Interest of Medical Imaging in the Diagnostic Strategy Vis a Vis a Suspected Horton Disease
- Conditions
- Horton Disease
- Registration Number
- NCT02473029
- Lead Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
- Brief Summary
The study aims at measuring the sensitivity and specificity of a series of imaging signs (recorded by magnetic resonance angiography, vascular tomodensitometry, vascular ultrasonography, retina angiography and retina optic coherence tomography) for the diagnosis of Horton disease, the gold standard being the result of temporal artery biopsy.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
- Patients admitted to the Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild and suspected to suffer from Horton disease, based on the presence of 3 or more major criteria, or 2 major criteria and at least one minor criteria.
Major criteria : Age > 50 ans ; headache ; intermittent jaw or tongue pain ; visual impairment ; ESR > 50 mm at 1h and/or CRP > 8mg/l.
Minor criteria: temporal artery or scalp tenderness ; facial pain or tenderness ; fever >38°C, weight loss >10%, anorexia, fatigue.
- Autoimmune disease
- Active infectious condition
- Malignant disease
- Condition counterindicating one or several of the protocol's imaging procedures : allergy to iodine and/or renal insufficiency and/or claustrophobia and/or metallic foreign body...
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method MRI angiography mural inflammation Baseline Presence of signs of artery mural inflammation in T1 sequence of MRI angiography
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rotchschild
🇫🇷Paris, France
Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rotchschild🇫🇷Paris, France