P273 Point-of-care bowel ultrasound for detecting ileocolonic inflammation in Crohn’s disease
M. Allocca1, G. Fiorino1, F. Furfaro1, A. Zilli1, D. Gilardi1, S. Radice1, L. Peyrin-Biroulet2, S. Danese1
1Humanitas Research Hospital, IBD Center- Gastroenterology, Rozzano, Italy, 2Inserm U954 Nancy University Hospital, IBD Unit, Nancy, France
Background
A ‘treat-to-target’ strategy with close monitoring of intestinal inflammation is recommended in Crohn’s disease (CD). Bowel ultrasound (US) is a non-invasive, point-of-care tool to assess CD activity and severity. However, no clear US-based parameters of activity have been identified by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and colonoscopy together as a reference standard. We aimed to investigate whether US parameters could be able to measure CD activity and severity, comparing with the MaRIA and the SES-CD scores.
Methods
Ileal and/or colonic CD consecutive patients were prospectively assessed by CS, MRE and bowel US. Bowel wall thickening (mm), bowel wall-flow at colour Doppler (BWF: 0 absent; 1 present), bowel wall pattern (BWP: 0 normal; 1 hypoechogenic; 2 hyperchogenic; 3 lost), presence of mesenteric lymph nodes (0 absent; 1 present) and mesenteric hypertrophy (0 absent; 1 present), evaluated at bowel US were compared with CS+MRE findings as a reference standard. Activity was defined by an SES-CD score>2 and/or a MaRIA score>7).
Results
Sixty CD patients were prospectively enrolled (37% with ileal localisation, 15% with colonic localisation and 48% with ileocolonic localisation). Thirty patients had endoscopically active CD, 34 had radiologically active disease, 37 (62%) had active disease assessed at CS or MRE (SES-CD > 2 or MaRIA score >7 in at least one segment). BWT, presence of BWF, hypoechogenic or lost BWP significantly correlated with endoscopic and radiological activity (OR 4.51, 33.75, and 2.74 respectively, all
Conclusion
Bowel US is able to assess and measure disease activity in ileocolonic CD in real-time. BWT correlated very well with the MaRIA score and the SES-CD score. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and to demonstrate the role of point-of-care US in CD management.