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NCT number NCT06373003
Other study ID # SNAPSITA
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date March 31, 2024
Est. completion date March 31, 2026

Study information

Verified date April 2024
Source Italian Society for Rheumatology
Contact Fabrizio Conti, MD
Phone 06 49974631
Email fabrizio.conti@uniroma1.it
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Multicentre no-profit, national, (cross-sectional diagnostic) retrospective study, promoted by the Italian Society for Rheumatology. The main objective of the study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of non-criteria aPL (anti-vimentin/cardiolipin and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin) in identifying APS in patients with thrombosis/recurrent adverse pregnancy outcomes.


Description:

BACKGROUND Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder leading to arterial and/or venous thrombotic events, and pregnancy morbidity. Seronegative antiphospholipid syndrome (SN-APS) occurs in case of clinical manifestations highly suggestive of APS but with negative test for circulating conventional antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin antibodies, anti-beta-I-glycoprotein antibodies, lupus anticoagulant). Recent studies have shown that most SN-APS patients present circulating (non-criteria) antibodies potentially explaining the clinical manifestations. In a smaller proportion of SN-APS patients, no antibody has been detected so far. Available knowledge on the clinical presentation and disease course of SN-APS is limited, and the causal relationship between non-criteria antibodies and recurrent thrombosis deserves further research to be confirmed. To date, no difference between APS and SN-APS groups has been highlighted in terms of thrombotic events or pregnancy morbidity, but this could be in part explained by small samples not sufficiently powered to detect a difference. Moreover, it is still to determine whether the detection of "non-criteria" antibodies in addition to conventional aPL may help stratify patients according to their risk of clinical manifestation.A multicentre study involving Italian centres could allow to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of no-criteria aPL and elucidate the prognostic impact of such antibodies alone or in combination with criteria aPL. In addition, a multicentre study could allow to study a larger sample of patients and better quantify poorly investigated aspects in SN-APS MAIN OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic accuracy of non-criteria aPL (anti-vimentin/cardiolipin and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin) in identifying APS in patients with thrombosis/recurrent adverse pregnancy outcomes (group 1 vs group 3, see below). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES - To assess the diagnostic accuracy of non-criteria aPL in identifying SN-APS in patients with thrombosis/recurrent adverse pregnancy outcomes (group 2 vs group 3). - To compare the clinical characteristics of APS vs SN-APS in patients with and without non-criteria aPL. - To estimate the association between different aPL status on the recurrence of thrombosis/adverse pregnancy outcomes. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of: anti-cardiolipin antibodies (aCL) by thin-layer chromatography (TLC)-immunostaining, anti-carbamylated-β2-glycoprotein I antibodies and Anti-glucose-modified β2 glycoprotein I antibodies in APS and SN-APS groups (group 1 and group 2). SAMPLE SIZE AND STUDY PROCEDURES A minimum sample size of 35 patients for each group is planned for this study LABORATORY PROCEDURES Blood samples will be collected and analysed in each recruiting centre, as routine practice at 12 weeks apart. The laboratory tests for the non-criteria aPL will be centrally performed at the Department of "Experimental Medicine', Umberto I Polyclinic in Rome. STUDY DURATION Enrolment: 24 months starting from the first patient recruited Analysis and reporting: 12 months starting from the end of the enrollment STUDY SCHEME The study can be divided into three phases: i) the collection of all clinical data at the onset of the thrombotic or obstetric event; ii) the collection of all the clinical data between the first clinical event and the patient recruitment; iii) the detection of non-criteria aPL from the patient's blood samples. The first two phases characterise the retrospective part of the study, while the third phase characterises the cross-sectional part of the study. In phase 1, the following data associated with the clinical event will be collected: relevant demographic data, the history of all criteria events, the history of all non-criteria events, all relevant risk factors, the history of pharmacological treatments before or in progress at the clinical event and the collection of laboratory data available at the diagnosis. Phase 1 data will be collected by all participating centres. In phase 2, new criteria events, non-criteria manifestations related to the clinical events and risk factors developed between the first clinical event and the date of recruitment of a patient will be assessed. Phase 2 data will be collected by all participating centres. In phase 3, patients' blood samples will be tested at the coordinating centre to evaluate the presence of non-criteria aPL. Two blood samples will be collected by each patient recruited by a centre; such samples should be primarily retrieved from those previously collected by a centre at the time of diagnosis(herein "serum library") and stored at the centre itself; in case of their absence, blood samples can be collected from a recruited patient upon enrolment. In case only one sample can be retrieved from the hospital serum library, the remaining one will be collected from the recruited patient. Blood samples taken from deceased patients will be excluded. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Baseline characteristics will be summarized by descriptive statistics. The accuracy of non-criteria aPL (index test) in discriminating between cases and controls (reference standard) will be estimated as sensitivity and specificity. A first analysis will use APS criteria cases (group 1) and controls(group 3) as non-cases; a second analysis will use SN-APS (group 2) as cases and controls (group 3) as non-cases. The following groups [APS (group 1), SN-APS (group 2 subdivided into positive for non-criteria aPL and negative for non-criteria) and controls (group 3)] will be compared for clinical characteristics treatment variables. A logistic regression model, considering the recurrent event as outcome and the APS status (groups 1, 2 and 3) as predictor, adjusted for demographic, event type and treatment will be performed


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 105
Est. completion date March 31, 2026
Est. primary completion date March 31, 2026
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Group 1 [APS]: Patients fulfilling the classification criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome (seropositive APS, SP-APS) 2. Group 2 [SN-APS]: patients with seronegative APS (SN-APS): with clinical criteria (thrombotic or obstetric) for APS, persistently negative for aPL, and with clinical features highly suggestive of APS (recurrent events, thrombotic + obstetrical events, extra-criteria manifestations, other autoimmune diseases) 3. Group 3: patients with clinical criteria (thrombotic or obstetric) for APS, negative for aPL, but without clinical features highly suggestive of APS (recurrent events, thrombotic + obstetrical events, extra-criteria manifestations, other autoimmune diseases). 4. Age < 65 years (at event time) 5. Less than 5 years from the first even EXCLUSION CRITERIA 1. Group 2 and 3: patients with a known cause of thrombosis or obstetrical manifestations 2. Deceased patients 3. Less than 5 years from the first event

Study Design


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Intervention

Other:
Diagnostic accuracy
To assess the diagnostic accuracy of non-criteria aPL (anti-vimentin/cardiolipin and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin) in identifying APS in patients with thrombosis/ recurrent adverse pregnancy outcomes

Locations

Country Name City State
Italy Umberto I Polyclinic, Rome- Department of Rheumatology Roma Rome

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Italian Society for Rheumatology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Prevalence of APS- and SN-APS-related antibodies in study groups Prevalence of aCL by TLC-immunostaining, anti-carbamylated-ß2-glycoprotein I antibodies and Anti-glucose-modified ß2 glycoprotein I antibodies in APS and SN-APS groups 0 months
Primary Diagnostic accuracy of non-criteria aPL Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of non-criteria aPL (anti-vimentin/cardiolipin and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin) in identifying APS in patients with thrombosis/recurrent adverse pregnancy outcomes 0 months
Secondary Frequency of clinical characteristics in the aPL groups Assessment of the frequency of clinical characteristics in the four different aPL status groups, including APS and SN-APS with and without non-criteria aPL 0 months
Secondary Incidence of recurrent thrombosis and pregnancy complications Aestimation of the association between different aPL status on the recurrence of thrombosis/adverse pregnancy outcomes. 0 months
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