Display options
Share it on

Hepatol Commun. 2020 Oct 03;4(12):1824-1834. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1602. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Modeling Outcomes in Children With Biliary Atresia With Native Liver After 2 Years of Age.

Hepatology communications

Veena Venkat, Vicky L Ng, John C Magee, Wen Ye, Kieran Hawthorne, Sanjiv Harpavat, Jean P Molleston, Karen F Murray, Kasper S Wang, Nisreen Soufi, Lee M Bass, Estella M Alonso, Jorge A Bezerra, M Kyle Jensen, Binita M Kamath, Kathleen M Loomes, Cara L Mack, Philip Rosenthal, Benjamin L Shneider, Robert H Squires, Ronald J Sokol, Saul J Karpen,

Affiliations

  1. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA.
  2. Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto Toronto Canada.
  3. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Ann Arbor MI.
  4. Arbor Research Collaborative for Health Ann Arbor MI.
  5. Texas Children's Hospital Liver Center, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.
  6. Indiana University-Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis IN.
  7. Cleveland Clinic Children's Cleveland OH.
  8. Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles CA.
  9. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago IL.
  10. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati OH.
  11. University of Utah School of Medicine Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City UT.
  12. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia PA.
  13. University of Colorado School of Medicine Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora CO.
  14. University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA.
  15. Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta GA.

PMID: 33305153 PMCID: PMC7706301 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1602

Abstract

Approximately 50% of infants with biliary atresia (BA) undergoing Kasai portoenterostomy show survival with native liver (SNL) at age 2 years. Predictors of disease progression after age 2 years are unknown, despite estimates of 20%-30% undergoing liver transplant (LT) between age 2 and 18 years. We sought to address this knowledge gap by developing prognostic models in participants of the multicenter prospective National Institutes of Health-supported Childhood Liver Disease Research Network. We extracted 14 clinical and biochemical variables at age 2 years to develop two models for future outcomes: 1) LT or death (LTD) and 2) first sentinel event (SE), either new onset ascites, hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), or gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. A total of 240 participants, enrolled between 2004 and 2017, were followed until a median age of 5.1 years (range, 2.0-13.3 years). Of these participants, 38 underwent LT (n = 37) or death (n = 1); cumulative incidence, 23.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 16.2%-32.0%). Twenty-seven experienced either new-onset ascites (n = 13), HPS (n = 1), or GI bleed (n = 14). One participant had ascites and GI bleed concurrently; cumulative incidence, 21.5% (95% CI, 14.2%-29.8%) by age 10 years. The Cox proportional hazard model predicted risk of LTD, using total bilirubin, albumin, platelet count, and history of either ascites or cholangitis (BA LTD model), with a C-index of 0.88 (range, 0.86-0.89). A cause-specific hazard competing risk model predicted SE using platelet count and gamma glutamyltransferase levels (BA SE model) with a C-index of 0.81 (range, 0.80-0.84). Internal model validity was assessed using Harrell's C-index with cross-validation.

© 2020 The Authors. Hepatology Communications published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

References

  1. J Pediatr. 2006 Apr;148(4):467-474 - PubMed
  2. Hepatology. 2006 Jul;44(1):75-84 - PubMed
  3. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct;28(5):439-444 - PubMed
  4. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb;33(1):11-6 - PubMed
  5. Liver Transpl. 2005 Oct;11(10):1193-200 - PubMed
  6. Biostatistics. 2014 Oct;15(4):757-73 - PubMed
  7. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2018 Feb;14(2):117-119 - PubMed
  8. J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Dec;39(12):1797-9 - PubMed
  9. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Jun;62(6):799-803 - PubMed
  10. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Mar;53(3):461-467 - PubMed
  11. Hepatology. 2007 Aug;46(2):566-81 - PubMed
  12. J Hepatol. 2013 Jun;58(6):1209-17 - PubMed
  13. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jun;16(6):346-360 - PubMed
  14. Ann Surg. 1997 Sep;226(3):348-53; discussion 353-5 - PubMed
  15. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul;54(7):1440-1444 - PubMed
  16. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Dec;47(12):2179-83 - PubMed
  17. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 15;18(8):2301-8 - PubMed
  18. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Oct;69(4):416-424 - PubMed
  19. Hepatology. 2005 Feb;41(2):366-71 - PubMed
  20. JAMA. 2014 May 7;311(17):1750-9 - PubMed
  21. Liver Transpl. 2017 Jan;23(1):96-109 - PubMed
  22. Pediatr Surg Int. 2016 Sep;32(9):839-43 - PubMed
  23. Hepatology. 2017 Apr;65(4):1393-1404 - PubMed
  24. Gastroenterology. 2011 Dec;141(6):2009-16 - PubMed
  25. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jul;15(7):1133-1135 - PubMed
  26. J Pediatr. 2014 Sep;165(3):539-546.e2 - PubMed
  27. Neth J Med. 2013 May;71(4):170-3 - PubMed
  28. J Pediatr. 2016 Mar;170:211-7.e1-2 - PubMed
  29. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Oct;50(10):1734-8 - PubMed
  30. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Dec;67(6):689-694 - PubMed
  31. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Apr;68(4):495-501 - PubMed
  32. Lancet. 2004 Apr 24;363(9418):1354-7 - PubMed
  33. Hepatology. 2018 Sep;68(3):1163-1173 - PubMed
  34. J Hepatol. 2019 Jul;71(1):71-77 - PubMed

Publication Types

Grant support