{"title":"Artificial Intelligence-Generated Patient Education Materials for Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Comparative Analysis","authors":"Shuyan Zeng, Qingzhou Kong, Xiaoqi Wu, Tian Ma, Limei Wang, Leiqi Xu, Guanjun Kou, Mingming Zhang, Xiaoyun Yang, Xiuli Zuo, Yueyue Li, Yanqing Li","doi":"10.1111/hel.13115","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13115","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Patient education contributes to improve public awareness of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>. Large language models (LLMs) offer opportunities to revolutionize patient education transformatively. This study aimed to assess the quality of patient educational materials (PEMs) generated by LLMs and compared with physician sourced.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Unified instruction about composing a PEM about <i>H. pylori</i> at a sixth-grade reading level in both English and Chinese were given to physician and five LLMs (Bing Copilot, Claude 3 Opus, Gemini Pro, ChatGPT-4, and ERNIE Bot 4.0). The assessments of the completeness and comprehensibility of the Chinese PEMs were conducted by five gastroenterologists and 50 patients according to three-point Likert scale. Gastroenterologists were asked to evaluate both English and Chinese PEMs and determine the accuracy and safety. The accuracy was assessed by six-point Likert scale. The minimum acceptable scores were 4, 2, and 2 for accuracy, completeness, and comprehensibility, respectively. The Flesch–Kincaid and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook scoring systems were employed as readability assessment tools.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Accuracy and comprehensibility were acceptable for English PEMs of all sources, while completence was not satisfactory. Physician-sourced PEM had the highest accuracy mean score of 5.60 and LLM-generated English PEMs ranged from 4.00 to 5.40. The completeness score was comparable between physician-sourced PEM and LLM-generated PEMs in English. Chinese PEMs from LLMs proned to have lower score in accuracy and completeness assessment than English PEMs. The mean score for completeness of five LLM-generated Chinese PEMs was 1.82–2.70 in patients' perspective, which was higher than gastroenterologists' assessment. Comprehensibility was satisfactory for all PEMs. No PEM met the recommended sixth-grade reading level.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>LLMs have potential in assisting patient education. The accuracy and comprehensibility of LLM-generated PEMs were acceptable, but further optimization on improving completeness and accounting for a variety of linguistic contexts are essential for enhancing the feasibility.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tetracycline Three Times Daily Versus Four Times Daily in Bismuth-Containing Quadruple Therapy as the First-Line Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Multicenter, Noninferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Yu-Ming Ding, Qiu-Mei Zhang, Rui-Li Li, Zhong-Xue Han, Qing Zhao, Li-Dong Xu, Ke-Yu Wang, Xue-Ping Nan, Miao Duan, Shu-Yan Zeng, Qing-Zhou Kong, Hui Wang, Xiao-Qi Wu, Ning Zhang, Yan-Qing Li, Xiu-Li Zuo, Yue-Yue Li","doi":"10.1111/hel.13121","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13121","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Current guidelines recommend bismuth-containing quadruple therapy for patients newly diagnosed with <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> (<i>H. pylori</i>) infection. We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of tetracycline administered three times daily versus four times daily in bismuth-containing quadruple therapy for first-line treatment of <i>H. pylori</i> infection.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This multicenter, noninferiority, randomized controlled study, conducted in China, recruited treatment-naïve adults with <i>H. pylori</i> infection, randomized 1:1 into two treatment groups to receive either of the following bismuth-containing quadruple therapies: esomeprazole 20 mg twice-daily; bismuth 220 mg twice-daily; amoxicillin 1000 mg twice-daily; and tetracycline 500 mg three times daily (TET-T) versus 500 mg four times daily (TET-F). At least 6 weeks post-treatment, a <sup>13</sup>C-urea breath test was performed to evaluate <i>H. pylori</i> eradication.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In total, 406 patients were randomly assigned to the two treatment groups. Intention-to-treat eradication rates were 91.63% (186/203; 95% confidence interval [CI] 87.82%–95.44%) versus 90.15% (183/203; 95% CI 86.05%–94.25%) (<i>p</i> = 0.0005) and per-protocol eradication rates were 95.34% (184/193; 95% CI 92.36%–98.31%) versus 95.72% (179/187; 95% CI 92.82%–98.62%) (<i>p</i> = 0.0002) for the TET-T and TET-F group, respectively. TET-T-treated patients had a lower incidence of adverse effects than TET-F-treated patients (21.61% vs. 31.63%, <i>p</i> = 0.024), with no significant differences in compliance to treatment between the groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>As a first-line therapy for <i>H. pylori</i> infection, the eradication rate of the TET-T therapy was noninferior to that of the TET-F therapy while significantly reducing the incidence of adverse reactions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Trial Registration</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05431075</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HelicobacterPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1111/hel.13118
Shuhan Qiu, Yu Huang, Jinnan Chen, Yixian Guo, Meixuan Li, Zhaohui Ding, Xiao Liang, Hong Lu
{"title":"Vonoprazan–Amoxicillin Dual Therapy With Different Amoxicillin Administration Regimens for Helicobacter pylori Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Shuhan Qiu, Yu Huang, Jinnan Chen, Yixian Guo, Meixuan Li, Zhaohui Ding, Xiao Liang, Hong Lu","doi":"10.1111/hel.13118","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13118","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The effect of preprandial or postprandial administration of amoxicillin on the efficacy of vonoprazan–amoxicillin dual therapy (VA-dual therapy) for <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> treatment has not been studied. It is also unclear whether amoxicillin dosing four times daily is more effective than three times daily. We aimed to investigate the effect of different amoxicillin administration regimens on the efficacy of VA-dual therapy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>H. pylori</i>-infected subjects were randomly assigned to three groups in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive a 14-day dual therapy consisting of vonoprazan 20 mg twice daily + amoxicillin 1000 mg three times daily before meals (BM-TID) or 1000 mg three times daily after meals (AM-TID) or 750 mg four times daily after meals (AM-QID). <i>H. pylori</i> eradication rates, adverse events rates, compliance, and antibiotic resistance were compared.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Between May 2021 to April 2023, 327 subjects were enrolled. The eradication rates of BM-TID, AM-TID, and AM-QID dual therapy were 88.1%, 89.9%, and 93.6% in intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis, 90.6%, 94.2%, and 99.0% in modified ITT (MITT) analysis, and 90.4%, 94.1%, and 99.0% in per-protocol (PP) analysis. Although there was non-inferiority between BM-TID and AM-TID, as well as between AM-TID and AM-QID, AM-QID was significantly more effective than BM-TID. There were no significant differences in adverse event rates, compliance, and antibiotic resistance among the three groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Postprandial administration and the increased frequency of administration of amoxicillin may contribute to a better efficacy of VA-dual therapy, especially for rescue therapy. All VA-dual therapy in our study could achieve good efficacy for first-line treatment.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p><b>Trial Registration:</b> clinicaltrials.gov: NCT05901051.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HelicobacterPub Date : 2024-07-31DOI: 10.1111/hel.13112
Maria Pina Dore, Ruben Hernaez, David Y. Graham
{"title":"Self-Correcting Method for Highly Effective Office-Based Helicobacter pylori Therapy Using Cumulative Test of Cure Data","authors":"Maria Pina Dore, Ruben Hernaez, David Y. Graham","doi":"10.1111/hel.13112","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13112","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background and Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infections have become resistant to many previously highly effective antimicrobial regimens resulting in clarithromycin, metronidazole, or fluoroquinolone-containing therapies becoming unsuccessful. Pretreatment susceptibility testing is only widely available in the United States but is still rarely done. Here, we propose a framework to monitor <i>H</i>. <i>pylori</i> eradication in small clinical settings by routinely assessing the effectiveness of therapy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Because of the small sample size in individual practice's, we assume an acceptable cure rate of ≥80% (preferred cure rate ≥85%) in adherent patients, with a dichotomous outcome (cured vs. failed) and consecutive patient enrollment. To obtain results (feedback) in a timely manner, for individual practices, cure rates can be estimated after 10 patients. Large practices which acquire patients more rapidly can delay analysis until a total of 104 <i>H</i>. <i>pylori-</i>infected patients, assuming a baseline cure rate of at least 85% with the preferred regimen.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We show how data from individual practices can be utilized to improve the effectiveness of <i>H</i>. <i>pylori</i> treatment decisions. The method consists of recording and accumulating the confirmation of cure data for successive small groups of patients. These data are then analyzed as binary outcomes (pass-fail) and serve as the basis for studying and improving the effectiveness of <i>H</i>. <i>pylori</i> treatment decisions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A simple actuarial method can serve outpatient clinics to ensure a reliable test-to-cure method and avoid futile <i>Hp</i> regimens.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial Variation of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Response to Long-Term Administration of Vonoprazan in Mice With High Risk of Gastric Cancer","authors":"Chao Peng, Xinbo Xu, Yaobin Ouyang, Yu Li, Nonghua Lu, Yin Zhu, Cong He","doi":"10.1111/hel.13117","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13117","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Vonoprazan, a potassium-competitive acid blocker, is superior to traditional proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in acid suppression and has been approved in the treatment of acid-related disorders. Accumulating evidence suggest associations between PPI use and gut microbiota, yet the effect of vonoprazan on GI microbiota is obscure.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Transgenic FVB/N insulin-gastrin (INS-GAS) mice as a model of gastric cancer (GC) were administered vonoprazan by gavage every other day for 12 weeks. Stomachs were evaluated by histopathology, Ki-67 proliferation index, and inflammatory cytokines. The mucosal and lumen microbiota from stomach, jejunum, ileum, cecum, and feces were detected using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Higher incidence of intestinal metaplasia and epithelial proliferation were observed in the vonoprazan group than that in the control mice. Vonoprazan also elevated the gastric expression of proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6. Each mice comprised a unique microbiota composition that was consistent across different niches. The structure of GI microbiota changed dramatically after vonoprazan treatment with the stomach being the most disturbed segment. Vonoprazan administration shifted the gut microbiota toward the enrichment of pathogenic <i>Streptococcus</i>, <i>Staphylococcus</i>, <i>Bilophila</i>, and the loss of commensal <i>Prevotella</i>, <i>Bifidobacterium</i>, and <i>Faecalibacterium</i>. Interestingly, compared to the controls, microbial interactions were weaker in the stomach while stronger in the jejunum of the vonoprazan group.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Long-term vonoprazan treatment promoted gastric lesions in male INS-GAS mice, with the disequilibrium of GI microbiome. The clinical application of vonoprazan needs to be judicious particularly among those with high risk of GC.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HelicobacterPub Date : 2024-07-30DOI: 10.1111/hel.13116
Yi Hu, Yongkang Lai, Foqiang Liao, Xu Shu, Yin Zhu, Yi-Qi Du, Nong-Hua Lu, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (Shanghai)
{"title":"Assessing Accuracy of ChatGPT on Addressing Helicobacter pylori Infection-Related Questions: A National Survey and Comparative Study","authors":"Yi Hu, Yongkang Lai, Foqiang Liao, Xu Shu, Yin Zhu, Yi-Qi Du, Nong-Hua Lu, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (Shanghai)","doi":"10.1111/hel.13116","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13116","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>ChatGPT is a novel and online large-scale language model used as a source providing up-to-date and useful health-related knowledges to patients and clinicians. However, its performance on <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection-related questions remain unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of ChatGPT's responses on <i>H. pylori</i>-related questions compared with that of gastroenterologists during the same period.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Twenty-five <i>H. pylori</i>-related questions from five domains: Indication, Diagnostics, Treatment, Gastric cancer and prevention, and Gut Microbiota were selected based on the Maastricht VI Consensus report. Each question was tested three times with ChatGPT3.5 and ChatGPT4. Two independent <i>H. pylori</i> experts assessed the responses from ChatGPT, with discrepancies resolved by a third reviewer. Simultaneously, a nationwide survey with the same questions was conducted among 1279 gastroenterologists and 154 medical students. The accuracy of responses from ChatGPT3.5 and ChatGPT4 was compared with that of gastroenterologists.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Overall, both ChatGPT3.5 and ChatGPT4 demonstrated high accuracy, with median accuracy rates of 92% for each of the three responses, surpassing the accuracy of nationwide gastroenterologists (median: 80%) and equivalent to that of senior gastroenterologists. Compared with ChatGPT3.5, ChatGPT4 provided more concise responses with the same accuracy. ChatGPT3.5 performed well in the Indication, Treatment, and Gut Microbiota domains, whereas ChatGPT4 excelled in Diagnostics, Gastric cancer and prevention, and Gut Microbiota domains.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>ChatGPT exhibited high accuracy and reproducibility in addressing <i>H. pylori</i>-related questions except the decision for <i>H. pylori</i> treatment, performing at the level of senior gastroenterologists and could serve as an auxiliary information tool for assisting patients and clinicians.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Helicobacter pylori-Associated Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Tissue in Children: A Multicenter Case Series","authors":"Pesah Melnik, Ilana Weintraub, Hussein Shamaly, Shlomi Cohen, Noa Greenberg-Kushnir, Ginette Schiby, Batia Weiss","doi":"10.1111/hel.13113","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13113","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data regarding <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> (<i>H. pylori</i>)-associated mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in children are lacking. We aimed to characterize the diagnosis, management, and outcome of <i>H. pylori</i>-associated MALT lymphoma in pediatric patients.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Study Design</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A retrospective multicenter case series of the pediatric patients with <i>H. pylori</i>-associated MALT lymphoma who were diagnosed during 2010–2022.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Five children, of them three females, were identified. The mean age at diagnosis was 14.6 ± 2.4 years. The clinical presentation included abdominal pain (5/5), nausea (3/5), weight loss, night sweats, recurrent fever (1/5), and iron deficiency anemia (2/5). Endoscopic findings in both the stomach antrum and body included a fragile and hyperemic mucosa, large ulcers, extensive nodularity, and exudate. All the biopsies from the gastric mucosa were consistent with MALT lymphoma, and positive for <i>H. pylori</i> (by Giemsa stain). All the patients received triple therapy (amoxicillin, nitroimidazole, or a macrolide, and a proton pump inhibitor, for 14 days), and achieved <i>H. pylori</i> eradication. All had complete resolution of histological findings at the last follow-up. In one patient, the histology of MALT lymphoma persisted 12 months after <i>H. pylori</i> eradication, and only the 18-month-biopsy was free of residual disease.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this series of pediatric MALT lymphoma, complete resolution of disease occurred in all the patients, yet histological remission was delayed in one. This supports the importance of endoscopic follow-up.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improved Patient Adherence to Family-Based Helicobacter pylori Infection Control and Management Strategy in Central China and Its Influencing Factors","authors":"Xiao-Ting Li, Lu Xu, Chen Zhang, Ya-Bin Qi, Ruo-Bing Hu, Mohammed Awadh Abdun, Xue-Chun Yu, Kuan Li, Ting-Ting Liu, Jing Ma, Wei Xiao, Ling Lan, Xue-Mei Wang, Ming-Bo Cao, Jian Li, Shuang-Yin Han, Xiu-Ling Li, Song-Ze Ding","doi":"10.1111/hel.13114","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13114","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Patient adherence status to the newly introduced family-based <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> (<i>H. pylori</i>) infection control and management strategy remains unclear, so are its influencing factors. We aim to investigate family members' adherence and its influencing factors during the family-based <i>H. pylori</i> infection management practice for related disease prevention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Based on our previously family-based <i>H. pylori</i> survey in 2021, 282 families including 772 individuals were followed up 2 years after the initial survey to compare if the investigation and education might improve family member's adherence. The participant's adherence to <i>H. pylori</i> infection awareness, retest, treatment, publicity, gastroscopy, and hygiene habits were followed up, and their influencing factors were also analyzed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The overall participant's adherence to recommendations on <i>H. pylori</i> awareness, retest, treatment, publicity, gastroscopy, and hygiene habits were 77% (187/243), 67.3% (138/205), 60.1% (211/351), 46.5% (107/230), 45.6% (159/349), and 39.1% (213/545), respectively; and all showed improvements compared with their prior survey stages. The top reasons for rejection to treatment, retest, and gastroscopy were forgetting or unaware of <i>H. pylori</i> infection (30.3%), busy (32.8%), and asymptomatic (67.9%), respectively. Independent risk factor for low adherence to treatment was occupation (e.g., staff: OR 4.49, 95% CI 1.34–15.10). Independent favorable factors for treatment adherence were individuals at the ages of 18–44 years (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.04–0.89) and had a large family size (e.g., four family members: OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.06–0.41); for retest adherence, it was individuals at the ages of 60–69 years (OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.06–0.97); for gastroscopy adherence, it was individuals at the age of 60–69 years (OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.28–0.75), and with gastrointestinal symptoms (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.36–0.90).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Family-based <i>H. pylori</i> management increases individual adherence to treatment, retest, and awareness, and there are also improved adherence to gastroscopy, publicity, and personal hygiene recommendations; further efforts are required to enhance the individual adherence rate for related disease prevention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Lactobacillus gasseri BIO6369 and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus BIO5326 on Gastric Carcinogenesis Induced by Helicobacter pylori Infection","authors":"Marine Jauvain, Gorann Lepied, Lucie Bénéjat, Nathalie Roudier, Christelle Dussert, Philippe Lehours, Christine Varon, Emilie Bessède","doi":"10.1111/hel.13108","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13108","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection-associated gastric adenocarcinoma is influenced by various factors, including the digestive microbiota. Lactic acid bacteria role in digestive carcinogenesis has been discussed, and some Lactobacillaceae family species have been shown to act against <i>H. pylori</i>-induced inflammation and colonization. However, their effects on <i>H. pylori</i>-related carcinogenesis have not yet been studied. Lactobacillaceae family effects on the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), emergence of cells with cancer stem cell (CSC) properties and the pro-inflammatory response of gastric epithelial cells to <i>H. pylori</i> infection were investigated.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A co-culture model of AGS gastric epithelial cells infected with a carcinogenic strain of <i>H. pylori</i> associated with 18 different probiotic strains candidates were used. Different EMT indicators and CSC properties were studied, including quantification of the mesenchymal phenotype, tumorsphere formation, EMT marker expression, and tight junction evaluation with immunofluorescence microscopy. The effect of the strains on the pro-inflammatory response to <i>H. pylori</i> was also evaluated by quantifying interleukin-8 (IL-8) production using ELISA.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Among the strains tested, <i>Lactobacillus gasseri</i> BIO6369 and <i>Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus</i> BIO5326 induced a 30.6% and 38.4% reduction in the mesenchymal phenotype, respectively, caused a significant decrease in Snail and Zeb1 EMT marker expression and prevented the loss of tight junctions induced by <i>H. pylori</i> infection. A separate co-culture with a Boyden chamber maintained the effects induced by the two strains. <i>H. pylori</i>-induced IL-8 production was also significantly reduced in the presence of <i>L. gasseri</i> BIO6369 and <i>L. rhamnosus</i> BIO5326.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Lactobacillus gasseri</i> BIO6369 and <i>L. rhamnosus</i> BIO5326 strains decreased epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and inflammation induced by <i>H. pylori</i> infection, suggesting that these species may have a protective effect against <i>H. pylori</i>-induced gastric carcinogenesis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hel.13108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HelicobacterPub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.1111/hel.13111
Samuel J. Martínez-Domínguez, Olga P. Nyssen, Ángel Lanas, Enrique Alfaro, Laimas Jonaitis, Umud Mahmudov, Irina Voynovan, Babayeva Gülüstan, Luis Rodrigo, Giulia Fiorini, Ángeles Perez-Aisa, Javier Tejedor-Tejada, Bojan Tepes, Ludmila Vologzanina, Emin Mammadov, Frode Lerang, Quliyev Fərid Vidadi Oğlu, Natalia V. Bakulina, Rustam Abdulkhakov, Ilchishina Tatiana, Thomas J. Butler, Aiman Silkanovna Sarsenbaeva, Renate Bumane, Alfredo J. Lucendo, Marco Romano, Luis Bujanda, Sayar R. Abdulkhakov, Oleg Zaytsev, Manuel Pabón-Carrasco, Alma Keco-Huerga, Maja Denkovski, Jose M. Huguet, Monica Perona, Óscar Núñez, Matteo Pavoni, Galyna Fadieienko, Sergey Alekseenko, Sinead M. Smith, Luis Hernández, Juozas Kupcinskas, Dmitry S. Bordin, Mārcis Leja, Antonio Gasbarrini, Oleksiy Gridnyev, Anna Cano-Català, Pablo Parra, Leticia Moreira, Francis Mégraud, Colm O'Morain, Javier P. Gisbert, the Hp-EuReg Investigators
{"title":"Indications of Helicobacter pylori Eradication Treatment and Its Influence on Prescriptions and Effectiveness (Hp-EuReg)","authors":"Samuel J. Martínez-Domínguez, Olga P. Nyssen, Ángel Lanas, Enrique Alfaro, Laimas Jonaitis, Umud Mahmudov, Irina Voynovan, Babayeva Gülüstan, Luis Rodrigo, Giulia Fiorini, Ángeles Perez-Aisa, Javier Tejedor-Tejada, Bojan Tepes, Ludmila Vologzanina, Emin Mammadov, Frode Lerang, Quliyev Fərid Vidadi Oğlu, Natalia V. Bakulina, Rustam Abdulkhakov, Ilchishina Tatiana, Thomas J. Butler, Aiman Silkanovna Sarsenbaeva, Renate Bumane, Alfredo J. Lucendo, Marco Romano, Luis Bujanda, Sayar R. Abdulkhakov, Oleg Zaytsev, Manuel Pabón-Carrasco, Alma Keco-Huerga, Maja Denkovski, Jose M. Huguet, Monica Perona, Óscar Núñez, Matteo Pavoni, Galyna Fadieienko, Sergey Alekseenko, Sinead M. Smith, Luis Hernández, Juozas Kupcinskas, Dmitry S. Bordin, Mārcis Leja, Antonio Gasbarrini, Oleksiy Gridnyev, Anna Cano-Català, Pablo Parra, Leticia Moreira, Francis Mégraud, Colm O'Morain, Javier P. Gisbert, the Hp-EuReg Investigators","doi":"10.1111/hel.13111","DOIUrl":"10.1111/hel.13111","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The influence of indications for <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> investigation on prescriptions and effectiveness is unknown. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of indications for <i>H. pylori</i> investigation on prescriptions, effectiveness, compliance, and tolerance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>International, prospective, non-interventional registry of the management of <i>H. pylori</i> infection by European gastroenterologists (Hp-EuReg). Treatment-näive patients registered from 2013 to 2023 at e-CRF AEG-REDCap were analyzed. The effectiveness was assessed by modified intention-to-treat analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Overall, 53,636 treatment-naïve cases from 34 countries were included. Most frequent indications were: dyspepsia with normal endoscopy (49%), non-investigated dyspepsia (20%), duodenal ulcer (11%), gastric ulcer (7.7%), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) (2.6%). Therapy effectiveness varied by indication: duodenal ulcer (91%), gastric ulcer (90%), preneoplastic lesions (90%), dyspepsia with normal endoscopy (89%), GERD (88%), and non-investigated dyspepsia (87%). Bismuth-metronidazole-tetracycline and clarithromycin-amoxicillin-bismuth quadruple therapies achieved 90% effectiveness in all indications except GERD. Concomitant clarithromycin-amoxicillin-tinidazole/metronidazole reached 90% cure rates except in patients with non-investigated dyspepsia; whereas sequential clarithromycin-amoxicillin-tinidazole/metronidazole proved optimal (≥90%) in patients with gastric ulcer only. Adverse events were higher in patients treated for dyspepsia with normal endoscopy and duodenal ulcer compared with the remaining indications (23% and 28%, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Therapeutic compliance was higher in patients with duodenal ulcer and preneoplastic lesions (98% and 99%, <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In Europe, patients with gastric or duodenal ulcers and preneoplastic lesions showed higher <i>H. pylori</i> treatment effectiveness. Bismuth and non-bismuth quadruple therapies achieved optimal results in almost all indications.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Trial Registration</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02328131.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":13223,"journal":{"name":"Helicobacter","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hel.13111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141599224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}