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Joint Pain Occurring During Anti-TNF Therapy in Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Completed
Conditions
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Interventions
Other: diagnosis of joint
Registration Number
NCT02899871
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Brief Summary

IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) are associated with various types of joint manifestations, especially inflammatory. Patients with IBD treated with anti-TNF commonly report joint symptoms, with variable expressions and aetiologies, possibly responsible for impaired quality of life, and possibly leading to discontinuation of an effective and validated treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
99
Inclusion Criteria
  • Males or females over the age of 18 years at the time of inclusion
  • Patients with IBD (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis), diagnosed by a set of compatible clinical (chronic diarrhoea, haematochezia, anoperineal lesions, etc.), laboratory, histological and endoscopic arguments. Patients will be included regardless of the severity of their disease, its clinical course, the type of lesions, and the presence or absence of associated manifestations.
  • Patients treated with anti-TNF: infliximab or adalimumab.
  • Informed patients not refusing to participate.
  • Patients covered by French national health insurance.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients under the age of 18 years at the time of inclusion.
  • Patients previously treated with anti-TNF, but no longer treated with anti-TNF at the time of inclusion.
  • Protected majors (under permanent or temporary guardianship).

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
casediagnosis of jointaetiology of joint symptoms
Controldiagnosis of jointpatients treated with anti-TNF not presenting any joint symptoms.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diagnosis of joint pain1 year

presence or absence : The diagnosis of joint pain will be established by a rheumatologist and completed:

* If necessary, by a clinically guided radiological assessment (plain x-rays, joint ultrasound, bone and joint MRI).

* serum assays of the anti-TNF administered, as well as screening for associated antibodies.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Amiens

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Amiens, France

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