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What’s So Special about Pediatric IBD ?. David Tuchman, MD Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai CSGNA Fall Educational Program November 8, 2014. Educational Objectives. Review the different types of IBD
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What’s So Special about Pediatric IBD ? David Tuchman, MD Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai CSGNA Fall Educational Program November 8, 2014
Educational Objectives • Review the different types of IBD • Discuss etiology of IBD • Learn the differences between Pediatric IBD and Adult IBD • Learn the effects of IBD on growth and development • Discuss the effects of IBD on bone development • Learn about the transition of care in IBD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) • IBD is an term for a group of diseases which Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis • Chronic, debilitating conditions • Distinctly different diseases but are grouped together as IBD • Produce similar signs and symptoms • Intestinal inflammation, abdominal pain and diarrhea
IBD – Facts and Figures • Health care costs: $1.7 billion dollars annually • 1.4 million Americans have been diagnosed with IBD • About 10% of these individuals are children and adolescents under the age of 17 years • Peak age incidence is between 15 and 25 years
IBD in Children • Impact on children • 25% of IBD occurs in childhood • Incidence and prevalence • 1.4 million people in the US have IBD • Crohns disease is diagnosed in 5000 children each year • It is estimated that 50,000 – 100,000 children have IBD NASPGHAN 2nd Edition
Burril Crohn, Leon Ginzburg and Gordon Oppenhiemer Regional ileitis. Journal of American Medical Association (October 1932) • … to describe, in pathologic and clinical details, a disease of the terminal ileum, affecting mainly young adults, characterized by subacute or chronic necrotizing and cicatrizing inflammation. The ulceration of the mucosa is accompanied by a disproportionate connective tissue reaction of the remaining walls of the involved intestine… (which) leads to stenosis … with formation of multiple fistulas. Aufses, Surgical Clinics of North America, 2001; 81(1) Feb 2001.
IBD – Diagnostic Approach • Suspect diagnosis • History (“red flags”), Family History • Labs: • Iron deficiency anemia, elevated ESR, CRP, low serum albumin • Exclude other etiologies • Stools studies • Enteric pathogens, C. difficile, amebiasis, TB skin test • Classify disease • Crohns, UC • Determine extent of disease – “stage” the disease • Evaluate for extra-intestinal manifestations • Evaluate growth and development
Laboratory Studies in the Initial Evaluation for IBD • CBC with differential • ESR/CRP • Comprehensive Metabolic Panel • Serum albumin • Liver chemistries • Stool studies • Enteric pathogens • Fecal calprotectin • Stool for occult blood
Imaging Studies • Upper GI series and small bowel follow through • Abdominal and pelvic CT scan • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Imaging Studies in IBD MR enterography Abdominal CT Scan
Endoscopic appearance of normal terminal ileum and colon Terminal Ileum Colon Normal vascular pattern No friability Smooth and shiny Normal folds Smooth and shiny Villi seen Lymphoid follicles (Peyer’s patches)
Endoscopic Appearance of Crohns Disease • Deep fissures • Cobblestoning • Segmental distribution • Relative rectal sparing • Terminal ileal involvement • Granulomas on biopsy
Endoscopic Appearance of Ulcerative Colitis • Loss of vascular pattern • Granularity • Exudates • Diffuse continuous disease • No ileal involvement
IBD – Perianal Disease • Perianal abscesses, fistulae and fissures • Perianal disease is noted in about 10 % of children with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease 1 1 Keljo et al. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2009;15 :383-387.
IBD - Extraintestinal Manifestations Eye UVEITIS EPISCLERITIS
IBD - Extraintestinal Manifestations Skin Erythema Nodosum Pyoderma Gangrenosum
IBD - Extraintestinal Manifestations Hepatobiliary Disease Oral Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease • Etiology – Unknown • IBD occurs in genetically susceptible individuals whose immune systems react abnormally to environmental agents in the gastrointestinal tract
IBD - Genetics • High degree of concordance among monozygotic twins • Increased susceptibility to IBD among first- or second-degree relatives of affected individuals • Linkage between IBD and several genomic regions • Several mutations/single-nuceotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found to be associated with increased susceptibility to IBD • Age of onset: younger the onset, more likely a family history of IBD Bousvaros et. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2006; 12(9), 885- 913
Pediatric IBD • Severity of Disease • Growth (Weight and height gain) • Sexual maturation • Health Supervision • Psycho-social well being • Healthcare Provider Transitioning
Children with IBD are not just small adults with IBD • Adolescents with IBD have more extensive involvement • 69% of adolescents present with ileo-colonic disease vs. 28% of adults1 • 23% of adolescents with Crohn’spresent with upper tract involvement – uncommon in adults1 • Adolescents more likely to have ulcerative pancolitis compared to adults (67 % vs. 44%)1 • Childhood-onset Crohn’s – more extensive involvement than than adult- onset Crohns (43% vs. 3%)2 1Goodhand et al. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2010:16:947-952 2 VanLimbergen et al. Gastroenterology 2008;135:1114-1122 Abraham and Kahn Gastro and Hepatol 2014;10:633-640
“Idiopathic “ IBD is rare in the young child Bousvaros Boston Children’s Hospital Symposium 2014
IBD in Younger Children (< 5 years) • Chronic granulomatous disease • Glycogen storage disease 1b • Hermansky – Pudlak syndrome • NEMO • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome • IPEX • Hyper IgM syndrome • Common Variable Immune Deficiency Bousvaros Boston Children’s Hospital Symposium 2014
IBD in young children • Immunodeficienciesfrequently involve the gi tract and have IBD like symptoms • Most idiopathic IBD in children under the age of 5 years involves the colon • Caution using immunosuppression in patients with immune deficiency • Optimal treatment is determined after multidisciplinary consultation • www.neopics.org Bousvaros Boston Children’s Hospital Symposium 2014
Growth Failure • Definition • Height < 5th percentile • Decrease in height velocity below 5th percentile • Fall off of the child’s growth curve • Higher incidence at diagnosis in CD vs. UC • Corticosteroids • Inadequate calorie intake • Malabsorption • Increased energy expenditure from chronic inflammation – Pro-inflammatory cytokines, decreased IGF -1 Sawczenko et al Pediatrics 2006;118:124-9 Tigas et al J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1993;16:373-80 Kocoshis - Presention
Growth Failure in IBD Kirschner in Kirsner, ed. IBD 5th ed. 2000 NASPGHAN
Growth Failure in Pediatric IBD Suboptimal intake of calories Increased energy needs Malabsorption of nutrients Increased GI losses Malnutrition Growth Failure Corticosteroids Inflammation
Growth Problems in Children with IBD • Increased cytokines act on • Brain affecting appetite and calorie intake • Hepatic expression of IGF 1 • Act on chondrocytes of the growth plate of the long • Growth hormone insensitiviy Sanderson Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology11, 601–610 (2014)
IBD Treatment Goals • Maximize therapeutic response • Maximize adherence • Minimize toxicity • Improve quality of life • Promote physical growth and pubertal development • Promote psychological growth • Prevent disease complications NASPHGAN slide set
IBD – Treatment Approach • Follow up appointment very soon after procedure • Stress that IBD is not rare • Famous people with IBD • President Eisenhower • Review the proposed etiologies • State what IBD is not • allergy, stress, diet • What are the limits? • None, except sky diving and bungee jumping • Introduce the team • Provide literature – CCFA, NASPGHAN
Treatment of Crohn’s Disease • Mild to moderate CD • Aminosalicylates • Topical and oral • Antibiotics • Enteral feeds • Corticosteroids • Budesonide • Prednisone • Moderate to severe CD • Enteral feeds (induction) • Corticosteroids (induction) • Budesonide vs. prednisone • Immunomodulators (maintenance) • 6-mercaptopurine • Azathioprine • Methotrexate • Biologics (Induction and maintenance) • Infliximab • Adalimumab • Certolizumab
Crohn’s Disease – Antibiotic Therapy • Effect on luminal bacterial concentrations and subsequent down regulation of the local inflammatory response • Selectively eliminate bacterial subsets • Bacterial tissue invasion and microabscess formation • Bacterial translocation and systemic dissemination Sartor; Gastroenterology 2004; 126:1620-1633
Enteral Nutrition – IBD • Improves nutrition for all IBD • Effective therapy for pediatric Crohn’s • UC – not shown to be effective • 80-100% calories by formula • NG tube vs. oral • Proposed mechanism - Modulatoin of intestinal bacteria Baldassano and Kim
IBD and Corticosteroid Therapy • Steroids are rarely used as monotherapy • If clinical response to initial therapy is inadequate, add corticosteroids early • Steroids are not maintenance drugs • Many side effects including growth impairment But, use of steroids can “get you out of trouble quickly”