Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04587362
The Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) Study
The Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) Study: Development of a Sonographic Enthesitis Score for Early Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 419 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Women's College Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a type of joint disease that can lead to severe joint damage and disability within the first few years of the disease. This is why early detection and treatment of the disease is essential to prevent serious joint damage and improve long-term outcomes in these patients. However, there is currently no reliable way to tell the difference between PsA and other types of joint disease. This makes it difficult to detect PsA early. Enthesitis is an inflammation of the area where muscle tendons and ligaments attach to bones. Enthesitis is a key feature in PsA and can be easily detected using ultrasonography. The aim of this research study is to develop a system to evaluate enthesitis using ultrasonography, which can be used as an effective tool in the early detection of PsA. This will help in providing patients with early treatment to prevent further joint damage.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Musculoskeletal Ultrasound | High quality ultrasound scanners and high-resolution transducers, will be used to scan 16 joints sites for each subject. Ultrasound had excellent spatial resolution, making it an highly efficient, non-invasive tool for the assessment on enthesitis, which is an early feature of psoriatic arthritis. It is an affordable and accessible tool that is widely used in rheumatology practice. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2021-03-17
- Primary completion
- 2023-02-27
- Completion
- 2023-02-27
- First posted
- 2020-10-14
- Last updated
- 2024-05-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04587362. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.