Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Atlantoaxial Joint Affection Detected by Plain X-ray and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 主要终点
- Prevelance of atlantoaxial joint affection in clinically and laboratory proven rheumatoid arthritis patients
研究概览
简要总结
This study detects the presence of atlantoaxial joint affection in symptomatic versus asymptomatic rheumatoid arthritis patients revealed by plain X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine
详细描述
Atlantoaxial joint affection in rheumatoid arthritis patients may have life-threatening complications if not detected early. It may not be detected unless it becomes symptomatic. However, asymptomatic atlantoaxial joint affection is not uncommon. Investigators will try to detect atlantoaxial joint affection at an early stage and its relation to symptomatology and other disease criteria. So investigators will use conventional plain X-ray examination combined with magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine to detect soft tissue as well as bony changes of this condition.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Screening
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Rheumatoid arthritis patients complaining or not complaining of atlantoaxial affection symptomatology
排除标准
- •Pregnant females
- •Patients with pacemakers or metallic bony plates.
- •Patients that have claustrophobia
结局指标
主要结局
Prevelance of atlantoaxial joint affection in clinically and laboratory proven rheumatoid arthritis patients
时间窗: 3 months
Prevelance of atlantoaxial joint affection in symptomatic versus asymptomatic rheumatoid arthritis patients
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Nisreen Adel Abbas
Doctor of diagnostic radiology
Assiut University