TY - JOUR
T1 - Biochemical Diagnosis of Bile Acid Diarrhea
T2 - Prospective Comparison With the 75Seleno-Taurohomocholic Acid Test
AU - Borup, Christian
AU - Wildt, Signe
AU - Rumessen, Jüri
AU - Graff, Jesper
AU - Bouchelouche, Pierre Nordine
AU - Andersen, Trine Borup
AU - Vinter-Jensen, Lars
AU - Zaremba, Anna
AU - German Jørgensen, Søren Peter
AU - Gregersen, Tine
AU - Nøjgaard, Camilla
AU - Timm, Hans Bording
AU - Rainteau, Dominique
AU - Gauliard, Emilie
AU - Munck, Lars Kristian
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The diagnosis of bile acid diarrhea is often missed because the availability of the
75seleno-Taurohomocholic acid (SeHCAT) test is limited. We aimed to compare the biomarkers 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (C4) and fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) with the SeHCAT test.METHODS:Patients with chronic diarrhea without intestinal resection referred for SeHCAT were prospectively recruited for this diagnostic accuracy study. Blood was sampled at fasting and after a stimulation meal with chenodeoxycholic acid. SeHCAT retention ≤10% defined bile acid diarrhea and >10% defined miscellaneous diarrhea. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) were analyzed with SeHCAT as the gold standard. www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03059537).RESULTS:Patients with bile acid diarrhea (n = 26) had mean C4 of 30 ng/mL (95% confidence interval: 19-46) vs 8 (7-11; P < 0.001) in the miscellaneous diarrhea group (n = 45). Area under the ROC curve (ROC
AUC) for C4 was 0.83 (0.72-0.93). C4 < 15 ng/mL had 85% (74%-96%) negative predictive value; C4 > 48 ng/mL had 82% (59%-100%) positive predictive value. Twenty patients had C4 values 15-48 ng/mL, of whom 11/20 had SeHCAT ≤10%. Median fasting FGF19 was 72 pg/mL (interquartile range: 53-146) vs 119 (84-240) (P = 0.004); ROC
AUCwas 0.71 (0.58-0.83). Stimulated FGF19 responses did not differ (P = 0.54).DISCUSSION:We identified C4 thresholds with clinically useful predictive values for the diagnosis of and screening for bile acid diarrhea in patients with chronic watery diarrhea. Further validation of the cutoff values with the placebo-controlled effect of sequestrant therapy is warranted (see Visual Abstract, Supplementary Digital Content 2, http://links.lww.com/AJG/B603).
AB - The diagnosis of bile acid diarrhea is often missed because the availability of the
75seleno-Taurohomocholic acid (SeHCAT) test is limited. We aimed to compare the biomarkers 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (C4) and fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) with the SeHCAT test.METHODS:Patients with chronic diarrhea without intestinal resection referred for SeHCAT were prospectively recruited for this diagnostic accuracy study. Blood was sampled at fasting and after a stimulation meal with chenodeoxycholic acid. SeHCAT retention ≤10% defined bile acid diarrhea and >10% defined miscellaneous diarrhea. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) were analyzed with SeHCAT as the gold standard. www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03059537).RESULTS:Patients with bile acid diarrhea (n = 26) had mean C4 of 30 ng/mL (95% confidence interval: 19-46) vs 8 (7-11; P < 0.001) in the miscellaneous diarrhea group (n = 45). Area under the ROC curve (ROC
AUC) for C4 was 0.83 (0.72-0.93). C4 < 15 ng/mL had 85% (74%-96%) negative predictive value; C4 > 48 ng/mL had 82% (59%-100%) positive predictive value. Twenty patients had C4 values 15-48 ng/mL, of whom 11/20 had SeHCAT ≤10%. Median fasting FGF19 was 72 pg/mL (interquartile range: 53-146) vs 119 (84-240) (P = 0.004); ROC
AUCwas 0.71 (0.58-0.83). Stimulated FGF19 responses did not differ (P = 0.54).DISCUSSION:We identified C4 thresholds with clinically useful predictive values for the diagnosis of and screening for bile acid diarrhea in patients with chronic watery diarrhea. Further validation of the cutoff values with the placebo-controlled effect of sequestrant therapy is warranted (see Visual Abstract, Supplementary Digital Content 2, http://links.lww.com/AJG/B603).
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U2 - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000772
DO - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000772
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32740083
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 115
SP - 2086
EP - 2094
JO - The American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - The American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 12
ER -