Patient's With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Brief summary
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune rheumatic diseases, affecting one in 100 individuals worldwide. It is considered a complex systemic multifactorial inflammatory process in which the immune system targets synovial joints and causes mild to severe joint destruction with extra-articular manifestations. If left untreated, RA leads to deformity, considerable disability, and major comorbid conditions, including cardiovascular disease and increased mortality. Early treatment with targeted therapies can alter long-term outcomes by minimizing disease activity, preventing joint damage and disability, and improving patients' quality of life.
Interventions
RADIATIONUltrasound
Ultrasound examination on the hand
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Adult-onset disease. 2. Patients who fulfill the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis.
Exclusion criteria
1. Any patient with any collagen disease rather than Rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Patients with joints deformities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic performance of Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the hand | 3 months | detecting hand ultrasound findings in 30 patients with clinical manifestations suggesting Rheumatoid Arthritis (including synovial thickening, joint effusion, tenosynovitis, bone erosions) particularly in early disease activity, reporting the collected data to assess aspects of strength and weakness of ultrasound use in those patients |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactFady B A, resident
Backup ContactNahla M A, assistant professor
Outcome results
None listed