Combination of urinary biomarkers and machine-learning models provided a higher predictive accuracy to predict long-term treatment outcomes of patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome

Jia-Fong Jhang1,2, Wan-Ru Yu3,4, Wan-Ting Huang5, Hann-Chorng Kuo6,1
1Department of Urology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
2Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
3Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
4Department of Nursing, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
5Epidemiology and Biostatistics Center, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Haulien, Taiwan
6Department of Urology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

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To identify predictive factors for satisfactory treatment outcome of the patients with IC/BPS using urine biomarkers and machine-learning models. The IC/BPS patients were prospectively enrolled and provide urine samples. The targeted analytes included inflammatory cytokines, neurotrophins, and oxidative stress biomarkers. The patients with overall subjective symptom improvement of ≥ 50% were considered to have satisfactory results. Binary logistic regression, receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve, machine-learning decision tree, and random forest models were used to analyze urinary biomarkers to predict satisfactory results. Altogether, 57.4% of the 291 IC/BPS patients obtained satisfactory results. The patients with satisfactory results had lower levels of baseline urinary inflammatory cytokines and oxidative biomarkers than patients without satisfying results, including interleukin-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), C–X–C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10), oxidative stress biomarkers 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHDG), 8-isoprostane, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC). Logistic regression and multivariable analysis revealed that lower levels of urinary CXCL10, MCP-1, 8-OHDG, and 8-isoprostane were independent factors. The ROC curve revealed that MCP-1 level had best area under curve (AUC: 0.797). In machine-learning decision tree model, combination of urinary C–C motif chemokine 5, 8-isoprostane, TAC, MCP-1, and 8-OHDG could predict satisfactory results (accuracy: 0.81). The random forest model revealed that urinary 8-isoprostance, MCP-1, and 8-OHDG levels had the most important influence on accuracy. Machine learning decision tree model provided a higher accuracy for predicting treatment outcome of patients with IC/BPS than logistic regression, and levels of 8-isoprostance, MCP-1, and 8-OHDG had the most important influence on accuracy.

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