BACKGROUND: Mucosal healing (MH) has become a perspective treatment target in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Data about the impact of MH on long-term outcome in pediatric patients are still scarce. METHODS: Seventy-six pediatric patients with CD were evaluated retrospectively (2000-2015) in a tertiary care center. Based on MH achievement, they were divided into two groups (MH, N.=17; and No MH, N.=59). The primary endpoint was to assess the association of MH and the need for CD-related hospitalizations or surgery in pediatric patients with CD. RESULTS: The number of hospitalized patients was 24% in the MH group and 42% in the No MH group (P=0.26). The total number of CD-related hospitalizations was not significant between the MH group and the No MH group (5 vs. 41, P=0.15). The time to the first hospitalization was 24 months in MH and 21 months in No MH (P>0.99). About 24% of the patients in the MH group and 39% patients in the No MH group underwent CD-related operation (P=0.39). Time to the first operation was 43 months for MH and 19 months for the No MH group (P=0.13). The follow-up period was 91 months in the MH group and 80 months in the No MH group (P=0.74). The use of infliximab was positively associated with MH (P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: MH was not associated with fewer CD-related hospitalizations or operations in pediatric patients with CD during seven years of follow-up.

• MeSH
• časové faktory MeSH
• centra terciární péče MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * terapie   MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• hojení ran MeSH
• hospitalizace * statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• infliximab terapeutické užití   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• následné studie MeSH
• retrospektivní studie MeSH
• střevní sliznice * patologie   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• dítě MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• infliximab MeSH

BACKGROUND: Predicting response to exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) in active Crohn's disease (CD) could lead to therapy personalization and pretreatment optimization. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the ability of pretreatment parameters to predict fecal calprotectin (FCal) levels at EEN completion in a prospective study in children with CD. METHODS: In children with active CD, clinical parameters, dietary intake, cytokines, inflammation-related blood proteomics, and diet-related metabolites, metabolomics and microbiota in feces, were measured before initiation of 8 wk of EEN. Prediction of FCal levels at EEN completion was performed using machine learning. Data are presented with medians (IQR). RESULTS: Of 37 patients recruited, 15 responded (FCal < 250 μg/g) to EEN (responders) and 22 did not (nonresponders). Clinical and immunological parameters were not associated with response to EEN. Responders had lesser (μmol/g) butyrate [responders: 13.2 (8.63-18.4) compared with nonresponders: 22.3 (12.0-32.0); P = 0.03], acetate [responders: 49.9 (46.4-68.4) compared with nonresponders: 70.4 (57.0-95.5); P = 0.027], phenylacetate [responders: 0.175 (0.013-0.611) compared with nonresponders: 0.943 (0.438-1.35); P = 0.021], and a higher microbiota richness [315 (269-347) compared with nonresponders: 243 (205-297); P = 0.015] in feces than nonresponders. Responders consumed (portions/1000 kcal/d) more confectionery products [responders: 0.55 (0.38-0.72) compared with nonresponders: 0.19 (0.01-0.38); P = 0.045]. A multicomponent model using fecal parameters, dietary data, and clinical and immunological parameters predicted response to EEN with 78% accuracy (sensitivity: 80%; specificity: 77%; positive predictive value: 71%; negative predictive value: 85%). Higher taxon abundance from Ruminococcaceae, Lachnospiraceae, and Bacteroides and phenylacetate, butyrate, and acetate were the most influential variables in predicting lack of response to EEN. CONCLUSIONS: We identify microbial signals and diet-related metabolites in feces, which could comprise targets for pretreatment optimization and personalized nutritional therapy in pediatric CD.

• Klíčová slova
• Crohn’s disease, cytokines, exclusive enteral nutrition, metabolome, microbiome, o'link, precision therapy, short chain fatty acids,
• MeSH
• acetáty MeSH
• butyráty MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * terapie   metabolismus   MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• enterální výživa MeSH
• fenylacetáty MeSH
• indukce remise MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• metabolom MeSH
• mikrobiota * MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• Check Tag
• dítě MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• acetáty MeSH
• butyráty MeSH
• fenylacetáty MeSH

The human intestine is a habitat for microorganisms and, recently, the composition of the intestinal microbiota has been correlated with the etiology of diseases such as inflammations, sores, and tumors. Although many studies have been conducted to understand the composition of that microbiota, expanding these studies to more samples and different backgrounds will improve our knowledge. In this work, we showed the colon microbiota composition and diversity of healthy subjects, patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and colon cancer by metagenomic sequencing. Our results indicated that the relative abundance of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes differs between the healthy vs. tumor biopsies, tumor vs. IBD biopsies, and fresh vs. paraffin-embedded tumor biopsies. Fusobacterium, Escherichia-Shigella, and Streptococcus genera were relatively abundant in fresh tumor biopsies, while Pseudomonas was significantly elevated in IBD biopsies. Additionally, another opportunist pathogen Malasseziales was revealed as the most abundant fungal clade in IBD biopsies, especially in ulcerative colitis. We also found that, while the Basidiomycota:Ascomycota ratio was slightly lower in tumor biopsies compared to biopsies from healthy subjects, there was a significant increase in IBD biopsies. Our work will contribute to the known diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in the colon biopsies in patients with IBD and colon cancer.

• Klíčová slova
• 16SrRNA, 18SrRNA, Crohn’s disease, Metabarcoding, Mycobiome, Ulcerative colitis,
• MeSH
• Basidiomycota * MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * mikrobiologie   MeSH
• idiopatické střevní záněty * mikrobiologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mikrobiota * MeSH
• nádory tračníku * MeSH
• střevní sliznice mikrobiologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

BACKGROUND: While indirect comparison of infliximab (IFX) and vedolizumab (VDZ) in adults with Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) shows that IFX has better effectiveness during induction, and comparable efficacy during maintenance treatment, comparative data specific to subcutaneous (SC) IFX (i.e., CT-P13 SC) versus VDZ are limited. AIM: Pooled analysis of randomised studies to compare efficacy and safety with IFX SC and VDZ in moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS: Parallel-group, randomised studies evaluating IFX SC and VDZ in patients with moderate-to-severe CD or UC were identified. Eligible studies reported ≥ 1 prespecified outcome of interest at Week 6 (reflecting treatment during the induction phase) and/or at 1 year (Weeks 50-54; reflecting treatment during the maintenance phase). Prespecified efficacy and safety outcomes considered in this pooled analysis included the proportions of patients achieving disease-specific clinical responses, clinical remission, or discontinuing due to lack of efficacy, and the proportions of patients experiencing adverse events (AEs), serious AEs, infections, serious infections, or discontinuing due to AEs. Data from multiple studies or study arms were extracted and pooled using a random-effect model; comparative analyses were performed separately for patients with CD and UC. RESULTS: We identified three eligible CD trials and four eligible UC trials that assigned over 1200 participants per disease cohort to either IFX SC or VDZ. In patients with CD, intravenous induction therapy with IFX demonstrated better efficacy (non-overlapping 95% confidence intervals [CIs]) compared with VDZ; during the maintenance phase, IFX SC showed numerically better efficacy (overlapping 95% CIs) than VDZ. A lower proportion of IFX SC-treated patients discontinued therapy due to lack of efficacy over 1 year. In patients with UC, efficacy profiles were similar with IFX SC and VDZ during the induction and maintenance phases, and a lower proportion of IFX SC-treated patients discontinued therapy due to lack of efficacy over 1 year. In both cohorts, safety profiles for IFX SC and VDZ were generally comparable during 1 year. CONCLUSION: IFX SC demonstrated better efficacy than VDZ in patients with CD, and similar efficacy to VDZ in patients with UC; 1-year safety was comparable with IFX SC and VDZ.

• Klíčová slova
• Biobetter, Bioinnovative, Inflammatory bowel disease, Subcutaneous infliximab, Tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors, Vedolizumab,
• MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * farmakoterapie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• gastrointestinální látky škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• humanizované monoklonální protilátky * MeSH
• indukce remise MeSH
• infliximab škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• randomizované kontrolované studie jako téma MeSH
• ulcerózní kolitida * farmakoterapie   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• gastrointestinální látky MeSH
• humanizované monoklonální protilátky * MeSH
• infliximab MeSH
• vedolizumab MeSH Prohlížeč

PURPOSE: Crohn's disease is a chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disease with possible extraintestinal symptoms. There are predisposing genetic factors and even monogenic variants of the disorder. One of the possible genetic factors are variants of the DUOX2 gene. The protein product of the DUOX2 gene is a dual oxidase enzyme producing H2O2 in the bowel. Reduced H2O2 levels impact mucosal homeostasis and contribute to the development of inflammatory bowel disease. Thus far, only 19 patients with IBD with the DUOX2 variants have been described. METHODS: Here we present a case report of an adolescent female diagnosed at eleven years of age with IBD that was subsequently reclassified as Crohn's disease. She was treated with immunosuppressants and biological therapy but experienced additional complications. Her peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA was studied using massive parallel sequencing. Detected variants were functionally studied. RESULTS: Whole exome sequencing found two novel DUOX2 gene variants: a de novo variant c.3646C>T; p.R1216W and a maternally inherited variant c.3391G>A; p.A1131T which were initially classified as variants of unknown significance. However, follow-up functional studies demonstrated that both DUOX2 variants led to impaired H2O2 generation, which led to their reclassification to the likely pathogenic class according to the ACMG.net. Therefore, we conclude that these variants are causative for the disease. CONCLUSIONS: Identifying novel variants in patients with Crohn's disease and their families is important for precision medicine approaches and understanding of the pathogenesis of likely "monogenic" rare forms of inflammatory bowel disease.

• Klíčová slova
• Crohn’s Disease, DUOX2, Massive parallel sequencing, Whole exome sequencing,
• MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * genetika   MeSH
• duální oxidázy genetika   MeSH
• idiopatické střevní záněty * genetika   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• peroxid vodíku MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• kazuistiky MeSH
• Názvy látek
• duální oxidázy MeSH
• DUOX2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• peroxid vodíku MeSH

PURPOSE: Children diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD) often undergo ileocecal resection (ICR) during childhood. Anastomotic recurrence is a frequent finding following this procedure. Data addressing the effect of the anastomosis type on disease recurrence are scarce in the pediatric population. The Kono-S anastomosis has shown promise in reducing endoscopic, clinical, and surgical recurrence rates in adults. We aimed to report our experience with Kono-S anastomosis in children, focusing on its feasibility and postoperative complications. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed pediatric CD patients who underwent ICR with Kono-S anastomosis between August 2022 and May 2023. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, surgery, hospitalization, and follow-up including colonoscopy were collected. Complications were classified using the Clavien-Dindo classification. RESULTS: Twelve patients (7 females, 58.3%) were included. Six (50%) of the patients had the B3 luminal form of the disease (according to Paris classification). Median surgery duration was 174 (interquartile range [IQR] 161-216) minutes. Anastomosis creation took a median of 62 (IQR, 54.5-71) minutes. Median hospitalization length was 6 (IQR 4-7) days. No short- or mid-term complications were observed. Median follow-up duration was 9.5 (IQR 6.8-12) months. CONCLUSION: According to our results, Kono-S anastomosis is safe and feasible in pediatric CD patients, with no observed postoperative complications. These findings support the potential benefit of using Kono-S anastomosis as a treatment approach in children with CD.

• Klíčová slova
• Crohn’s disease, Endoscopy, Kono-S, Pediatric surgery, Postoperative complication,
• MeSH
• anastomóza chirurgická MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * chirurgie   MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• pooperační komplikace epidemiologie   MeSH
• retrospektivní studie MeSH
• Check Tag
• dítě MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

Stratified and precision nutrition refers to disease management or prevention of disease onset, based on dietary interventions tailored to a person's characteristics, biology, gut microbiome, and environmental exposures. Such treatment models may lead to more effective management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and reduce risk of disease development. This societal position paper aimed to report advances made in stratified and precision nutritional therapy in IBD. Following a structured literature search, limited to human studies, we identified four relevant themes: (a) nutritional epidemiology for risk prediction of IBD development, (b) food-based dietary interventions in IBD, (c) exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) for Crohn's disease (CD) management, and (d) pre- and probiotics for IBD management. There is scarce literature upon which we can make recommendations for precision or stratified dietary therapy for IBD, both for risk of disease development and disease management. Certain single-nucleotide polymorphisms related to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolism may modify the effect dietary PUFA have in increasing the risk of IBD development. Non-colonic CD, mild-to-moderate CD, and high microbiota richness may predict success of EEN and may be used both for prediction of treatment continuation, but also for early cessation in nonresponders. There is currently insufficient evidence to make recommendations for precision or stratified dietary therapy for patients with established IBD. Despite the great interest in stratified and precision nutrition, we currently lack data to support conclusive recommendations. Replication of early findings by independent research groups and within structured clinical interventions is required.

• Klíčová slova
• exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), precision nutrition, prediction, stratified nutrition,
• MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * terapie   MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• idiopatické střevní záněty * terapie   MeSH
• indukce remise MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• pomocný zdravotnický personál MeSH
• translační biomedicínský výzkum MeSH
• veřejné mínění MeSH
• Check Tag
• dítě MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Treatment with anti-tumour necrosis factor α antibodies [anti-TNF] changes the dysbiotic faecal bacteriome in Crohn's disease [CD]. However, it is not known whether these changes are due to decreasing mucosal inflammatory activity or whether similar bacteriome reactions might be observed in gut-healthy subjects. Therefore, we explored changes in the faecal bacteriome and metabolome upon anti-TNF administration [and therapeutic response] in children with CD and contrasted those to anti-TNF-treated children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis [JIA]. METHODS: Faecal samples collected longitudinally before and during anti-TNF therapy were analysed with regard to the bacteriome by massively parallel sequencing of the 16S rDNA [V4 region] and the faecal metabolome by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. The response to treatment by mucosal healing was assessed by the MINI index at 3 months after the treatment started. We also tested several representative gut bacterial strains for in vitro growth inhibition by infliximab. RESULTS: We analysed 530 stool samples from 121 children [CD 54, JIA 18, healthy 49]. Bacterial community composition changed on anti-TNF in CD: three members of the class Clostridia increased on anti-TNF, whereas the class Bacteroidia decreased. Among faecal metabolites, glucose and glycerol increased, whereas isoleucine and uracil decreased. Some of these changes differed by treatment response [mucosal healing] after anti-TNF. No significant changes in the bacteriome or metabolome were noted upon anti-TNF in JIA. Bacterial growth was not affected by infliximab in a disc diffusion test. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that gut mucosal healing is responsible for the bacteriome and metabolome changes observed in CD, rather than any general effect of anti-TNF.

• Klíčová slova
• Crohn’s disease, IBD, anti-TNF, children, metabolomics, microbiome,
• MeSH
• Bacteria MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * patologie   MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• infliximab farmakologie   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• inhibitory TNF farmakologie   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• metabolom MeSH
• Check Tag
• dítě MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• infliximab MeSH
• inhibitory TNF MeSH

BACKGROUND: STARDUST, a phase 3b randomised trial, compared ustekinumab therapeutic strategies in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) using early endoscopic assessment and treat-to-target (T2T) versus standard of care (SoC). AIM: To assess the efficacy of ustekinumab extended treatment in a long-term extension (LTE) of up to 104 weeks with dosing adapted according to clinical, biomarker and endoscopy outcomes. METHODS: Adults with moderately-to-severely active CD received intravenous ustekinumab approximating 6 mg/kg at Week 0 and subcutaneous ustekinumab 90 mg at Week 8. At Week 16, 440 ≥70-point responders were randomised to T2T or SoC and 323 entered the LTE. At Week 48, a unified, protocol-defined ustekinumab dose frequency escalation/de-escalation was applied based on achieving endoscopic remission and corticosteroid-free clinical remission. Achieving corticosteroid-free clinical remission and biomarker remission at consecutive visits determined ustekinumab dosing frequency. Dichotomous variables were analysed using non-responder imputation. RESULTS: Among patients who entered the LTE, 7.7%, 48.6% and 43.7% received doses every 4, 8 and 12 weeks, respectively. Ustekinumab dose frequency was escalated in 23.5% and de-escalated in 19.7%. Endoscopic response and remission rates were 28.9% and 10.73% (all randomised) and 39.3% and 14.6% (patients entering the LTE), respectively, at Week 104. Clinical remissiona rates at week 104 were 50.2% (all randomised) and 68.4% (patients entering the LTE). There were no new safety signals. CONCLUSION: STARDUST LTE is the first interventional ustekinumab efficacy study to show a favourable benefit-risk profile with preservation of clinical and endoscopic outcomes through Week 104 using flexible, algorithm-driven dose adjustment including de-escalation.

• MeSH
• biologické markery analýza   MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * farmakoterapie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• gastrointestinální endoskopie MeSH
• indukce remise MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• ustekinumab * terapeutické užití   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• klinické zkoušky, fáze III MeSH
• Názvy látek
• biologické markery MeSH
• ustekinumab * MeSH

OBJECTIVE: Crohn's disease (CD) can be associated with a wide range of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs), including neurological ones. Published studies differ in their conclusions about the epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of neurological EIMs. The aims of this study were to demonstrate the presence and find risk factors of peripheral (somatic and autonomic) neuropathy patients with severe CD on anti-TNFα biological therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A clinical examination focusing on detection of peripheral sensor-motor nervous dysfunction (including Sudoscan) and examination of autonomic nervous system dysfunction (using Ewing´s battery tests and spectral analysis) together with laboratory tests and collection of demographic data followed by administration of questionnaires were performed on a total of 30 neurologically asymptomatic outpatients with severe CD on anti-TNFα biological therapy. RESULTS: Peripheral sensor-motor nervous function via clinical neurological examination was pathological in 36.7% and Sudoscan in 33.3% of cases. Statistically significant associations between vibration perception test and age, CD and biological therapy duration, body mass index and Crohn's Disease Activity Index were proved while statistically significant associations between temperature perception test and age and BMI were proved as well. Additionally, a decrease of total protein in a patient´s serum below the physiological cut-off in the 6 months prior to measurement was associated with a pathological result of a Sudoscan. Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy based on Ewing´s battery tests was present in 56.7% of patients, no statistically significant risk factors were found. Our peripheral neuropathy questionnaire correlated with the results of the Sudoscan test and some tests of the clinical examination of peripheral sensor-motor nervous function (discriminatory contact perception test, temperature perception test). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated a relatively high prevalence of peripheral (especially autonomic) neuropathy and verified some risk factors for the development of peripheral somatic neuropathy in asymptomatic patients with severe form of CD on anti-TNFα biological therapy.

• MeSH
• autonomní nervový systém MeSH
• biologická terapie MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   komplikace   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nemoci autonomního nervového systému * MeSH
• nemoci periferního nervového systému * MeSH
• TNF-alfa terapeutické užití   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• TNF-alfa MeSH