NCT06977035

Nerve Conduction Study for Assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on the Janus Kinase Inhibitor Baricitinib

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sohag University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune inflammatory disease that mainly affects the joints and periarticular soft tissues. Baricitinib (Olumiant®) is an oral, targeted synthetic DMARD that inhibits JAK1 and JAK2, which are implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nerve conduction studies (NCSs) are an essential tool in the evaluation of the peripheral nervous system. The sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) provides information on the sensory nerve axon and its pathway from the distal receptors in the skin to the dorsal root ganglia, while the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) is an assessment of the motor nerve fibers from their origins in the anterior horn cell to their termination along muscle fibers.

Conditions

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Nerve Conduction Study	Sensory and Motor Nerve Conduction study on upper and lower limbs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-11-01
• Completion: 2025-11-01
• First posted: 2025-05-16
• Last updated: 2025-05-16