Crohn's and Colits 360 CDACE

The present study describes a new capsule endoscopic scoring system for evaluation of small bowel Crohn’s Disease (CD), especially mucosal inflammation. The small bowel lesions were scored using Crohn’s Disease Activity in Capsule Endoscopy (CDACE). We analyzed the relation between CDACE and Lewis Score (LS), Capsule Endoscopic Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CECDAI) and evaluated the inter-rater reliability of CDACE using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) (2.1). CDACE correlated significantly with LS and CECDAI (ρ=0.737, p<0.0001 and ρ=0.915, p<0.0001). The ICC (2.1) was 0.829, indicating strong agreement among readers. CDACE is a potentially useful SBCE scoring system for small bowel CD.