{"title":"From Past to Present: The Evolution of Pharmacologic Therapies for Eosinophilic Esophagitis.","authors":"Susie Min, Joy W Chang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the evolving landscape of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) management are multiple pharmacologic treatment modalities, including proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), swallowed topical corticosteroids, and novel biologic agents. Studies to date on PPIs and corticosteroids have provided valuable insights into how to define the disease, and recently approved biologic therapies are heralding a new era of EoE management. Although progress has been made in treating this complex inflammatory, fibrostenotic disease and in understanding its pathophysiology, several knowledge gaps persist and continue to be investigated. In addition, unknowns exist regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of new EoE treatments and how to position therapies in diverse patient populations. This article aims to provide historical context for the current landscape of pharmacologic treatments in EoE and perspectives on how future development may improve understanding and management of this complex disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"298-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Update on the Management of Cholestatic Pruritus.","authors":"Kimberly Brown","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"315-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100527/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highlights From the Recent APASL Guidelines on Systemic Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.","authors":"George Lau","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"272-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Promise of Digital Therapeutics for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.","authors":"Kyle Staller","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"328-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Use of Digital Therapeutics for Patients With Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.","authors":"Gary R Lichtenstein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100523/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Missing the Mark: Optimizing Endoscopy for Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Cancer Detection in the United States.","authors":"Joo Ha Hwang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"321-324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100524/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights Into Cell Therapies for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.","authors":"Louis J Cohen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"311-314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanjana Rao, Sean-Patrick Prince, Sirisha Gaddipati, Lynn Feun, Nkiruka Ezenwajiaku, Paul Martin, Patricia D Jones
{"title":"Looking Toward the Future: Emerging Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.","authors":"Sanjana Rao, Sean-Patrick Prince, Sirisha Gaddipati, Lynn Feun, Nkiruka Ezenwajiaku, Paul Martin, Patricia D Jones","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite the decreasing prevalence of hepatitis C, the burden of HCC is expected to rise owing to the increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome and increased global alcohol consumption. Guideline-concordant screening with ultrasound every 6 months has been associated with increased rates of early-stage detection and receipt of curative treatment. However, most patients with cirrhosis do not undergo screening, with HCC often diagnosed only at an advanced stage when curative resection or ablation is not feasible. Systemic medical therapy is indicated in patients diagnosed with infiltrative or advanced HCC, or when early-stage disease progresses or recurs after resection, transplant, or other locoregional therapy. Sorafenib was approved as first-line therapy for HCC in 2007. Since 2017, there has been an exponential rate of approval of novel agents targeting HCC, including lenvatinib, regorafenib, and cabozantinib. Checkpoint inhibitors, including pembrolizumab, nivolumab, ipilimumab, and combination therapy with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and durvalumab plus tremelimumab, have expanded treatment options. This article describes treatment for all HCC stages, with a brief discussion of locoregional therapy for context, as some emerging treatment regimens combine locoregional and systemic therapies. The article highlights approved systemic therapies that are guideline-endorsed and emerging therapies for advanced HCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 5","pages":"286-297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jayde E Kurland, Sheena B Patel, Richard Englehardt, Seper Dezfoli, Daniel M Tseng, Michael W Foutz, Paul S Bradley, Badi Eghterafi, Victoria T Lee, Suman Verma, Brian J deGuzman, Lishan Aklog
{"title":"Enhancing the Diagnostic Yield of EGD for Diagnosis of Barrett Esophagus Through Methylated DNA Biomarker Triage.","authors":"Jayde E Kurland, Sheena B Patel, Richard Englehardt, Seper Dezfoli, Daniel M Tseng, Michael W Foutz, Paul S Bradley, Badi Eghterafi, Victoria T Lee, Suman Verma, Brian J deGuzman, Lishan Aklog","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>EsoGuard (EG) is a methylated DNA assay for cells collected nonendoscopically with EsoCheck for detection of Barrett esophagus (BE) and can be utilized as a triage to esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in patients meeting clinical criteria for BE screening. EG triage may enrich the population undergoing EGD, increasing BE diagnosis without overburdening endoscopy resources.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To test the hypothesis that EGDs performed on patients who test positive on EG have higher diagnostic yields than screening EGDs alone.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We collected real-world retrospective data from EG-positive patients for whom EGD diagnoses were available. The diagnostic yield of these EGDs was measured by the BE detection rate. The yield of screening EGDs was estimated by literature-established disease prevalence (10.6%). The hypothesis was tested using t-test for single proportions at a one-sided 5% significance level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 209 patients, 60 (28.7%) had specialized intestinal metaplasia but 10 (4.8%) had less than 1 cm of nondysplastic disease. Because the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) definition of BE requires disease length of at least 1 cm, these patients were excluded from analysis. In the analyzed population, we observed a 2.4-fold increase in BE detection compared with the 10.6% performance goal. There was a 2.7-fold increase in the cohort meeting ACG screening criteria and a 2.5-fold increase among those meeting ACG criteria who were aged 65 years and older.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>EG triage enriches the population undergoing EGD for BE detection. Compared with screening EGD alone, it improves diagnostic yield. This may help direct more efficient use of endoscopy resources to improve disease detection in at-risk patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 4","pages":"210-217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Is Moderate to Severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease?","authors":"Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52498,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":"21 4","pages":"247-249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}