NCT04857476

Do Patients With Skin Psoriasis Have Sub-clinical Features of Active Psoriatic Arthritis on Musculoskeletal UltraSound?

Do Patients With Skin PSoriasis Have Sub-clinical Features of ACTive Psoriatic Arthritis on Musculoskeletal UltraSound?

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Psoriatic Arthritis is an inflammatory condition that typically affects joints and soft tissues such as tendons. Poorly controlled or untreated psoriatic arthritis can lead to joint damage, disability and poor physical and mental wellbeing. Evidence suggests that early diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis can minimise adverse health outcomes. Musculoskeletal ultrasound has become an extremely useful tool in aiding rheumatologists to diagnose inflammatory joint conditions particularly at an early stage in the course of a disease. Psoriatic arthritis is known to affect up to 30% of patients with skin psoriasis. Therefore, national dermatology guidelines advise that patients with skin psoriasis should be asked about any joint symptoms at least every year. This study investigates whether skin psoriasis patients who are not on biologic treatment are indeed being asked about any joint symptoms and we subsequently invite patients for a musculoskeletal ultrasound scan to see if they have features of early psoriatic arthritis on ultrasound. Those who do are then invited for a thorough rheumatology clinical assessment.

Conditions

• Psoriatic Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Ultrasound scan	Psoriasis epidemiology screening tool (PEST) score for completion Brief questionnaire about current psoriasis symptoms, current treatment and if any features associated with psoriatic arthritis. One-off musculo-skeletal ultrasound Questionnaire at 2 years

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-22
• Primary completion: 2021-07-30
• Completion: 2021-07-30
• First posted: 2021-04-23
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom