Noninvasive tools and risk of clinically significant portal hypertension and varices in compensated cirrhosis: The "Anticipate" study.

Abraldes, Juan G; Bureau, Christophe; Stefanescu, Horia; Augustin, Salvador; Ney, Michael; Blasco, Hélène; Procopet, Bogdan; Bosch, Jaime; Genesca, Joan; Berzigotti, Annalisa (2016). Noninvasive tools and risk of clinically significant portal hypertension and varices in compensated cirrhosis: The "Anticipate" study. Hepatology, 64(6), pp. 2173-2184. Wiley Interscience 10.1002/hep.28824

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In patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD), the presence of clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) and varices needing treatment (VNT) bears prognostic and therapeutic implications. Our aim was to develop noninvasive tests-based risk prediction models to provide a point-of-care risk assessment of cACLD patients. We analyzed 518 patients with cACLD from five centers in Europe/Canada with paired noninvasive tests (liver stiffness measurement [LSM] by transient elastography, platelet count, and spleen diameter with calculation of liver stiffness to spleen/platelet score [LSPS] score and platelet-spleen ratio [PSR]) and endoscopy/hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement. Risk of CSPH, varices, and VNT was modeled with logistic regression. All noninvasive tests reliably identified patients with high risk of CSPH, and LSPS had the highest discrimination. LSPS values above 2.65 were associated with risks of CSPH above 80%. None of the tests identified patients with very low risk of all-size varices, but both LSPS and a model combining TE and platelet count identified patients with very low risk (<5%) risk of VNT, suggesting that they could be used to triage patients requiring screening endoscopy. LSPS values of <1.33 were associated with a <5% risk of VNT, and 26% of patients had values below this threshold. LSM combined with platelet count predicted a risk <5% of VNT in 30% of the patients. Nomograms were developed to facilitate point-of-care risk assessment.

CONCLUSION

A significant proportion of patients with a very high risk of CSPH, and a population with a very low risk of VNT can be identified with simple, noninvasive tests, suggesting that these can be used to individualize medical care. (Hepatology 2016;64:2173-2184).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Hepatologie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Hepatologie

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Hepatology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Bosch, Jaime, Berzigotti, Annalisa

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0270-9139

Publisher:

Wiley Interscience

Language:

English

Submitter:

Lilian Karin Smith-Wirth

Date Deposited:

05 Apr 2017 13:07

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/hep.28824

PubMed ID:

27639071

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.93583

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/93583

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