INCMNSZ - Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort (IRAC)

National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Salvador Zubiran

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Combination Product: DMARD´s and multidisciplinary treatment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03389711

IRE-274-10/11-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Identify Rheumatoid Arthritis patients diagnose within first 12 months since the beginning of the disease related symptoms. Initiate proper treatment according to international standards in order to achieve remission/low disease activity status.

Full description

• Provide an standardized follow up by a multidisciplinary specialized team.
• Create a biological (blood) bank to develop future research projects.
• Create a database with the clinical, serologic, radiographic and functional status patients data.
• Define comorbidities and mortality causes.
• Begin an educational program to improve patient disease self-knowledge

Enrollment: 237 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients ≥18 years old
• Fulfilled ACR 1987 classification criteria for RA
• Disease evolution of <1 year when first evaluated, and no specific rheumatic diagnosis except for RA.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with another rheumatic disease, except Sjögren syndrome.