Diagnostic Value of Hand Ultrasound in Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Patient's With Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Interventions: Radiation: Ultrasound

• Registration Number: NCT05158400
• Lead Sponsor: Sohag University

Brief Summary

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune rheumatic diseases, affecting one in 100 individuals worldwide. It is considered a complex systemic multifactorial inflammatory process in which the immune system targets synovial joints and causes mild to severe joint destruction with extra-articular manifestations.

If left untreated, RA leads to deformity, considerable disability, and major comorbid conditions, including cardiovascular disease and increased mortality.

Early treatment with targeted therapies can alter long-term outcomes by minimizing disease activity, preventing joint damage and disability, and improving patients' quality of life.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-12-14
• Study Start: 2021-12-15
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-15
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-15
• Study Completion: 2022-03-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult-onset disease.
2. Patients who fulfill the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any patient with any collagen disease rather than Rheumatoid arthritis.
2. Patients with joints deformities.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cases	Ultrasound	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diagnostic performance of Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the hand	3 months	detecting hand ultrasound findings in 30 patients with clinical manifestations suggesting Rheumatoid Arthritis (including synovial thickening, joint effusion, tenosynovitis, bone erosions) particularly in early disease activity, reporting the collected data to assess aspects of strength and weakness of ultrasound use in those patients

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sohag University Hospital; 🇪🇬 Sohag, Egypt