E. Di Giulio
Sapienza University of Rome
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Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 2009
Cesare Hassan; Perry J. Pickhardt; Dh Kim; E. Di Giulio; Angelo Zullo; Andrea Laghi; A. Repici; Franco Iafrate; John Osborn; Bruno Annibale
Background The impact of not referring sub‐centimetre polyps identified at CT colonography upon the efficacy of colorectal cancer screening remains uncertain.
Digestive Diseases and Sciences | 2000
P. Vernia; G. Monteleone; G. Grandinetti; G. Villotti; E. Di Giulio; G. Frieri; Adriana Marcheggiano; Francesco Pallone; R. Caprilli; A. Torsoli
Butyrate represents the main source of energy for colonic epithelial cells; however, its availabilty/utilization is impaired in ulcerative colitis (UC). In the present randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study, the safety and efficacy of colonic targeted oral sodium butyrate tablets, coated with a pH-dependent soluble polymer, have been evaluated in ulcerative colitis. Thirty patients with mild to moderate colitis underwent a six-week course of oral sodium butyrate (4 g/day) plus oral mesalazine (2.4 g/day), (Group A) or of oral mesalazine plus placebo (Group B). Clinical, endoscopic, and histologic data were collected at the beginning and the end of the study. Twenty-five patients completed the study (12 in group A, 13 in group B). No untoward side effects were reported. In group A, seven patients underwent remission and four improved; in Group B the numbers were 5 and 5, respectively. After treatment, all clinical parameters had significantly improved in both treatment arms compared to pretreatment findings. The UC disease activity index (UCDAI) score decreased from 7.27 ± 2.02 to 2.58 ± 2.19 (P < 0.05) in the combined treatment group and from 6.07 ± 1.60 to 3.46 ± 1.98 (P < 0.05) in group B. The endoscopic and histologic scores also significantly improved after treatment in both groups (P < 0.05). The difference between the two treatment arms was not significant, but a significantly better improvement vs baseline values (P < 0.05) was observed in the combined treatment group vs the mesalazine group, when considering both the clinical index (Δ9.58 ± 4.19 vs 5.92 ± 3.48) and the UCDAI score (Δ4.67 ± 2.19 vs 2.54 ± 2.18). A more favorable trend, although not significant, was observed for all individual parameters in group A. In conclusion, results of the present pilot study indicate that oral butyrate is safe and well tolerated. These data also suggest that oral butyrate may improve the efficacy of oral mesalazine in active ulcerative colitis and prompt the need of a large scale investigation to confirm the present findings.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 2002
Bruno Annibale; E. Di Giulio; Pietro Caruana; Edith Lahner; G. Capurso; C. Bordi; G. Delle Fave
Background : Helicobacter pylori infection induces atrophic body gastritis, but the long‐term effect of its cure on body atrophy is unclear.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 2004
Francesco Panzuto; E. Di Giulio; Gabriele Capurso; F Baccini; G. D'Ambra; G. Delle Fave; Bruno Annibale
Background : Although large hiatal hernia may cause bleeding from Cameron erosions, its role in iron deficiency anaemia has been debated, and no data are available on the treatment of these patients with proton pump inhibitors.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 2002
Edith Lahner; Cesare Bordi; E. Di Giulio; Pietro Caruana; G. D'Ambra; Massimo Milione; C. Grossi; G. Delle Fave; Bruno Annibale
It has been reported that 50% of patients with atrophic body gastritis have positive Helicobacter pylori antibody titres only. In atrophic body gastritis, a decrease in H. pylori antibodies after eradication treatment has been reported, suggesting that serology may indicate an active H. pylori infection.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 2014
Gloria Galli; Gianluca Esposito; Edith Lahner; Emanuela Pilozzi; Vito D. Corleto; E. Di Giulio; M. A. Aloe Spiriti; Bruno Annibale
Adequate gluten‐free diet (GFD) is the only treatment for coeliac disease (CD). However, no agreement has been reached on either how and when to assess patient adherence to GFD or its effectiveness on villous atrophy.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | 2003
Bruno Annibale; Edith Lahner; A. Chistolini; C. Gallucci; E. Di Giulio; Gabriele Capurso; O. Luana; Bruno Monarca; G. Delle Fave
Background: In premenopausal women, iron-deficiency anaemia is common and menstrual flow is often held responsible, but it is not clear whether these women should be submitted to gastrointestinal (GI) evaluation. We aim to prospectively investigate whether premenopausal women with iron-deficiency anaemia benefit from GI evaluation regardless of menstrual flow. Methods: The study population comprised 59 consecutive premenopausal women with iron-deficiency anaemia. Excluded were women with obvious or suspected causes of anaemia and those ≤21 years. Heavy menstrual loss was not considered an exclusion criterion. All subjects had: complete blood count, ferritin, non-invasive testing by faecal occult blood (FOB), 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT), anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTG) and gastrin levels. Gastroscopy with antral (n = 3), corporal (n = 3) and duodenal (n = 2) biopsies was performed in women with positive 13C-UBT or tTG titre or hypergastrinaemia. Results: Heavy menstrual loss was present in 50.8%. Non-invasive tests were positive in 40/59 (67.8%): 30 had positive 13C-UBT, 12 had hypergastrinaemia, 7 had positive tTG and 3 had positive FOB. Women tested positive were similar to those tested negative as far as concerned age, haemoglobin and ferritin levels and heavy menstrual flow (55% versus 42.1%). All 40 women tested positive underwent gastroscopy with biopsies. Four (10%) had bleeding-associated lesions and 34 (85%) had non-bleeding-associated lesions. As regards upper GI findings, no differences were observed between women with normal and those with heavy menstrual flow. No lower GI tract lesions were detected in the three women with positive FOB. Conclusions: Our data suggest that premenopausal women with iron-deficiency anaemia benefit from endoscopic evaluation of the upper GI tract irrespective of menstrual flow.
Colorectal Disease | 2012
M. La Torre; F. Velluti; Giuseppe Giuliani; E. Di Giulio; Vincenzo Ziparo; F. La Torre
Aim The authors present their experience of colonoscopic perforation and its management, with an analysis of factors affecting outcome.
Digestive and Liver Disease | 2003
Bruno Annibale; Gabriele Capurso; F Baccini; Edith Lahner; G. D’Ambra; E. Di Giulio; G. Delle Fave
BACKGROUND The usefulness of small bowel investigation in iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) patients is controversial. AIM To evaluate the presence of small bowel lesions likely to cause IDA in patients with unexplained IDA after negative gastroscopy with biopsies and colonoscopy (CS). METHODS A total of 117 outpatients, referred for unexplained IDA, underwent gastroscopy with biopsies and colonscopy. In 17 (14.5%) patients, endoscopic/histological investigations were negative. Of these patients, 13 underwent small bowel follow-through (SBFT) and if necessary to confirm the diagnosis, further gastrointestinal (GI) investigations. RESULTS Small bowel lesions likely to cause IDA were found in five (38%) patients. Four of these lesions were detected by SBFT, two of them were malignant. These findings, confirmed at surgery and ileoscopy (IS), led to the final diagnoses ofjejunal and ileal adenocarcinoma, idiopathic ileal ulcers and ileal Crohns disease. In one case, after negative SBFT, jejunal angiodysplasia was detected by video capsule endoscopy (VCE). Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) was positive in four (31%) patients, all of whom presented lesions likely to cause IDA, detected in three cases by SBFT and in one case by VCE. CONCLUSIONS This study shows the importance of investigating the small bowel in IDA patients after negative upper and lower GI endoscopy, particularly if FOBT is positive.
Digestive and Liver Disease | 2009
Cesare Hassan; Perry J. Pickhardt; Angelo Zullo; E. Di Giulio; Andrea Laghi; David H. Kim; Franco Iafrate
BACKGROUND Short-interval surveillance colonoscopy at 1 year has been recently recommended following curative-intent surgery for colorectal cancer. However, the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of this endoscopic strategy is largely unknown. AIM To assess the clinical and economic impact of early surveillance post-surgical colonoscopy at 1 year in relation to the detection of metachronous colorectal cancer. METHODS A decision analysis model was constructed in order to compare a strategy of 1-year endoscopic surveillance versus no early endoscopy following surgical resection for colorectal cancer. A 2-year cancer upstaging was modelled in order to simulate cancer progression in patients with metachronous colorectal cancer who were not referred to early endoscopy. Endoscopic prevalence of metachronous colorectal cancer was estimated from a previous pooled data analysis based on systematic review of the literature. Costs of colonoscopy and cancer care were estimated from Medicare reimbursement data. Outcome measures were the number of early colonoscopies needed to detect one case of cancer or to prevent one cancer-related death and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. RESULTS The number of early 1-year colonoscopies needed to detect one colorectal cancer and to prevent one colorectal cancer-related death was 143 and 926, respectively. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of the early 1-year colonoscopy as compared to a policy of not performing it was