies achieve generally low effectiveness figures, with large differences between available studies. It is also unknown whether the normalization of tests is really a guarantee of cure.</div><div>Within this framework of uncertainty, and in order to contribute to the guidance and homogenization of medical practice, a group of experts from the AEG and ASENEM have formulated the key questions on the management of this pathology and have provided answers to them, in accordance with the available scientific evidence. In addition, they have drawn up statements based on the conclusions of the review and have voted on them individually to reflect the degree of consensus for each statement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":"48 2","pages":"Article 502216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141295930","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}

{"title":"Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (PEComa) harboring TFE3 gene rearrangements in a patient with Lynch syndrome","authors":"Ana B. Larqué ,&nbsp;Gerard Frigola ,&nbsp;Natalia Castrejón ,&nbsp;Sherley Díaz-Mercedes ,&nbsp;Eva Musulén Palet ,&nbsp;Carolina Martínez Ciarpaglini ,&nbsp;Stefania Landolfi ,&nbsp;Antonio M. Lacy ,&nbsp;Francesc Balaguer ,&nbsp;Miriam Cuatrecasas","doi":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gastrohep.2024.502217","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12802,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterologia y hepatologia","volume":"48 2","pages":"Article 502217"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141295929","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}