Prognostic performance of the ‘DICA’ endoscopic classification and the ‘CODA’ score in predicting clinical outcomes of diverticular disease: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study
Antonio Tursi, Giovanni Brandimarte, Francesco Di Mario, Walter Elisei, Marcello Picchio, Leonardo Allegretta, Maria Laura Annunziata, Mauro Bafutto, Gabrio Bassotti, Maria Antonietta Bianco, Raffaele Colucci, Rita Conigliaro, Dan L. Dumitraşcu, Ricardo Escalante, Luciano Ferrini, Giacomo Forti, Marilisa Franceschi, Maria Giovanna Graziani, Frank Lammert, Giovanni Latella, Giovanni Maconi, Gerardo Nardone, Lucia Camara de Castro Oliveira, Ênio Chaves de Oliveira, Alfredo Papa, Savvas Papagrigoriadis, Anna Pietrzak, Stefano Pontone, Tomas Poškus, Giuseppe Pranzo, Matthias Reichert, Stefano Rodinò, Jarosław Reguła, Giuseppe Scaccianoce, Franco Scaldaferri, Roberto Vassallo, Costantino Zampaletta, Angelo Zullo, Daniele Piovani, Stefanos Bonovas, Silvio Danese
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive value of the Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment (DICA) classification and to develop and validate a combined endoscopic-clinical score predicting clinical outcomes of diverticulosis, named Combined Overview on Diverticular Assessment (CODA). DESIGN: A multicentre, prospective, international cohort study. SETTING: 43 gastroenterology and endoscopy centres located in Europe and South America. PARTICIPANTS: 2215 patients (2198 completing the study) at the first diagnosis of diverticulosis/diverticular disease were enrolled. Patients were scored according to DICA classifications. INTERVENTIONS: A 3-year follow-up was performed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: To predict the acute diverticulitis and the surgery according to DICA classification. Survival methods for censored observation were used to develop and validate a novel combined endoscopic-clinical score for predicting diverticulitis and surgery (CODA score). RESULTS: The 3-year cumulative probability of diverticulitis and surgery was of 3.3% (95% CI 2.5% to 4.5%) in DICA 1, 11.6% (95% CI 9.2% to 14.5%) in DICA 2 and 22.0% (95% CI 17.2% to 28.0%) in DICA 3 (p<0.001), and 0.15% (95% CI 0.04% to 0.59%) in DICA 1, 3.0% (95% CI 1.9% to 4.7%) in DICA 2 and 11.0% (95% CI 7.5% to 16.0%) in DICA 3 (p<0.001), respectively. The 3-year cumulative probability of diverticulitis and surgery was ≤4%, and ≤0.7% in CODA A; <10% and <2.5% in CODA B; >10% and >2.5% in CODA C, respectively. The CODA score showed optimal discrimination capacity in predicting the risk of surgery in the development (c-statistic: 0.829; 95% CI 0.811 to 0.846) and validation cohort (c-statistic: 0.943; 95% CI 0.905 to 0.981). CONCLUSIONS: DICA classification has a significant role in predicting the risk of diverticulitis and surgery in patients with diverticulosis, which is significantly enhanced by the CODA score. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02758860.