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Pretreatment prediction of response to ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis: development and validation of the UDCA Response Score

Authors :
Marco Carbone
Alessandra Nardi
Steve Flack
Guido Carpino
Nikoletta Varvaropoulou
Caius Gavrila
Ann Spicer
Jonathan Badrock
Francesca Bernuzzi
Vincenzo Cardinale
Holly F Ainsworth
Michael A Heneghan
Douglas Thorburn
Andrew Bathgate
Rebecca Jones
James M Neuberger
Pier Maria Battezzati
Massimo Zuin
Simon Taylor-Robinson
Maria F Donato
John Kirby
Robert Mitchell-Thain
Annarosa Floreani
Fotios Sampaziotis
Luigi Muratori
Domenico Alvaro
Marco Marzioni
Luca Miele
Fabio Marra
Edoardo Giannini
Eugenio Gaudio
Vincenzo Ronca
Giulia Bonato
Laura Cristoferi
Federica Malinverno
Alessio Gerussi
Deborah D Stocken
Heather J Cordell
Gideon M Hirschfield
Graeme J Alexander
Richard N Sandford
David E Jones
Pietro Invernizzi
George F Mells
Caradog Thomas
Meshbah Rahman
Tom Yapp
Chin Lye Ch'ng
Melanie Harrison
Richard Sturgess
Roman Galaska
Chris Healey
Jessica Whiteman
Marek Czaijkowski
Catherine Gray
Anton Gunasekera
Pranab Gyawli
Purushothaman Premchand
Steven Mann
Keith Elliott
Kapil Kapur
Alan Watson
Graham Foster
Paul Trembling
Javaid Subhani
Rory Harvey
Roger McCorry
Carolyn Adgey
Lucie Hobson
Caroline Mulvaney-Jones
Richard Evans
Thiriloganathan Mathialahan
David Ramanaden
Jaber Gasem
Greta Van Duyvenvoorde
Christopher Shorrock
Katie Seward
Paul Southern
Jeremy Tibble
Ruth Penn
David Gorard
Jane Maiden
Rose Damant
Altaf Palegwala
Susan Jones
Graeme Alexander
George Mells
Richard Sandford
Sunil Dolwani
Martin Prince
Valeria Silvestre
Matthew Foxton
Eleanor Dungca
Harriet Mitchison
Natalie Wheatley
Ian Gooding
Helen Doyle
Mazn Karmo
Melanie Kent
Sushma Saksena
Delyth Braim
Minesh Patel
Susan Lord
Roland Ede
Alison Paton
Andrew Austin
Nicola Lancaster
Joanna Sayer
Andrew Gibbins
Karen Hogben
Chris Hovell
Neil Fisher
Martyn Carter
Konrad Koss
Janine Musselwhite
Florin Muscariu
Andrzej Piotreowicz
Alexandra McKay
Charles Grimley
David Neal
Lai Ting Tan
Guan Lim
Jacqueline Brighton
Carole Foale
Aftab Ala
Athar Saeed
Kerry Flahive
Gordon Wood
Paula Townshend
Chris Ford
Jonathan Brown
Jean Kordula
Jane Bowles
Mark Wilkinson
Caroline Palmer
John Ramage
Harriet Gordon
James Featherstone
Jo Ridpath
Theodore Ngatchu
Sass Levi
Syed Shaukat
Joy Sadeghian
Ray Shidrawi
Bronwen Williams
George Abouda
Sarah Jones
Claire Duggan
Abigail Hynes
Mark Narain
Ian Rees
Imroz Salam
Mary Crossey
Ashley Brown
Carolyn MacNicol
Simon Williams
Elva Wilhelmsen
Paul Banim
Parizade Raymode
Andrew Chilton
Debasish Das
Hye-Jeong Lee
Howard Curtis
Michael Heneghan
Markus Gess
Emma Durant
IM Drake
Rebecca Bishop
Mervyn Davies
Mark Aldersley
Noma Ncube
Alistair McNair
Raj Srirajaskanthan
Sambit Sen
Rebecca Casey
George Bird
Mike Mendall
Caroline Cowley
Adrian Barnardo
Paul Kitchen
Kevin Yoong
Kelly Amore
Dawn Sirdefield
Jacky Orpe
Ray Mathew
George MacFaul
Aruna Wrigth
Amir Shah
Chris Evans
Janie Keggans
Bridget Bird
Gwen Baxter
Subrata Saha
Katharine Pollock
Maggie Hughes
Peter Bramley
Emma Grieve
Karin Young
Andrew Fraser
Ashis Mukhopadhya
Kate Ocker
Peter Mills
Francis Hines
Chris Shallcross
Joy Wilkins
Leonie Grellier
Stewart Campbell
Kirsty Martin
Caron Innes
Alan Shepherd
Simon Rushbrook
Talal Valliani
Robert Przemioslo
Helen Fairlamb
Chris Macdonald
Anne Eastick
Jane Metcalf
Elizabeth Tanqueray
Udi Shmueli
Becky Holbrook
Andrew Davis
Julie Browning
Asifabbas Naqvi
Kirsten Walker
Tom Lee
Juliette Verheyden
Susan Slininger
Stephen D Ryder
Roger Chapman
Jane Collier
Denise O'Donnell
Lizzie Stafford
Kate Williamson
Linda Kent
Howard Klass
Mary Ninkovic
Linda March
Matthew Cramp
Diane Simpson
Christine Dickson
Nicholas Sharer
Maria Hayes
Patrick Goggin
Mary Quinne
Sallyanne Pearson
Barbara Hoeroldt
Linda Jones
Alice Wright
Jonathan Booth
Alison Loftus
George Lipscomb
Hannah Dewhurst
Emma Gunter
Earl Williams
Anna Fouracres
Liz Farrington
Lyn Graves
Hyder Hussaini
Bill Stableforth
Suzie Marriott
Reuben Ayres
Marina Leoni
Andrew Burroughs
Eileen Marshall
David Tyrer
Kate Martin
Martin Lombard
Imran Patanwala
Lola Dali-Kemmery
Victoria Lambourne
Julia Maltby
Samir Vyas
Julie Colley
Bal Shinder
Saket Singhal
Jayne Jones
Marisa Mills
Dermot Gleeson
Mandy Carnahan
Jeff Butterworth
Kerenza Boulton
Natalie Taylor
Keith George
Tim Harding
Julie Tregonning
Andrew Douglass
Carly Brown
Gayle Clifford
Simon Panter
Denise Gocher
Jeremy Shearman
Gary Bray
Maria Hamilton
Graham Butcher
Daniel Forton
John Mclindon
Janette Curtis
Debashis Das
Tracey Shewan
Matthew Cowan
Gregory Whatley
Mariam Nasseri
Bob Grover
Nurani Sivaramakrishnan
Samantha Ducker
Kathryn Houghton
David Jones
Laura Griffiths
Sherill Tripoli
Maxton Pitcher
Ervin Shpuza
Nikki White
Deb Ghosh
Andrew Douds
Marie Green
Matthew Brookes
Lourdes Cumlat
Voi Shim Wong
Karen Warner
Kimberley Netherton
Adtya Mandal
Snjiv Jain
Hemant Gupta
Pradeep Sanghi
Steve Pereira
James Neuberger
Bridget Gunson
Gideon Hirschfield
Reina Teegan Lim
Susan Gallagher
Darren Clement
Alison Brind
Gill Watts
Mcdonald Mupudzi
Mark Wright
Jane Gitahi
Fiona Gordon
Denis Gocher
Esther Unitt
Hilary Pateman
Sally Batham
Toby Delahooke
Allister Grant
Jill Conder
Andrew Higham
Mark Cox
Lynn O'Donohoe
Lynn Currie
Alistair King
Metod Oblak
Carole Collins
Simon Whalley
Marie Quinn
Yolanda Baird
Isobel Amey
Jocelyn Fraser
Andy Li
Donna Cotterill
Andrew Bell
Amit Singhal
Ian Gee
Sandra Greer
Yeng Ang
Rupert Ransford
Joanna Allison
James Gotto
Simon Dyer
Helen Sweeting
Charles Millson
Giancarlo Labbadia
Maria Consiglia Bragazzi
Pietro Andreone
Francesco Azzaroli
Andrea Galli
Mirko Tarocchi
Antonio Gasbarrini
Antonio Grieco
Giuseppe Marrone
Maria Francesca Donato
Luca Valenti
Luca Maroni
Cristina Rigamonti
Antonino Picciotto
Carbone, M
Nardi, A
Flack, S
Carpino, G
Varvaropoulou, N
Gavrila, C
Spicer, A
Badrock, J
Bernuzzi, F
Cardinale, V
Ainsworth, H
Heneghan, M
Thorburn, D
Bathgate, A
Jones, R
Neuberger, J
Battezzati, P
Zuin, M
Taylor-Robinson, S
Donato, M
Kirby, J
Mitchell-Thain, R
Floreani, A
Sampaziotis, F
Muratori, L
Alvaro, D
Marzioni, M
Miele, L
Marra, F
Giannini, E
Gaudio, E
Ronca, V
Bonato, G
Cristoferi, L
Malinverno, F
Gerussi, A
Stocken, D
Cordell, H
Hirschfield, G
Alexander, G
Sandford, R
Jones, D
Invernizzi, P
Mells, G
Thomas, C
Rahman, M
Yapp, T
Lye Ch'ng, C
Harrison, M
Sturgess, R
Galaska, R
Healey, C
Whiteman, J
Czaijkowski, M
Gray, C
Gunasekera, A
Gyawli, P
Premchand, P
Mann, S
Elliott, K
Kapur, K
Watson, A
Foster, G
Trembling, P
Subhani, J
Harvey, R
Mccorry, R
Adgey, C
Hobson, L
Mulvaney-Jones, C
Evans, R
Mathialahan, T
Ramanaden, D
Gasem, J
Van Duyvenvoorde, G
Shorrock, C
Seward, K
Southern, P
Tibble, J
Penn, R
Gorard, D
Maiden, J
Damant, R
Palegwala, A
Jones, S
Dolwani, S
Prince, M
Silvestre, V
Foxton, M
Dungca, E
Mitchison, H
Wheatley, N
Gooding, I
Doyle, H
Karmo, M
Kent, M
Saksena, S
Braim, D
Patel, M
Lord, S
Ede, R
Paton, A
Austin, A
Lancaster, N
Sayer, J
Gibbins, A
Hogben, K
Hovell, C
Fisher, N
Carter, M
Koss, K
Musselwhite, J
Muscariu, F
Piotreowicz, A
Mckay, A
Grimley, C
Neal, D
Ting Tan, L
Lim, G
Brighton, J
Foale, C
Ala, A
Saeed, A
Flahive, K
Wood, G
Townshend, P
Ford, C
Brown, J
Kordula, J
Bowles, J
Wilkinson, M
Palmer, C
Ramage, J
Gordon, H
Featherstone, J
Ridpath, J
Ngatchu, T
Levi, S
Shaukat, S
Sadeghian, J
Shidrawi, R
Williams, B
Abouda, G
Duggan, C
Hynes, A
Narain, M
Rees, I
Salam, I
Crossey, M
Brown, A
Macnicol, C
Williams, S
Wilhelmsen, E
Banim, P
Raymode, P
Chilton, A
Das, D
Lee, H
Curtis, H
Gess, M
Durant, E
Drake, I
Bishop, R
Davies, M
Aldersley, M
Ncube, N
Mcnair, A
Srirajaskanthan, R
Sen, S
Casey, R
Bird, G
Mendall, M
Cowley, C
Barnardo, A
Kitchen, P
Yoong, K
Amore, K
Sirdefield, D
Orpe, J
Mathew, R
Macfaul, G
Wrigth, A
Shah, A
Evans, C
Keggans, J
Bird, B
Baxter, G
Saha, S
Pollock, K
Hughes, M
Bramley, P
Grieve, E
Young, K
Fraser, A
Mukhopadhya, A
Ocker, K
Mills, P
Hines, F
Shallcross, C
Wilkins, J
Grellier, L
Campbell, S
Martin, K
Innes, C
Shepherd, A
Rushbrook, S
Valliani, T
Przemioslo, R
Fairlamb, H
Macdonald, C
Eastick, A
Metcalf, J
Tanqueray, E
Shmueli, U
Holbrook, B
Davis, A
Browning, J
Naqvi, A
Walker, K
Lee, T
Verheyden, J
Slininger, S
Ryder, S
Chapman, R
Collier, J
O'Donnell, D
Stafford, L
Williamson, K
Kent, L
Klass, H
Ninkovic, M
March, L
Cramp, M
Simpson, D
Dickson, C
Sharer, N
Hayes, M
Goggin, P
Quinne, M
Pearson, S
Hoeroldt, B
Jones, L
Wright, A
Booth, J
Loftus, A
Lipscomb, G
Dewhurst, H
Gunter, E
Williams, E
Fouracres, A
Farrington, L
Graves, L
Hussaini, H
Stableforth, B
Marriott, S
Ayres, R
Leoni, M
Burroughs, A
Marshall, E
Tyrer, D
Lombard, M
Patanwala, I
Dali-Kemmery, L
Lambourne, V
Maltby, J
Vyas, S
Colley, J
Shinder, B
Singhal, S
Jones, J
Mills, M
Gleeson, D
Carnahan, M
Butterworth, J
Boulton, K
Taylor, N
George, K
Harding, T
Tregonning, J
Douglass, A
Brown, C
Clifford, G
Panter, S
Gocher, D
Shearman, J
Bray, G
Hamilton, M
Butcher, G
Forton, D
Mclindon, J
Curtis, J
Shewan, T
Cowan, M
Whatley, G
Nasseri, M
Grover, B
Sivaramakrishnan, N
Ducker, S
Houghton, K
Griffiths, L
Tripoli, S
Pitcher, M
Shpuza, E
White, N
Ghosh, D
Douds, A
Green, M
Brookes, M
Cumlat, L
Wong, V
Warner, K
Netherton, K
Mandal, A
Jain, S
Gupta, H
Sanghi, P
Pereira, S
Gunson, B
Lim, R
Gallagher, S
Clement, D
Brind, A
Watts, G
Mupudzi, M
Wright, M
Gitahi, J
Gordon, F
Unitt, E
Pateman, H
Batham, S
Delahooke, T
Grant, A
Conder, J
Higham, A
Cox, M
O'Donohoe, L
Currie, L
King, A
Oblak, M
Collins, C
Whalley, S
Quinn, M
Baird, Y
Amey, I
Fraser, J
Li, A
Cotterill, D
Bell, A
Singhal, A
Gee, I
Greer, S
Ang, Y
Ransford, R
Allison, J
Gotto, J
Dyer, S
Sweeting, H
Millson, C
Labbadia, G
Bragazzi, M
Andreone, P
Azzaroli, F
Galli, A
Tarocchi, M
Gasbarrini, A
Grieco, A
Marrone, G
Valenti, L
Maroni, L
Rigamonti, C
Picciotto, A
Sampaziotis, Fotios [0000-0003-0812-7586]
Sandford, Richard [0000-0002-7437-0560]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Carbone, Marco
Nardi, Alessandra
Flack, Steve
Carpino, Guido
Varvaropoulou, Nikoletta
Gavrila, Caiu
Spicer, Ann
Badrock, Jonathan
Bernuzzi, Francesca
Cardinale, Vincenzo
Ainsworth, Holly F
Heneghan, Michael A
Thorburn, Dougla
Bathgate, Andrew
Jones, Rebecca
Neuberger, James M
Battezzati, Pier Maria
Zuin, Massimo
Taylor-Robinson, Simon
Donato, Maria F
Kirby, John
Mitchell-Thain, Robert
Floreani, Annarosa
Sampaziotis, Fotio
Muratori, Luigi
Alvaro, Domenico
Marzioni, Marco
Miele, Luca
Marra, Fabio
Giannini, Edoardo
Gaudio, Eugenio
Ronca, Vincenzo
Bonato, Giulia
Cristoferi, Laura
Malinverno, Federica
Gerussi, Alessio
Stocken, Deborah D
Cordell, Heather J
Hirschfield, Gideon M
Alexander, Graeme J
Sandford, Richard N
Jones, David E
Invernizzi, Pietro
Mells, George F
Thomas, Caradog
Rahman, Meshbah
Yapp, Tom
Lye Ch'ng, Chin
Harrison, Melanie
Sturgess, Richard
Galaska, Roman
Healey, Chri
Whiteman, Jessica
Czaijkowski, Marek
Gray, Catherine
Gunasekera, Anton
Gyawli, Pranab
Premchand, Purushothaman
Mann, Steven
Elliott, Keith
Kapur, Kapil
Watson, Alan
Foster, Graham
Trembling, Paul
Subhani, Javaid
Harvey, Rory
McCorry, Roger
Adgey, Carolyn
Hobson, Lucie
Mulvaney-Jones, Caroline
Evans, Richard
Mathialahan, Thiriloganathan
Ramanaden, David
Gasem, Jaber
Van Duyvenvoorde, Greta
Shorrock, Christopher
Seward, Katie
Southern, Paul
Tibble, Jeremy
Penn, Ruth
Gorard, David
Maiden, Jane
Damant, Rose
Palegwala, Altaf
Jones, Susan
Alexander, Graeme
Mells, George
Sandford, Richard
Dolwani, Sunil
Prince, Martin
Silvestre, Valeria
Foxton, Matthew
Dungca, Eleanor
Mitchison, Harriet
Wheatley, Natalie
Gooding, Ian
Doyle, Helen
Karmo, Mazn
Kent, Melanie
Saksena, Sushma
Braim, Delyth
Patel, Minesh
Lord, Susan
Ede, Roland
Paton, Alison
Austin, Andrew
Lancaster, Nicola
Sayer, Joanna
Gibbins, Andrew
Hogben, Karen
Hovell, Chri
Fisher, Neil
Carter, Martyn
Koss, Konrad
Musselwhite, Janine
Muscariu, Florin
Piotreowicz, Andrzej
McKay, Alexandra
Grimley, Charle
Neal, David
Ting Tan, Lai
Lim, Guan
Brighton, Jacqueline
Foale, Carole
Ala, Aftab
Saeed, Athar
Flahive, Kerry
Wood, Gordon
Townshend, Paula
Ford, Chri
Brown, Jonathan
Kordula, Jean
Bowles, Jane
Wilkinson, Mark
Palmer, Caroline
Ramage, John
Gordon, Harriet
Featherstone, Jame
Ridpath, Jo
Ngatchu, Theodore
Levi, Sa
Shaukat, Syed
Sadeghian, Joy
Shidrawi, Ray
Williams, Bronwen
Abouda, George
Jones, Sarah
Duggan, Claire
Hynes, Abigail
Narain, Mark
Rees, Ian
Salam, Imroz
Crossey, Mary
Brown, Ashley
MacNicol, Carolyn
Williams, Simon
Wilhelmsen, Elva
Banim, Paul
Raymode, Parizade
Chilton, Andrew
Das, Debasish
Lee, Hye-Jeong
Curtis, Howard
Heneghan, Michael
Gess, Marku
Durant, Emma
Drake, I.M.
Bishop, Rebecca
Davies, Mervyn
Aldersley, Mark
Ncube, Noma
McNair, Alistair
Srirajaskanthan, Raj
Sen, Sambit
Casey, Rebecca
Bird, George
Mendall, Mike
Cowley, Caroline
Barnardo, Adrian
Kitchen, Paul
Yoong, Kevin
Amore, Kelly
Sirdefield, Dawn
Orpe, Jacky
Mathew, Ray
MacFaul, George
Wrigth, Aruna
Shah, Amir
Evans, Chri
Keggans, Janie
Bird, Bridget
Baxter, Gwen
Saha, Subrata
Pollock, Katharine
Hughes, Maggie
Bramley, Peter
Grieve, Emma
Young, Karin
Fraser, Andrew
Mukhopadhya, Ashi
Ocker, Kate
Mills, Peter
Hines, Franci
Shallcross, Chri
Wilkins, Joy
Grellier, Leonie
Campbell, Stewart
Martin, Kirsty
Innes, Caron
Shepherd, Alan
Rushbrook, Simon
Valliani, Talal
Przemioslo, Robert
Fairlamb, Helen
Macdonald, Chri
Eastick, Anne
Metcalf, Jane
Tanqueray, Elizabeth
Shmueli, Udi
Holbrook, Becky
Davis, Andrew
Browning, Julie
Naqvi, Asifabba
Walker, Kirsten
Lee, Tom
Verheyden, Juliette
Slininger, Susan
Ryder, Stephen D
Chapman, Roger
Collier, Jane
O'Donnell, Denise
Stafford, Lizzie
Williamson, Kate
Kent, Linda
Klass, Howard
Ninkovic, Mary
March, Linda
Cramp, Matthew
Simpson, Diane
Dickson, Christine
Sharer, Nichola
Hayes, Maria
Goggin, Patrick
Quinne, Mary
Pearson, Sallyanne
Hoeroldt, Barbara
Jones, Linda
Wright, Alice
Booth, Jonathan
Loftus, Alison
Lipscomb, George
Dewhurst, Hannah
Gunter, Emma
Williams, Earl
Fouracres, Anna
Farrington, Liz
Graves, Lyn
Hussaini, Hyder
Stableforth, Bill
Marriott, Suzie
Ayres, Reuben
Leoni, Marina
Burroughs, Andrew
Marshall, Eileen
Tyrer, David
Martin, Kate
Lombard, Martin
Patanwala, Imran
Dali-Kemmery, Lola
Lambourne, Victoria
Maltby, Julia
Vyas, Samir
Colley, Julie
Shinder, Bal
Singhal, Saket
Jones, Jayne
Mills, Marisa
Gleeson, Dermot
Carnahan, Mandy
Butterworth, Jeff
Boulton, Kerenza
Taylor, Natalie
George, Keith
Harding, Tim
Tregonning, Julie
Douglass, Andrew
Brown, Carly
Clifford, Gayle
Panter, Simon
Gocher, Denise
Shearman, Jeremy
Bray, Gary
Hamilton, Maria
Butcher, Graham
Forton, Daniel
Mclindon, John
Curtis, Janette
Das, Debashi
Shewan, Tracey
Cowan, Matthew
Whatley, Gregory
Nasseri, Mariam
Grover, Bob
Sivaramakrishnan, Nurani
Ducker, Samantha
Houghton, Kathryn
Jones, David
Griffiths, Laura
Tripoli, Sherill
Pitcher, Maxton
Shpuza, Ervin
White, Nikki
Ghosh, Deb
Douds, Andrew
Green, Marie
Brookes, Matthew
Cumlat, Lourde
Wong, Voi Shim
Warner, Karen
Netherton, Kimberley
Mandal, Adtya
Jain, Snjiv
Gupta, Hemant
Sanghi, Pradeep
Pereira, Steve
Neuberger, Jame
Gunson, Bridget
Hirschfield, Gideon
Lim, Reina Teegan
Gallagher, Susan
Clement, Darren
Brind, Alison
Watts, Gill
Mupudzi, Mcdonald
Wright, Mark
Gitahi, Jane
Gordon, Fiona
Gocher, Deni
Unitt, Esther
Pateman, Hilary
Batham, Sally
Delahooke, Toby
Grant, Allister
Conder, Jill
Higham, Andrew
Cox, Mark
O'Donohoe, Lynn
Currie, Lynn
King, Alistair
Oblak, Metod
Collins, Carole
Whalley, Simon
Quinn, Marie
Baird, Yolanda
Amey, Isobel
Fraser, Jocelyn
Li, Andy
Cotterill, Donna
Bell, Andrew
Singhal, Amit
Gee, Ian
Greer, Sandra
Ang, Yeng
Ransford, Rupert
Allison, Joanna
Gotto, Jame
Dyer, Simon
Sweeting, Helen
Millson, Charle
Labbadia, Giancarlo
Bragazzi, Maria Consiglia
Andreone, Pietro
Azzaroli, Francesco
Galli, Andrea
Tarocchi, Mirko
Gasbarrini, Antonio
Grieco, Antonio
Marrone, Giuseppe
Donato, Maria Francesca
Valenti, Luca
Maroni, Luca
Rigamonti, Cristina
Picciotto, Antonino
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Source :
Italian PBC Study Group and the UK–PBC Consortium 2018, ' Pretreatment prediction of response to ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis : development and validation of the UDCA Response Score ', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 626-634 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30163-8
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier Ltd, 2018.

Abstract

Background: Treatment guidelines recommend a stepwise approach to primary biliary cholangitis: all patients begin treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) monotherapy and those with an inadequate biochemical response after 12 months are subsequently considered for second-line therapies. However, as a result, patients at the highest risk can wait the longest for effective treatment. We determined whether UDCA response can be accurately predicted using pretreatment clinical parameters. Methods: We did logistic regression analysis of pretreatment variables in a discovery cohort of patients in the UK with primary biliary cholangitis to derive the best-fitting model of UDCA response, defined as alkaline phosphatase less than 1·67 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), measured after 12 months of treatment with UDCA. We validated the model in an external cohort of patients with primary biliary cholangitis and treated with UDCA in Italy. Additionally, we assessed correlations between model predictions and key histological features, such as biliary injury and fibrosis, on liver biopsy samples. Findings: 2703 participants diagnosed with primary biliary cholangitis between Jan 1, 1998, and May 31, 2015, were included in the UK-PBC cohort for derivation of the model. The following pretreatment parameters were associated with lower probability of UDCA response: higher alkaline phosphatase concentration (p

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Language :
English
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OpenAIRE
Journal :
Italian PBC Study Group and the UK–PBC Consortium 2018, ' Pretreatment prediction of response to ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis : development and validation of the UDCA Response Score ', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 626-634 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30163-8
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