Whole Body MRI for Non-invasive Lesion Detection and Therapy Follow-up: Study With Patients With Radiographic axSpA and Non-radiographic axSpA

NCT ID: NCT07230327

Last Updated: 2025-11-17

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study aims to further improve and expand the WB-MRI imaging evaluation cohort of axSpA patients to complete dynamic follow-up and condition assessment. Based on the WB-MRI features, the association of WB-MRI signs with disease activity, inflammation, and structural damage will be analyzed. At the same time, in-depth data mining was conducted and machine learning was used to construct a new axSpA disease activity assessment model based on WB-MRI data, and the accuracy and reliability of the model were clearly evaluated in the discovery cohort and validation cohort.

Detailed Description

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Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a common clinical chronic inflammatory joint disease with a high disability rate. Current assessment of axSpA disease activity mainly relies on patients' self-reported symptoms and signs, which has poor accuracy and reliability. At the same time, existing assessment methods fail to include some important disease characteristics of axSpA, such as active spinal inflammation and enthesitis. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish a new axSpA disease activity assessment system.

With the development of imaging technology, whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) scanning technology is highly sensitive, can detect multiple parts at the same time, and can fuse multiple sequence images to make disease location and diagnosis more accurate. Currently, Much attention has been paid to it, but it has been less studied in axSpA.

This study established a disease activity assessment model based on WB-MRI imaging assessment, which will provide a new, effective and accurate method for axSpA disease assessment. At the same time, it will provide theoretical basis and practical basis for further understanding of the clinical characteristics of axSpA, the relationship between inflammation and structural damage.

Conditions

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Spondyloarthritis (SpA) Whole-body MRI (WBMRI)

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Whole body MRI

These studies will be performed on a 3Tesla (T) MR system (Achieva, Philips Medical Systems) for all patients.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Include newly referred patients if:

The 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 Criteria

And diagnosed with non-radiographic or radiographic axial SpA
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Wenfeng Tan

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Wenfeng Tan, Dr

Role: CONTACT

+8618061202878

Facility Contacts

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Lingxiao Xu, Dr

Role: primary

+8613913017356

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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SPA-JS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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