CIDP inflammatory neuropathy
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Newly diagnosed untreated patients who fulfill the clinical and electrophysiological EFNS/PNS criteria for CIDP OR - Patients diagnosed with CIDP according to the clinical and electrophysiological EFNS/PNS criteria for CIDP with maintenance IVIg treatment (> 6 months of treatment) OR - Patients diagnosed with CIDP according to the clinical and electrophysiological EFNS/PNS criteria for CIDP with a stable clinical condition without treatment in the last 12 months. - Adult males or females (18 year or more)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Lack of informed consent of the subject.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1) the percentage of the total TCR repertoire representing dominantly expanded T-cell clones, (2) the number of circulating lymphocytes subsets and monocytes, (3) the number of cell divisions during T-cell supression assays. These paramters will be compared between groups of patients with active disease and patients without active disease. In individual patients these parameters will be compared during different states of disease activity. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not applicable. | — |
Countries
Netherlands