Abstract
The segmentation of patients into homogeneous groups could help to improve eradication therapy effectiveness. Our aim was to determine the most important treatment strategies used in Europe, to evaluate first-line treatment effectiveness according to year and country. Data collection: All first-line empirical treatments registered at AEGREDCap in the European Registry on Helicobacter pylori management (Hp-EuReg) from June 2013 to November 2022. A Boruta method determined the “most important” variables related to treatment effectiveness. Data clustering was performed through multi-correspondence analysis of the resulting six most important variables for every year in the 2013–2022 period. Based on 35,852 patients, the average overall treatment effectiveness increased from 87% in 2013 to 93% in 2022. The lowest effectiveness (80%) was obtained in 2016 in cluster #3 encompassing Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Russia, treated with 7-day triple therapy with amoxicillin–clarithromycin (92% of cases). The highest effectiveness (95%) was achieved in 2022, mostly in Spain (81%), with the bismuth–quadruple therapy, including the single-capsule (64%) and the concomitant treatment with clarithromycin–amoxicillin–metronidazole/tinidazole (34%) with 10 (69%) and 14 (32%) days. Cluster analysis allowed for the identification of patients in homogeneous treatment groups assessing the effectiveness of different first-line treatments depending on therapy scheme, adherence, country, and prescription year.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1427 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Antibiotics |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Sept 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was promoted and funded by the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG), the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology (AEG), and the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd). The Hp-EuReg was co-funded by the European Union programme HORIZON (grant agreement number 101095359) and supported by the UK Research and Innovation (grant agreement number 10058099). The Hp-EuReg was co-funded by the European Union programme EU4Health (grant agreement number 101101252). This study was funded by Richen; however, clinical data were not accessible, and the company was not involved in any stage of the Hp-EuReg study (design, data collection, statistical analysis, or manuscript writing). We want to thank Richen for their support.
Data Availability Statement
Raw data were generated at AEG-REDCap. Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the Hp-EuReg Scientific Director and the PI of the project (OPN and JPG) upon request. The data supporting the findings of this study are not publicly available given that the information they contain could compromise the privacy of research participants. However, previous published data on the Hp-EuReg study, or de-identified raw data referring to the current study, as well as further information on the methods used to explore the data could be shared, with no particular time constraint. Individual participant data will not be shared.Keywords
- clustering
- eradication
- Helicobacter pylori
- machine learning
- phenotyping
- treatment