CLassification of Axial SpondyloarthritiS Inception Cohort

Completed

Conditions studied: Spondyloarthritis

In brief

A joint meeting of the ASAS (Assessment of Spondyloarthritis Internal Society) and SPARTAN (Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network) executive boards recommended that the existing ASAS classification criteria for spondyloarthritis undergo further validation. SPARTAN is in charge of conducting a a prospective study of a North American cohort of patients presenting with undiagnosed active chronic back pain to rheumatologists in the US and Canada, and one site in Mexico. ASAS is in charge of conducting a similar study in Europe and other parts of the world.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03993847

Run by

Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network

People needed

501

Starts

2019-12-04

Expected to finish

2022-08-22

Last updated by the study team

2022-12-08

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Undiagnosed back and/or buttock pain
• Back, buttock or hip discomfort in the week before the study visit
• Discomfort in the back, buttocks, or hips that has lasted at least three months.
• First symptoms of pain when patient was ≤ 45 years of age:

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with a known rheumatologist confirmed diagnosis of spondyloarthritis at the time of referral to the study-affiliated investigator.
• Patients with a history of spinal trauma in the past 3 months.
• Patients unable and/or unwilling to undergo MRI examination (embedded metallic fragments, pacemaker, joint replacement or similar hardware, too large (over 350 pounds unless their MRI can scan larger patients), claustrophobic)

Where it is running

• VA Long Beach Healthcare System — Long Beach, California, United States
• Sacramento VA Medical Center — Mather, California, United States
• UCSF Medical Center - Rheumatology Clinic — San Francisco, California, United States
• University of Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Yale University School of Medicine — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Brigham & Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Boston University School of Medicine — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• University of Mississippi Medical Center — Jackson, Mississippi, United States
• Columbia University — New York, New York, United States
• James J. Peters VAMC — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Oregon Health & Science University — Portland, Oregon, United States
• Dallas VA Medical Center VANTHCS — Dallas, Texas, United States
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
• Seattle Rheumatology Associates — Seattle, Washington, United States
• Artus Health Center — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• The Ottawa Hospital — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• University Health Network — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Centro de Estudios de Investigacion Basica y Clinica, SC — Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
• CLIDITER — Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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