Elastography as Gouty Arthropathy Outcome (EGO)

Completed

Conditions studied: Gout

In brief

Elastography as Gouty Arthropathy Outcome (EGO), a pilot study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02471261

Run by

Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.

People needed

10

Starts

2015-05-01

Expected to finish

2017-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Subjects who are at least 18 years of age but younger than or equal to 99 years of age.
• Subjects with gouty arthritis as determined by the ACR 1977 classification criteria for gouty arthritis.
• Subjects with one palpable tophus detectable by one of the three clinical parameters described.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who are not eligible for urate lowering treatment or show a hypersensitivity to these drugs or class of compounds.
• Subjects with significant cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, hematologic, hepatic, renal or endocrine dysfunction who in the opinion of the principal investigator are unfit for participation in a clinical trial.
• Subjects for which the clinical and laboratory assessment would provide undue discomfort and / or are contraindicated.

Where it is running

• The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research — Wheaton, Maryland, United States

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