Computer-Assisted Quantification of the Synovial Perfusion in Patients With Arthritis Using Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasonography

• Conditions: Synovitis

• Registration Number: NCT00903903
• Lead Sponsor: Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the data obtained by computer-aided quantification of the synovial perfusion in patients with arthritis using two-dimensional and three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography and the clinical data used to represent the degree of joint inflammation. Intra- and inter-observer reliability of this method will also be determined.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04
• Status Verified: 2009-05
• Study First Submitted: 2009-05-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-05-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-05-18
• Study First Posted: 2009-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2009-05-19
• Primary Completion: 2010-03
• Study Completion: 2010-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with at least one painful swollen peripheral joint observed by a rheumatologist, including:

  • shoulder joints
  • elbow joints
  • wrist joints
  • metacarpophalangeal (MCP) AND
  • proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints of hands, ankle joints, subtalar joints, mid-tarsal joints, MTP and PIP joints of feet

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with active infection
• patients with concurrent malignant disease
• patients with a history of traumatic, septic, or cystal arthritis
• previous joint surgery, or isotopic synovectomy within the past 12 months before the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taichung Veterans General Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan