Utilizing both IgA tissue transglutaminase and IgG-deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies offers accurate celiac disease diagnosis without duodenal biopsy.

Background: Gastroenterologists still raise concerns about adopting a non-biopsy strategy for diagnosing celiac disease (CeD) in adults.

Aim: To assess the performance of the concurrent detection of two autoantibodies targeting two independent antigens, tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and deamidated gliadin peptides (DGP).

Methods: This prospective, multicenter, binational study collected consecutive patients with a high pre-test probability for CeD.

Effect of prolyl endopeptidase in patients with celiac disease on a long-term gluten-free diet.

Background: The gluten-free diet (GFD) has limitations, and there is intense research in the development of adjuvant therapies.

Aim: To examine the effects of orally administered prolyl endopeptidase protease (AN-PEP) on inadvertent gluten exposure and symptom prevention in adult celiac disease (CeD) patients following their usual GFD.

Methods: This was an exploratory, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled CeD patients on a long-term GFD.

Comparison of weekly gluten immunogenic peptide measurement and conventional tools to assess adherence to the gluten-free diet in celiac disease: An observational prospective study.

Background: Adherence to the gluten-free diet (GFD) is critical to achieving symptom control and mucosal healing in celiac disease (CeD), but its assessment is difficult.

Objectives: We sought to compare stool gluten immunogenic peptides (GIPs) measurements over a 4-wk period with conventional tools commonly used to monitor compliance with a GFD.

Methods: Consecutive adult patients with CeD attending the Small Bowel Section of the Buenos Aires Gastroenterology Hospital were invited to this observational study and were instructed to collect stool samples on Fridays for 4 consecutive weeks.

Serum anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA and prediction of duodenal villous atrophy in adults with suspected coeliac disease without IgA deficiency (Bi.A.CeD): a multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Background: Whether coeliac disease in adults can be diagnosed with serology alone remains controversial. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of serum anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA (tTG-IgA) in the diagnosis of coeliac disease.

Methods: In this multicentre, prospective cohort study, adult participants (aged ≥18 years) with suspected coeliac disease without IgA deficiency who were not on a gluten-free diet and who had a local serum tTG-IgA measurement, were enrolled from Feb 27, 2018, to Dec 24, 2020, by 14 tertiary referral centres (ten from Europe, two from Asia, one from Oceania, and one from South America) to undergo local endoscopic duodenal biopsy.

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in celiac disease at diagnosis: A multicenter international retrospective study.

Background: Gastroduodenal endoscopy and biopsy following positive specific serology is considered the gold standard to diagnose celiac disease (CeD) in adults. Whether upper endoscopy helps detect comorbid conditions is unknown.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of non-celiac endoscopic findings in patients in whom endoscopy was performed to confirm CeD diagnosis.