Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01532167
Impact and Utility of PET Versus Clinical Score for the Assessment of Inflammatory Activity in Takayasu Arteritis
Impact and Utility of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for the Assessment of Inflammatory Activity Arteritis Versus Clinical Score and Laboratory Values in Takayasu Arteritis: a Cohort Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 26 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that \[18F\]FDG PET is a a better method than clinical and laboratory values for the identification and assessment of inflammatory activity in patients with Takayasu Arteritis (TA), allowing long-term follow-up with a precise evaluation of response to therapy.
Detailed description
Inflammatory activity and fibrosis are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with Takayasu arteritis. The investigators objective is to determine the utility of using 18F-FDG PET in the basal evaluation and follow-up of patients and compare the results with Dabague's clinical score.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-02-01
- Completion
- 2011-02-01
- First posted
- 2012-02-14
- Last updated
- 2012-03-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Mexico
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01532167. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.