A multicenter prospective study of the real-time use of narrow-band imaging in the diagnosis of premalignant gastric conditions and lesions

Endoscopy. 2016 Aug;48(8):723-30. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-108435. Epub 2016 Jun 9.

Abstract

Background and aim: Some studies suggest that narrow-band imaging (NBI) can be more accurate at diagnosing gastric intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia than white-light endoscopy (WLE) alone. We aimed to assess the real-time diagnostic validity of high resolution endoscopy with and without NBI in the diagnosis of gastric premalignant conditions and to derive a classification for endoscopic grading of gastric intestinal metaplasia (EGGIM).

Methods: A multicenter prospective study (five centers: Portugal, Italy, Romania, UK, USA) was performed involving the systematic use of high resolution gastroscopes with image registry with and without NBI in a centralized informatics platform (available online). All users used the same NBI classification. Histologic result was considered the diagnostic gold standard.

Results: A total of 238 patients and 1123 endoscopic biopsies were included. NBI globally increased diagnostic accuracy by 11 percentage points (NBI 94 % vs. WLE 83 %; P < 0.001) with no difference in the identification of Helicobacter pylori gastritis (73 % vs. 74 %). NBI increased sensitivity for the diagnosis of intestinal metaplasia significantly (87 % vs. 53 %; P < 0.001) and for the diagnosis of dysplasia (92 % vs. 74 %). The added benefit of NBI in terms of diagnostic accuracy was greater in OLGIM III/IV than in OLGIM I/II (25 percentage points vs. 15 percentage points, respectively; P < 0.001). The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for EGGIM in the identification of extensive metaplasia was 0.98.

Conclusions: In a real-time scenario, NBI demonstrates a high concordance with gastric histology, superior to WLE. Diagnostic accuracy higher than 90 % suggests that routine use of NBI allows targeted instead of random biopsy samples. EGGIM also permits immediate grading of intestinal metaplasia without biopsies and merits further investigation.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Area Under Curve
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology*
  • Gastritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastritis / microbiology
  • Gastritis / pathology
  • Gastroscopes
  • Helicobacter Infections / complications
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metaplasia / classification
  • Metaplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Narrow Band Imaging*
  • Precancerous Conditions / diagnostic imaging*
  • Precancerous Conditions / pathology*
  • Prospective Studies
  • ROC Curve
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*