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NCT number NCT00903903
Other study ID # IRB TCVGH No:C09048
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received May 15, 2009
Last updated May 18, 2009
Start date April 2009
Est. completion date March 2010

Study information

Verified date May 2009
Source Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Contact Hsin-Hua Chen, M.D.
Phone 886-4-23592525
Email shc5555@hotmail.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Taiwan: Institutional Review Board
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the data obtained by computer-aided quantification of the synovial perfusion in patients with arthritis using two-dimensional and three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography and the clinical data used to represent the degree of joint inflammation. Intra- and inter-observer reliability of this method will also be determined.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date March 2010
Est. primary completion date March 2010
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- patients with at least one painful swollen peripheral joint observed by a rheumatologist, including:

- shoulder joints

- elbow joints

- wrist joints

- metacarpophalangeal (MCP) AND

- proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints of hands, ankle joints, subtalar joints, mid-tarsal joints, MTP and PIP joints of feet

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients with active infection

- patients with concurrent malignant disease

- patients with a history of traumatic, septic, or cystal arthritis

- previous joint surgery, or isotopic synovectomy within the past 12 months before the study

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Locations

Country Name City State
Taiwan Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

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