Diagnostic Value of Hand Ultrasound in Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Diagnostic performance of Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the hand
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adult-onset disease.
- •Patients who fulfill the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Any patient with any collagen disease rather than Rheumatoid arthritis.
- •Patients with joints deformities.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Diagnostic performance of Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the hand
Time Frame: 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
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Fady Boles Anwer
resident doctor at Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Sohag university
Sohag University