Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Asymptomatic Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

University Hospital Tuebingen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Treatments: Procedure: intra-articular steroid injection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00800371

Silent Arthritis PROSPECT 2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may progress asymptomatically leading to joint destruction despite treatment.

The aim of the observational study is to describe patients with silent arthritis comparing symptoms, clinical findings with results of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children without symptoms or with only mild joints swelling or with only minimal limited range of motion

Exclusion criteria

• patients with manifest arthritis

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

JIA

Description:

Patients with JIA

Treatment:

Procedure: intra-articular steroid injection