Performances of Elasto-FibroTest(®), a combination between FibroTest(®) and liver stiffness measurements for assessing the stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology
Poynard T, De Lédinghen V, Zarski JP, Stanciu C, Munteanu M, Vergniol J, France J, Trifan A, Lenaour G, Vaillant JC, Ratziu V, Charlotte F
2012 Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol Volume 36 Issue 5
PubMed 22959098 DOI 10.1016/j.clinre.2012.08.002
BACKGROUND
FibroTest(®) (FT), and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) are the most validated techniques for the non-invasive assessment of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The combination between FibroTest(®) and LSM has never been assessed using methods assuming that biopsy is not a perfect gold standard.
AIM
The aim was to assess the performance of a new test the Elasto-FibroTest(®) (EFT) combining FibroTest(®) and LSM.
METHODS
An integrated data base of 1289 patients with biopsy and 604 healthy volunteers was analyzed. EFT took into account the applicability of both tests, included two algorithms taking one for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis (EFT-F2) and one for the diagnosis of cirrhosis (EFT-F4). Performances of EFTs were assessed by three methods: area under the ROC curve (AUROC), "Obuchowski method" (OBU) and 1 TAGS the "Latent class with random factor".
RESULTS
For the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis EFT-F2 performances (specificity=0.99 and sensitivity=0.83) were not greater than the performances of FibroTest(®) alone (specificity=0.93 and sensitivity=0.99). For the diagnosis of cirrhosis, EFT-F4 performances were greater than those of FibroTest(®) alone, particularly for the sensitivity (0.88 vs. 0.74); when compared with LSM, EFT-F4 performances (specificity=0.99 and sensitivity=0.99) were also greater than those of LSM alone particularly because of its lower specificity (0.92).
CONCLUSION
For the diagnosis of cirrhosis the Elasto-FibroTest(®) has higher performances than FibroTest(®) or FibroScan(®) alone. No improvement in performance has been observed for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis vs. FibroTest(®) alone.
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