Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The ECCO-EpiCom study investigates the differences in the incidence and therapeutic management of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) between Eastern and Western Europe. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in the disease phenotype, medical therapy, surgery and hospitalization rates in the ECCO-EpiCom 2011 inception cohort during the first year after diagnosis.
METHODS: Nine Western, five Eastern European centers and one Australian center with 258 Crohn's disease (CD), 380 ulcerative colitis (UC) and 71 IBD unclassified (IBDU) patients (female/male: 326/383; mean age at diagnosis: 40.9 years, SD: 17.3 years) participated. Patients' data were registered and entered in the web-based ECCO-EpiCom database (www.epicom-ecco.eu).
RESULTS: In CD, 36 (19%) Western Europe/Australian and 6 (9%) Eastern European patients received biological therapy (p=0.04), but the immunosuppressive (IS) use was equal and high in these regions (Eastern Europe vs. Western Europe/Australia: 53% vs. 45%; p=0.27). Surgery was performed in 17 (24%) CD patients in Eastern Europe and 13 (7%) in Western Europe/Australia (p<0.001, pLogRank=0.001). Twenty-four (34%) CD patients from Eastern Europe and 39 (21%) from Western Europe/Australia were hospitalized (p=0.02, pLogRank=0.01). In UC, exposure to biologics and colectomy rates were low and hospitalization rates did not differ between these regions during the one-year follow-up period (16% vs. 16%; p=0.93).
CONCLUSIONS: During the first year after diagnosis, surgery and hospitalization rates were significantly higher in CD patients in Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe/Australia, while significantly more CD patients were treated with biologicals in the Western Europe/Australian centers.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Crohn's & colitis |
| Vol/bind | 9 |
| Udgave nummer | 9 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 747-753 |
| ISSN | 1873-9946 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 7 jun. 2015 |