Non-invasive diagnosis of alcohol-related steatohepatitis in patients ongoing alcohol withdrawal based on cytokeratin 18 and transient elastography.
Journal
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
ISSN: 1365-2036
Titre abrégé: Aliment Pharmacol Ther
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8707234
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2023
07 2023
Historique:
revised:
09
11
2022
received:
24
10
2022
accepted:
30
03
2023
medline:
14
6
2023
pubmed:
20
4
2023
entrez:
20
04
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The diagnosis of alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) is based on liver biopsy, which is costly and invasive with non-negligible morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of circulating cytokeratin 18 M65 fragment (K18-M65) alone or in association with other markers for the non-invasive diagnosis of ASH in patients ongoing alcohol withdrawal. This study examined the serum level of K18-M65 in a test cohort of 196 patients. All patients underwent liver biopsy, transient elastography (TE) and serum collection. The diagnostic accuracy of K18-M65 alone or combined with clinico-biological data was assessed and the best defined cut-offs were validated in an independent validation cohort of 58 patients. K18-M65 had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.82 (test cohort) and 0.90 (validation cohort). Using two cut-off decision points, K18-M65 was able to classify 46.9% (test cohort) and 34.5% (validation cohort) of patients with 95% sensitivity or specificity. Combining K18-M65, alpha-2-macroglobulin, TE, body mass index, and age, we created a score allowing accurate diagnosis of ASH with an AUC of 0.93 (test cohort) and 0.94 (validation cohort). This new score was able to rule out or rule in the diagnosis of steatohepatitis for probability ≤0.135 or ≥0.667 respectively in more than two-thirds of patients. We propose a new validated non-invasive score for the diagnosis of ASH in patients ongoing alcohol withdrawal. This score can help to identify patients that may benefit from potential therapeutics or motivate them to reduce alcohol consumption.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
The diagnosis of alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) is based on liver biopsy, which is costly and invasive with non-negligible morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of circulating cytokeratin 18 M65 fragment (K18-M65) alone or in association with other markers for the non-invasive diagnosis of ASH in patients ongoing alcohol withdrawal.
METHODS
This study examined the serum level of K18-M65 in a test cohort of 196 patients. All patients underwent liver biopsy, transient elastography (TE) and serum collection. The diagnostic accuracy of K18-M65 alone or combined with clinico-biological data was assessed and the best defined cut-offs were validated in an independent validation cohort of 58 patients.
RESULTS
K18-M65 had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.82 (test cohort) and 0.90 (validation cohort). Using two cut-off decision points, K18-M65 was able to classify 46.9% (test cohort) and 34.5% (validation cohort) of patients with 95% sensitivity or specificity. Combining K18-M65, alpha-2-macroglobulin, TE, body mass index, and age, we created a score allowing accurate diagnosis of ASH with an AUC of 0.93 (test cohort) and 0.94 (validation cohort). This new score was able to rule out or rule in the diagnosis of steatohepatitis for probability ≤0.135 or ≥0.667 respectively in more than two-thirds of patients.
CONCLUSIONS
We propose a new validated non-invasive score for the diagnosis of ASH in patients ongoing alcohol withdrawal. This score can help to identify patients that may benefit from potential therapeutics or motivate them to reduce alcohol consumption.
Substances chimiques
Keratin-18
0
K-18 conjugate
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Biomarkers
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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