Factors for the Onset and Course of Axial Spondylitis

NCT ID: NCT06594107

Last Updated: 2024-09-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

1000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-01

Study Completion Date

2035-12-31

Brief Summary

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In a research project, investigators want to study the course of the disease of axial spondylitis: the causes of disease onset, prognosis, and treatment effects. The goal is to improve treatment and in the long run also prevention of the disease. The project has a focus on the body\'s own substance prostaglandin, and its proinflammatory role in spondylitis, but also other substances may be analyzed in blood and urine samples.

The purpose of the research project is include newly diagnosed treatment-naive patients with axial spondyloarthritis, to follow them after 1 and 2 years after treatment start, to collect clinical data, questionnaires, blood and urinsamples to find blood or urine markers that can be used for precision therapy of axial spondylitis.

Detailed Description

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The EISPA study is an epidemiological and translational study in axial spondylitis patients who are included in the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register (SRQ). EISPA aims to include consecutive newly diagnosed axial spondylitis patients.

Despite the fact that the disease is relatively common, it takes on average 10 years after start of symptoms for patients be diagnosed with axial spondylitis.

Axial spondylitis diagnosis is based on clinical findings rather than diagnostic tests, which reflects lack of knowledge about what causes the disease. At present, our possibilities to predict the course of the disease (and thereby individualize the care of the patient) are limited. Current treatment decreases inflammation rather than treating the cause of the disease.

The first treatment step of axial spondylitis is with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or COX inhibitors, which usually have insufficient effect against inflammatory pain and stiffness. In addition, these drugs are associated with side effects, such as gastrointestinal and cardiovascular side effects. Axial spondylitis is a multifactorial disease where the arachidonic acid cascade, an increased prostaglandin production and release may play a major role. With this there is a clear potential to develop new specific drugs to slow down the prostaglandin cascade in patients with axial spondylitis.

Conditions

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Axial Spondyloarthritis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1 cohort at Karolinska University Hospital and 1 at the Center for Rheumatology in Stockholm

This cohortstudy is performed at 2 sites.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* newly diagnosed patients with axial spondyloarthritis
* treatment-naive
* 18 years of age or older
* Swedish-speaking
* Able to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* DMARD treatment,
* ongoing infection
* ongoing malignancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Karolinska University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Karolinska Institutet

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Per-Johan Jakobsson

MD PhD Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Karolinska University Hospital

Huddinge, Stockholm County, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Center for Rheumatology Stockholm

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Sweden

Central Contacts

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Per-Johan Jakobsson, MD PhD Professor

Role: CONTACT

0725848033 ext. 0046 Sweden

Facility Contacts

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Mirjam K de Vries, MD PhD

Role: primary

0725948031 ext. 0046

Sara Brolin, Research nurse

Role: backup

0046724682252

Mirjam K de Vries, MD PhD

Role: backup

Marika K Kvarnström, MD PhD

Role: primary

0812367650 ext. 0046

Zoja Holgersson, Research nurse

Role: backup

0812367650 ext. 0046

Marika Kvarnström, MD PhD

Role: backup

References

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Jakobsson PJ, Thoren S, Morgenstern R, Samuelsson B. Identification of human prostaglandin E synthase: a microsomal, glutathione-dependent, inducible enzyme, constituting a potential novel drug target. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jun 22;96(13):7220-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.13.7220.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10377395 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2022-01789-01

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EISPA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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