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- Sperimentazione clinica NCT01219257
Longitudinal ULtrasonographic Study of Patients With Spondylarthritis Starting Biological Therapy (ULSPABIT)
Longitudinal ULtrasonographic Study of Patients With Spondylarthritis Starting First Time or Switching to a New Biological Therapy; the ULSpABiT Study.
Patients with spondylarthritis (SpA) (including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, arthritis as part of inflammatory bowel disease and reactive arthritis) have axial involvement (the spine) as well as peripheral inflammation in joints and entheses (where the tendons and ligaments are anchored to the bone). Patients with high disease activity of SpA may need biological treatment (anti-TNF alpha), which are very expensive medications. Thus it is necessary to have a sensitive method for assessing the response to treatment. Ultrasonography (US) is a validated and reliable method for assessing disease activity in joints and tendons, and may be used to follow the treatment response.
The present study will include patients with SpA starting on anti-TNF alpha treatment (as first biologic medication or when switching to a new biologic treatment). The study is an extension of the ongoing NORDMARD study (Norwegian longitudinal observational study of arthritic patients starting disease-modifying treatment). The patients will be examined by use of US of 38 joints and 14 entheses at baseline and after 3, 6 and 12 months.
The objectives are to explore US as a method to assess peripheral inflammatory activity for evaluation of response to medication as well as to compare the US pathology with clinical and laboratory findings.
Panoramica dello studio
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Intervento / Trattamento
Tipo di studio
Iscrizione (Effettivo)
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Luoghi di studio
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Oslo, Norvegia, 0319
- Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital
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Descrizione
Inclusion Criteria:
- SpA
- Planning to start anti-TNF alpha treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients not being able to communicate in Norwegian or not being able to fill in questionnaires
- Surgery in more than 5 of the joints/entheses to be examined by US
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Come è strutturato lo studio?
Dettagli di progettazione
Coorti e interventi
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SpA patients
The patients may be included when their rheumatologist has decided that the patient are going to start biological medication.
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All medical treatment will be standardizes following good medical practice
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Cosa sta misurando lo studio?
Misure di risultato primarie
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To assess the sensitivity to change of US pathology in joints and entheses in SpA patients starting biological treatment.
Lasso di tempo: Including patients for about 1.5 years
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The joints will be assessed according to a US atlas by use of a semi-quantitative (0-3) scoring system and the entheses will be evaluated according to internationally accepted scoring methods.
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Including patients for about 1.5 years
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Misure di risultato secondarie
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1. Explore whether the US (B-mode and power Doppler) scores at baseline or after 3 months predict patients responding to biological treatment after 6 and 12 months.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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2.5 years
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2. Explore whether the sensitivity for change is higher for US (B-mode and/or power Doppler) than for the traditional assessments for inflammatory activity.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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2.5 years
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3. Explore potential differences of US detected pathology in joints and entheses between subgroups of spondylarthritis patients.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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2.5 years
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4. Explore whether the different subgroups of spondylarthritis patients have different US response (B-mode synovitis and power Doppler in joints and entheses) to biological treatment.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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2.5 years
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5. Explore the association between the US findings (BM and/or PD) and the patient's experience of pain and fatigue.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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2.5 years
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6. Explore the associations between calprotectin and US detected inflammation in joints and/or entheses as well as traditional assessments of disease activity.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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Calprotectin, a major granulocyte protein, is assessed by use of ELISA in plasma.
Plasma samples will be frozen at all visits, and the calprotectin assessments will be performed when all patients have finished the study.
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2.5 years
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7. Explore whether baseline calprotectin or other biomarkers in blood may predict response to biological medication.
Lasso di tempo: 2.5 years
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Plasma and serum will be frozen at each visit, and the S100 proteins calprotectin as well as A12 will be assessed.
In addition, other relevant biomarkers may be analyzed after 2.5 years.
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2.5 years
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Collaboratori e investigatori
Sponsor
Investigatori
- Investigatore principale: Hilde B Hammer, MD, PhD, Diakonhjemmet Hospital
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Termini relativi a questo studio
Parole chiave
Termini MeSH pertinenti aggiuntivi
- Infezioni
- Malattie articolari
- Malattie muscoloscheletriche
- Artrite
- Malattie della colonna vertebrale
- Malattie ossee
- Malattie ossee, infettive
- Spondilite
- Spondiloartrite
- Effetti fisiologici delle droghe
- Agenti del sistema nervoso periferico
- Analgesici
- Agenti del sistema sensoriale
- Agenti antinfiammatori, non steroidei
- Analgesici, non narcotici
- Agenti antinfiammatori
- Agenti antireumatici
- Agenti immunosoppressivi
- Fattori immunologici
- Agenti gastrointestinali
- Agenti dermatologici
- Inibitori del fattore di necrosi tumorale
- Etanercept
- Adalimumab
- Infliximab
- Golimumab
Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio
- 011110
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