Novel Imaging Markers for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Completed

Conditions studied: Rheumatoid Arthritis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) techniques to look at the damage and disease activity progression in the hand and wrist joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The central hypothesis is that ongoing erosions and cartilage loss in rheumatoid arthritis are due to persistent inflammation, which is poorly detected by clinical examination and markers of systemic inflammation.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01773681
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
30
Starts
2013-10-01
Expected to finish
2018-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2018-11-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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