Synovial Fluid Bank From Arthritic Patients

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Arthritis

In brief

The objectives of this group project is to collect synovial fluid (SF) and paired sera and carry out preclinical studies to evaluate, alone or by combination testings, the potential of novel biomarkers for their prevalence and diagnostic/prognostic values in patients with arthritis, and to determine how therapeutic intervention regulate their levels.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00512343

Run by

Gilles Boire

People needed

500

Starts

2002-06-01

Expected to finish

2030-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-15

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Significant joint effusion

You may not qualify if…

• Hemorrhagic effusion
• Traumatic effusion
• Less than 3 ml total of collected fluid (used for routine analysis and culture)
• Inability or refusal to consent

Where it is running

• Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke — Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (enrolling)

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