Sharon Worcester

A proposed scoring system based in part on the extent of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid atherosclerotic plaque on carotid ultrasonography may help predict significant renal artery stenosis in patients undergoing coronary angiography, a study suggests.

Of 641 consecutive coronary angiography (CAG) patients, 60 had significant renal artery stenosis (RAS). A number of factors were found to be independent predictors of RAS, including significant coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 5.6), unilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaque (OR, 2.6), bilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaque (OR, 4.9), stage 3 or greater chronic kidney disease (OR, 4.8), use of four or more antihypertensive medications (OR, 4.8), carotid intima-media thickness (OR, 2.3), age of 67 years or older (OR, 2.3), and body mass index less than 22 kg/m² (OR, 2.4), reported Dr. Yonggu Lee of Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Republic of Korea.

The report was published online in BMC Nephrology.

A scoring system developed based on these predictors had 83.3% sensitivity and 81.6% specificity for predicting significant renal artery stenosis, the investigators said (BMC Nephrology 2014 April 14 [doi:10.1186/1471-2369-15-60].

"The proposed model for predicting significant RAS ... may be a useful tool for deciding whether a definite diagnostic procedure is needed at the time of CAG," the investigators concluded.

The investigators reported having no disclosures.

A proposed scoring system based in part on the extent of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid atherosclerotic plaque on carotid ultrasonography may help predict significant renal artery stenosis in patients undergoing coronary angiography, a study suggests.

Of 641 consecutive coronary angiography (CAG) patients, 60 had significant renal artery stenosis (RAS). A number of factors were found to be independent predictors of RAS, including significant coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 5.6), unilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaque (OR, 2.6), bilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaque (OR, 4.9), stage 3 or greater chronic kidney disease (OR, 4.8), use of four or more antihypertensive medications (OR, 4.8), carotid intima-media thickness (OR, 2.3), age of 67 years or older (OR, 2.3), and body mass index less than 22 kg/m² (OR, 2.4), reported Dr. Yonggu Lee of Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Republic of Korea.

The report was published online in BMC Nephrology.

A scoring system developed based on these predictors had 83.3% sensitivity and 81.6% specificity for predicting significant renal artery stenosis, the investigators said (BMC Nephrology 2014 April 14 [doi:10.1186/1471-2369-15-60].

"The proposed model for predicting significant RAS ... may be a useful tool for deciding whether a definite diagnostic procedure is needed at the time of CAG," the investigators concluded.

The investigators reported having no disclosures.

A proposed scoring system based in part on the extent of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid atherosclerotic plaque on carotid ultrasonography may help predict significant renal artery stenosis in patients undergoing coronary angiography, a study suggests.

Of 641 consecutive coronary angiography (CAG) patients, 60 had significant renal artery stenosis (RAS). A number of factors were found to be independent predictors of RAS, including significant coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 5.6), unilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaque (OR, 2.6), bilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaque (OR, 4.9), stage 3 or greater chronic kidney disease (OR, 4.8), use of four or more antihypertensive medications (OR, 4.8), carotid intima-media thickness (OR, 2.3), age of 67 years or older (OR, 2.3), and body mass index less than 22 kg/m² (OR, 2.4), reported Dr. Yonggu Lee of Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Republic of Korea.

The report was published online in BMC Nephrology.

A scoring system developed based on these predictors had 83.3% sensitivity and 81.6% specificity for predicting significant renal artery stenosis, the investigators said (BMC Nephrology 2014 April 14 [doi:10.1186/1471-2369-15-60].

"The proposed model for predicting significant RAS ... may be a useful tool for deciding whether a definite diagnostic procedure is needed at the time of CAG," the investigators concluded.

The investigators reported having no disclosures.

ORLANDO – The proportion of infants and young children who had voiding cystourethrograms after an emergency department visit for an initial febrile urinary tract infection decreased by more than 50% after the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines advised a VCUG only if indicated by sonographic findings, based on a review of cases.

However, ultrasound findings and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) positivity were not correlated in the series of patients studied, Dr. Andrew J. Kirsch reported at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

The findings raise concerns that cases of vesicoureteral reflux are being missed and call into question whether the AAP recommendation to use sonographic findings as the determinant for obtaining additional imaging should be uniformly applied after an initial febrile UTI in children aged 2 months to 2 years, said Dr. Kirsch, a pediatric urologist with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Those presenting to the ED may be more ill and may be more likely to have underlying vesicoureteral reflux or an anatomic abnormality.

While most clinicians agree with the majority of action statements in the AAP guidelines, the diagnostic imaging recommendations are widely debated. Several recent studies have demonstrated a lack of correlation between renal and bladder ultrasound results and VCUG positivity. Further, the recommendation to limit VCUGs was based on studies that showed no benefit with antibiotic prophylaxis in children with vesicoureteral reflux. Recent large, randomized controlled trials, however, have shown benefits of diagnosing and treating vesicoureteral reflux, he said.

For the case review study reported by Dr. Kirsch, two cohorts were evaluated at urgent care centers and EDs in a pediatric health care system during the 6-month periods before and after the guidelines were implemented. Children with a history of vesicoureteral reflux or VCUG, prior febrile urinary tract infection, or undocumented urine culture of afebrile UTIs were excluded from the analysis.

Of 178 children aged 2 months to 2 years who were seen in the ED between January and June 2012 for initial febrile UTIs, 31% underwent VCUG. Between January and June 2011 – before the updated Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of the Initial UTI in Febrile Infants and Children 2 to 24 Months was released – 72% of 172 children in that age group had a VCUG, Dr. Kirsch said during a press briefing at the meeting.

The earlier and later cohorts were similar. They did not differ with respect to admissions for febrile UTI; 27% and 24% of patients in the cohorts, respectively, required hospitalization. The percentage of positive VCUGs also was similar in the cohorts at 36% and 38%, respectively. The mean maximum vesicoureteral reflux grade was similar at 2.9 and 2.5, respectively.

The number of renal and bladder ultrasounds obtained decreased by 17% in 2012 as compared to 2011; ultrasounds were obtained in 58% of patients in the later cohort, compared with 76% of those in the earlier cohort.

There was no association between abnormal renal and bladder ultrasound and VCUG positivity (P = .116), he noted.

About 60% of children diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux in both cohorts were found to have moderate to severe reflux. A trend toward detection of higher-grade vesicoureteral reflux prior to guideline publication also raises concern that higher grade reflux – which has been associated with an increased risk of recurrent febrile UTIs and renal scarring – is being missed, he said.

Whether foregoing routine VCUG following initial febrile UTI as recommended by the AAP guidelines will result in increased morbidity from undiagnosed vesicoureteral reflux, or whether the guidelines should apply to all patients in the emergency setting, requires careful reevaluation, he concluded.

Dr. Kirsch reported having no disclosures.

ORLANDO – The proportion of infants and young children who had voiding cystourethrograms after an emergency department visit for an initial febrile urinary tract infection decreased by more than 50% after the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines advised a VCUG only if indicated by sonographic findings, based on a review of cases.

However, ultrasound findings and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) positivity were not correlated in the series of patients studied, Dr. Andrew J. Kirsch reported at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

The findings raise concerns that cases of vesicoureteral reflux are being missed and call into question whether the AAP recommendation to use sonographic findings as the determinant for obtaining additional imaging should be uniformly applied after an initial febrile UTI in children aged 2 months to 2 years, said Dr. Kirsch, a pediatric urologist with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Those presenting to the ED may be more ill and may be more likely to have underlying vesicoureteral reflux or an anatomic abnormality.

While most clinicians agree with the majority of action statements in the AAP guidelines, the diagnostic imaging recommendations are widely debated. Several recent studies have demonstrated a lack of correlation between renal and bladder ultrasound results and VCUG positivity. Further, the recommendation to limit VCUGs was based on studies that showed no benefit with antibiotic prophylaxis in children with vesicoureteral reflux. Recent large, randomized controlled trials, however, have shown benefits of diagnosing and treating vesicoureteral reflux, he said.

For the case review study reported by Dr. Kirsch, two cohorts were evaluated at urgent care centers and EDs in a pediatric health care system during the 6-month periods before and after the guidelines were implemented. Children with a history of vesicoureteral reflux or VCUG, prior febrile urinary tract infection, or undocumented urine culture of afebrile UTIs were excluded from the analysis.

Of 178 children aged 2 months to 2 years who were seen in the ED between January and June 2012 for initial febrile UTIs, 31% underwent VCUG. Between January and June 2011 – before the updated Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of the Initial UTI in Febrile Infants and Children 2 to 24 Months was released – 72% of 172 children in that age group had a VCUG, Dr. Kirsch said during a press briefing at the meeting.

The earlier and later cohorts were similar. They did not differ with respect to admissions for febrile UTI; 27% and 24% of patients in the cohorts, respectively, required hospitalization. The percentage of positive VCUGs also was similar in the cohorts at 36% and 38%, respectively. The mean maximum vesicoureteral reflux grade was similar at 2.9 and 2.5, respectively.

The number of renal and bladder ultrasounds obtained decreased by 17% in 2012 as compared to 2011; ultrasounds were obtained in 58% of patients in the later cohort, compared with 76% of those in the earlier cohort.

There was no association between abnormal renal and bladder ultrasound and VCUG positivity (P = .116), he noted.

About 60% of children diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux in both cohorts were found to have moderate to severe reflux. A trend toward detection of higher-grade vesicoureteral reflux prior to guideline publication also raises concern that higher grade reflux – which has been associated with an increased risk of recurrent febrile UTIs and renal scarring – is being missed, he said.

Whether foregoing routine VCUG following initial febrile UTI as recommended by the AAP guidelines will result in increased morbidity from undiagnosed vesicoureteral reflux, or whether the guidelines should apply to all patients in the emergency setting, requires careful reevaluation, he concluded.

Dr. Kirsch reported having no disclosures.

ORLANDO – The proportion of infants and young children who had voiding cystourethrograms after an emergency department visit for an initial febrile urinary tract infection decreased by more than 50% after the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines advised a VCUG only if indicated by sonographic findings, based on a review of cases.

However, ultrasound findings and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) positivity were not correlated in the series of patients studied, Dr. Andrew J. Kirsch reported at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

The findings raise concerns that cases of vesicoureteral reflux are being missed and call into question whether the AAP recommendation to use sonographic findings as the determinant for obtaining additional imaging should be uniformly applied after an initial febrile UTI in children aged 2 months to 2 years, said Dr. Kirsch, a pediatric urologist with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Those presenting to the ED may be more ill and may be more likely to have underlying vesicoureteral reflux or an anatomic abnormality.

While most clinicians agree with the majority of action statements in the AAP guidelines, the diagnostic imaging recommendations are widely debated. Several recent studies have demonstrated a lack of correlation between renal and bladder ultrasound results and VCUG positivity. Further, the recommendation to limit VCUGs was based on studies that showed no benefit with antibiotic prophylaxis in children with vesicoureteral reflux. Recent large, randomized controlled trials, however, have shown benefits of diagnosing and treating vesicoureteral reflux, he said.

For the case review study reported by Dr. Kirsch, two cohorts were evaluated at urgent care centers and EDs in a pediatric health care system during the 6-month periods before and after the guidelines were implemented. Children with a history of vesicoureteral reflux or VCUG, prior febrile urinary tract infection, or undocumented urine culture of afebrile UTIs were excluded from the analysis.

Of 178 children aged 2 months to 2 years who were seen in the ED between January and June 2012 for initial febrile UTIs, 31% underwent VCUG. Between January and June 2011 – before the updated Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of the Initial UTI in Febrile Infants and Children 2 to 24 Months was released – 72% of 172 children in that age group had a VCUG, Dr. Kirsch said during a press briefing at the meeting.

The earlier and later cohorts were similar. They did not differ with respect to admissions for febrile UTI; 27% and 24% of patients in the cohorts, respectively, required hospitalization. The percentage of positive VCUGs also was similar in the cohorts at 36% and 38%, respectively. The mean maximum vesicoureteral reflux grade was similar at 2.9 and 2.5, respectively.

The number of renal and bladder ultrasounds obtained decreased by 17% in 2012 as compared to 2011; ultrasounds were obtained in 58% of patients in the later cohort, compared with 76% of those in the earlier cohort.

There was no association between abnormal renal and bladder ultrasound and VCUG positivity (P = .116), he noted.

About 60% of children diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux in both cohorts were found to have moderate to severe reflux. A trend toward detection of higher-grade vesicoureteral reflux prior to guideline publication also raises concern that higher grade reflux – which has been associated with an increased risk of recurrent febrile UTIs and renal scarring – is being missed, he said.

Whether foregoing routine VCUG following initial febrile UTI as recommended by the AAP guidelines will result in increased morbidity from undiagnosed vesicoureteral reflux, or whether the guidelines should apply to all patients in the emergency setting, requires careful reevaluation, he concluded.

Dr. Kirsch reported having no disclosures.

ATLANTA – Adding a rapid Trichomonas vaginalis test to the adolescent sexually transmitted infection laboratory regimen facilitated on-site diagnosis and treatment at an urban medical center emergency department.

The OSOM rapid trichomonas test provided point of care testing results in 10 minutes, with a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 99%, Dr. Heather Territo reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis approaches 25% in inner-city adolescents. Prior studies have demonstrated an association between Trichomonas vaginalis and cervical neoplasia, enhanced HIV transmission, and pregnancy complications.

Courtesy CDC

After routine Trichomonas vaginalis testing was implemented at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y., in November 2011, 212 females aged 13-20 years were tested in the following year; 13.6% tested positive by rapid test and 15.5% by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT). In the year before routine testing was implemented, 31 of 234 patients were tested, based on a retrospective chart review. Treatment was administered to 24% and to 7% of patients during the respective study periods, said Dr. Territo of the hospital’s division of emergency medicine.

Additionally, two positive results were found in 20 males tested.

In the emergency department, Trichomonas vaginalis is often diagnosed on the basis of clinical findings; the positive predictive value of this approach is less than 50%. Direct microscopy of vaginal secretions has a sensitivity of about 60%-70%.

The rapid test and the NAAT test results were concordant in 178 of 188 cases (94.6%). Ten of the 33 positive NAAT tests (30%) were negative on the rapid test.

Dr. Territo reported having no relevant financial disclosures.

ATLANTA – Adding a rapid Trichomonas vaginalis test to the adolescent sexually transmitted infection laboratory regimen facilitated on-site diagnosis and treatment at an urban medical center emergency department.

The OSOM rapid trichomonas test provided point of care testing results in 10 minutes, with a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 99%, Dr. Heather Territo reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis approaches 25% in inner-city adolescents. Prior studies have demonstrated an association between Trichomonas vaginalis and cervical neoplasia, enhanced HIV transmission, and pregnancy complications.

Courtesy CDC

After routine Trichomonas vaginalis testing was implemented at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y., in November 2011, 212 females aged 13-20 years were tested in the following year; 13.6% tested positive by rapid test and 15.5% by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT). In the year before routine testing was implemented, 31 of 234 patients were tested, based on a retrospective chart review. Treatment was administered to 24% and to 7% of patients during the respective study periods, said Dr. Territo of the hospital’s division of emergency medicine.

Additionally, two positive results were found in 20 males tested.

In the emergency department, Trichomonas vaginalis is often diagnosed on the basis of clinical findings; the positive predictive value of this approach is less than 50%. Direct microscopy of vaginal secretions has a sensitivity of about 60%-70%.

The rapid test and the NAAT test results were concordant in 178 of 188 cases (94.6%). Ten of the 33 positive NAAT tests (30%) were negative on the rapid test.

Dr. Territo reported having no relevant financial disclosures.

ATLANTA – Adding a rapid Trichomonas vaginalis test to the adolescent sexually transmitted infection laboratory regimen facilitated on-site diagnosis and treatment at an urban medical center emergency department.

The OSOM rapid trichomonas test provided point of care testing results in 10 minutes, with a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 99%, Dr. Heather Territo reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis approaches 25% in inner-city adolescents. Prior studies have demonstrated an association between Trichomonas vaginalis and cervical neoplasia, enhanced HIV transmission, and pregnancy complications.

Courtesy CDC

After routine Trichomonas vaginalis testing was implemented at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y., in November 2011, 212 females aged 13-20 years were tested in the following year; 13.6% tested positive by rapid test and 15.5% by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT). In the year before routine testing was implemented, 31 of 234 patients were tested, based on a retrospective chart review. Treatment was administered to 24% and to 7% of patients during the respective study periods, said Dr. Territo of the hospital’s division of emergency medicine.

Additionally, two positive results were found in 20 males tested.

In the emergency department, Trichomonas vaginalis is often diagnosed on the basis of clinical findings; the positive predictive value of this approach is less than 50%. Direct microscopy of vaginal secretions has a sensitivity of about 60%-70%.

The rapid test and the NAAT test results were concordant in 178 of 188 cases (94.6%). Ten of the 33 positive NAAT tests (30%) were negative on the rapid test.

Dr. Territo reported having no relevant financial disclosures.

ORLANDO – Lignan-type phytoestrogens, but not isoflavone-type phytoestrogens, were associated with a decreased risk for incontinence symptoms in women, based on findings from a large prospective population-based cohort study.

Lignan-type phytoestrogens are found in a wide variety of plant-based foods including flaxseeds, sesame seeds, legumes, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Isoflavone-type phytoestrogens are found primarily in soybeans and soy-based products.

The study is the first to demonstrate an association between urinary phytoestrogen levels and urinary symptoms, according to the study’s author, Dr. Evgeniy I. Kreydin of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Prospective studies are warranted to investigate the mechanism for this relationship, he added.

Increasing concentrations of the lignan phytoestrogens enterolactone and enterodiol were associated with significantly decreased likelihood of urge incontinence, bother from incontinence, and effect of urinary incontinence on daily living in 4,104 women who participated in the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) between 2000 and 2010. Increasing concentrations of enterolactone were also associated with significantly decreased likelihood of "other incontinence," Dr. Kreydin reported during an "outstanding posters" session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

Odds ratios for urinary symptoms per unit change in urinary enterodiol and enterolactone concentrations, respectively, were 0.43, 0.49, 0.32, and 0.14, and 0.47, 0.32, 0.30. The odds ratio per unit change was 0.24 for urge incontinence, other incontinence, incontinence bother, and incontinence effect on daily activities, Dr. Kreydin said.

Alternatively, none of the isoflavone-type phytoestrogens was associated with decreased urinary symptoms in this study. In fact, one isoflavone-type phytoestrogen – genistein – was associated with an increased likelihood of incontinence bother (odds ratio, 2.45).

Study subjects completed a urinary function and quality of life questionnaire and underwent measurement of urinary phytoestrogen levels. Urinary symptoms were assessed after adjusting for age, race, smoking status, body mass index, diabetes, parity, and menopausal status – factors known to affect lower urinary tract symptoms in women.

Dr. Kreydin reported having no relevant financial disclosures.

ORLANDO – Lignan-type phytoestrogens, but not isoflavone-type phytoestrogens, were associated with a decreased risk for incontinence symptoms in women, based on findings from a large prospective population-based cohort study.

Lignan-type phytoestrogens are found in a wide variety of plant-based foods including flaxseeds, sesame seeds, legumes, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Isoflavone-type phytoestrogens are found primarily in soybeans and soy-based products.

The study is the first to demonstrate an association between urinary phytoestrogen levels and urinary symptoms, according to the study’s author, Dr. Evgeniy I. Kreydin of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Prospective studies are warranted to investigate the mechanism for this relationship, he added.

Increasing concentrations of the lignan phytoestrogens enterolactone and enterodiol were associated with significantly decreased likelihood of urge incontinence, bother from incontinence, and effect of urinary incontinence on daily living in 4,104 women who participated in the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) between 2000 and 2010. Increasing concentrations of enterolactone were also associated with significantly decreased likelihood of "other incontinence," Dr. Kreydin reported during an "outstanding posters" session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

Odds ratios for urinary symptoms per unit change in urinary enterodiol and enterolactone concentrations, respectively, were 0.43, 0.49, 0.32, and 0.14, and 0.47, 0.32, 0.30. The odds ratio per unit change was 0.24 for urge incontinence, other incontinence, incontinence bother, and incontinence effect on daily activities, Dr. Kreydin said.

Alternatively, none of the isoflavone-type phytoestrogens was associated with decreased urinary symptoms in this study. In fact, one isoflavone-type phytoestrogen – genistein – was associated with an increased likelihood of incontinence bother (odds ratio, 2.45).

Study subjects completed a urinary function and quality of life questionnaire and underwent measurement of urinary phytoestrogen levels. Urinary symptoms were assessed after adjusting for age, race, smoking status, body mass index, diabetes, parity, and menopausal status – factors known to affect lower urinary tract symptoms in women.

Dr. Kreydin reported having no relevant financial disclosures.

ORLANDO – Lignan-type phytoestrogens, but not isoflavone-type phytoestrogens, were associated with a decreased risk for incontinence symptoms in women, based on findings from a large prospective population-based cohort study.

Lignan-type phytoestrogens are found in a wide variety of plant-based foods including flaxseeds, sesame seeds, legumes, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Isoflavone-type phytoestrogens are found primarily in soybeans and soy-based products.

The study is the first to demonstrate an association between urinary phytoestrogen levels and urinary symptoms, according to the study’s author, Dr. Evgeniy I. Kreydin of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Prospective studies are warranted to investigate the mechanism for this relationship, he added.

Increasing concentrations of the lignan phytoestrogens enterolactone and enterodiol were associated with significantly decreased likelihood of urge incontinence, bother from incontinence, and effect of urinary incontinence on daily living in 4,104 women who participated in the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) between 2000 and 2010. Increasing concentrations of enterolactone were also associated with significantly decreased likelihood of "other incontinence," Dr. Kreydin reported during an "outstanding posters" session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

Odds ratios for urinary symptoms per unit change in urinary enterodiol and enterolactone concentrations, respectively, were 0.43, 0.49, 0.32, and 0.14, and 0.47, 0.32, 0.30. The odds ratio per unit change was 0.24 for urge incontinence, other incontinence, incontinence bother, and incontinence effect on daily activities, Dr. Kreydin said.

Alternatively, none of the isoflavone-type phytoestrogens was associated with decreased urinary symptoms in this study. In fact, one isoflavone-type phytoestrogen – genistein – was associated with an increased likelihood of incontinence bother (odds ratio, 2.45).

Study subjects completed a urinary function and quality of life questionnaire and underwent measurement of urinary phytoestrogen levels. Urinary symptoms were assessed after adjusting for age, race, smoking status, body mass index, diabetes, parity, and menopausal status – factors known to affect lower urinary tract symptoms in women.

Dr. Kreydin reported having no relevant financial disclosures.

ATLANTA – An estimated 1 in 15 sexually active adolescent girls has a chlamydial infection, and many of these infections go undiagnosed, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

According to 2007-2012 NHANES data, the overall prevalence of chlamydia among sexually active adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years is 1.7%, suggesting that there are 1.8 million infections nationally, Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC/Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

However, only 1.4 million infections are reported annually, according to information from the CDC, suggests that approximately 400,000 infections go undetected each year.

Adolescent girls – and particularly adolescent non-Hispanic black girls – are at highest risk, according to Dr. Torrone.

The estimated overall prevalence among adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in this study was 6.4%. The estimated prevalence among white girls in this age group was 3.2%, and among black girls in this age group it was 18.6%, reported Dr. Torrone of the division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, Atlanta.

The overall prevalence was 1.4% among males, 2.0% among females, 2.4% among persons aged 14-19 years, 2.9% among those aged 20-24 years, 1.1% among those aged 25-39 years, 2.3% among Mexican Americans, 5.2% among non-Hispanic blacks, and 0.8% among whites.

Having multiple sex partners in the past year was associated with increased prevalence: 3.2% for those with two or more partners, compared with 1.4% among those with one or no partner.

NHANES respondents included in this analysis were 8,330 adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years between 2007 and 2012 who were tested for C. trachomatis using the Gen-Probe Aptima test. Prevalence estimates were based on demographics and self-reported sexual activity measured through audio, computer-assessed self-interviews.

Estimates were weighted to be nationally representative and to account for oversampling and nonresponse, and the number of infections in the population was estimated by multiplying census estimates by weighted prevalence, Dr. Torrone explained.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infection in the United States, and annual screening is currently recommended for all sexually active females under age 25 years, she noted.

Since the findings of this study likely represent an underestimate of the true burden of disease because the estimates do not account for nongenital infection and infections in nonsampled populations where prevalence may be higher (such as incarcerated individuals), they highlight a need for targeted interventions to reduce the impact of chlamydia among young African American women and underscore the importance of adhering to the screening recommendations.

"Health care providers should screen all sexually active young females annually and ensure that all sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia are treated appropriately," Dr. Torrone concluded.

Dr. Torrone reported having no disclosures.

ATLANTA – An estimated 1 in 15 sexually active adolescent girls has a chlamydial infection, and many of these infections go undiagnosed, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

According to 2007-2012 NHANES data, the overall prevalence of chlamydia among sexually active adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years is 1.7%, suggesting that there are 1.8 million infections nationally, Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC/Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

However, only 1.4 million infections are reported annually, according to information from the CDC, suggests that approximately 400,000 infections go undetected each year.

Adolescent girls – and particularly adolescent non-Hispanic black girls – are at highest risk, according to Dr. Torrone.

The estimated overall prevalence among adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in this study was 6.4%. The estimated prevalence among white girls in this age group was 3.2%, and among black girls in this age group it was 18.6%, reported Dr. Torrone of the division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, Atlanta.

The overall prevalence was 1.4% among males, 2.0% among females, 2.4% among persons aged 14-19 years, 2.9% among those aged 20-24 years, 1.1% among those aged 25-39 years, 2.3% among Mexican Americans, 5.2% among non-Hispanic blacks, and 0.8% among whites.

Having multiple sex partners in the past year was associated with increased prevalence: 3.2% for those with two or more partners, compared with 1.4% among those with one or no partner.

NHANES respondents included in this analysis were 8,330 adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years between 2007 and 2012 who were tested for C. trachomatis using the Gen-Probe Aptima test. Prevalence estimates were based on demographics and self-reported sexual activity measured through audio, computer-assessed self-interviews.

Estimates were weighted to be nationally representative and to account for oversampling and nonresponse, and the number of infections in the population was estimated by multiplying census estimates by weighted prevalence, Dr. Torrone explained.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infection in the United States, and annual screening is currently recommended for all sexually active females under age 25 years, she noted.

Since the findings of this study likely represent an underestimate of the true burden of disease because the estimates do not account for nongenital infection and infections in nonsampled populations where prevalence may be higher (such as incarcerated individuals), they highlight a need for targeted interventions to reduce the impact of chlamydia among young African American women and underscore the importance of adhering to the screening recommendations.

"Health care providers should screen all sexually active young females annually and ensure that all sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia are treated appropriately," Dr. Torrone concluded.

Dr. Torrone reported having no disclosures.

ATLANTA – An estimated 1 in 15 sexually active adolescent girls has a chlamydial infection, and many of these infections go undiagnosed, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

According to 2007-2012 NHANES data, the overall prevalence of chlamydia among sexually active adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years is 1.7%, suggesting that there are 1.8 million infections nationally, Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC/Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

However, only 1.4 million infections are reported annually, according to information from the CDC, suggests that approximately 400,000 infections go undetected each year.

Adolescent girls – and particularly adolescent non-Hispanic black girls – are at highest risk, according to Dr. Torrone.

The estimated overall prevalence among adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in this study was 6.4%. The estimated prevalence among white girls in this age group was 3.2%, and among black girls in this age group it was 18.6%, reported Dr. Torrone of the division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, Atlanta.

The overall prevalence was 1.4% among males, 2.0% among females, 2.4% among persons aged 14-19 years, 2.9% among those aged 20-24 years, 1.1% among those aged 25-39 years, 2.3% among Mexican Americans, 5.2% among non-Hispanic blacks, and 0.8% among whites.

Having multiple sex partners in the past year was associated with increased prevalence: 3.2% for those with two or more partners, compared with 1.4% among those with one or no partner.

NHANES respondents included in this analysis were 8,330 adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years between 2007 and 2012 who were tested for C. trachomatis using the Gen-Probe Aptima test. Prevalence estimates were based on demographics and self-reported sexual activity measured through audio, computer-assessed self-interviews.

Estimates were weighted to be nationally representative and to account for oversampling and nonresponse, and the number of infections in the population was estimated by multiplying census estimates by weighted prevalence, Dr. Torrone explained.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infection in the United States, and annual screening is currently recommended for all sexually active females under age 25 years, she noted.

Since the findings of this study likely represent an underestimate of the true burden of disease because the estimates do not account for nongenital infection and infections in nonsampled populations where prevalence may be higher (such as incarcerated individuals), they highlight a need for targeted interventions to reduce the impact of chlamydia among young African American women and underscore the importance of adhering to the screening recommendations.

"Health care providers should screen all sexually active young females annually and ensure that all sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia are treated appropriately," Dr. Torrone concluded.

Dr. Torrone reported having no disclosures.

ATLANTA – An estimated 1 in 15 sexually active adolescent girls has a chlamydial infection, and many of these infections go undiagnosed, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

According to 2007-2012 NHANES data, the overall prevalence of chlamydia among sexually active adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years is 1.7%, suggesting that there are 1.8 million infections nationally, Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC/Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

However, only 1.4 million infections are reported annually, according to information from the CDC, suggests that approximately 400,000 infections go undetected each year.

Adolescent girls – and particularly adolescent non-Hispanic black girls – are at highest risk, according to Dr. Torrone.

The estimated overall prevalence among adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in this study was 6.4%. The estimated prevalence among white girls in this age group was 3.2%, and among black girls in this age group it was 18.6%, reported Dr. Torrone of the division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, Atlanta.

The overall prevalence was 1.4% among males, 2.0% among females, 2.4% among persons aged 14-19 years, 2.9% among those aged 20-24 years, 1.1% among those aged 25-39 years, 2.3% among Mexican Americans, 5.2% among non-Hispanic blacks, and 0.8% among whites.

Having multiple sex partners in the past year was associated with increased prevalence: 3.2% for those with two or more partners, compared with 1.4% among those with one or no partner.

NHANES respondents included in this analysis were 8,330 adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years between 2007 and 2012 who were tested for C. trachomatis using the Gen-Probe Aptima test. Prevalence estimates were based on demographics and self-reported sexual activity measured through audio, computer-assessed self-interviews.

Estimates were weighted to be nationally representative and to account for oversampling and nonresponse, and the number of infections in the population was estimated by multiplying census estimates by weighted prevalence, Dr. Torrone explained.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infection in the United States, and annual screening is currently recommended for all sexually active females under age 25 years, she noted.

Since the findings of this study likely represent an underestimate of the true burden of disease because the estimates do not account for nongenital infection and infections in nonsampled populations where prevalence may be higher (such as incarcerated individuals), they highlight a need for targeted interventions to reduce the impact of chlamydia among young African American women and underscore the importance of adhering to the screening recommendations.

"Health care providers should screen all sexually active young females annually and ensure that all sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia are treated appropriately," Dr. Torrone concluded.

Dr. Torrone reported having no disclosures.

ATLANTA – An estimated 1 in 15 sexually active adolescent girls has a chlamydial infection, and many of these infections go undiagnosed, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

According to 2007-2012 NHANES data, the overall prevalence of chlamydia among sexually active adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years is 1.7%, suggesting that there are 1.8 million infections nationally, Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC/Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

However, only 1.4 million infections are reported annually, according to information from the CDC, suggests that approximately 400,000 infections go undetected each year.

Adolescent girls – and particularly adolescent non-Hispanic black girls – are at highest risk, according to Dr. Torrone.

The estimated overall prevalence among adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in this study was 6.4%. The estimated prevalence among white girls in this age group was 3.2%, and among black girls in this age group it was 18.6%, reported Dr. Torrone of the division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, Atlanta.

The overall prevalence was 1.4% among males, 2.0% among females, 2.4% among persons aged 14-19 years, 2.9% among those aged 20-24 years, 1.1% among those aged 25-39 years, 2.3% among Mexican Americans, 5.2% among non-Hispanic blacks, and 0.8% among whites.

Having multiple sex partners in the past year was associated with increased prevalence: 3.2% for those with two or more partners, compared with 1.4% among those with one or no partner.

NHANES respondents included in this analysis were 8,330 adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years between 2007 and 2012 who were tested for C. trachomatis using the Gen-Probe Aptima test. Prevalence estimates were based on demographics and self-reported sexual activity measured through audio, computer-assessed self-interviews.

Estimates were weighted to be nationally representative and to account for oversampling and nonresponse, and the number of infections in the population was estimated by multiplying census estimates by weighted prevalence, Dr. Torrone explained.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infection in the United States, and annual screening is currently recommended for all sexually active females under age 25 years, she noted.

Since the findings of this study likely represent an underestimate of the true burden of disease because the estimates do not account for nongenital infection and infections in nonsampled populations where prevalence may be higher (such as incarcerated individuals), they highlight a need for targeted interventions to reduce the impact of chlamydia among young African American women and underscore the importance of adhering to the screening recommendations.

"Health care providers should screen all sexually active young females annually and ensure that all sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia are treated appropriately," Dr. Torrone concluded.

Dr. Torrone reported having no disclosures.

ATLANTA – An estimated 1 in 15 sexually active adolescent girls has a chlamydial infection, and many of these infections go undiagnosed, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

According to 2007-2012 NHANES data, the overall prevalence of chlamydia among sexually active adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years is 1.7%, suggesting that there are 1.8 million infections nationally, Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., reported in a poster at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC/Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

However, only 1.4 million infections are reported annually, according to information from the CDC, suggests that approximately 400,000 infections go undetected each year.

Adolescent girls – and particularly adolescent non-Hispanic black girls – are at highest risk, according to Dr. Torrone.

The estimated overall prevalence among adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in this study was 6.4%. The estimated prevalence among white girls in this age group was 3.2%, and among black girls in this age group it was 18.6%, reported Dr. Torrone of the division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, Atlanta.

The overall prevalence was 1.4% among males, 2.0% among females, 2.4% among persons aged 14-19 years, 2.9% among those aged 20-24 years, 1.1% among those aged 25-39 years, 2.3% among Mexican Americans, 5.2% among non-Hispanic blacks, and 0.8% among whites.

Having multiple sex partners in the past year was associated with increased prevalence: 3.2% for those with two or more partners, compared with 1.4% among those with one or no partner.

NHANES respondents included in this analysis were 8,330 adolescents and adults aged 14-39 years between 2007 and 2012 who were tested for C. trachomatis using the Gen-Probe Aptima test. Prevalence estimates were based on demographics and self-reported sexual activity measured through audio, computer-assessed self-interviews.

Estimates were weighted to be nationally representative and to account for oversampling and nonresponse, and the number of infections in the population was estimated by multiplying census estimates by weighted prevalence, Dr. Torrone explained.

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infection in the United States, and annual screening is currently recommended for all sexually active females under age 25 years, she noted.

Since the findings of this study likely represent an underestimate of the true burden of disease because the estimates do not account for nongenital infection and infections in nonsampled populations where prevalence may be higher (such as incarcerated individuals), they highlight a need for targeted interventions to reduce the impact of chlamydia among young African American women and underscore the importance of adhering to the screening recommendations.

"Health care providers should screen all sexually active young females annually and ensure that all sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia are treated appropriately," Dr. Torrone concluded.

Dr. Torrone reported having no disclosures.

Treating pneumonia with azithromycin is linked to lower risk of death but a slightly higher risk of myocardial infarction in older patients, according to a large retrospective cohort study.

Although azithromycin is recommended in combination with macrolides for the first-line treatment of patients hospitalized with pneumonia, recent research suggests that azithromycin is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events.

However, the current findings suggest that although the drug is associated with a slight increase in the risk of myocardial infarction (number needed to harm equals 144), it is not associated with "any cardiac event," cardiac arrhythmia, or heart failure, and that the reduction in 90-day mortality risk (number needed to treat of 21) is large enough to provide an overall net benefit.

Dr. Eric M. Mortensen of the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care system, Dallas, and his colleagues reported their findings on treating pneumonia with azithromycin in JAMA.

In the current study, 90-day mortality in 31,863 patients aged 65 years and older who were exposed to azithromycin was significantly lower than in an equal number of propensity-matched controls who were not exposed (17.4% vs. 22.3%; odds ratio, 0.73).

The risk of myocardial infarction, however, was significantly increased in the azithromycin group (5.1% vs. 4.4%; OR, 1.17), the investigators reported.

Azithromycin use was defined as patients’ receipt of at least one dose of azithromycin during the first 48 hours after admission.

Study subjects were a mean age of 77.8 years in the national Department of Veterans Affairs administrative database who were hospitalized with pneumonia between 2002 and 2012 (JAMA 2014 June 4 [doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.4304]). Most patients (98%) were male.

The study hada relativelysmall number of few female subjects and relied "upon ICD-9 diagnosis of cardiovascular events rather than clinical information, which particularly may affect the diagnosis of heart failure." However, researchers said, treating physicians were likely to have believed that the patients in the study indeed had pneumonia and did not show any bias toward azithromycin.

Treating pneumonia with azithromycin is linked to lower risk of death but a slightly higher risk of myocardial infarction in older patients, according to a large retrospective cohort study.

Although azithromycin is recommended in combination with macrolides for the first-line treatment of patients hospitalized with pneumonia, recent research suggests that azithromycin is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events.

However, the current findings suggest that although the drug is associated with a slight increase in the risk of myocardial infarction (number needed to harm equals 144), it is not associated with "any cardiac event," cardiac arrhythmia, or heart failure, and that the reduction in 90-day mortality risk (number needed to treat of 21) is large enough to provide an overall net benefit.

Dr. Eric M. Mortensen of the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care system, Dallas, and his colleagues reported their findings on treating pneumonia with azithromycin in JAMA.

In the current study, 90-day mortality in 31,863 patients aged 65 years and older who were exposed to azithromycin was significantly lower than in an equal number of propensity-matched controls who were not exposed (17.4% vs. 22.3%; odds ratio, 0.73).

The risk of myocardial infarction, however, was significantly increased in the azithromycin group (5.1% vs. 4.4%; OR, 1.17), the investigators reported.

Azithromycin use was defined as patients’ receipt of at least one dose of azithromycin during the first 48 hours after admission.

Study subjects were a mean age of 77.8 years in the national Department of Veterans Affairs administrative database who were hospitalized with pneumonia between 2002 and 2012 (JAMA 2014 June 4 [doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.4304]). Most patients (98%) were male.

The study hada relativelysmall number of few female subjects and relied "upon ICD-9 diagnosis of cardiovascular events rather than clinical information, which particularly may affect the diagnosis of heart failure." However, researchers said, treating physicians were likely to have believed that the patients in the study indeed had pneumonia and did not show any bias toward azithromycin.

Treating pneumonia with azithromycin is linked to lower risk of death but a slightly higher risk of myocardial infarction in older patients, according to a large retrospective cohort study.

Although azithromycin is recommended in combination with macrolides for the first-line treatment of patients hospitalized with pneumonia, recent research suggests that azithromycin is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events.

However, the current findings suggest that although the drug is associated with a slight increase in the risk of myocardial infarction (number needed to harm equals 144), it is not associated with "any cardiac event," cardiac arrhythmia, or heart failure, and that the reduction in 90-day mortality risk (number needed to treat of 21) is large enough to provide an overall net benefit.

Dr. Eric M. Mortensen of the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care system, Dallas, and his colleagues reported their findings on treating pneumonia with azithromycin in JAMA.

In the current study, 90-day mortality in 31,863 patients aged 65 years and older who were exposed to azithromycin was significantly lower than in an equal number of propensity-matched controls who were not exposed (17.4% vs. 22.3%; odds ratio, 0.73).

The risk of myocardial infarction, however, was significantly increased in the azithromycin group (5.1% vs. 4.4%; OR, 1.17), the investigators reported.

Azithromycin use was defined as patients’ receipt of at least one dose of azithromycin during the first 48 hours after admission.

Study subjects were a mean age of 77.8 years in the national Department of Veterans Affairs administrative database who were hospitalized with pneumonia between 2002 and 2012 (JAMA 2014 June 4 [doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.4304]). Most patients (98%) were male.

The study hada relativelysmall number of few female subjects and relied "upon ICD-9 diagnosis of cardiovascular events rather than clinical information, which particularly may affect the diagnosis of heart failure." However, researchers said, treating physicians were likely to have believed that the patients in the study indeed had pneumonia and did not show any bias toward azithromycin.

ORLANDO – Success rates at 5 years were similar in women treated with a transobturator midurethral sling and women treated with a retropubic midurethral sling, but the transobturator patients were more likely to report an easing of symptoms, according to an extension of the Trial of Mid-Urethral Slings.

Overall satisfaction was similar in the two groups, Dr. Leslie M. Rickey reported during a Best Abstract session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

Of 597 subjects in the Trial of Midurethral Slings (TOMUS), 404 participated in the extension phase (E-TOMUS). There was no significant difference in success rates – which declined over time – between those in the transobturator group and those in the retropubic group (43% vs. 51%). However, treatment success for retropubic midurethral slings was nearly 8% higher and did not meet equivalency criteria at 1 or 5 years, said Dr. Rickey, a urologist at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., who presented on behalf of Dr. Kimberly S. Kenton and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network.

Stress incontinence symptoms continued to increase over time in both groups but did not differ between the groups at 5 years; urge symptoms also increased over time but were reported significantly more often in the retropubic midurethral sling group.

"Overall urgency symptoms and sexual dysfunction, although still improved from baseline, did worsen over time," Dr. Rickey said, noting that they worsened significantly more overall in the retropubic group.

However, the proportion of patients who were completely or mostly satisfied remained similar in the groups (although it decreased from 92% and 93% to 80% and 85% in the groups, respectively, over time). Those in the transobturator group were almost twice as likely to report improvement in their urinary condition as measured by the Patient Global Impression of Improvement scale (odds ratio, 1.94), Dr. Rickey said.

With respect to adverse events, 10% of women overall experienced an adverse event (mainly urinary tract infections or mesh exposure) or serious adverse event; the rate did not differ between the groups. There were six serious adverse events requiring intervention, including one case of mesh erosion in each group and four urinary tract infections in the retropubic midurethral sling group.

"Importantly, there were seven new mesh exposures in years 3-5 after surgery," Dr. Rickey said, noting that three occurred in the retropubic midurethral sling group and four occurred in the transobturator midurethral sling group.

Women included in the extension phase were TOMUS participants who did not undergo surgical retreatment for stress urinary incontinence after the initial procedure. Participants completed annual in-person visits, including pelvic examination, symptom, mesh, and quality of life questionnaires.

Treatment success was defined as no retreatment for stress urinary incontinence, and no self-reported stress urinary incontinence symptoms using the Medical, Epidemiological, and Social Aspects of Aging questionnaire, she said.

"In conclusion, the 5-year continence rates did decline after either retropubic midurethral sling or transobturator sling, and did not meet prespecified criteria for equivalency. Satisfaction does remain high in both groups. In general, urinary symptoms and quality of life were more improved at 5 years after the transobturator approach, and mesh erosion rates remain low at 1.7%," she said.

This study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The authors reported having no disclosures.

ORLANDO – Success rates at 5 years were similar in women treated with a transobturator midurethral sling and women treated with a retropubic midurethral sling, but the transobturator patients were more likely to report an easing of symptoms, according to an extension of the Trial of Mid-Urethral Slings.

Overall satisfaction was similar in the two groups, Dr. Leslie M. Rickey reported during a Best Abstract session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

Of 597 subjects in the Trial of Midurethral Slings (TOMUS), 404 participated in the extension phase (E-TOMUS). There was no significant difference in success rates – which declined over time – between those in the transobturator group and those in the retropubic group (43% vs. 51%). However, treatment success for retropubic midurethral slings was nearly 8% higher and did not meet equivalency criteria at 1 or 5 years, said Dr. Rickey, a urologist at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., who presented on behalf of Dr. Kimberly S. Kenton and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network.

Stress incontinence symptoms continued to increase over time in both groups but did not differ between the groups at 5 years; urge symptoms also increased over time but were reported significantly more often in the retropubic midurethral sling group.

"Overall urgency symptoms and sexual dysfunction, although still improved from baseline, did worsen over time," Dr. Rickey said, noting that they worsened significantly more overall in the retropubic group.

However, the proportion of patients who were completely or mostly satisfied remained similar in the groups (although it decreased from 92% and 93% to 80% and 85% in the groups, respectively, over time). Those in the transobturator group were almost twice as likely to report improvement in their urinary condition as measured by the Patient Global Impression of Improvement scale (odds ratio, 1.94), Dr. Rickey said.

With respect to adverse events, 10% of women overall experienced an adverse event (mainly urinary tract infections or mesh exposure) or serious adverse event; the rate did not differ between the groups. There were six serious adverse events requiring intervention, including one case of mesh erosion in each group and four urinary tract infections in the retropubic midurethral sling group.

"Importantly, there were seven new mesh exposures in years 3-5 after surgery," Dr. Rickey said, noting that three occurred in the retropubic midurethral sling group and four occurred in the transobturator midurethral sling group.

Women included in the extension phase were TOMUS participants who did not undergo surgical retreatment for stress urinary incontinence after the initial procedure. Participants completed annual in-person visits, including pelvic examination, symptom, mesh, and quality of life questionnaires.

Treatment success was defined as no retreatment for stress urinary incontinence, and no self-reported stress urinary incontinence symptoms using the Medical, Epidemiological, and Social Aspects of Aging questionnaire, she said.

"In conclusion, the 5-year continence rates did decline after either retropubic midurethral sling or transobturator sling, and did not meet prespecified criteria for equivalency. Satisfaction does remain high in both groups. In general, urinary symptoms and quality of life were more improved at 5 years after the transobturator approach, and mesh erosion rates remain low at 1.7%," she said.

This study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The authors reported having no disclosures.

ORLANDO – Success rates at 5 years were similar in women treated with a transobturator midurethral sling and women treated with a retropubic midurethral sling, but the transobturator patients were more likely to report an easing of symptoms, according to an extension of the Trial of Mid-Urethral Slings.

Overall satisfaction was similar in the two groups, Dr. Leslie M. Rickey reported during a Best Abstract session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

Of 597 subjects in the Trial of Midurethral Slings (TOMUS), 404 participated in the extension phase (E-TOMUS). There was no significant difference in success rates – which declined over time – between those in the transobturator group and those in the retropubic group (43% vs. 51%). However, treatment success for retropubic midurethral slings was nearly 8% higher and did not meet equivalency criteria at 1 or 5 years, said Dr. Rickey, a urologist at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., who presented on behalf of Dr. Kimberly S. Kenton and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network.

Stress incontinence symptoms continued to increase over time in both groups but did not differ between the groups at 5 years; urge symptoms also increased over time but were reported significantly more often in the retropubic midurethral sling group.

"Overall urgency symptoms and sexual dysfunction, although still improved from baseline, did worsen over time," Dr. Rickey said, noting that they worsened significantly more overall in the retropubic group.

However, the proportion of patients who were completely or mostly satisfied remained similar in the groups (although it decreased from 92% and 93% to 80% and 85% in the groups, respectively, over time). Those in the transobturator group were almost twice as likely to report improvement in their urinary condition as measured by the Patient Global Impression of Improvement scale (odds ratio, 1.94), Dr. Rickey said.

With respect to adverse events, 10% of women overall experienced an adverse event (mainly urinary tract infections or mesh exposure) or serious adverse event; the rate did not differ between the groups. There were six serious adverse events requiring intervention, including one case of mesh erosion in each group and four urinary tract infections in the retropubic midurethral sling group.

"Importantly, there were seven new mesh exposures in years 3-5 after surgery," Dr. Rickey said, noting that three occurred in the retropubic midurethral sling group and four occurred in the transobturator midurethral sling group.

Women included in the extension phase were TOMUS participants who did not undergo surgical retreatment for stress urinary incontinence after the initial procedure. Participants completed annual in-person visits, including pelvic examination, symptom, mesh, and quality of life questionnaires.

Treatment success was defined as no retreatment for stress urinary incontinence, and no self-reported stress urinary incontinence symptoms using the Medical, Epidemiological, and Social Aspects of Aging questionnaire, she said.

"In conclusion, the 5-year continence rates did decline after either retropubic midurethral sling or transobturator sling, and did not meet prespecified criteria for equivalency. Satisfaction does remain high in both groups. In general, urinary symptoms and quality of life were more improved at 5 years after the transobturator approach, and mesh erosion rates remain low at 1.7%," she said.

This study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The authors reported having no disclosures.

ORLANDO – Treatment with enzalutamide significantly improved survival and radiographic progression-free survival in men with chemotherapy-naive metastatic prostate cancer – including those with visceral disease – according to a subgroup analysis of the randomized, double-blind PREVAIL study.

Of 1,717 patients in the study, 204 had visceral disease at screening, including 130 with lung disease and 74 with lung disease and/or liver disease. Those without visceral disease had lower baseline median prostate-specific antigen levels (46.8 vs. 72.5 ng/mL), better performance status (68.9 vs. 61.8%), and less lymph node disease (49.8% vs. 57.8%), than those with visceral disease, but the two groups had similar rates of bone disease (83.7% and 80.4%), Dr. Christopher Evans reported during a late-breaking abstract session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

"That patients with visceral disease were included in the study is very important, as other studies have excluded patients with visceral disease," Dr. Evans said.

Overall survival in the PREVAIL study, as reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in February and online June 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine (N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 June 1 [doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1405095]), was significantly better in patients who received enzalutamide, compared with those who received placebo (32.4 vs. 30.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.71). In the current subgroup analysis comparing those with and without visceral disease, overall survival in those with visceral disease was 27.8 months and 22.8 months in the treatment and placebo groups, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.82). In those without visceral disease, the median time to death was not yet reached, said Dr. Evans of the department of urology, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento.

Median radiographic progression-free survival duration in those with visceral disease was not yet reached in the treatment group and was 3.6 months in the placebo group, and in those without visceral disease it was 14.1 vs. 4.0 months with treatment vs. placebo (hazard ratio, 0.18), he said.

Additionally, patients without visceral disease, who may be more likely to be seen in the urologist’s office, were much less likely to use a subsequent life-extending therapy (typically docetaxel) if they received enzalutamide treatment rather than placebo (40% vs. 70%), Dr. Evans noted.

In a post hoc analysis, the secondary endpoint of time to cytotoxic chemotherapy was 28 vs. 10.8 months overall in the treatment vs. placebo group (HR, 0.35), 22.6 vs. 6.6 months for treatment vs. placebo in those with visceral disease (HR, 0.30), and 28.4 vs. 11.6 months for treatment vs. placebo in those without visceral disease (HR, 0.36).

"These curves are similar again in the visceral and nonvisceral subgroups. However, if we look at the placebo subgroup in the intention-to-treat population, we can see that median time to initiation of chemotherapy is 12 months. This is similar in the nonvisceral sub group, but is 6.5 months in the visceral subgroup – again showing that these patients have worse disease burden," he said.

In the intention-to-treat population, there was an 18-month improvement overall in the time to initiation of chemotherapy, giving urologists an opportunity to get involved in the treatment of these patients, he added.

The PREVAIL study examined the impact of oral enzalutamide (160 mg/day, compared with placebo, in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic chemotherapy-naive men with metastatic prostate cancer. The study, which was conducted at 207 centers in 22 countries between September 2010 and September 2012, was stopped at an interim analysis based on the significant survival benefits seen in the enzalutamide-treated patients. The current subgroup analysis demonstrates that although patients with visceral disease progressed more rapidly regardless of treatment allocation, the benefit of enzalutamide was consistent among patients with or without visceral disease.

Dr. Evans disclosed relationships with Amgen, Astellas, Medivation, Janssen, and Oncogenex, and investment interests in Medivation and Oncogenex.

ORLANDO – Treatment with enzalutamide significantly improved survival and radiographic progression-free survival in men with chemotherapy-naive metastatic prostate cancer – including those with visceral disease – according to a subgroup analysis of the randomized, double-blind PREVAIL study.

Of 1,717 patients in the study, 204 had visceral disease at screening, including 130 with lung disease and 74 with lung disease and/or liver disease. Those without visceral disease had lower baseline median prostate-specific antigen levels (46.8 vs. 72.5 ng/mL), better performance status (68.9 vs. 61.8%), and less lymph node disease (49.8% vs. 57.8%), than those with visceral disease, but the two groups had similar rates of bone disease (83.7% and 80.4%), Dr. Christopher Evans reported during a late-breaking abstract session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

"That patients with visceral disease were included in the study is very important, as other studies have excluded patients with visceral disease," Dr. Evans said.

Overall survival in the PREVAIL study, as reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in February and online June 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine (N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 June 1 [doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1405095]), was significantly better in patients who received enzalutamide, compared with those who received placebo (32.4 vs. 30.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.71). In the current subgroup analysis comparing those with and without visceral disease, overall survival in those with visceral disease was 27.8 months and 22.8 months in the treatment and placebo groups, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.82). In those without visceral disease, the median time to death was not yet reached, said Dr. Evans of the department of urology, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento.

Median radiographic progression-free survival duration in those with visceral disease was not yet reached in the treatment group and was 3.6 months in the placebo group, and in those without visceral disease it was 14.1 vs. 4.0 months with treatment vs. placebo (hazard ratio, 0.18), he said.

Additionally, patients without visceral disease, who may be more likely to be seen in the urologist’s office, were much less likely to use a subsequent life-extending therapy (typically docetaxel) if they received enzalutamide treatment rather than placebo (40% vs. 70%), Dr. Evans noted.

In a post hoc analysis, the secondary endpoint of time to cytotoxic chemotherapy was 28 vs. 10.8 months overall in the treatment vs. placebo group (HR, 0.35), 22.6 vs. 6.6 months for treatment vs. placebo in those with visceral disease (HR, 0.30), and 28.4 vs. 11.6 months for treatment vs. placebo in those without visceral disease (HR, 0.36).

"These curves are similar again in the visceral and nonvisceral subgroups. However, if we look at the placebo subgroup in the intention-to-treat population, we can see that median time to initiation of chemotherapy is 12 months. This is similar in the nonvisceral sub group, but is 6.5 months in the visceral subgroup – again showing that these patients have worse disease burden," he said.

In the intention-to-treat population, there was an 18-month improvement overall in the time to initiation of chemotherapy, giving urologists an opportunity to get involved in the treatment of these patients, he added.

The PREVAIL study examined the impact of oral enzalutamide (160 mg/day, compared with placebo, in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic chemotherapy-naive men with metastatic prostate cancer. The study, which was conducted at 207 centers in 22 countries between September 2010 and September 2012, was stopped at an interim analysis based on the significant survival benefits seen in the enzalutamide-treated patients. The current subgroup analysis demonstrates that although patients with visceral disease progressed more rapidly regardless of treatment allocation, the benefit of enzalutamide was consistent among patients with or without visceral disease.

Dr. Evans disclosed relationships with Amgen, Astellas, Medivation, Janssen, and Oncogenex, and investment interests in Medivation and Oncogenex.

ORLANDO – Treatment with enzalutamide significantly improved survival and radiographic progression-free survival in men with chemotherapy-naive metastatic prostate cancer – including those with visceral disease – according to a subgroup analysis of the randomized, double-blind PREVAIL study.

Of 1,717 patients in the study, 204 had visceral disease at screening, including 130 with lung disease and 74 with lung disease and/or liver disease. Those without visceral disease had lower baseline median prostate-specific antigen levels (46.8 vs. 72.5 ng/mL), better performance status (68.9 vs. 61.8%), and less lymph node disease (49.8% vs. 57.8%), than those with visceral disease, but the two groups had similar rates of bone disease (83.7% and 80.4%), Dr. Christopher Evans reported during a late-breaking abstract session at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

"That patients with visceral disease were included in the study is very important, as other studies have excluded patients with visceral disease," Dr. Evans said.

Overall survival in the PREVAIL study, as reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in February and online June 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine (N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 June 1 [doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1405095]), was significantly better in patients who received enzalutamide, compared with those who received placebo (32.4 vs. 30.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.71). In the current subgroup analysis comparing those with and without visceral disease, overall survival in those with visceral disease was 27.8 months and 22.8 months in the treatment and placebo groups, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.82). In those without visceral disease, the median time to death was not yet reached, said Dr. Evans of the department of urology, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento.

Median radiographic progression-free survival duration in those with visceral disease was not yet reached in the treatment group and was 3.6 months in the placebo group, and in those without visceral disease it was 14.1 vs. 4.0 months with treatment vs. placebo (hazard ratio, 0.18), he said.

Additionally, patients without visceral disease, who may be more likely to be seen in the urologist’s office, were much less likely to use a subsequent life-extending therapy (typically docetaxel) if they received enzalutamide treatment rather than placebo (40% vs. 70%), Dr. Evans noted.

In a post hoc analysis, the secondary endpoint of time to cytotoxic chemotherapy was 28 vs. 10.8 months overall in the treatment vs. placebo group (HR, 0.35), 22.6 vs. 6.6 months for treatment vs. placebo in those with visceral disease (HR, 0.30), and 28.4 vs. 11.6 months for treatment vs. placebo in those without visceral disease (HR, 0.36).

"These curves are similar again in the visceral and nonvisceral subgroups. However, if we look at the placebo subgroup in the intention-to-treat population, we can see that median time to initiation of chemotherapy is 12 months. This is similar in the nonvisceral sub group, but is 6.5 months in the visceral subgroup – again showing that these patients have worse disease burden," he said.

In the intention-to-treat population, there was an 18-month improvement overall in the time to initiation of chemotherapy, giving urologists an opportunity to get involved in the treatment of these patients, he added.

The PREVAIL study examined the impact of oral enzalutamide (160 mg/day, compared with placebo, in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic chemotherapy-naive men with metastatic prostate cancer. The study, which was conducted at 207 centers in 22 countries between September 2010 and September 2012, was stopped at an interim analysis based on the significant survival benefits seen in the enzalutamide-treated patients. The current subgroup analysis demonstrates that although patients with visceral disease progressed more rapidly regardless of treatment allocation, the benefit of enzalutamide was consistent among patients with or without visceral disease.

Dr. Evans disclosed relationships with Amgen, Astellas, Medivation, Janssen, and Oncogenex, and investment interests in Medivation and Oncogenex.