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  1. Article ; Online: Towards stratified treatment of JIA: machine learning identifies subtypes in response to methotrexate from four UK cohorts.

    Shoop-Worrall, Stephanie J W / Lawson-Tovey, Saskia / Wedderburn, Lucy R / Hyrich, Kimme L / Geifman, Nophar

    EBioMedicine

    2024  Volume 100, Page(s) 104946

    Abstract: Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is the gold-standard first-line disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), despite only being either effective or tolerated in half of children and young people (CYP). To facilitate ... ...

    Abstract Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is the gold-standard first-line disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), despite only being either effective or tolerated in half of children and young people (CYP). To facilitate stratified treatment of early JIA, novel methods in machine learning were used to i) identify clusters with distinct disease patterns following MTX initiation; ii) predict cluster membership; and iii) compare clusters to existing treatment response measures.
    Methods: Discovery and verification cohorts included CYP who first initiated MTX before January 2018 in one of four UK multicentre prospective cohorts of JIA within the CLUSTER consortium. JADAS components (active joint count, physician (PGA) and parental (PGE) global assessments, ESR) were recorded at MTX start and over the following year. Clusters of MTX 'response' were uncovered using multivariate group-based trajectory modelling separately in discovery and verification cohorts. Clusters were compared descriptively to ACR Pedi 30/90 scores, and multivariate logistic regression models predicted cluster-group assignment.
    Findings: The discovery cohorts included 657 CYP and verification cohorts 1241 CYP. Six clusters were identified: Fast improvers (11%), Slow Improvers (16%), Improve-Relapse (7%), Persistent Disease (44%), Persistent PGA (8%) and Persistent PGE (13%), the latter two characterised by improvement in all features except one. Factors associated with clusters included ethnicity, ILAR category, age, PGE, and ESR scores at MTX start, with predictive model area under the curve values of 0.65-0.71. Singular ACR Pedi 30/90 scores at 6 and 12 months could not capture speeds of improvement, relapsing courses or diverging disease patterns.
    Interpretation: Six distinct patterns following initiation of MTX have been identified using methods in artificial intelligence. These clusters demonstrate the limitations in traditional yes/no treatment response assessment (e.g., ACRPedi30) and can form the basis of a stratified medicine programme in early JIA.
    Funding: Medical Research Council, Versus Arthritis, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, Olivia's Vision, and the National Institute for Health Research.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Humans ; Adolescent ; Methotrexate/adverse effects ; Arthritis, Juvenile/drug therapy ; Prospective Studies ; Artificial Intelligence ; Antirheumatic Agents/adverse effects ; Machine Learning ; United Kingdom ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Methotrexate (YL5FZ2Y5U1) ; Antirheumatic Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-08
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2851331-9
    ISSN 2352-3964
    ISSN (online) 2352-3964
    DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104946
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  2. Article: Designing, Developing, and Testing a Chatbot for Parents and Caregivers of Children and Young People With Rheumatological Conditions (the IMPACT Study): Protocol for a Co-Designed Proof-of-Concept Study.

    Livermore, Polly / Kupiec, Klaudia / Wedderburn, Lucy R / Knight, Andrea / Solebo, Ameenat L / Shafran, Roz / Robert, Glenn / Sebire, N J / Gibson, Faith

    JMIR research protocols

    2024  Volume 13, Page(s) e57238

    Abstract: Background: Pediatric rheumatology is a term that encompasses over 80 conditions affecting different organs and systems. Children and young people with rheumatological chronic conditions are known to have high levels of mental health problems and ... ...

    Abstract Background: Pediatric rheumatology is a term that encompasses over 80 conditions affecting different organs and systems. Children and young people with rheumatological chronic conditions are known to have high levels of mental health problems and therefore are at risk of poor health outcomes. Clinical psychologists can help children and young people manage the daily difficulties of living with one of these conditions; however, there are insufficient pediatric psychologists in the United Kingdom. We urgently need to consider other ways of providing early, essential support to improve their current well-being. One way of doing this is to empower parents and caregivers to have more of the answers that their children and young people need to support them further between their hospital appointments.
    Objective: The objective of this co-designed proof-of-concept study is to design, develop, and test a chatbot intervention to support parents and caregivers of children and young people with rheumatological conditions.
    Methods: This study will explore the needs and views of children and young people with rheumatological conditions, their siblings, parents, and caregivers, as well as health care professionals working in pediatric rheumatology. We will ask approximately 100 participants in focus groups where they think the gaps are in current clinical care and what ideas they have for improving upon them. Creative experience-based co-design workshops will then decide upon top priorities to develop further while informing the appearance, functionality, and practical delivery of a chatbot intervention. Upon completion of a minimum viable product, approximately 100 parents and caregivers will user-test the chatbot intervention in an iterative sprint methodology to determine its worth as a mechanism for support for parents.
    Results: A total of 73 children, young people, parents, caregivers, and health care professionals have so far been enrolled in the study, which began in November 2023. The anticipated completion date of the study is April 2026. The data analysis is expected to be completed in January 2026, with the results being published in April 2026.
    Conclusions: This study will provide evidence on the accessibility, acceptability, and usability of a chatbot intervention for parents and caregivers of children and young people with rheumatological conditions. If proven useful, it could lead to a future efficacy trial of one of the first chatbot interventions to provide targeted and user-suggested support for parents and caregivers of children with chronic health conditions in health care services. This study is unique in that it will detail the needs and wants of children, young people, siblings, parents, and caregivers to improve the current support given to families living with pediatric rheumatological conditions. It will be conducted across the whole of the United Kingdom for all pediatric rheumatological conditions at all stages of the disease trajectory.
    International registered report identifier (irrid): DERR1-10.2196/57238.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-03
    Publishing country Canada
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2719222-2
    ISSN 1929-0748
    ISSN 1929-0748
    DOI 10.2196/57238
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  3. Article ; Online: Overlap of International League of Associations for Rheumatology and Preliminary Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization Classification Criteria for Nonsystemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in an Established UK Multicentre Inception Cohort.

    Shoop-Worrall, Stephanie J W / Macintyre, Vanessa G / Ciurtin, Coziana / Cleary, Gavin / McErlane, Flora / Wedderburn, Lucy R / Hyrich, Kimme L

    Arthritis care & research

    2024  

    Abstract: Objective: The goal was to assess the degree of overlap between existing International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) and preliminary Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) classification criteria for juvenile ...

    Abstract Objective: The goal was to assess the degree of overlap between existing International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) and preliminary Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) classification criteria for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
    Methods: Participants from the Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study, a multicenter UK JIA inception cohort, were classified using the PRINTO and ILAR classification criteria into distinct categories. Systemic JIA was excluded because several classification items were not collected in this cohort. Adaptations to PRINTO criteria were required to apply to a UK health care setting, including limiting the number of blood biomarker tests required. The overlap between categories under the two systems was determined, and any differences in characteristics between groups were described.
    Results: A total of 1,223 children and young people with a physician's diagnosis of JIA were included. Using PRINTO criteria, the majority of the patients had "other JIA" (69.5%). There was a high degree of overlap (91%) between the PRINTO enthesitis/spondylitis- and ILAR enthesitis-related JIA categories. The PRINTO rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive category was composed of 48% ILAR RF-positive polyarthritis and 52% undifferentiated JIA. The early-onset antinuclear antibodies-positive PRINTO category was largely composed of ILAR oligoarthritis (50%), RF-negative polyarthritis (24%), and undifferentiated JIA (23%). A few patients were unclassified under PRINTO (n = 3) and would previously have been classified as enthesitis-related JIA (n = 1) and undifferentiated JIA (n = 2) under ILAR.
    Conclusion: Under the preliminary PRINTO classification criteria for childhood arthritis, most children are not yet classified into a named category. These data can help support further delineation of the PRINTO criteria to ensure homogenous groups of children can be identified.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 645059-3
    ISSN 2151-4658 ; 0893-7524 ; 2151-464X
    ISSN (online) 2151-4658
    ISSN 0893-7524 ; 2151-464X
    DOI 10.1002/acr.25296
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  4. Article ; Online: The impact of psoriasis on wellbeing and clinical outcomes in juvenile psoriatic arthritis.

    Low, Jie Man / Hyrich, Kimme L / Ciurtin, Coziana / McErlane, Flora / Wedderburn, Lucy R

    Rheumatology (Oxford, England)

    2023  

    Abstract: Objectives: Juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) has varied clinical features that are distinctive to other juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) categories. This study investigates whether such features impact patient-reported and clinical outcomes.: ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) has varied clinical features that are distinctive to other juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) categories. This study investigates whether such features impact patient-reported and clinical outcomes.
    Methods: Children and young people (CYP) were selected if recruited to the Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study, a UK multicentre JIA inception cohort, between January 2001 and March 2018. At diagnosis, patient/parent-reported outcomes (as age-appropriate) included the parental global assessment (10 cm VAS), functional ability (CHAQ), pain (10 cm VAS), health-related quality of life (CHQ psychosocial score), mood/depressive symptoms (MFQ) and parent psychosocial health (GHQ). Three-year outcome trajectories have previously been defined using active joint counts, physician and parent global assessments (PGA, PaGA respectively). Patient-reported outcomes and outcome trajectories were compared in i) CYP with JPsA versus other JIA categories, ii) CYP within JPsA, with and without psoriasis via multivariable linear regression.
    Results: There were no significant differences in patient-reported outcomes at diagnosis between CYP with JPsA and non-JPsA. Within JPsA, those with psoriasis had more depressive symptoms (coefficient = 9.8, 95% CI = 0.5-19.0) than those without psoriasis at diagnosis. CYP with JPsA had 2.3 times the odds of persistent high PaGA than other ILAR categories, despite improving joint counts and PGA (95% CI 1.2, 4.6).
    Conclusion: CYP with psoriasis at JPsA diagnosis report worse mood, supporting a greater disease impact in those with both skin and joint involvement. Multidisciplinary care with added focus to support wellbeing in children with JPsA plus psoriasis may help improve these outcomes.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1464822-2
    ISSN 1462-0332 ; 1462-0324
    ISSN (online) 1462-0332
    ISSN 1462-0324
    DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/kead370
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  5. Article ; Online: Compliance with venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis guidelines in non-operative traumatic brain injury.

    Lara-Reyna, Jacques / Alali, Lea / Wedderburn, Raymond / Margetis, Konstantinos

    Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

    2022  Volume 215, Page(s) 107212

    Abstract: Objective: To determine the level of compliance of The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) for initiation of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis after non-operative traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To determine the level of compliance of The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) for initiation of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis after non-operative traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the explanation for the deviations.
    Methods: A retrospective review from May 2018 to February 2020 in a Level II trauma center for patients with TBI and length of stay of more than 24 h. We performed an analysis of overall and subgroup compliance with guidelines. The ACS TQIP criteria for low and moderate-risk for hemorrhagic progression were used for subgroup classification.
    Results: Of 393 patients, 239 (60.8%) patients received chemoprophylaxis in a mean of 64 (SD: +/-42) hours since admission. "Compliance" was achieved in 52.2% of patients. In subgroup analysis, 51.4% of patients in "low-risk" and 55.1% in "moderate-risk" were "compliant." The most common rationale for non-compliance in "low-risk" was a stay less than 48 h in 35.9% of patients. However, in "moderate-risk," the most common non-compliance was starting prophylaxis before the recommended 72 h from admission in 37% of cases.
    Conclusions: Guidelines streamline clinical practice to optimize outcomes, but there are scenarios in which deviation of the recommendations may be indicated based on clinical judgment. We show that a stay of less than 48 h was the most common rationale for not starting prophylaxis in "low-risk" patients. However, in the "moderate-risk" subgroup, the most common reason was starting chemoprophylaxis before the recommended time frame, which we called a "paradoxical" non-compliance.
    MeSH term(s) Anticoagulants/therapeutic use ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/complications ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/drug therapy ; Chemoprevention ; Humans ; Retrospective Studies ; Trauma Centers ; Venous Thromboembolism/drug therapy ; Venous Thromboembolism/prevention & control
    Chemical Substances Anticoagulants
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-15
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 193107-6
    ISSN 1872-6968 ; 0303-8467
    ISSN (online) 1872-6968
    ISSN 0303-8467
    DOI 10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107212
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  6. Article ; Online: Risk and rates of hospitalisation in young children: A prospective study of a South African birth cohort.

    Wedderburn, Catherine J / Bondar, Julia / Lake, Marilyn T / Nhapi, Raymond / Barnett, Whitney / Nicol, Mark P / Goddard, Liz / Zar, Heather J

    PLOS global public health

    2024  Volume 4, Issue 1, Page(s) e0002754

    Abstract: Children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately affected by morbidity and mortality. There is also a growing vulnerable population of children who are HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU). Understanding reasons and risk factors for early-life child ... ...

    Abstract Children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately affected by morbidity and mortality. There is also a growing vulnerable population of children who are HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU). Understanding reasons and risk factors for early-life child hospitalisation will help optimise interventions to improve health outcomes. We investigated hospitalisations from birth to two years in a South African birth cohort study. Mother-child pairs in the Drakenstein Child Health Study were followed from birth to two years with active surveillance for hospital admission and investigation of aetiology and outcome. Incidence, duration, cause, and factors associated with child hospitalisation were investigated, and compared between HEU and HIV-unexposed uninfected (HUU) children. Of 1136 children (247 HEU; 889 HUU), 314 (28%) children were hospitalised in 430 episodes despite >98% childhood vaccination coverage. The highest hospitalisation rate was from 0-6 months, decreasing thereafter; 20% (84/430) of hospitalisations occurred in neonates at birth. Amongst hospitalisations subsequent to discharge after birth, 83% (288/346) had an infectious cause; lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) was the most common cause (49%;169/346) with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) responsible for 31% of LRTIs; from 0-6 months, RSV-LRTI accounted for 22% (36/164) of all-cause hospitalisations. HIV exposure was associated with increased incidence rates of hospitalisation in infants (IRR 1.63 [95% CI 1.29-2.05]) and longer hospital admission (p = 0.004). Prematurity (HR 2.82 [95% CI 2.28-3.49]), delayed infant vaccinations (HR 1.43 [95% CI 1.12-1.82]), or raised maternal HIV viral load in HEU infants were risk factors for hospitalisation; breastfeeding was protective (HR 0.69 [95% CI 0.53-0.90]). In conclusion, children in SSA experience high rates of hospitalisation in early life. Infectious causes, especially RSV-LRTI, underly most hospital admissions. HEU children are at greater risk of hospitalisation in infancy compared to HUU children. Available strategies such as promoting breastfeeding, timely vaccination, and optimising antenatal maternal HIV care should be strengthened. New interventions to prevent RSV may have additional impact in reducing hospitalisation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2767-3375
    ISSN (online) 2767-3375
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002754
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  7. Article ; Online: Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myositis: an update on pathophysiology and clinical care.

    Papadopoulou, Charalampia / Chew, Christine / Wilkinson, Meredyth G Ll / McCann, Liza / Wedderburn, Lucy R

    Nature reviews. Rheumatology

    2023  Volume 19, Issue 6, Page(s) 343–362

    Abstract: The childhood-onset or juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIMs) are a heterogenous group of rare and serious autoimmune diseases of children and young people that predominantly affect the muscles and skin but can also involve other organs, ... ...

    Abstract The childhood-onset or juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIMs) are a heterogenous group of rare and serious autoimmune diseases of children and young people that predominantly affect the muscles and skin but can also involve other organs, including the lungs, gut, joints, heart and central nervous system. Different myositis-specific autoantibodies have been identified that are associated with different muscle biopsy features, as well as with different clinical characteristics, prognoses and treatment responses. Thus, myositis-specific autoantibodies can be used to subset JIIMs into sub-phenotypes; some of these sub-phenotypes parallel disease seen in adults, whereas others are distinct from adult-onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Although treatments and management have much improved over the past decade, evidence is still lacking for many of the current treatments and few validated prognostic biomarkers are available with which to predict response to treatment, comorbidities (such as calcinosis) or outcome. Emerging data on the pathogenesis of the JIIMs are leading to proposals for new trials and tools for monitoring disease.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Myositis/diagnosis ; Myositis/therapy ; Autoantibodies ; Autoimmune Diseases ; Phenotype ; Prognosis
    Chemical Substances Autoantibodies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2491532-4
    ISSN 1759-4804 ; 1759-4790
    ISSN (online) 1759-4804
    ISSN 1759-4790
    DOI 10.1038/s41584-023-00967-9
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  8. Article ; Online: The successes and challenges of harmonising juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) datasets to create a large-scale JIA data resource.

    Lawson-Tovey, Saskia / Smith, Samantha Louise / Geifman, Nophar / Shoop-Worrall, Stephanie / Ng, Sandra / Barnes, Michael R / Wedderburn, Lucy R / Hyrich, Kimme L

    Pediatric rheumatology online journal

    2023  Volume 21, Issue 1, Page(s) 70

    Abstract: Background: CLUSTER is a UK consortium focussed on precision medicine research in JIA/JIA-Uveitis. As part of this programme, a large-scale JIA data resource was created by harmonizing and pooling existing real-world studies. Here we present challenges ... ...

    Abstract Background: CLUSTER is a UK consortium focussed on precision medicine research in JIA/JIA-Uveitis. As part of this programme, a large-scale JIA data resource was created by harmonizing and pooling existing real-world studies. Here we present challenges and progress towards creation of this unique large JIA dataset.
    Methods: Four real-world studies contributed data; two clinical datasets of JIA patients starting first-line methotrexate (MTX) or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) were created. Variables were selected based on a previously developed core dataset, and encrypted NHS numbers were used to identify children contributing similar data across multiple studies.
    Results: Of 7013 records (from 5435 individuals), 2882 (1304 individuals) represented the same child across studies. The final datasets contain 2899 (MTX) and 2401 (TNFi) unique patients; 1018 are in both datasets. Missingness ranged from 10 to 60% and was not improved through harmonisation.
    Conclusions: Combining data across studies has achieved dataset sizes rarely seen in JIA, invaluable to progressing research. Losing variable specificity and missingness, and their impact on future analyses requires further consideration.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Humans ; Arthritis, Juvenile/drug therapy ; Methotrexate/therapeutic use ; Precision Medicine ; Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
    Chemical Substances Methotrexate (YL5FZ2Y5U1) ; Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2279468-2
    ISSN 1546-0096 ; 1546-0096
    ISSN (online) 1546-0096
    ISSN 1546-0096
    DOI 10.1186/s12969-023-00839-2
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  9. Article ; Online: Towards molecular-pathology informed clinical trials in childhood arthritis to achieve precision medicine in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

    Wedderburn, Lucy R / Ramanan, Athimalaipet V / Croft, Adam P / Hyrich, Kimme L / Dick, Andrew D

    Annals of the rheumatic diseases

    2022  Volume 82, Issue 4, Page(s) 449–456

    Abstract: In childhood arthritis, collectively known as Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the rapid rise of available licensed biological and targeted small molecule treatments in recent years has led to improved outcomes. However, real-world data from multiple ...

    Abstract In childhood arthritis, collectively known as Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the rapid rise of available licensed biological and targeted small molecule treatments in recent years has led to improved outcomes. However, real-world data from multiple countries and registries show that despite a large number of available drugs, many children and young people continue to suffer flares and experience significant periods of time with active disease for many years. More than 50% of young people with JIA require ongoing immune suppression well into adult life, and they may have to try multiple different treatments in that time. There are currently no validated tools with which to select specific treatments, nor biomarkers of response to assist in such choices, therefore, current management uses essentially a trial-and-error approach. A further consequence of recent progress is a reducing pool of available children or young people who are eligible for new trials. In this review we consider how progress towards a molecular based approach to defining treatment targets and informing trial design in JIA, combined with novel approaches to clinical trials, could provide strategies to maximise discovery and progress, in order to move towards precision medicine for children with arthritis.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Adult ; Humans ; Adolescent ; Arthritis, Juvenile/drug therapy ; Precision Medicine ; Registries
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 7090-7
    ISSN 1468-2060 ; 0003-4967
    ISSN (online) 1468-2060
    ISSN 0003-4967
    DOI 10.1136/ard-2022-222553
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  10. Article ; Online: Prenatal alcohol exposure and white matter microstructural changes across the first 6-7 years of life: A longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study of a South African birth cohort.

    Donald, K A / Hendrikse, C J / Roos, A / Wedderburn, C J / Subramoney, S / Ringshaw, J E / Bradford, L / Hoffman, N / Burd, T / Narr, K L / Woods, R P / Zar, H J / Joshi, S H / Stein, D J

    NeuroImage. Clinical

    2024  Volume 41, Page(s) 103572

    Abstract: ... development in the left superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP-L: p = 0.001; survived FDR correction) and right ... superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF-R: p = 0.046), suggesting altered white matter ...

    Abstract Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can affect brain development in early life, but few studies have investigated the effects of PAE on trajectories of white matter tract maturation in young children. Here we used diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) repeated over three time points, to measure the effects of PAE on patterns of white matter microstructural development during the pre-school years. Participants were drawn from the Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS), an ongoing birth cohort study conducted in a peri-urban community in the Western Cape, South Africa. A total of 342 scans acquired from 237 children as neonates (N = 82 scans: 30 PAE; 52 controls) and at ages 2-3 (N = 121 scans: 27 PAE; 94 controls) and 6-7 years (N = 139 scans: 45 PAE; 94 controls) were included. Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy and other antenatal covariates were collected from 28 to 32 weeks' gestation. Linear mixed effects models with restricted maxium likelihood to accommodate missing data were implemented to investigate the effects of PAE on fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) in specific white matter tracts over time, while adjusting for child sex and maternal education. We found significant PAE-by-time effects on trajectories of FA development in the left superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP-L: p = 0.001; survived FDR correction) and right superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF-R: p = 0.046), suggesting altered white matter development among children with PAE. Compared with controls, children with PAE demonstrated a more rapid change in FA in these tracts from the neonatal period to 2-3 years of age, followed by a more tapered trajectory for the period from 2-3 to 6-7 years of age, with these trajectories differing from unexposed control children. Given their supporting roles in various aspects of neurocognitive functioning (i.e., motor regulation, learning, memory, language), altered patterns of maturation in the SCP and SLF may contribute to a spectrum of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive difficulties often experienced by children with PAE. This study highlights the value of repeated early imaging in longitudinal studies of PAE, and focus for early childhood as a critical window of potential susceptibility as well as an opportunity for early intervention.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Infant, Newborn ; Humans ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; South Africa ; Cohort Studies ; Birth Cohort ; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/diagnostic imaging ; Longitudinal Studies ; Anisotropy ; Brain/diagnostic imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-28
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2701571-3
    ISSN 2213-1582 ; 2213-1582
    ISSN (online) 2213-1582
    ISSN 2213-1582
    DOI 10.1016/j.nicl.2024.103572
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