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CompletedNCT04277832

Evaluating of New Screening Tool for Arthritis* in Psoriasis

Evaluation of a New Screening Tool (TUPAST) for Psoriatic Arthritis in Turkish Psoriasis Population and Comparison With TOPAS 2 for Validation of TUPAST

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
200 (actual)
Sponsor
Bezmialem Vakif University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates a new screening tool for arthritis in psoriasis and compares its reliability with well-known screening tool (TOPAS 2).

Detailed description

Early diagnosis and treatment of PsA may prevent destruction in joints.Our aim is to create a simple and user friendly screening tool that can be used by dermatologists in out patient clinics. A question pool will be created from a review of the literature and expert opinions from a physicians experienced in rheumatology and dermatologists .Psoriasis patients will answer these newly created questions. All patients will be examined by dermatology and also physical therapy and rehabilitation-rheumatology experts. The diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) will be made by CASPAR (Classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis) criteria and ASAS (Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society) criteria for spondyloarthritis. Synchronously patients will be asked for to reply Turkish version of well known questionary named TOPAS 2. According to the results of collected data, statistically best matched questions will be selected for Turkish population. Also, the reliability of TUPAST (Turkish PsA Screening Tool) and TOPAS 2 (Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Screen II) will be compared statistically.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTQuestionaryAll patients will answer two different questionary (TUPAST, TOPAS 2)

Timeline

Start date
2020-02-21
Primary completion
2021-01-13
Completion
2021-01-13
First posted
2020-02-20
Last updated
2021-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04277832. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.