Rogers Benjamin D, Valdovinos Luis R, Crowell Michael D, Bell Reginald, Vela Marcelo F, Gyawali C Prakash
Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Gut. 2021 Mar;70(3):450-455. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321395. Epub 2020 May 28.
Number of reflux episodes, an adjunctive metric on pH-impedance monitoring, is incompletely studied. We aimed to determine if number of reflux episodes associates with therapeutic outcome in regurgitation predominant gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
We performed post hoc analysis of postintervention pH-impedance data from adult patients with moderate/severe regurgitation despite QD proton pump inhibitor (PPI), randomised to either two times a day PPI or magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) in 2:1 allocation. After 6 and 12 months, symptom response was defined by improvement in Foregut Symptom Questionnaire (FSQ) regurgitation score to none or minimal, ≥50% reduction in GERD health-related quality of life (HRQL) score and satisfaction with therapy. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine predictors of symptom improvement.
Of 152 randomised patients, 123 (age 46.9±1.2 year, 43% female) had complete data. Symptom and satisfaction scores significantly improved after MSA compared with two times a day PPI. Both acid exposure time (13.4%±0.7% to 1.3±0.2%, p<0.001) and reflux episodes (86±4 to 48±4, p<0.001) declined with therapy. Reduction to <40 reflux episodes was significantly more frequent in those with symptom response by FSQ regurgitation score, GERD HRQL score and satisfaction with therapy (p≤0.03 for each); <35 episodes performed better on receiver operating characteristic analysis. On multivariate analysis, improvement in regurgitation score remained independently predictive of satisfaction with therapy (p<0.001 for each). In patients crossing over to MSA, >80 episodes pretreatment predicted improvement.
Reduction of reflux episodes on pH-impedance to physiological levels associates with improved outcomes, while pathological levels predict improvement with MSA in regurgitation predominant GERD.
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02505945.
反流发作次数作为pH阻抗监测的一项辅助指标,目前研究尚不充分。我们旨在确定反流发作次数是否与以反流为主的胃食管反流病(GERD)的治疗效果相关。
我们对成年患者的干预后pH阻抗数据进行了事后分析,这些患者尽管每日服用质子泵抑制剂(PPI),仍有中度/重度反流,按2:1的比例随机分为每日两次PPI组或磁括约肌增强术(MSA)组。6个月和12个月后,症状缓解的定义为前肠症状问卷(FSQ)反流评分改善至无或轻微,GERD健康相关生活质量(HRQL)评分降低≥50%,以及对治疗满意。进行单因素和多因素分析以确定症状改善的预测因素。
152例随机分组的患者中,123例(年龄46.9±1.2岁,43%为女性)有完整数据。与每日两次PPI相比,MSA治疗后症状和满意度评分显著改善。治疗后酸暴露时间(从13.4%±0.7%降至1.3±0.2%,p<0.001)和反流发作次数(从86±4次降至48±4次,p<0.001)均下降。FSQ反流评分、GERD HRQL评分及对治疗满意的患者中,反流发作次数减少至<40次的情况显著更常见(每项p≤0.03);<35次在受试者工作特征分析中表现更佳。多因素分析显示,反流评分的改善仍然是治疗满意度的独立预测因素(每项p<0.001)。在转而接受MSA治疗的患者中,治疗前发作次数>80次可预测改善情况。
pH阻抗监测中反流发作次数降至生理水平与治疗效果改善相关,而在以反流为主的GERD中,病理水平的发作次数可预测MSA治疗的改善情况。
ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT02505945。