rheumatoid arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient is diagnosed with RA according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European Union of Rheumatology (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria 2. Age 18-80 years 3. Good quality ultrasound images 4. Synovial thickening in at least one of the evaluated joints. 5. Complete clinical data
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Poor quality of the ultrasound images, unable to extract features 2. No thickened synovium was seen in any of the joints evaluated. 3. Patients with incomplete clinical data 4. History of joint surgery within the previous 12 months 5.Combination of other rheumatologic and immunologic diseases 6.Diabetes mellitus 7. Severe joint deformity not suitable for ultrasonography 8. Pregnancy 9. Refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Multi-temporal multimodal ultrasound images; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of joint tendernesses;Number of swollen joints;DAS28 score;Synovial score;Blood flow score;Bone erosion score;Joint effusion score ;Rheumatoid factor ;Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies ;C-reactive protein ;Blood sedimentation ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine