Comparing the Continuous Geboes Score With the Robarts Histopathology Index: Definitions of Histological Remission and Response and their Relation to Faecal Calprotectin Levels

Abstract Background and Aims The histological status of ulcerative colitis [UC] patients in clinical and endoscopic remission has gained space as an important prognostic marker and a key component of disease monitoring. Our main aims were to compare two histological indexes—the continuous Geboes sco...

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Published in:Journal of Crohn's and colitis 2020-02, Vol.14 (2), p.169-175
Main Authors: Magro, Fernando, Lopes, Joanne, Borralho, Paula, Lopes, Susana, Coelho, Rosa, Cotter, José, Dias de Castro, Francisca, Tavares de Sousa, Helena, Salgado, Marta, Andrade, Patrícia, Vieira, Ana Isabel, Figueiredo, Pedro, Caldeira, Paulo, Sousa, A, Duarte, Maria A, Ávila, Filipa, Silva, João, Moleiro, Joana, Mendes, Sofia, Giestas, Sílvia, Ministro, Paula, Sousa, Paula, Gonçalves, Raquel, Gonçalves, Bruno, Oliveira, Ana, Chagas, Cristina, Cravo, Marilia, Dias, Cláudia Camila, Afonso, Joana, Portela, Francisco, Santiago, Mafalda, Geboes, Karel, Carneiro, Fátima
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Summary:Abstract Background and Aims The histological status of ulcerative colitis [UC] patients in clinical and endoscopic remission has gained space as an important prognostic marker and a key component of disease monitoring. Our main aims were to compare two histological indexes—the continuous Geboes score [GS] and the Robarts Histopathology index [RHI]—regarding their definitions of histological remission and response, and the ability of faecal calprotectin [FC] levels to discriminate between these statuses. Methods This was an analysis of three prospective cohorts including 422 patients previously enrolled in other studies. Results The two continuous scores [GS and RHI] were shown to be significantly correlated [correlation coefficient of 0.806, p < 0.001] and particularly close regarding their definition of histological response: 95% and 88% of all patients classified as having/not having [respectively] histological response according to RHI also did so according to GS. Moreover, median FC levels in patients with histological response were lower than those in patients without histological response [GS: 73.00 vs 525.00, p < 0.001; RHI: 73.50 vs 510.00, p < 0.001]; a similar trend was observed when FC levels of patients in histological remission were compared to those of patients with histological activity [GS: 76.00 vs 228.00, p < 0.001; RHI: 73.50 vs 467.00, p < 0.001]. FC levels allowed us to exclude the absence of histological remission [according to RHI] and absence of histological response [according to RHI and GS], with negative predictive values varying from 82% to 96%. However, optimization of the FC cut-off to exclude the absence of histological remission, as for the continuous GS, falls within values that resemble those of the healthy population. Conclusion The continuous GS and RHI histological scores are strongly correlated in their definitions of histological response. An absence of histological remission could only be excluded at physiological levels of FC.
ISSN:1873-9946
1876-4479
DOI:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz123