Status:

UNKNOWN

Assessment of SpondyloArthritis Society (ASAS) Classification and Diagnostic Criteria for Early Axial Spondyloarthritis (SpA)

Lead Sponsor:

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Conditions:

Spondyloarthritis

Spondylarthropathy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Background: Existing criteria for AS/SpA such as mod. New York, ESSG, or Amor criteria for classification and/or diagnosis of spondyloarthritis have limitations when applied to early disease. Moreove...

Detailed Description

Background: Existing criteria for AS/SpA such as mod. New York, ESSG, or Amor criteria for classification and/or diagnosis of spondyloarthritis have limitations when applied to early disease. Moreove...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Include newly referred patients if:
  • Onset of symptoms (back pain/arthritis/enthesitis) \< 45 years
  • Undiagnosed disease with the following symptoms:
  • chronic back pain (duration of back pain more than 3 months)
  • and/or peripheral arthritis (asymmetric arthritis/predominantly of the lower limbs)
  • and/or enthesitis
  • and/or dactylitis

Exclusion

  • No symptoms such as specified in inclusion criteria: back pain, arthritis, enthesitis
  • Definite diagnosis

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

992 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00328068

Start Date

July 1 2006

End Date

June 1 2013

Last Update

February 13 2013

Active Locations (35)

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1

Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Centre

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109

2

University Hospital Gent

Ghent, Belgium, B-9000

3

Rheumatology Division

São Paulo, Brazil

4

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 252