Single-bite versus double-bite technique for mapping biopsies during endoscopic surveillance for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: a single-center, randomized trial.
Endoscopy
; 53(3): 246-253, 2021 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32679601
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Endoscopic surveillance is recommended in patients with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) who refuse or want to delay surgery. Because early signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) can be inconspicuous, the current surveillance endoscopy protocol entails 30 random biopsies, which are time-consuming. This study aimed to compare single-bite and double-bite techniques in HDGC surveillance.METHODS:
Between October 2017 and December 2018, consecutive patients referred for HDGC surveillance were prospectively randomized to the single- or double-bite arm. The primary outcome was the diagnostic yield for SRCC foci. Secondary outcomes were procedural time for random biopsies; comfort score; biopsy size; and quality of specimens, the latter assessed by the presence of muscularis mucosa, crush artifact, and proportion usable for diagnostic assessment.RESULTS:
25 patients were randomized to the single-bite arm and 23 to the double-bite arm. SRCC foci were detected in three and four patients in the single- and double-bite arms, respectively (Pâ=â0.70). The procedural time for the double-bite arm (12 minutes, interquartile range [IQR] 4) was significantly shorter than for the single-bite arm (15 minute, IQR 6; Pâ=â0.01), but comfort scores were similar. The size of the biopsies in the double-bite arm was significantly smaller than in single-bite arm (2.5âmm vs. 3.0 mm; Pâ<â0.001) but this did not affect the presence of muscularis mucosa (Pâ=â0.73), artifact level (Pâ=â0.11), and diagnostic utility (Pâ=â0.051).CONCLUSION:
For patients undergoing HDGC surveillance, the double-bite technique is significantly faster than the single-bite technique. The diagnostic yield for SRCC and the biopsy quality were similar across both groups.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stomach Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Endoscopy
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom