Lara Tavoschi, Nicola Cocco, Filipa Alves da Costa, Andrey R Lloyd, Stuart A Kinner
{"title":"People living in prison must be included in country monitoring systems to accurately assess HCV elimination progress.","authors":"Lara Tavoschi, Nicola Cocco, Filipa Alves da Costa, Andrey R Lloyd, Stuart A Kinner","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00075-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00075-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140909642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul N Brennan, Oliver D Tavabie, Wenhao Li, Thomas Marjot, Lynsey Corless, Jonathan A Fallowfield, Helen Jarvis, Dina Mansour, Stuart McPherson, William Rosenberg, Karen Rockell, Jeremy Tomlinson, Andrew Yeoman, Emmanuel A Tsochatzis, John F Dillon, William Alazawi, Kushala W M Abeysekera
{"title":"Progress is impossible without change: understanding the evolving nomenclature of steatotic liver disease and its effect on hepatology practice.","authors":"Paul N Brennan, Oliver D Tavabie, Wenhao Li, Thomas Marjot, Lynsey Corless, Jonathan A Fallowfield, Helen Jarvis, Dina Mansour, Stuart McPherson, William Rosenberg, Karen Rockell, Jeremy Tomlinson, Andrew Yeoman, Emmanuel A Tsochatzis, John F Dillon, William Alazawi, Kushala W M Abeysekera","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00453-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00453-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The American, European, and Latin American liver societies have proposed a change in the nomenclature we use to describe alcohol-related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Additionally, a term encompassing both is now advocated: steatotic liver disease, which includes metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and MASLD with greater alcohol consumption (MetALD). These classifications offer increased relevance for clinicians, researchers, and patients alike. In this Viewpoint, we discuss the basis for this nomenclature shift and how it was developed. We also explore the challenges that will be faced in the adoption of such change. The proposed change seeks to banish stigma associated with phrasing such as alcoholic and fatty. However stigma, particularly related to the term fatty, is culturally nuanced, and reflects different entities depending on location. If such a change is internationally accepted, there will be wide-reaching effects on practitioners in primary care and metabolic medicine, and on patients. We discuss those effects and the opportunities the nomenclature change could offer, particularly for patients with alcohol and metabolic risk factors who represent a group previously ignored by clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140013805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Negative screening colonoscopy and long-term colorectal cancer risk-is it time to extend the screening interval?","authors":"J E G IJspeert, M E van Leerdam","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00115-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00115-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140961131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qu Liu, Mengyang Li, Yuanxing Gao, Tao Jiang, Bing Han, Guodong Zhao, Chao Lin, Wan Yee Lau, Zhiming Zhao, Rong Liu
{"title":"Effect of robotic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy on postoperative length of hospital stay and complications for pancreatic head or periampullary tumours: a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Qu Liu, Mengyang Li, Yuanxing Gao, Tao Jiang, Bing Han, Guodong Zhao, Chao Lin, Wan Yee Lau, Zhiming Zhao, Rong Liu","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00005-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00005-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The flexibility of the robotic system in resection and reconstruction provides potential benefits in pancreaticoduodenectomy. Increasingly, robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) has been reported with favourable outcomes, but high-level evidence is still scarce. We aimed to compare the short-term postoperative outcomes of RPD with those of open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD), and hypothesised that postoperative length of hospital stay would be shorter after RPD than after OPD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial was conducted at three high-volume hospitals in China. Patients were considered for participation in this trial if they were aged 18-75 years, had a resectable benign, premalignant, or malignant tumour in the pancreatic head or periampullary region; and were suitable for both RPD and OPD. Patients with distant metastases were excluded. Block randomisation was done with random block sizes of four, stratified by centre. Allocation was concealed via individual, sequentially numbered, opaque sealed envelopes. Eligible patients were randomly assigned to the RPD group or the OPD group in a 1:1 ratio by a masked research assistant. Surgeons and patients were not masked to trial group, but data collectors, postoperative outcome assessors, and data analysts were. All patients underwent RPD or OPD according to previously reported techniques. Participating surgeons had surpassed the learning curves of at least 40 RPD and 60 OPD procedures. The primary outcome was postoperative length of hospital stay, which was analysed in the modified intention-to-treat (mITT) population. This trial is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2200056809) and is complete.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between March 5 and Dec 20, 2022, 292 patients were screened for eligibility, of whom 164 were enrolled and randomly assigned to the RPD group (n=82) or the OPD group (n=82). 161 patients who underwent surgical resection were included in the mITT analysis (81 in the RPD group and 80 in the OPD group). 94 (58%) participants were male and 67 (42%) were female. Postoperative length of hospital stay was significantly shorter in the RPD group than in the OPD group (median 11·0 days [IQR 9·0 to 19·5] vs 13·5 days [11·5 to 18·0]; median difference -2·0 [95% CI -4·0 to 0·0]; p=0·029). During a follow-up period of 90 days, six (7%) of 81 patients in the RPD group and five (6%) of 80 patients in the OPD group required readmission. Reasons for readmission were intra-abdominal haemorrhage (one in each group), vomiting (two in the RPD group and one in the OPD group), electrolyte disturbance (one in each group), and fever (two in each group). There were two (1%) in-hospital deaths within 90 days of surgery, one in each group. The postoperative 90-day mortality rate (difference -0·02% [-5·6 to 5·5]; p=1·00) and the incidence of severe complications (ie, Clavien-Dindo grade ≥3; dif","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140013804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NORPACT-1: implications for future trials.","authors":"Rebecca A Snyder, Matthew H G Katz","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00054-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00054-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140869552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of immunomodulators in combination with infliximab in Crohn's disease: time for a reappraisal?","authors":"Thomas P Chapman, Tariq Ahmad, Jack Satsangi","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00406-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00406-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139974754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas Bethlehem, Maria Manuela Estevinho, Ari Grinspan, Fernando Magro, Jeremiah J Faith, Jean-Frederic Colombel
{"title":"Microbiota therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease: the way forward.","authors":"Lukas Bethlehem, Maria Manuela Estevinho, Ari Grinspan, Fernando Magro, Jeremiah J Faith, Jean-Frederic Colombel","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00441-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00441-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbiota therapeutics that transplant faecal material from healthy donors to people with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis have shown the potential to induce remission in about 30% of participants in small, phase 2 clinical trials. Despite this substantial achievement, the field needs to leverage the insights gained from these trials and progress towards phase 3 clinical trials and drug approval, while identifying the distinct clinical niche for this new therapeutic modality within inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapeutics. We describe the lessons that can be learned from past studies of microbiota therapeutics, from full spectrum donor stool to defined products manufactured in vitro. We explore the actionable insights these lessons provide on the design of near-term studies and future trajectories for the integration of microbiota therapeutics in the treatment of IBD. If successful, microbiota therapeutics will provide a powerful orthogonal approach (complementing or in combination with existing immunomodulatory drugs) to raise the therapeutic ceiling for the many non-responders and partial responders within the IBD patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140860393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florentine E F Timmer, Bart Geboers, Alette H Ruarus, Laurien G P H Vroomen, Evelien A C Schouten, Susan van der Lei, Danielle J W Vos, Madelon Dijkstra, Hannah H Schulz, Joyce Bakker, Bente A T van den Bemd, Petrousjka M van den Tol, Robbert S Puijk, Birgit I Lissenberg-Witte, Tanja D de Gruijl, Jan J J de Vries, Frank J Lagerwaard, Hester J Scheffer, Anna M E Bruynzeel, Martijn R Meijerink
{"title":"MRI-guided stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy versus CT-guided percutaneous irreversible electroporation for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (CROSSFIRE): a single-centre, open-label, randomised phase 2 trial.","authors":"Florentine E F Timmer, Bart Geboers, Alette H Ruarus, Laurien G P H Vroomen, Evelien A C Schouten, Susan van der Lei, Danielle J W Vos, Madelon Dijkstra, Hannah H Schulz, Joyce Bakker, Bente A T van den Bemd, Petrousjka M van den Tol, Robbert S Puijk, Birgit I Lissenberg-Witte, Tanja D de Gruijl, Jan J J de Vries, Frank J Lagerwaard, Hester J Scheffer, Anna M E Bruynzeel, Martijn R Meijerink","doi":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00017-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00017-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an aggressive disease with a dismal prognosis. Stage III locally advanced pancreatic cancer is considered unresectable and current palliative chemotherapy regimens only modestly improve survival. Guidelines suggest chemoradiation or stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) could be beneficial in certain circumstances. Other local treatments such as irreversible electroporation could enhance patient outcomes by extending survival while preserving quality of life. We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of MRI-guided SABR versus CT-guided percutaneous irreversible electroporation following standard FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>CROSSFIRE was an open-label, randomised phase 2 superiority trial conducted at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older with confirmed histological and radiological stage III locally advanced pancreatic cancer. The maximum tumour diameter was 5 cm and patients had to be pretreated with three to eight cycles of FOLFIRINOX. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to MRI-guided SABR (five fractions of 8 Gy delivered on non-consecutive days) or CT-guided percutaneous irreversible electroporation using a computer-generated variable block randomisation model. The primary endpoint was overall survival from randomisation, assessed in the intention-to-treat population. Safety was assessed in the per-protocol population. A prespecified interim futility analysis was done after inclusion of half the original sample size, with a conditional probability of less than 0·2 resulting in halting of the study. The trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02791503.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between May 1, 2016, and March 31, 2022, 68 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to SABR (n=34) or irreversible electroporation (n=34), of whom 64 were treated according to protocol. Of the 68 participants, 36 (53%) were male and 32 (47%) were female, with a median age of 65 years (IQR 57-70). Median overall survival from randomisation was 16·1 months (95% CI 12·1-19·4) in the SABR group versus 12·5 months (10·9-17·0) in the irreversible electroporation group (hazard ratio [HR] 1·39 [95% CI 0·84-2·30]; p=0·21). The conditional probability to demonstrate superiority of either technique was 0·13; patient accrual was therefore stopped early for futility. 20 (63%) of 32 patients in the SABR group versus 19 (59%) of 32 patients in the irreversible electroporation group had adverse events (p=0·8) and five (16%) patients in the SABR group versus eight (25%) in the irreversible electroporation group had grade 3-5 adverse events (p=0·35). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were cholangitis (two [6%] in the SABR group vs one [3%] in the irreversible electroporation group), abdominal pain (one [3%] vs two [6%]), and pancreatitis (none vs two [6%]). One (3%) patient in the ","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}