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Evaluation of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Without Specific or Associated Autoantibodies

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Systemic Sclerosis
Interventions
Other: disease phenotype
Registration Number
NCT06412614
Lead Sponsor
Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Brief Summary

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex systemic autoimmune disease with variable phenotype and prognosis. Autoantibodies are important diagnostic biomarkers in SSc. More than 90% of patients with SSc had anti-nuclear antibodies. Autoantibodies specific to SSc (anti-topoisomerase I antibodies, anti-centromeres, anti-RNA polymerase III, anti-Th/To, anti-fibrillarin, anti-NOR90) or associated with overlap syndromes (anti-RNA polymerase III antibodies -PM/Scl, anti-KU, anti-U1RNP, anti-TRIM21) are detected in most patients. Excluding anti-TRIM21 antibodies, autoantibodies are usually mutually exclusive and are associated with distinct phenotypes.

Around 5 to 10% of patients with SSc have no autoantibodies detectable with routine biological tests. Recently, new autoantibody specificities have been described in SSc (anti-eIF2B, anti-RuvBL1/2, anti-BICD2, anti-U11/U12 RNP antibodies).

"Seronegative" patients could represent new specificities of autoantibodies (unknown or not currently routinely evaluated) associated with different phenotypes of the disease.

Primary objective is to compare the phenotype of patients with systemic sclerosis with or without detectable specific or associated autoantibodies.

Secondary objectives are:

* to determine homogeneous groups of patients with systemic sclerosis without detectable specific or associated autoantibodies

* to compare the phenotype of patients with systemic sclerosis without detectable specific or associated autoantibodies according to anti-nuclear antibodies status

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient with systemic sclerosis defined according to ACR/EULAR 2013 classification criteria
  • Patient with a minimum follow-up of 3 years since the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis
  • Patient evaluated for the following systemic sclerosis specific and/or associated autoantibodies: anti-topoisomerase I, anti-centromere, anti-RNA polymerase III (RP155 and RP11), anti-Th/To antibodies , anti-fibrillarin, anti-NOR90, anti-PM/Scl, anti-KU, anti-U1RNP and anti-SSA antibodies (independently of antinuclear antibodies status)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient with equivocal results for one or more systemic sclerosis specific and/or associated autoantibodies
  • Patient initially negative but with a positive result for systemic sclerosis specific and/or associated autoantibodies during follow-up

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SSc patients with specific or associated autoantibodiesdisease phenotype-
SSc patients without specific or associated autoantibodies ("seronegative" patients)disease phenotype-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
diagnosis timebaseline (J0)

duration between date of first symptom (excluding Raynaud's phenomenon) and SSc diagnosis

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
number of patients with calcinosisbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with scleroderma renal crisisbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
forced vital capacity (FVC)baseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)

%predicted FVC values

number of patients with sclerodermabaseline (J0)

sine scleroderma (no scleroderma), limited scleroderma or diffuse scleroderma

diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO)baseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)

%predicted DLCO values

number of patients with muscular involvementbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertensionbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with raynaud's phenomenonbaseline (J0)
number of patients with digital ulcersbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with telangiectasesbaseline (J0)
number of patients with articular involvementbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with cardiac involvementbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with interstitial lung diseasebaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
modified Rodnan skin scorebaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
number of patients with gastrointestinal involvementbaseline (J0), 3 years of follow-up and through study completion (an average of 5 years)
rate of patients without death3 years and 5 years of follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (13)

CHU Angers

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Angers, France

CHU Brest

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Brest, France

CH Dunkerque

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Dunkerque, France

CHU Grenoble

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Grenoble, France

Hospices Civils de Lyon

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Lyon, France

CHU Lille

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Lille, France

APHP

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Paris, France

AP-HM

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Marseille, France

CHU Reims

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Reims, France

CHU Nice

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Nice, France

CHU Poitiers

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Poitiers, France

CHU Rennes

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Rennes, France

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg

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Strasbourg, France

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