Does real-time” ultrasound improve patient medication adherence?
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Medication adherencerheumatoid arthritispsoriatic arthritisInflammatory and Immune System - Autoimmune diseasesMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621000636853
- Lead Sponsor
- Westmead Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
•greater than or equal to 18 year old patients with RA or PsA as per internationally accepted criteria with disease duration less than 5 years;
•incompletely controlled RA or PsA (DAS 2.6-5.1) despite a csDMARD for greater than or equal to 3 months;
•patient willingness to escalate immunosuppression less than or equal to 50 on anchored visual analogue scale (VAS; range 0-100), where 0 equals not willing under any circumstances and 100 equals definitely willing.
Exclusion Criteria
•Extreme ill-health.
•Inability to provide informed consent for study participation.
•Non-English primary language
•Previous MSK US
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method