{"title":"Utilization and Clinical Outcome Following 5-Aminosalicylate Therapy for Crohn's Disease in Children","authors":"B. Zeisler","doi":"10.24966/GHR-2566/100016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/GHR-2566/100016","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Despite little data on efficacy, 5-Aminosalicylates (5ASA) are commonly used in pediatric Crohn’s Disease (CD). Our aim was to assess prevalence of 5-ASA utilization in children newly diagnosed with CD, as well as clinical outcomes among these patients. Study design: Data were obtained from a large observational inception cohort from 2002-2014. First, we analyzed initial treatments received immediately following diagnosis. Then, clinical outcome and disease activity were measured using the “Physician Global Assessment” (PGA) scale. The primary outcome was a PGA of “inactive”, without corticosteroids (CS), immunomodulators, biologics or surgery one year following diagnosis in patients receiving 5-ASA ± CS only as initial therapy following diagnosis. Results: 440/1297 subjects with CD (34%) received 5-ASA ± CS only as initial therapy, and were the focus of this study. No baseline differences were observed between the 5-ASA + CS (n=263) vs. 5-ASA CS (n=177) treatment groups for age, gender, disease distribution or disease behavior. Baseline moderate/severe PGA was more common in the 5-ASA + CS group compared with the 5-ASA alone group (70% vs. 38%, p<0.001). The primary outcome was achieved by 34% of those treated with 5-ASA alone vs. 18% of those treated with 5-ASA + CS (p<0.001). In multivariate models, achieving the primary outcome was significantly associated with initially mild disease severity and no initial CS use. Conclusion: The prevalence of 5-ASA utilization for pediatric CD is high despite a low likelihood of achieving clinical remission on 5-ASA therapy, although somewhat more favorable for select children with mild disease who do not receive CS at diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":92206,"journal":{"name":"HSOA journal of gastroenterology & hepatology research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46808864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Delays in the Placement of Nasogastric Tube: Where are they","authors":"D. Smithard","doi":"10.24966/ghr-2566/100015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/ghr-2566/100015","url":null,"abstract":"Dysphagia following stroke is common and not too infrequently requires a nasogastric tube to be placed. Often there are delays in the pathway between the timing of a decision to place a NGT and it being available and safe to use. This study has examined the time taken between each phase of the pathway and the time taken over all. 150 stroke patients were recruited from 5 English Hospitals. Majority were severe strokes (NIHSS > 15, mRS > 4). From the time of decision making to NGT readiness was 467.15 minutes. There was no significant difference in timings between hospitals. Stroke severi - ty was not a marker for the length of time taken to pass the NGT. It is likely that the need for radiology played a significant role, but would not count for all the differences. The study has demonstrated that some patients wait a long time for a NGT to be ready for use after the clinical decision has been made regarding its placement.","PeriodicalId":92206,"journal":{"name":"HSOA journal of gastroenterology & hepatology research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43796719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feeding Aversion in Children with Neurodisability and its Assessment Using CEBQ: A Tertiary Feeding Clinic Experience","authors":"Kulshrestha R","doi":"10.24966/ghr-2566/100017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/ghr-2566/100017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92206,"journal":{"name":"HSOA journal of gastroenterology & hepatology research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69144727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craig C Reed, C. Fan, N. Koutlas, Zoe Stefanadis, S. Eluri, N. Shaheen, E. Dellon
{"title":"Compounded Oral Viscous Budesonide is Effective and Provides a Durable Response in Eosinophilic Esophagitis.","authors":"Craig C Reed, C. Fan, N. Koutlas, Zoe Stefanadis, S. Eluri, N. Shaheen, E. Dellon","doi":"10.17554/J.ISSN.2224-3992.2018.07.750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17554/J.ISSN.2224-3992.2018.07.750","url":null,"abstract":"Aim\u0000Because no approved medications exist for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), patients must use off-label drugs or create their own formulations. We assessed the efficacy of a standardized compounded budesonide suspension for treatment of EoE.\u0000\u0000\u0000Materials and methods\u0000We conducted a retrospective cohort study of EoE patients at the University of North Carolina treated with compounded budesonide dispensed by a specialty compounding pharmacy. Outcomes (symptomatic global response [yes/no], endoscopic response [% with individual findings], and histologic response [absolute eosinophil count; % with <15 eos/hpf])were assessed after the initial and last treatment in our system.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000We identified 48 patients treated with compounded budesonide (mean age 33.6; 69% male; 96% white; 2.4 mg mean initial dose). After a mean length of follow-up of 17.0 months (range: 4.2 - 56.3), there was a significant decrease in symptoms of dysphagia (95% vs. 32%, p < 0.001), improvements in heartburn (37% vs. 11%, p=0.06) and global symptom response (81%). The median of the peak eosinophil counts decreased from 55 to 20 eos/hpf (p<0.001) with 42% achieving a response of <15 eos/hpf. Esophageal candidiasis was rare (6%). In the 18 patients with prior non-response to corticosteroids or dietary elimination, 83% had symptomatic and 38% had histologic response.\u0000\u0000\u0000Conclusion\u0000Compounded budesonide suspension produced a durable symptomatic, endoscopic, and histologic response in a cohort followed for more than a year. Many patients previously refractory to prior therapy responded to compounded budesonide. This formulation can be used clinically until there are approved drugs with esophageal formulations for EoE.","PeriodicalId":92206,"journal":{"name":"HSOA journal of gastroenterology & hepatology research","volume":"21 3 1","pages":"2509-2515"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77858915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craig C Reed, Claire Fan, Nathaniel Koutlas, Zoe Stefanadis, Swathi Eluri, Nicholas J Shaheen, Evan S Dellon
{"title":"Compounded Oral Viscous Budesonide is Effective and Provides a Durable Response in Eosinophilic Esophagitis.","authors":"Craig C Reed, Claire Fan, Nathaniel Koutlas, Zoe Stefanadis, Swathi Eluri, Nicholas J Shaheen, Evan S Dellon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Because no approved medications exist for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), patients must use off-label drugs or create their own formulations. We assessed the efficacy of a standardized compounded budesonide suspension for treatment of EoE.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of EoE patients at the University of North Carolina treated with compounded budesonide dispensed by a specialty compounding pharmacy. Outcomes (symptomatic global response [yes/no], endoscopic response [% with individual findings], and histologic response [absolute eosinophil count; % with <15 eos/hpf])were assessed after the initial and last treatment in our system.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 48 patients treated with compounded budesonide (mean age 33.6; 69% male; 96% white; 2.4 mg mean initial dose). After a mean length of follow-up of 17.0 months (range: 4.2 - 56.3), there was a significant decrease in symptoms of dysphagia (95% vs. 32%, p < 0.001), improvements in heartburn (37% vs. 11%, p=0.06) and global symptom response (81%). The median of the peak eosinophil counts decreased from 55 to 20 eos/hpf (p<0.001) with 42% achieving a response of <15 eos/hpf. Esophageal candidiasis was rare (6%). In the 18 patients with prior non-response to corticosteroids or dietary elimination, 83% had symptomatic and 38% had histologic response.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Compounded budesonide suspension produced a durable symptomatic, endoscopic, and histologic response in a cohort followed for more than a year. Many patients previously refractory to prior therapy responded to compounded budesonide. This formulation can be used clinically until there are approved drugs with esophageal formulations for EoE.</p>","PeriodicalId":92206,"journal":{"name":"HSOA journal of gastroenterology & hepatology research","volume":"7 1","pages":"2509-2515"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875939/pdf/nihms944992.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35969917","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}