Role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for Early Detection of Synovitis in SLE Patient and Its Correlation With Disease Activity and Neutrophil-to-C3 Ratio.

NCT ID: NCT07067606

Last Updated: 2025-07-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 90 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-10-30
• Study Completion Date: 2027-12-30

Brief Summary

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically common autoimmune disease characterized by abnormal immune response to autologous tissue, eventually resulting in systemic disorders and diverse clinical manifestations. The prevalence of women is significantly higher than that of men.

Musculoskeletal and joint affection represents one of the most common manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and 95% of them have either arthralgia or arthritis during their disease course.

SLE arthropathy has main three different clinical types: nondeforming nonerosive arthritis; the most common type, deforming nonerosive arthropathy (Jaccoud's arthropathy) which has no bone erosions on conventional radiography and exists in up to 15% of the patients and erosive arthropathy (rhupus syndrome) which is overlap syndrome between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and SLE and exist in <5% of lupus patients.

In clinical practice, most lupus patients who have joint and tendon pains often have no apparent inflammation during physical examination. Joint and tendon inflammation has been documented in musculoskeletal ultrasound in patients without any signs of arthritis, thus suggesting the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with nonspecific musculoskeletal manifestations such as arthralgia. And detection of the presence of underlying subclinical inflammatory changes.

Components of lymphocytes, antibodies, inflammatory cytokines, and complements in peripheral circulation vary among different active stages of SLE. Patients with higher disease activity often damage tissues and organs, many of which even threaten life. It is of great significance in SLE management to early and accurately determine the disease activity of patients.

We will investigate the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound for early detection of synovitis in SLE patients and its correlation with disease activity and neutrophil-to-C3 ratio (NC3R).

Detailed Description

All participants will be subjected to full history taking, full clinical examination, laboratory investigations (complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR], C-reactive protein [CRP], blood urea, serum creatinine, serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT], serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase [SGPT], immunological tests (antinuclear and anti-DNA antibodies and C3 and C4 levels), urine analysis, and 24-h urinary protein). SLE disease activity index (SELDAI) will be calculated for every patient.

Musculoskeletal examination with power Doppler, the ultrasound examination will be performed at the musculoskeletal ultrasonography unit at the rheumatology division of the internal medicine department. Bilateral musculoskeletal US examinations of hands and wrists with power Doppler (PD) evaluation will be done for all patients. US examinations were performed using the standardized scanning technique according to EULAR guidelines for musculoskeletal US in rheumatology.

Conditions

Musckloskeletal US

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CROSSOVER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

ultrasound contrast

All participants will be subjected to full history taking, full clinical examination, laboratory investigations (complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate \[ESR\], C-reactive protein \[CRP\], blood urea, serum creatinine, serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\], serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\], immunological tests (antinuclear and anti-DNA antibodies and C3 and C4 levels), urine analysis, and 24-h urinary protein). SLE disease activity index (SELDAI) will be also calculated for every patient. (8) Musculoskeletal examination with power Doppler, the ultrasound examination will be performed at the musculoskeletal ultrasonography unit at the rheumatology division of the internal medicine department. Bilateral musculoskeletal US examinations of hands and wrists with power Doppler (PD) evaluation will be done for all patients. US examinations were performed using the standardized scanning technique according to EULAR guidelines for musculoskeletal US in rheumatolog

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• SLE patients without musculoskeletal manifestations diagnosed according to European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American college of Rheumatology (ACR)criteria for classification of SLE.

Exclusion Criteria

• • Overlap syndrome as rhupus patients, those with trauma, osteoarthritis, surgery of hand and wrist

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Mervat Sayed Kamal Sayed

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mervat Sayed Kamal Sayed

Assistant lecturer

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Mervat Sayed Kamal, assistant lecturer

Role: CONTACT

Mervetkamal@aun.edu.eg

01018602654

References

Aringer M, Costenbader K, Daikh D, Brinks R, Mosca M, Ramsey-Goldman R, Smolen JS, Wofsy D, Boumpas DT, Kamen DL, Jayne D, Cervera R, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Diamond B, Gladman DD, Hahn B, Hiepe F, Jacobsen S, Khanna D, Lerstrom K, Massarotti E, McCune J, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Schneider M, Urowitz M, Bertsias G, Hoyer BF, Leuchten N, Tani C, Tedeschi SK, Touma Z, Schmajuk G, Anic B, Assan F, Chan TM, Clarke AE, Crow MK, Czirjak L, Doria A, Graninger W, Halda-Kiss B, Hasni S, Izmirly PM, Jung M, Kumanovics G, Mariette X, Padjen I, Pego-Reigosa JM, Romero-Diaz J, Rua-Figueroa Fernandez I, Seror R, Stummvoll GH, Tanaka Y, Tektonidou MG, Vasconcelos C, Vital EM, Wallace DJ, Yavuz S, Meroni PL, Fritzler MJ, Naden R, Dorner T, Johnson SR. 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Sep;71(9):1400-1412. doi: 10.1002/art.40930. Epub 2019 Aug 6.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 31385462 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

musculoskeletal US SLE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id