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Predicting islet yield in pediatric patients undergoing pancreatectomy and autoislet transplantation for chronic pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Bellin Melena D,
Blondet Juan J,
Beilman Gregory J,
Dunn Ty B,
Balamurugan AN,
Thomas William,
Sutherland David ER,
Moran Antoinette
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.678
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1399-5448
pISSN - 1399-543X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2009.00575.x
Subject(s) - medicine , islet , transplantation , pancreatitis , diabetes mellitus , creatinine , gastroenterology , pancreatitis, chronic , endocrinology , pancreatectomy , urology , pancreas
Bellin MD, Blondet JJ, Beilman GJ, Dunn TyB, Balamurugan AN, Thomas W, Sutherland DER, Moran A. Predicting islet yield in pediatric patients undergoing pancreatectomy and autoislet transplantation for chronic pancreatitis. Background/Objective: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) in children is associated with significant morbidity and can lead to narcotic dependence. Total pancreatectomy (TP) may be indicated in refractory CP to relieve pain; simultaneous islet autotransplant (IAT) may prevent postsurgical diabetes. About half of pediatric patients are insulin independent 1 yr after IAT. Insulin independence correlates best with the number of islets available for transplantation (islet yield). Currently there is no known method to predict islet yield in a given patient. We assessed the ability of preoperative metabolic tests to predict islet yields in 10 children undergoing TP/IAT. Design/Methods: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA 1c ) and mixed meal tolerance tests (MMTT) were obtained prior to surgery in 10 patients age ≤ 18 yr. Fasting glucose, C‐peptide, and creatinine were used to calculate the C‐peptide to glucose* creatinine ratio (CPGCR). C‐peptide peak and area under the curve (AUC) were determined from 2 h MMTT. Linear regressions were performed to predict islet yield from baseline test results. Results: Islet yield ranged from 7000 to 434 000 islet equivalents (IE) (mean 222 452 ± 148 697 IE). Islet yield was well predicted from body weight and fasting plasma glucose (R 2 = 57%, adjusted for overfitting by bootstrap). Islet yield was positively associated with CPGCR, peak C‐peptide, and AUC C‐peptide and negatively associated with HbA 1c . Conclusions: Pilot data from 10 pediatric patients suggest that simple preoperative measurement of fasting plasma glucose may give a useful prediction of islet yield. Islet yield correlates with HbA 1c and C‐peptide levels. This information allows individual candidates to weigh the specific risk of becoming diabetic against the benefit of pain relief should they undergo TP‐IAT.