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Consensus guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the medical management of pediatric Crohn’s disease

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Ruemmele, F.M., Veres, G., Kolho, K.L., Griffiths, A., Levine, A., Escher, J.C., Amil Dias, J., Barabino, A. +25 more·2014·Journal of Crohn s and Colitis

Abstract

Children and adolescents with Crohn's disease (CD) present often with a more complicated disease course compared to adult patients. In addition, the potential impact of CD on growth, pubertal and emotional development of patients underlines the need for a specific management strategy of pediatric-onset CD. To develop the first evidenced based and consensus driven guidelines for pediatric-onset CD an expert panel of 33 IBD specialists was formed after an open call within the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation and the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterolog, Hepatology and Nutrition. The aim was to base on a thorough review of existing evidence a state of the art guidance on the medical treatment and long term management of children and adolescents with CD, with individualized treatment algorithms based on a benefit-risk analysis according to different clinical scenarios. In children and adolescents who did not have finished their growth, exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is the induction therapy of first choice due to its excellent safety profile, preferable over corticosteroids, which are equipotential to induce remission. The majority of patients with pediatric-onset CD require immunomodulator based maintenance therapy. The experts discuss several factors potentially predictive for poor disease outcome (such as severe perianal fistulizing disease, severe stricturing/penetrating disease, severe growth retardation, panenteric disease, persistent severe disease despite adequate induction therapy), which may incite to an anti-TNF-based top down approach. These guidelines are intended to give practical (whenever possible evidence-based) answers to (pediatric) gastroenterologists who take care of children and adolescents with CD; they are not meant to be a rule or legal standard, since many different clinical scenario exist requiring treatment strategies not covered by or different from these guidelines.

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  • There is limited evidence for the role of diet and other types of CAMs in inducing and maintaining disease remission in IBD, excluding exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric Crohn's disease.

    “This interest and use of CAM is common in pediatric IBD, despite being limited evidence for the role of diet and other types of CAMs in inducing and maintaining disease remission in IBD (excluding exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric Crohn’s disease) [22,23,24].”

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    Section 2.1 recommends exclusive enteral nutrition to induce remission in children with Crohn’s disease, while Statement 21 finds no significant maintenance benefit from probiotics and Statement 20 does not recommend omega-3 preparations. These passages support the exception and limited evidence for some alternatives, but the guidelines do not establish the broader claim about diet and other CAMs across IBD or that CAM use is common in pediatric IBD. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Ruemmele, F. M., Veres, G., Kolho, K. L., Griffiths, A., Levine, A., Escher, J. C., Amil Dias, J., Barabino, A., Braegger, C. P., Bronsky, J., Buderus, S., Martín-de-Carpi, J., De Ridder, L., Fagerberg, U. L., Hugot, J. P., Kierkus, J., Kolacek, S., Koletzko, S., Lionetti, P., Miele, E., Navas López, V. M., Paerregaard, A., Russell, R. K., Serban, D. E., Shaoul, R., Van Rheenen, P., Veereman, G., Weiss, B., Wilson, D., Dignass, A., Eliakim, A., Winter, H., & Turner, D.
Affiliations
  • Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades (FR)
  • Semmelweis University (HU)
  • Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Tel Aviv University (IL)
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Unit of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital S. João, A Hernani Monteiro, 4202-451, Porto, Portugal
  • Istituto Giannina Gaslini (IT)
  • University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
  • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Motol, Uvalu 84, 150 06 Prague, Czech Republic
  • St. Marien-Hospital Bonn (DE)
  • Department of Paediatric Gastroenterolgoy, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Paseo Sant Joan de Déu 2, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
  • Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
  • Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Feeding Disorders, Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Ul. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
  • Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital, University of Zagreb Medical School, Klaićeva 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337 Munich, Germany
  • Meyer Children's Hospital (IT)
  • University of Naples Federico II (IT)
  • Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Materno Infantil, Avda. Arroyo de los Ángeles s/n, 29009 Málaga, Spain
  • Department of Paediatrics 460, Hvidovre University Hospital, Kettegård Allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
  • Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Yorkhill Hospital, Dalnair Street, Glasgow G3 8SJ, United Kingdom
  • Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
  • Rambam Health Care Campus (IL)
  • Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
  • Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital (BE)
  • Sheba Medical Center (IL)
  • Royal Hospital for Sick Children (GB)
  • Agaplesion Markus Hospital (DE)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
Corresponding author
Ruemmele, F.M.
Venue
Journal of Crohn s and Colitis
Published
2014-10-01
Volume
8
Issue
10
Pages
1179-1207
ISSN
  • 1873-9946 (ISSN-L)
  • 1876-4479
OpenAlex
W2135936774
Cited by
1,083
References
293
Citations by year
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FWCI
52.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
Keywords
pediatric Crohn's disease, medical management
MeSH terms
Adalimumab, Infliximab, Adolescent, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Algorithms, Aminosalicylic Acids, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Azathioprine, Child, Crohn Disease, Enteral Nutrition, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Methotrexate, Remission Induction, Thalidomide, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Mercaptopurine, Maintenance Chemotherapy, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized

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