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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 235-240Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000776
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inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); fecal calprotectin (FC); stool biomarker
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- Centre of Excellence for Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Immunity Research (CEGIIR)
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Background and Goals: The use of fecal calprotectin (FC) as a stool biomarker for differentiating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from IBS has been well validated, and there is a strong correlation between FC and the presence of endoscopic inflammatory lesions. However, recent studies have demonstrated intraindividual sample variability in patients with IBD, possibly limiting the reliability of using a single sample for monitoring disease activity. Our aim was to assess the within-stool and within-day sample variability of FC concentrations in patients with IBD. Study: We examined a cross-sectional cohort of 50 adult IBD patients. Eligible patients were instructed to collect 3 samples from different parts of the stool from their first bowel movement of the day and 3 samples from each of up to 2 additional bowel movements within 24 hours. FC concentrations were measured by a rapid, quantitative point-of-care test using lateral flow technology (Quantum Blue). Descriptive statistics were used to assess FC variability within a single bowel movement and between different movements at different FC positivity cutoffs. Results: Within a single bowel movement, there was clinically significant sample variability ranging from 8% to 23% depending on the time of the day or on the FC positivity cutoff value. Between bowel movements, there was clinically significant sample variability ranging from 13% to 26% depending on the FC positivity cutoff. Conclusions: Considering a single FC sample, the first sample of the day with an FC positivity cutoff of 250 mu g/g provided the most reliable indication of disease activity.
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