A Bone Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis clinical trial begins in Denmark
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The University of Aarhus in collaboration with Aarhus University Hospital is commencing recruitment for the clinical trial of the Bone Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Characterization Evaluated by Imaging and Histology.
The condition is Arthritis, Rheumatoid.
A new clinical trial is recruiting patients in the following locations: Denmark.
The trial officially began on the November 1, 2020 and is planned to complete on November 2035.
The aim of this study is to describe macro- and micro anatomical structures, including investigating vessels running in osseous pores in finger joints from participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using histology and different imaging modalities. The perspectives are to increase understanding of the macro- and micro anatomic basis for bone erosions in RA, and possibly to provide new insights to the monitoring of patients with RA.
The trial subjects will have their hands imaged by conventional radiography. The 2nd and 3rd digit metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint will be scanned by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT). Patients with RA (n = 10) will be included and bone samples from MCP joints analyzed using microcomputed tomography (µCT) and histology.
The patients that can be enrolled into this study include the participants diagnosed with RA according to the ACR/EULAR (2010) classification criteria or American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the patients who were diagnosed before 2010. Among the inclusion criteria is indicatediIndication for prosthesis surgery with total joint replacement of the MCP joint according to the clinical procedure (often radiological signs of osteoarthrosis (OA) in the MCP joint, joint pain, angular deformity and/or impairment of daily functions).
The link to the complete study profile: https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04645381
