Clinical and Electrophysiological Patterns of Chronic Dysimmune Polyneuropathy

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05219383

Chronic dysimmune neuropathy

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic dysimmune neuropathies (CDN) are a heterogenous group of acquired inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies (CIDP), Lewis-Sumner Syndrome (LSS), multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) and other rare entities.

Despite their relatively low prevalence, CDN lead to substantial costs for patients and society. CDN are usually misdiagnosed due to progressive nature of the disease with little known data regarding disease activity and treatment response

Full description

CIDP is the most common treatable CDN worldwide. Its prevalence is ranging between approximately 1 to 8.9 cases per 100.000 . In addition, there is often the tendency to diagnose CIDP in order to attempt a treatment option. This ultimately leads to overdiagnosis and overtreatment in some patients

Although the different CDN have varying underlying pathophysiology and clinical characteristics, they are all potentially treatable with immunomodulatory drugs.

To date, diagnostic criteria, measurement of disease activity and treatment response of CDN are mainly based on clinical, electrophysiological, and patient related outcome parameters. The commonly used EFNS/PNS diagnostic criteria for CIDP seems to have the best sensitivity among different sets of diagnostic criteria

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years, both sexes, history of sensory and/or motor complaint with progressive course over more 2 months

Exclusion criteria

• *Patients with systemic diseases (DM, chronic kidney or liver disease, thyroid disease, vitamin B12 deficiency)

  • Family history of peripheral neuropathy or neurological symptoms suggestive for heredo-familial neurological disorders
  • Patients with infective cause as (HBV, HCV, HIV, leprosy)
  • Toxic and drug induced polyneuropathy (chemotherapeutics, antimicrobial ..