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Item Colorectal Dysplasia and Cancer in Pediatric-Onset Ulcerative Colitis Associated With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis(Elsevier, 2021) El-Matary, Wael; Guthery, Stephen L.; Amir, Achiya Z.; DiGuglielmo, Matthew; Draijer, Laura G.; Furuya, Katryn N.; Gupta, Nitika; Hochberg, Jessica T.; Horslen, Simon; Kerkar, Nanda; Koot, Bart G. P.; Laborda, Trevor J.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Mack, Cara; Martinez, Mercedes; Miethke, Alexander; Miloh, Tamir; Mogul, Douglas; Mohammed, Saeed; Moroz, Stacy; Ovchinsky, Nadia; Perito, Emily R.; Rao, Girish; Ricciuto, Amanda; Sathya, Pushpa; Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Shah, Uzma; Singh, Ruchi; Soufi, Nisreen; Valentino, Pamela L.; Zizzo, Andréanne; Deneau, Mark R.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineInflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially when associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), is a risk factor for developing colorectal cancer (CRC). We aimed to determine the incidence of CRC in a large cohort of pediatric-onset PSC-ulcerative colitis (UC) patients.Item Extrahepatic anomalies in infants with biliary atresia: results of a large prospective North American multicenter study(Wiley, 2013-11) Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Haber, Barbara H.; Rosenthal, Philip; Mack, Cara L; Moore, Jeffrey; Bove, Kevin E.; Bezerra, Jorge A.; Karpen, Saul J.; Kerkar, Nanda; Shneider, Benjamin L.; Turmelle, Yumirle P.; Whitington, Peter F.; Molleston, Jean P.; Murray, Karen F.; Ng, Vicky L.; Romero, René; Wang, Kasper S.; Sokol, Ronald J.; Magee, John C.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground and aims The etiology of biliary atresia (BA) is unknown. Given that patterns of anomalies might provide etiopathogenetic clues, we utilized data from the North American Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network to analyze patterns of anomalies in infants with BA. Methods Two hundred eighty-nine infants who were enrolled into the prospective database prior to surgery at any of 15 centers participating were evaluated. Results Group 1 was non-syndromic, isolated BA (without major malformations) (n = 242, 84 %), Group 2 was BA and at least one malformation considered major as defined by the National Birth Defects Prevention Study but without laterality defects (n = 17, 6%). Group 3 was syndromic, with laterality defects (n = 30, 10%). In the population as a whole, anomalies (either major or minor) were most prevalent in the cardiovascular (16%) and gastrointestinal (14%) systems. Group 3 patients accounted for the majority of subjects with cardiac, gastrointestinal and splenic anomalies. Group 2 subjects also frequently displayed cardiovascular (71%) and gastrointestinal (24 %) anomalies; interestingly this group had genitourinary anomalies more frequently (47%) compared to Group 3 subjects (10%). Conclusions This study identified a group of BA (Group 2) that differed from the classical syndromic and non-syndromic groups and that was defined by multiple malformations without laterality defects. Careful phenotyping of the patterns of anomalies may be critical to the interpretation of both genetic and environmental risk factors associated with BA, allowing new insight into pathogenesis and/or outcome.Item Impact of Genotype, Serum Bile Acids, and Surgical Biliary Diversion on Native Liver Survival in FIC1 Deficiency(Wolters Kluwer, 2021-08) van Wessel, Daan B.E.; Thompson, Richard J.; Gonzales, Emmanuel; Jankowska, Irena; Shneider, Benjamin L.; Sokal, Etienne; Grammatikopoulos, Tassos; Kadaristiana, Agustina; Jacquemin, Emmanuel; Spraul, Anne; Lipiński, Patryk; Czubkowski, Piotr; Rock, Nathalie; Shagrani, Mohammad; Broering, Dieter; Algoufi, Talal; Mazhar, Nejat; Nicastro, Emanuele; Kelly, Deirdre; Nebbia, Gabriella; Arnell, Henrik; Fischler, Björn; Hulscher, Jan B.F.; Serranti, Daniele; Arikan, Cigdem; Debray, Dominique; Lacaille, Florence; Goncalves, Cristina; Hierro, Loreto; Muñoz Bartolo, Gema; Mozer-Glassberg, Yael; Azaz, Amer; Brecelj, Jernej; Dezsőfi, Antal; Calvo, Pier Luigi; Krebs-Schmitt, Dorothee; Hartleif, Steffen; van der Woerd, Wendy L.; Wang, Jian-She; Li, Li-ting; Durmaz, Özlem; Kerkar, Nanda; Hørby Jørgensen, Marianne; Fischer, Ryan; Jimenez-Rivera, Carolina; Alam, Seema; Cananzi, Mara; Laverdure, Noémie; Targa Ferreira, Cristina; Ordonez, Felipe; Wang, Heng; Sency, Valerie; Kim, Kyung Mo; Chen, Huey-Ling; Carvalho, Elisa; Fabre, Alexandre; Bernabeu, Jesus Quintero; Alonso, Estella M.; Sokol, Ronald J.; Suchy, Frederick J.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; McKiernan, Patrick J.; Rosenthal, Philip; Turmelle, Yumirle; Rao, Girish S.; Horslen, Simon; Kamath, Binita M.; Rogalidou, Maria; Karnsakul, Wikrom W.; Hansen, Bettina; Verkade, Henkjan J.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground and aims: Mutations in ATPase phospholipid transporting 8B1 (ATP8B1) can lead to familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 (FIC1) deficiency, or progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1. The rarity of FIC1 deficiency has largely prevented a detailed analysis of its natural history, effects of predicted protein truncating mutations (PPTMs), and possible associations of serum bile acid (sBA) concentrations and surgical biliary diversion (SBD) with long-term outcome. We aimed to provide insights by using the largest genetically defined cohort of patients with FIC1 deficiency to date. Approach and results: This multicenter, combined retrospective and prospective study included 130 patients with compound heterozygous or homozygous predicted pathogenic ATP8B1 variants. Patients were categorized according to the number of PPTMs (i.e., splice site, frameshift due to deletion or insertion, nonsense, duplication), FIC1-A (n = 67; no PPTMs), FIC1-B (n = 29; one PPTM), or FIC1-C (n = 34; two PPTMs). Survival analysis showed an overall native liver survival (NLS) of 44% at age 18 years. NLS was comparable among FIC1-A, FIC1-B, and FIC1-C (% NLS at age 10 years: 67%, 41%, and 59%, respectively; P = 0.12), despite FIC1-C undergoing SBD less often (% SBD at age 10 years: 65%, 57%, and 45%, respectively; P = 0.03). sBAs at presentation were negatively associated with NLS (NLS at age 10 years, sBAs < 194 µmol/L: 49% vs. sBAs ≥ 194 µmol/L: 15%; P = 0.03). SBD decreased sBAs (230 [125-282] to 74 [11-177] μmol/L; P = 0.005). SBD (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.28-1.03, P = 0.06) and post-SBD sBA concentrations < 65 μmol/L (P = 0.05) tended to be associated with improved NLS. Conclusions: Less than half of patients with FIC1 deficiency reach adulthood with native liver. The number of PPTMs did not associate with the natural history or prognosis of FIC1 deficiency. sBA concentrations at initial presentation and after SBD provide limited prognostic information on long-term NLS.Item Impact of Steroid Therapy on Early Growth in Infants with Biliary Atresia: The Multicenter Steroids in Biliary Atresia Randomized Trial(Elsevier, 2018-11) Alonso, Estella M.; Ye, Wen; Hawthorne, Kieran; Venkat, Veena; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Mack, Cara L.; Hertel, Paula M.; Karpen, Saul J.; Kerkar, Nanda; Molleston, Jean P.; Murray, Karen F.; Romero, Rene; Rosenthal, Philip; Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Shneider, Benjamin L.; Suchy, Frederick J.; Turmelle, Yumirle P.; Wang, Kasper S.; Sherker, Averell H.; Sokol, Ronald J.; Bezerra, Jorge A.; Magee, John C.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineOBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of corticosteroid therapy on the growth of participants in the Steroids in Biliary Atresia Randomized Trial (START) conducted through the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network. The primary analysis in START indicated that steroids did not have a beneficial effect on drainage in a cohort of infants with biliary atresia. We hypothesized that steroids would have a detrimental effect on growth in these infants. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 140 infants were enrolled in START, with 70 randomized to each treatment arm: steroid and placebo. Length, weight, and head circumference were obtained at baseline and follow-up visits to 24 months of age. RESULTS: Patients treated with steroids had significantly lower length and head circumference z scores during the first 3 months post-hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE), and significantly lower weight until 12 months. Growth trajectories in the steroid and placebo arms differed significantly for length (P < .0001), weight (P = .009), and head circumference (P < .0001) with the largest impact noted for those with successful HPE. Growth trajectory for head circumference was significantly lower in patients treated with steroids irrespective of HPE status, but recovered during the second 6 months of life. CONCLUSIONS: Steroid therapy following HPE in patients with biliary atresia is associated with impaired length, weight, and head circumference growth trajectories for at least 6 months post-HPE, especially impacting infants with successful bile drainage.Item Oral Vancomycin, Ursodeoxycholic Acid, or No Therapy for Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Matched Analysis(Wolters Kluwer, 2021) Deneau, Mark R.; Mack, Cara; Mogul, Douglas; Perito, Emily R.; Valentino, Pamela L.; Amir, Achiya Z.; DiGuglielmo, Matthew; Draijer, Laura G.; El-Matary, Wael; Furuya, Katryn N.; Gupta, Nitika; Hochberg, Jessica T.; Horslen, Simon; Jensen, M. Kyle; Jonas, Maureen M.; Kerkar, Nanda; Koot, Bart G. P.; Laborda, Trevor J.; Lee, Christine K.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Martinez, Mercedes; Miethke, Alexander; Miloh, Tamir; Mohammad, Saeed; Ovchinsky, Nadia; Rao, Girish; Ricciuto, Amanda; Sathya, Pushpa; Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Shah, Uzma; Singh, Ruchi; Vitola, Bernadette; Zizzo, Andréanne; Guthery, Stephen L.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground and aims: Many children with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) receive oral vancomycin therapy (OVT) or ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). There is a paucity of data on whether these medications improve outcomes. Approach and results: We analyzed retrospective data from the Pediatric PSC Consortium. Children treated with OVT were matched 1:1:1 to those treated with UDCA or managed with observation (no treatment) based on the closest propensity score, ensuring similar baseline characteristics. Two hundred sixty-four patients (88 each with OVT, UDCA, or observation) had matching propensity scores and were similar in demographics, phenotype, immunosuppression, baseline biochemistry, and hepatic fibrosis. After 1 year in an intention-to-treat analysis, all outcome metrics were similar regardless of treatment group. In OVT, UDCA, and untreated groups, respectively: Gamma-glutamyltransferase normalized in 53%, 49%, and 52% (P = not significant [NS]), liver fibrosis stage was improved in 20%, 13%, and 18% and worsened in 11%, 29%, and 18% (P = NS), and the 5-year probability of liver transplant listing was 21%, 10%, and 12% (P = NS). Favorable outcome was associated with having a mild phenotype of PSC and minimal hepatic fibrosis. Conclusions: We presented the largest-ever description of outcomes on OVT in PSC and compared them to carefully matched patients on UDCA or no therapy. Neither OVT nor UDCA showed improvement in outcomes compared to a strategy of observation. Patients progressed to end-stage liver disease at similar rates. Spontaneous normalization of biochemistry is common in children receiving no therapy, particularly in the majority of children with a mild phenotype and an early stage of disease. Placebo-controlled treatment trials are needed to identify effective treatments for pediatric PSC.Item Presentation and Outcomes of Infants With Idiopathic Cholestasis: A Multicenter Prospective Study(Wolters Kluwer, 2021-10-01) Hertel, Paula M.; Hawthorne, Kieran; Kim, Sehee; Finegold, Milton J.; Shneider, Benjamin L.; Squires, James E.; Gupta, Nitika A.; Bull, Laura N.; Murray, Karen F.; Kerkar, Nanda; Ng, Vicky L.; Molleston, Jean P.; Bezerra, Jorge A.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Taylor, Sarah A.; Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Turmelle, Yumirle P.; Rosenthal, Philip; Magee, John C.; Sokol, Ronald J.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineObjectives: The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and natural history of infantile idiopathic cholestasis (IC) in a large, prospective, multicenter cohort of infants. Methods: We studied 94 cholestatic infants enrolled up to 6 months of age in the NIDDK ChiLDReN (Childhood Liver Disease Research Network) "PROBE" protocol with a final diagnosis of IC; they were followed up to 30 months of age. Results: Male sex (66/94; 70%), preterm birth (22/90 with data; 24% born at < 37 weeks' gestational age), and low birth weight (25/89; 28% born at <2500 g) were frequent, with no significant differences between outcomes. Clinical outcomes included death (n = 1), liver transplant (n = 1), biochemical resolution (total bilirubin [TB] ≤1 mg/dL and ALT < 35 U/L; n = 51), partial resolution (TB > 1 mg/dL and/or ALT > 35 U/L; n = 7), and exited healthy (resolved disease per study site report but without documented biochemical resolution; n = 34). Biochemical resolution occurred at median of 9 months of age. GGT was <100 U/L at baseline in 34 of 83 participants (41%). Conclusions: Frequency of IC and of death or liver transplant was less common in this cohort than in previously published cohorts, likely because of recent discovery and diagnosis of genetic etiologies of severe/persistent cholestasis that previously were labeled as idiopathic. Preterm birth and other factors associated with increased vulnerability in neonates are relatively frequent and may contribute to IC. Overall outcome in IC is excellent. Low/normal GGT was common, possibly indicating a role for variants in genes associated with low-GGT cholestasis-this warrants further study.Item Recurrence of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis After Liver Transplant in Children: An International Observational Study(Wolters Kluwer, 2021) Martinez, Mercedes; Perito, Emily R.; Valentino, Pamela; Mack, Cara L.; Aumar, Madeleine; Broderick, Annemarie; Draijer, Laura G.; Fagundes, Eleonora D. T.; Furuya, Katryn N.; Gupta, Nitika; Horslen, Simon; Jonas, Maureen M.; Kamath, Binita M.; Kerkar, Nanda; Kim, Kyung Mo; Kolho, Kaija-Leena; Koot, Bart G. P.; Laborda, Trevor J.; Lee, Christine K.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Miloh, Tamir; Mogul, Douglas; Mohammed, Saeed; Ovchinsky, Nadia; Rao, Girish; Ricciuto, Amanda; Rodrigues Ferreira, Alexandre; Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Smolka, Vratislav; Tanaka, Atsushi; Tessier, Mary E. M.; Venkat, Venna L.; Vitola, Bernadette E.; Woynarowski, Marek; Zerofsky, Melissa; Deneau, Mark R.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground and aims: Recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis (rPSC) following liver transplant (LT) has a negative impact on graft and patient survival; little is known about risk factors for rPSC or disease course in children. Approach and results: We retrospectively evaluated risk factors for rPSC in 140 children from the Pediatric PSC Consortium, a multicenter international registry. Recipients underwent LT for PSC and had >90 days of follow-up. The primary outcome, rPSC, was defined using Graziadei criteria. Median follow-up after LT was 3 years (interquartile range 1.1-6.1). rPSC occurred in 36 children, representing 10% and 27% of the subjects at 2 years and 5 years following LT, respectively. Subjects with rPSC were younger at LT (12.9 vs. 16.2 years), had faster progression from PSC diagnosis to LT (2.5 vs. 4.1 years), and had higher alanine aminotransferase (112 vs. 66 IU/L) at LT (all P < 0.01). Inflammatory bowel disease was more prevalent in the rPSC group (86% vs. 66%; P = 0.025). After LT, rPSC subjects had more episodes of biopsy-proved acute rejection (mean 3 vs. 1; P < 0.001), and higher prevalence of steroid-refractory rejection (41% vs. 20%; P = 0.04). In those with rPSC, 43% developed complications of portal hypertension, were relisted for LT, or died within 2 years of the diagnosis. Mortality was higher in the rPSC group (11.1% vs. 2.9%; P = 0.05). Conclusions: The incidence of rPSC in this cohort was higher than previously reported, and was associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Patients with rPSC appeared to have a more aggressive, immune-reactive phenotype. These findings underscore the need to understand the immune mechanisms of rPSC, to lay the foundation for developing new therapies and improve outcomes in this challenging population.Item The Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes in Pediatrics (SCOPE) Index: A Prognostic Tool for Children(Wolters Kluwer, 2021) Deneau, Mark R.; Mack, Cara; Perito, Emily R.; Ricciuto, Amanda; Valentino, Pamela L.; Amin, Mansi; Amir, Achiya Z.; Aumar, Madeleine; Auth, Marcus; Broderick, Annemarie; DiGuglielmo, Matthew; Draijer, Laura G.; Druve Tavares Fagundes, Eleonora; El-Matary, Wael; Ferrari, Federica; Furuya, Katryn N.; Gupta, Nitika; Hochberg, Jessica T.; Homan, Matjaz; Horslen, Simon; Iorio, Raffaele; Jensen, M. Kyle; Jonas, Maureen M.; Kamath, Binita M.; Kerkar, Nanda; Kim, Kyung Mo; Kolho, Kaija-Leena; Koot, Bart G. P.; Laborda, Trevor J.; Lee, Christine K.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Martinez, Mercedes; Miethke, Alexander; Miloh, Tamir; Mogul, Douglas; Mohammad, Saeed; Mohan, Parvathi; Moroz, Stacy; Ovchinsky, Nadia; Palle, Sirish; Papadopoulou, Alexandra; Rao, Girish; Rodrigues Ferreira, Alexandre; Sathya, Pushpa; Schwarz, Kathleen B.; Shah, Uzma; Shteyer, Eyal; Singh, Ruchi; Smolka, Vratislav; Soufi, Nisreen; Tanaka, Atsushi; Varier, Raghu; Vitola, Bernadette; Woynarowski, Marek; Zerofsky, Melissa; Zizzo, Andréanne; Guthery, Stephen L.; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground and aims: Disease progression in children with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is variable. Prognostic and risk-stratification tools exist for adult-onset PSC, but not for children. We aimed to create a tool that accounts for the biochemical and phenotypic features and early disease stage of pediatric PSC. Approach and results: We used retrospective data from the Pediatric PSC Consortium. The training cohort contained 1,012 patients from 40 centers. We generated a multivariate risk index (Sclerosing Cholangitis Outcomes in Pediatrics [SCOPE] index) that contained total bilirubin, albumin, platelet count, gamma glutamyltransferase, and cholangiography to predict a primary outcome of liver transplantation or death (TD) and a broader secondary outcome that included portal hypertensive, biliary, and cancer complications termed hepatobiliary complications (HBCs). The model stratified patients as low, medium, or high risk based on progression to TD at rates of <1%, 3%, and 9% annually and to HBCs at rates of 2%, 6%, and 13% annually, respectively (P < 0.001). C-statistics to discriminate outcomes at 1 and 5 years were 0.95 and 0.82 for TD and 0.80 and 0.76 for HBCs, respectively. Baseline hepatic fibrosis stage was worse with increasing risk score, with extensive fibrosis in 8% of the lowest versus 100% with the highest risk index (P < 0.001). The model was validated in 240 children from 11 additional centers and performed well. Conclusions: The SCOPE index is a pediatric-specific prognostic tool for PSC. It uses routinely obtained, objective data to predict a complicated clinical course. It correlates strongly with biopsy-proven liver fibrosis. SCOPE can be used with families for shared decision making on clinical care based on a patient's individual risk, and to account for variable disease progression when designing future clinical trials.Item Total Serum Bilirubin within 3 Months of Hepatoportoenterostomy Predicts Short-Term Outcomes in Biliary Atresia(Elsevier, 2016-03) Shneider, Benjamin L.; Magee, John C.; Karpen, Saul J.; Rand, Elizabeth B.; Narkewicz, Michael R.; Bass, Lee M.; Schwarz, Kathleen; Whitington, Peter F.; Bezerra, Jorge A.; Kerkar, Nanda; Haber, Barbara; Rosenthal, Philip; Turmelle, Yumirle P.; Molleston, Jean P.; Murray, Karen F.; Nguyen, Vicky L.; Wang, Kasper S.; Romero, Rene; Squires, Robert H.; Arnon, Ronen; Sherker, Averell H.; Moore, Jeffrey; Ye, Wen; Sokol, Ronald J.; Department of Pediatrics, IU School of MedicineOBJECTIVES: To prospectively assess the value of serum total bilirubin (TB) within 3 months of hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) in infants with biliary atresia as a biomarker predictive of clinical sequelae of liver disease in the first 2 years of life. STUDY DESIGN: Infants with biliary atresia undergoing HPE between June 2004 and January 2011 were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter study. Complications were monitored until 2 years of age or the earliest of liver transplantation (LT), death, or study withdrawal. TB below 2 mg/dL (34.2 μM) at any time in the first 3 months (TB <2.0, all others TB ≥ 2) after HPE was examined as a biomarker, using Kaplan-Meier survival and logistic regression. RESULTS: Fifty percent (68/137) of infants had TB < 2.0 in the first 3 months after HPE. Transplant-free survival at 2 years was significantly higher in the TB < 2.0 group vs TB ≥ 2 (86% vs 20%, P < .0001). Infants with TB ≥ 2 had diminished weight gain (P < .0001), greater probability of developing ascites (OR 6.4, 95% CI 2.9-14.1, P < .0001), hypoalbuminemia (OR 7.6, 95% CI 3.2-17.7, P < .0001), coagulopathy (OR 10.8, 95% CI 3.1-38.2, P = .0002), LT (OR 12.4, 95% CI 5.3-28.7, P < .0001), or LT or death (OR 16.8, 95% CI 7.2-39.2, P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: Infants whose TB does not fall below 2.0 mg/dL within 3 months of HPE were at high risk for early disease progression, suggesting they should be considered for LT in a timely fashion. Interventions increasing the likelihood of achieving TB <2.0 mg/dL within 3 months of HPE may enhance early outcomes.