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临床试验/ACTRN12621001750875
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Autoimmune Encephalitis - a rare and debilitating neurological illness affecting the Australian population. A study by the Australian Autoimmune Encephalitis Consortium.

Monash University0 个研究点目标入组 240 人开始时间: 2021年12月21日最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
未知
状态
招募中
入组人数
240

研究概览

简要总结

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研究设计

研究类型
Observational

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 o limit(—)
性别
All

入选标准

  • * Confirmed or Antibody Positive Autoimmune Encephalitis:
  • * Possible Autoimmune Encephalitis:
  • Diagnosis can be made when all three of the following criteria have been met (Grause et al, 2016 criteria):
  • - Subacute onset (rapid progression of less than 3 months) of working memory deficits (short-term memory loss), altered mental status, or psychiatric symptoms
  • - At least one of the following:
  • * New focal CNS findings
  • * Seizures not explained by a previously known seizure disorder
  • * CSF pleocytosis (white blood cell count of more than five cells per mm3)
  • * MRI features suggestive of encephalitis
  • - Reasonable exclusion of alternative causes
  • * Other Neuroinflammatory Brain Conditions (ideally prior to steroid commencement)
  • - Neurosarcoidosis (with CNS involvement in setting of systemic sarcoid, or biopspy proven neurosarcoidosis)
  • - Cerebral vasculitis (that is biopsy proven)
  • - Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders
  • (anti aquaporin 4 or anti MOG positive disorders, or meeting the 2016 diagnostic clinical diagnostic criteria of NMO SD) with concomitant encephalitis / decreased conscious state or cognitive deficits
  • - Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis
  • - Autoimmune seizures / possible autoimmune epilepsy / new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE)
  • - CNS lupus (with systemic and hematologic abnormalities diagnostic of lupus) and other neuroinflammatory brain conditions
  • - Or Other neuroinflammatory conditions - discuss with central coordinator / CPI
  • * Healthy Volunteer
  • - Generally well
  • - not suffering from an autoimmune condition or other neurological condition
  • - no evidence of infection in the last two weeks
  • - not currently being treated with steroids

排除标准

  • Infective encephalitis

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