Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26074699›Full record

ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2015

Growth and bone health in paediatric patients with Crohn's disease receiving subcutaneous tumor necrosis factor antibody.

Judith Pichler, Wolf Dietrich Huber, Christoph Aufricht, Bettina Bidmon-Fliegenschnee

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Jordanian Children: A Tertiary Center Experience.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Judith PichlerJudith Pichler, Wolf Dietrich Huber, Christoph Aufricht, Bettina Bidmon-Fliegenschnee, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Wolf Dietrich HuberJudith Pichler, Wolf Dietrich Huber, Christoph Aufricht, Bettina Bidmon-Fliegenschnee, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Christoph AufrichtJudith Pichler, Wolf Dietrich Huber, Christoph Aufricht, Bettina Bidmon-Fliegenschnee, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Bettina Bidmon-FliegenschneeJudith Pichler, Wolf Dietrich Huber, Christoph Aufricht, Bettina Bidmon-Fliegenschnee, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo study whether adalimumab (ADA) was associated with improvement in growth, bone mineral density (BMD) and bone metabolism.

methodsIn children with Crohn's disease (CD) there is a high prevalence of growth failure and reduced BMD. Treatment with infliximab is associated with an improvement in growth. Anthropometry, paediatric CD activity index (PCDAI), bone markers and BMD was measured in 18 patients (72% females) one year before and after start of ADA with a median age of 14.4 years (range: 5-19 years) at treatment start. Outcomes were indicators of growth with treatment as well as interval growth.

resultsEleven (61%) children experienced catch-up growth after ADA. PCDAI significantly decreased from 52.1 ± 16 to 30.4 ± 23 (P ≤ 0.001). Post ADA, body mass index (BMI) standard deviation score (SDS) 0.1[range: 2.7-(-0.8)] vs -1 [range: 0.1-(-3.6)], P = 0.04 and ∆BMI SDS in children 0.3 [range: 0.7-(-0.2)] vs -1.1 [range: 1.2-(-2.3)], P = 0.01 in remission were significantly higher compared to those with moderate to severe inflammation. The main predictors for growth were 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and for bone mineralisation weight and height SDS. ADA had no significant influence on bone markers and BMD.

conclusionNext to improvement of PCDAI, half of the children achieved a positive catch-up growth. A better nutritional status with improvement in BMI and weight is positive predictor for improved growth and bone mineralisation.

Indexed as

Absorptiometry, PhotonAdalimumabAdolescentAge FactorsBiomarkersBody HeightBody Mass IndexBone and BonesBone DensityCalcifediolChildChild, PreschoolCrohn DiseaseFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsAdalimumabBiomarkersCalcifediolImmunosuppressive AgentsInflammation MediatorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAdalimumabBone healthCrohn’s diseaseGrowthPaediatrics

Identifiers

PMID26074699
PMCPMC4458771

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.