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Endoscopy 2019; 51(03): 244-252
DOI: 10.1055/a-0759-1605
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Optical diagnosis expanded to small polyps: post-hoc analysis of diagnostic performance in a prospective multicenter study[*]

Jasper L. A. Vleugels
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Yark Hazewinkel
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf
2   Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Lianne Koens
3   Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Paul Fockens
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Evelien Dekker   *
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
on behalf of the DISCOUNT study group › Author AffiliationsTRIAL REGISTRATION: Prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial NCT02407925 at clinicaltrials.gov
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submitted 31 May 2018

accepted after revision 21 September 2018

Publication Date:
13 December 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Background: Optical diagnosis can replace histopathology of diminutive (1 – 5 mm) polyps if surveillance intervals based on optical diagnosis of polyps have ≥ 90 % agreement with intervals based on polyp histology and if the negative predictive value (NPV) for predicting neoplastic histology in the rectosigmoid is ≥ 90 %. This study aims to assess whether small (6 – 9 mm) polyps can be included in optical diagnosis strategies.

Method: This is a post-hoc analysis of a prospective multicenter study in which 27 endoscopists, all performing endoscopies for the Dutch screening program, were trained in optical diagnosis. For 1 year, endoscopists recorded the predicted histology for all lesions detected using narrow-band imaging during 3144 consecutive colonoscopies after a positive fecal immunochemical test, along with confidence levels. Surveillance interval agreement and NPV were calculated for high confidence predictions for polyps of 1 – 9 mm and compared with histopathology. Surveillance interval agreement was calculated using the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy surveillance guideline.

Results: Surveillance interval agreement was 95.4 % (confidence interval [CI] 94.2 % – 96.4 %), and NPV for predicting neoplastic histology in the rectosigmoid 90.0 % (CI 87.3 % – 92.2 %). The reduction in histology (45.9 % vs. 30.5 %) and the proportion of patients who could have received direct surveillance advice (15.6 % vs. 7.3 %) was higher when small polyps were included (P < 0.001). T1 cancer was found in seven small polyps (0.33 %), five of which would have been discarded without histopathology.

Conclusion: Including small polyps in the optical diagnosis strategy improves its efficacy while maintaining performance thresholds. However, there is a small risk of missing T1 cancers when small polyps are included in the optical diagnosis strategy.

* See end of article for the full list of members of the DISCOUNT study group


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