NCT06698900

This Project Aims to Understand the Needs of Rheumatologists and Other Specialties in the Care of Patients With SLE

Generating Evidence Study for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Different Types of Methodologies

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: AstraZeneca · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The project will be conducted in four distinct stages. Firstly, evidence synthesis will be carried out to gather and analyze available data on the topic. Following this, a discussion among physicians will be facilitated to understand the knowledge gaps among rheumatologists and other specialists regarding SLE. Subsequently, consensus will be sought among a select group of rheumatologists on various aspects related to patient care, unmet medical needs, and implementation of new technologies. Finally, the findings and conclusions from these stages will be used to inform the development and publication of scientific papers.

Detailed description

This study has as geral objective understanding the currently unmet development needs of rheumatologists and other specialists involved in the care of patients with SLE, from a comparative perspective with other rheumatic diseases. The goal is to increase the engagement of these professionals in the discussion and management of patients and sécific objectives, compare the currently available evidence on SLE and three other rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis); Promote discussions to understand the knowledge development needs of rheumatologists regarding SLE; Generate a consensus on the equity of rheumatic diseases in relation to public policies, guidelines, registries, patient association mobilization, patient journey, time to diagnosis, and available medications with access to treatment and, Promote awareness and knowledge through scientific publications about SLE.

Conditions

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-29
• Primary completion: 2024-12-20
• Completion: 2024-12-20
• First posted: 2024-11-21
• Last updated: 2025-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil