ESPE2019 Poster Category 2 Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty (27 abstracts)
Endocrine Transition of Care From Pediatric to Adult Medicine in Adolescents and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumour. Experience at Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades and Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié-Salpêtrière – A Follow-Up Study of the 2010-2015 Cohort
Laura G. González-Briceño 1,2 , Dinane Samara-Boustani 1,3 , Jacques Beltrand 1,3,4 , Jacques Grill 5 , Stéphanie Puget 6 , Christelle Dufour 5 , Christian Sainte-Rose 6 , Claire Alapetite 7 , Graziella Pinto 1,3 , Dominique Valteau-Couanet 5 , Dulanjalee Kariyawasam 1,3 , Isabelle Aerts 8 , Kevin Beccaria 6 , Marie Bourgeois 6 , Thomas Roujeau 9 , Thomas Blauwblomme 6 , Federico DiRocco 10 , Caroline Thalassinos 1,3 , Michel Zerah 6 , Christian Pauwels 1,3 , Laurence Brugières 5 , Syril James 6 , François Doz 8,4,11 , Kanetee Busiah 12 , Albane Simon 13 , Franck Bourdeaut 8,11 , Stéphanie Bolle 14 , Brice Fresneau 5 , Léa Guerrini-Rousseau 5 , Jean Michon 8 , Daniel Orbach 8,11,15 , Philippe Touraine 3,16 & Michel Polak 1,3,4
1AP-HP, Hôpital Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades, Endocrinologie, gynécologie et diabétologie pédiatrique, Institut IMAGINE (affiliate), Paris, France. 2ESPE Clinical Fellowship, Paris, France. 3Centre de référence des maladies endocriniennes rares de la croissance (CRMERC), Paris, France. 4Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France. 5Institut Gustave Roussy, Départment of Pediatrics, Villejuif, France. 6AP-HP, Hôpital Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades, Service Neurochirurgie, Paris, France. 7Institut Curie, Radiotherapy Centre, Orsay, France. 8Institut Curie, Department of Pediatrics, Paris, France. 9CHU Montpellier, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Unité de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Montpellier, France. 10CHU Lyon-Bron, Service de Neurochirurgie, Bron, France. 11SIREDO Oncology Center (Care, Innovation and Research for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer), Paris, France. 12CHUV, Pediatric Endocrinology Department, Lausanne, Switzerland. 13Hôpital André Mignot, Endocrinologie Pédiatrique, Le Chesnay, France. 14Institut Gustave Roussy, Radiotherapy Department, Villejuif, France. 15PSL Research University, Paris, France. 16AP-HP, Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service Endocrinologie et médecine de la reproduction, Paris, France
Background: Childhood brain tumour survivors are at risk of developing endocrine secondary effects throughout lifetime. Transition between childhood and adult care is a critical moment during which patients may stop medical visits and treatments.
Objective: To describe endocrine care transition in our cohort of patients with primary brain tumors followed from 2010-2015, who are ≥=18 years old by December 31st 2017.
Methods: Retrospective and prospective observational study, data collection from medical records of patients seen at least once between 2010-2015. Patients with pituitary adenomas, untreated fortuitously diagnosed gliomas (NF1 context), who died before transition or with insufficient data were excluded.
Results: 74 patients were included (34 females), with a mean age of 21.7 years (17.1-29.9). Tumour types: medulloblastomas (37.8%), craniopharyngiomas (36.5%), gliomas (13.5%), dysgerminomas (5.4%), others (6.8%). Fifty-nine out of 74 (79.7%) have started transition, 9 (12.2%) are still in regular pediatric care; 2 have been considered as not needing adult endocrine follow-up, and 4 are lost to follow-up before starting transition. Forty-four out of 59 who started transition (74.5%) have been seen at La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital or other adult centres in the last year.
Endocrine deficiencies: growth hormone deficiency (GHD): 89.2%, 57/66 diagnosed during childhood (43/57 within the first year of endocrine follow-up) and 9/66 after attaining adult height. At transition reevaluation, 60/66 have persistent GHD and 4/66 have a normal GH response (≥=15 mUI/l). TSHD or peripheral hypothyroidism concerns 71.6% of patients. Routine thyroid ultrasound was performed in 28 patients; 15 of them have thyroid nodules, including two cancers (5.5 and 11 years post radiotherapy). ACTHD affects 51.3% patients. Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism affects 43.2% patients, and gonadal insufficiency, 24.3%. Diabetes insipidus affects only suprasellar tumors (28/39). Mean final height is lower in patients with non suprasellar tumors: -0.8±1.3 SD compared to suprasellar: 0.1±1.4 (P=0.01), attributable to spinal radiotherapy. BMI is higher in patients with suprasellar tumors: 29.2±9.2 Kg/m2 (21% overweight, 39% obesity) than in non suprasellar: 22.6±3.9 Kg/m2 (14% overweight, 3% obesity), P<0.001. 27/57 reports a handicap (visual or neurological) that impairs their studies or work.
Conclusions: Transition is a critical time for patients with chronic diseases, including childhood brain tumor survivors. It is important to ensure an effective passage towards adult endocrine care, in order to maintain care continuity and prevent complications linked to non compliance to treatment. Our transition program between a pediatric and an adult hospital seems to contribute to this care continuum.
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