Large Vessel Vasculitis (Takayasu'
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Newly diagnosed patients with large vessel vasculitis including Takayasu's arteritis and Giant cell arteritis
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) the patients with Buerger's disease 2) the patients with malignant disease 3) the patients who their primary doctors consider as inappropriate 4) the patients who disagree to participate in this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the remission rate of Takayasu's arteritis and Giant cell arteritis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) survival rate 2) cause of death 3) responder rate of the therapy 4) relapse rate 5) incidence rate of the infectious disease and the analysis of its risk factor 6) concordance rate of current diagnostic criteria and classification of large vessel vasculitis 7) pathological condition of Takayasu's arteritis and Giant cell arteritis 8) identification of the candidate of new biomaker of large vessel vasculitis 9) identification of the new diagnostic imaging method | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Medicine and Clinical Sciences