Observational Study of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases: The CARRA Registry

October 13, 2025 updated by: Duke University
Continuation of the CARRA Registry as described in the protocol will support data collection on patients with pediatric-onset rheumatic diseases. The CARRA Registry will form the basis for future CARRA studies. In particular, this observational registry will be used to answer pressing questions about therapeutics used to treat pediatric rheumatic diseases, including safety questions.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Detailed Description

The original Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry (Protocol Number: CRNT_REGST01) was first established in 2010 to advance alliance infrastructure, facilitate expanded clinical and translational pediatric research, and transform the culture of pediatric rheumatology toward universal participation in research. This original CARRA Registry will be referred to throughout the protocol as the CARRA Legacy Registry. Through the creation of a sophisticated informatics infrastructure, provision of comprehensive site support and the engagement of families, patients, and communities, the CARRA Registry will provide the opportunity for affected children at every CARRA Registry site to participate in high-quality clinical and translational research.

Continuation of the CARRA Registry as described in this protocol will support data collection on patients with pediatric-onset rheumatic diseases. The CARRA Registry will form the basis for future CARRA studies. In particular, this observational registry will be used to answer pressing questions about therapeutics used to treat pediatric rheumatic diseases, including examining safety questions. The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) is serving as the CARRA Clinical and Data Coordinating Center (CDCC) for the protocol.

Traditional exposure-based post-marketing registries of individual therapeutic agents for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus, and other rheumatic diseases are inadequate for answering important safety questions for many reasons:

  • Sample sizes are too small to detect uncommon but important events
  • No unexposed comparators exist to evaluate risk attributable to underlying disease
  • Duration of follow-up of individual patients is too short to evaluate many potential delayed adverse events (AEs)
  • Sample sizes are inadequate to assess myriad complex and dynamic concurrent medication regimens common to treatment of rheumatic diseases
  • Selective patient enrollment limits evaluation of co-morbid conditions and other patient factors

These limitations prevent patients, families, and providers from understanding the true risks and benefits of therapy in order to make appropriate and informed decisions. They also prevent drug manufacturers and regulatory agencies from conducting an informed review of marketed products for these diseases.

A registry based on disease diagnosis rather than specific therapeutic agents overcomes many of the limitations of exposure-based single-agent registries in the assessment of delayed or uncommon safety events. Indeed, data from a consolidated disease-based registry "...could provide the information necessary for individual companies to satisfy post-marketing requirements and commitments and obviate the need for an individual product registry" (letters from the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to CARRA, 21 December 2010 and 9 December 2011). This protocol details the foundation of a registry to meet these objectives.

The CARRA Registry aims to detect and understand the epidemiology of important AEs, including those that are delayed or uncommon. Subjects followed at active CARRA Registry sites are eligible for enrollment, regardless of past or current treatment. Each subject will be followed prospectively for a goal of 10 years duration; the study will continue indefinitely as resources allow and continued need exists. Data will be systematically collected, including important patient factors, therapies, serious adverse events (SAEs), and protocol-defined events of special interest. Selected safety events (e.g., malignancies) will be adjudicated by a panel of experts via a review of medical records. The CARRA Registry, a disease-based prospective observational registry, enables both detection of potential safety signals and hypothesis-driven, rigorous, and adequately-controlled pharmacoepidemiologic studies of important AEs and their associations with therapeutic agents.

In addition to answering questions about the safety of therapeutics, the data collected in the CARRA Registry are anticipated to serve many other valuable uses. Within the confines of observational study design, the effectiveness of therapeutic agents may be examined for short- and long-term clinical and patient-centered outcomes.

The Registry is the data collection platform for Consensus Treatment Plan (CTP) comparative effectiveness research in pediatric rheumatic disease. Patients enrolled in the Registry may also be eligible to be followed as part of a CTP subset. Examples of CTP projects include:

FiRst line Options for Systemic JIA Treatment (FROST). The purpose of FROST was to compare the effectiveness of CARRA systemic JIA (sJIA) treatment strategies (biologic vs. non-biologic) in achieving clinically inactive disease in patients with new-onset sJIA. Additionally, FROST aimed to compare patient/caregiver reported outcomes between treatment strategies. FROST enrolled new-onset, previously untreated sJIA patients who are starting treatment with one of the 4 sJIA CTPs (glucocorticoid (GC) only; Methotrexate + GC; IL-1 inhibitor + GC; IL-6 + GC). Enrollment will occur over 3 years at all CARRA Registry sites. In addition to routine Registry data collection, patients followed as part of the FROST CTP completed additional questionnaires about their disease status and quality of life.

Medication use for pediatric rheumatic diseases is dynamic and not well characterized. The CARRA Registry represents a powerful data source to follow drug use patterns and provides the opportunity to study predictors of medication use. Important outcomes are likely to be influenced by other factors in addition to therapy (e.g., disease severity) and the CARRA Registry is positioned to help answer these types of questions. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) generated by patients outside the context of clinical encounters may be collected in the Registry to provide a rich, additional dimension of data to better understand rheumatic diseases. Practitioners may review clinical data from their sites as part of a quality improvement approach to better outcomes.

Analyses of CARRA Registry data aim to provide results to guide the therapeutic decisions made by affected children, families, and providers while improving regulatory efficiency and reducing cost. Ultimately, this approach might serve as a model for successful collaboration between research community networks, industry, and public agencies to promote the effective and efficient evaluation of drugs and devices across the regulatory continuum.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

20000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Alberta
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada, AB T38 6A8
        • Recruiting
        • University of Calgary - Alberta Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Marinka Twilt, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nicole Johnson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Paivi Miettunen, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Heinrike Schmeling, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rebeka Stevenson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Muhammad Dhalla, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jeanine McColl, MD, MPT
        • Contact:
    • Manitoba
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 3P4
        • Recruiting
        • University of Manitoba - Children's Hospital of Manitoba
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Lily Lim, PhD
        • Contact:
    • Nova Scotia
      • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, NS B3K 6R8
        • Recruiting
        • IWK Health Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Adam Huber, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Bianca A Lang, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elizabeth Stringer, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Chelsea DeCoste, MD
        • Contact:
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • Recruiting
        • The Hospital for Sick Children
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Brian Feldman, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Linda Hiraki, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ronald Laxer, MDCM
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Deborah Levy, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elizaveta Limenis, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Oscar Mwizerwa, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alaa Shehab, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lynn Spiegel, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Shirley Tse, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ruud Verstegen, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rae Yeung, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Dilan Dissanayake, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Andrea Knight, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Anwar Alkandari, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rana Alsulami, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Edan Itzkovitz, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Greta Mastrangelo, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Hamada Natour, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rebecca Quilty, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Srikarn Tangcheewinsirikul, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yulia Vyzhga, MD
      • Petah Tikva, Israel, 49202-35
        • Recruiting
        • Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Neta Aviran Dagan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Muhamad Hamda Natur, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kfir Kaidar, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yoel Levinsky, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ruth Livny, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rotem Tal, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Adi PappoToledano, MD
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Gil Amarilyo, MD, PhD
      • Rome, Italy
        • Not yet recruiting
        • IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu (OPBG)
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Fabrizio De Benedetti
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Claudia Bracaglia
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Silvia Federici
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Antonella Insalaco
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Silvia Magni Manzoni
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rebecca Nicolai
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Manuela Pardeo
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emanuela Sacco
      • San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00912
        • Withdrawn
        • San Jorge Children's Hospital
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
        • Recruiting
        • University of Alabama at Birmingham
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Melissa Mannion, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • John Bridges, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Randy Cron, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Linda McAllister, CRNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Annelle Reed, CRNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emily Smitherman, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Matthew Stoll, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Peter Weiser, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Bethany Walker, CRNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Carolyn Smith, RN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Eileen Rife, MD
        • Contact:
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85254
        • Recruiting
        • Phoenix Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kaleo Ede, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael Shishov, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elisa Wershba, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nikita Goswami, MD
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Katherine Marzan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Diane Brown, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michal Cidon, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sara Haro, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Iris Reyhan, MD
        • Contact:
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
        • Recruiting
        • Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Deborah McCurdy, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alice Chang-Hoftman, MD
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • Recruiting
        • Stanford University Medical Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Joyce Hsu, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Imelda Balboni, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Quoc Du, NP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tzielan Lee, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rajdeep Pooni, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Vivian Saper, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cathy Tsin, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amanda Moyer, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Siva Kasinathan, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Afshan Najafi, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Arianne Peters, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Adrienne Ramirez, MSN, RN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amritha Yellamilli, MD, PhD
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92123
        • Recruiting
        • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Johanna Chang, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Robert Sheets, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Aviya Levy, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Omkar Phadke
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
        • Recruiting
        • University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Susan Kim, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • William Bernal, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Erica Lawson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nicole Ling, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jessica Neely, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tara Valcarel, NP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emily von Scheven, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael Waterfield, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Taylor LaFlam, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Geraldina Lionetti, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Andy Nguyen, FNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Roberto Valdovinos, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Carolina Tamashiro, MD
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
        • Recruiting
        • The Children's Hospital of Colorado
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Katharine Moore, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jennifer Cooper, MD, PharmD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rob Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Clara Lin, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Holly Reid, RN, PNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Joel Shirley, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jennifer Soep, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michelle Sutter, RN, PNP
        • Contact:
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106
        • Recruiting
        • Connecticut Children's Medical Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Barbara Edelheit, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Blaine Lapin, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Heather Tory, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jessica Fennell, MD
      • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519
        • Terminated
        • Yale University
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010
        • Recruiting
        • Childrens National Medical Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Tova Ronis, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rachael Connor, NP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Hemalatha Srinivasalu, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sangeeta Sule, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Brian Dizon, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Abigail Bosk, DO
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608
        • Recruiting
        • University of Florida - Shand's Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Leandra Woolnough, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Melissa Elder, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Renee Frances Modica, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Heather Bell-Brunson, APRN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Leeandra Cleaver, MD
      • Miami, Florida, United States, 33155
        • Recruiting
        • Nicklaus Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Yonit Sterba Rakovchik, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Arielle Hay, MD
        • Contact:
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32827
        • Recruiting
        • Nemours Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Mary Toth, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Traci Futch-West, NP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Samira Nazzar Romero, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Shalini Bajaj
      • St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701
        • Recruiting
        • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Diana Milojevic, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mary Brothers, APRN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Laisa Santiago, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amanda Schlefman, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ann Marie Szymanski, MD
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
        • Recruiting
        • Emory Children's Center
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cynthia Manos, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elaine Flanagan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kelly Rouster-Stevens, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Angela Taneja, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sampath Prahalad, MD
      • Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912
        • Recruiting
        • Georgia Regents University Medical Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Julisa Patel, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Barbara Kienzle, RN
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
        • Recruiting
        • University of Chicago Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Melissa Tesher, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cuoghi Edens, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Linda Wagner-Weiner, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Joseph McDonald, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Carolyn Zic, NP
        • Contact:
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
        • Recruiting
        • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Deirdre De Ranieri, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Megan Hiskey, APN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Brian Nolan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amy Paller, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Pooja Patel, DO
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Angela Chun
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60607
        • Withdrawn
        • University of Illinois at Chicago
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Recruiting
        • Indiana University School of Medicine
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Stacey Tarvin, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Susan Ballinger, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael Blakley, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Melissa Oliver, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Martha Rodriguez, MD
        • Contact:
    • Iowa
      • Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
        • Recruiting
        • The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (University of Iowa Children's Hospital)
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sandy Hong, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Polly Ferguson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Courtney Kremer, ARNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Scott Lieberman, MD, PhD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Inna Powers, MD
    • Kansas
      • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
        • Terminated
        • University of Kansas Medical Center
    • Kentucky
      • Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
        • Recruiting
        • University of Louisville Schoole of Medicine
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kenneth Schikler, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Janice Sullivan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alexis Begezda, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jacqueline Fabricius, MD
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
        • Recruiting
        • Boston Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Olha Halyabar, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lauren Henderson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Pui Lee, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mindy Lo, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Peter Nigrovic, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mary Beth Son, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Margaret Chang, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ezra Cohen, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Joyce Chang, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Fatma Dedeoglu, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Liyoung Kim, MD
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
        • Recruiting
        • Tufts Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Trevor Davis, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yujuan (Julia) Zhang, MD
        • Contact:
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
        • Recruiting
        • Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Marc Natter, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Holly Rothermel, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Deborah Rothman, MD
        • Contact:
      • Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01105
        • Terminated
        • Bay State Medical Center
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
        • Recruiting
        • University of Michigan
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Smriti Mohan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cynthia Black, RN, BSN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Anne Jackson, RN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jackie Madison, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Anne Murphy, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Meredith Riebschleger, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ajay Tambralli, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Andrew Grim, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Marianne Kerski, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Atiye Dagci, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Erin Janssen, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nicholas McClellan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jeff Rafko, BSN, RN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jessica Turnier, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Christine Wang, MD
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
        • Recruiting
        • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elizabeth Kessler, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Cory Stingl, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Khalid Abulaban, MD
        • Contact:
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49546
        • Terminated
        • West Michigan Rheumatology
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55454
        • Recruiting
        • University of Minnesota
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Colleen Correll, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Bryce Binstadt, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Danielle Brueck, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Patricia Hobday, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mona Riskalla, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Shawn Mahmud
        • Contact:
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Recruiting
        • Mayo Clinic
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Matthew Basiaga, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amir Orandi, MD
        • Contact:
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
        • Recruiting
        • University of Mississippi Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Anita Dhanrajani, MBBS
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Linda Ray, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Charles Spencer, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yasmin Elzaki, MD
        • Contact:
    • Missouri
      • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Mercy Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ashley Cooper, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Leslie Favier, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emily Fox, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Julia Harris, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cara Hoffart, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael (Jamie) Holland, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Maria Ibarra, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jordan Jones, DO
      • St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104
        • Recruiting
        • Saint Louis University School of Medicine
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Terry Moore, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Austin Dalrymple, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alexandra Theisen, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • George Theiroff, MD
        • Contact:
      • St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • Recruiting
        • Saint Louis Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Leslie Fogel, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Erica Schmitt, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Claire Seper, NP
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kevin Baszis, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Brad Ornstein, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lance Peterson, MD, PhD
    • New Jersey
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
        • Recruiting
        • Hackensack University Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jennifer Weiss, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ginger Janow, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yukiko Kimura, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sivia Lapidus, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Suzanne Li, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Anna Carmela Gironella, MD
        • Contact:
      • Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07960
        • Recruiting
        • Goryeb Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Simona Nativ, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sarah Paul, DO
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901
        • Recruiting
        • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Nandini Moorthy, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Dan Horton, MD
      • West Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07052
        • Recruiting
        • The Pediatric Specialty Center at Saint Barnabas
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Elizabeth Chalom, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Marla Guzman, MD
    • New York
      • Albany, New York, United States, 122089
        • Recruiting
        • Albany Medical College
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Liza Bermudez-Santiago, MD
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Suhas Ganguli
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cynthia Salvant
      • Lake Success, New York, United States, 11042
        • Recruiting
        • Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Anne Eberhard, MSc
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Patricia Lee, RN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Heather Walters, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Zanab Mian, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lydia Thomas, MD
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Beth Gottlieb, MD
      • New York, New York, United States, 10021
        • Recruiting
        • Hospital For Special Surgery
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Karen Onel, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alexa Adams, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nancy Pan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sarah Taber, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lauren Robinson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jheel Pandya, MD
        • Contact:
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Recruiting
        • Columbia University Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Lisa Imundo, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alexis Boneparth, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Estee Ephron, CNP, CPNP-PC
      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
        • Terminated
        • New York University Langone Medical Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10467
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital at Montefiore
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Dawn Wahezi, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tamar Rubinstein, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tamara Tanner, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Natalia Vasquez, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jessica Perfetto, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Faith Ikalina
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Syeda Sohail
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
        • Recruiting
        • University of Rochester
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Christina Schutt, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Bethany Marston, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Barbra Murante, NP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Homaira Rahimi, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amy Vallee, NP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sarah Baluta, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael Tomani, MD
    • North Carolina
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
        • Recruiting
        • University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Eveline Wu, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Laura Cannon, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Leonard Kovalick, PNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Aliese Sarkissian, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Caitlan Pinotti, MD
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203
        • Recruiting
        • Levine Children's Hospital / Carolinas Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Thomas Griffin, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sheetal Vora, MD
        • Contact:
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Recruiting
        • Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Heather Van Mater, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Stephen Balevic, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mara Becker, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mary Buckley, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jeffrey Dvergsten, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rachel Randell, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ann Reed, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yike Jiang, MD,PhD
        • Contact:
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27012
        • Recruiting
        • Wake Forest Baptist Brenner Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Onengiya Harry, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Brittany Richard, MMS
    • North Dakota
      • Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122
        • Recruiting
        • Sanford Health
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Grant Syverson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Chris Failing, MD
    • Ohio
      • Akron, Ohio, United States, 44308
        • Recruiting
        • Akron Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nancy Delnay, CNP
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kate Cook, DO
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
        • Recruiting
        • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alexi Grom, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael Henrickson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jennifer Huggins, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Daniel Lovell, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Patricia Vega-Fernandez, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tracy Ting, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ekemini Ogbu, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sheila Angeles-Han, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kara Schmidt, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Hermine Brunner, MD, MBA
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Recruiting
        • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Angela Robinson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elizabeth Brooks, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sirada Panupattanapong, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Andrew Zeft, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Laura Nedorezov, MD
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109
        • Recruiting
        • MetroHealth Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Hulya Bukulmez, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Nora Singer, MD
        • Contact:
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
        • Terminated
        • UH Rainbox Babies and Children's Hospital
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205
        • Recruiting
        • Nationwide Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Stacy Ardoin, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Shoghik Akoghlanian, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kyla Driest, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Edward Oberle, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Vidya Sivaraman, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Bethanne Thomas, CPNP-PC
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alysa Taxter, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Melissa Argraves, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Samantha Coss, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ysabella Esteban, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kendra Lauer, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Ivana Stojkic, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alison Brittain, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Elizabeth Murray, MD
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227
        • Recruiting
        • Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Victoria Cartwright, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Andrew Lasky, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Daniel Kingsbury, MD
        • Contact:
    • Pennsylvania
      • Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
        • Recruiting
        • Penn State Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Timothy Hahn, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Catherine Bingham, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kim Hays, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lisa Scalzi, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Acela Rosado, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Andrew Kung, MD
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Pamela Weiss, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Melissa Lerman, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Scott Canna, MD
        • Contact:
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19134
        • Recruiting
        • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Svetlana Lvovich, DO
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Dana Toib, MD
        • Contact:
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Margalit Rosenkranz, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kathryn Torok, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Abigail Printz
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
        • Recruiting
        • Hasbro Children's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ali Yalcindag, MD
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
        • Recruiting
        • Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Natasha Ruth, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Mileka Gilbert, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emily Vara, MD
        • Contact:
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
        • Recruiting
        • Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Thomas Graham, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lisa Buckley, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Anna Patrick, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emily Datyner, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Catherine Deffendall
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tyler Reese, MD
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75219
        • Recruiting
        • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Stephanie Armendariz, ARNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Julie Fuller, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lorioen Nassi, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Tracey Wright, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kristina Ciaglia, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Elizabeth Sloan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Simrat Morris, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Heather Benham, RN, PNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Esraa Eloseily, MD
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Recruiting
        • Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Immunology Allergy Rheumatology
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Hannah Bradfield, MD
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Marietta DeGuzman, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Martha Curry, PNP
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Eyal Muscal, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Cagri Toruner, MD
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113
        • Recruiting
        • University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (Primary Children's Hospital)
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Peter Chiraseveenuprapund, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Christi Inman, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • John Bohnsack, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Deborah Durkee, APRN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Aimec Hersh, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Karen James, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sara Stern, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Katherine Thompson
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amanda Robinson, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kimberly Smith, MSN
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Erin Treemarcki, MD
    • Vermont
      • Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401
        • Recruiting
        • University of Vermont Medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Matthew Hollander, MD
        • Contact:
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Cassyanne Aguiar, MD
        • Contact:
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
        • Recruiting
        • Seattle Children's Hospital
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Eric Allenspach, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Susan Canny, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sri Grevich, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kristen Hayward, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Esi Morgan, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Natalie Rosenwasser, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Susan Shenoi, MBBS, MS
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Yongdong (Dan) Zhao, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Stephen Wong, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kabita Nanda, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jordan Roberts, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Erin Balay-Dustrude, MD
        • Contact:
    • Wisconsin
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
        • Recruiting
        • University of Wisconsin, American Family Children's Hospital
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Dominic Co, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Judith Smith, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Joni Dean, NP
        • Contact:
      • Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sara Sabbagh, DO
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Danielle Fair, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • James Nocton, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • James Verbsky, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Calvin Williams, MD, PhD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Emma Austenfeld, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • James Bistolarides, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kaitlin Kirkpatrick, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Amanda Jimenez, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 21 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Children with pediatric rheumatic diseases enrolled from participating CARRA sites.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Onset of rheumatic disease prior to age 16 years for JIA and onset prior to age 19 years for all other rheumatic diseases (see appendix A).
  2. Subject (and/or parent/legal guardian when required) is able to provide written informed consent and willing to comply with study procedures.
  3. Subject and/or parent/legal guardian is willing to be contacted in the future by study staff.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Greater than 21 years of age at the time of enrollment.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Prospectively collect essential data elements from children, adolescents and young adults with pediatric rheumatic diseases
Time Frame: Approximately 10 years
Approximately 10 years
Evaluate the safety of therapeutic agents in persons with pediatric onset rheumatic diseases
Time Frame: Approximately 10 years
Approximately 10 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Evaluate clinical outcomes associated with the use of therapeutic agents in persons with pediatric onset rheumatic diseases
Time Frame: Approximately 10 years
Approximately 10 years
Document drug treatment patterns and clinical course of persons with pediatric onset rheumatic diseases over time.
Time Frame: Approximately 10 years
Approximately 10 years
Evaluate factors other than drug treatments that are associated with clinical outcomes in pediatric onset rheumatic diseases
Time Frame: Approximately 10 years
Approximately 10 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mara L Becker, MD, MSCE, Duke Clinical Research Insitute
  • Principal Investigator: Mary Beth Son, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Principal Investigator: Timothy Beukelman, MD, MSCE, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 13, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 13, 2015

First Posted (Estimated)

April 16, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

October 14, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 13, 2025

Last Verified

October 1, 2025

More Information

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Clinical Trials on Rheumatic Joint Disease

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