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Background of the study:
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. There are four stages of the disease:
The treatment for RA is staged. First, the patient receives generic, low-cost drugs. If this treatment becomes ineffective, the treatment is adjusted with different and usually more advanced drugs. Biologics are a category drugs that are considered most advanced and most expensive.
For effective treatment, there are two unmet needs.
Non-invasive optical methods offer several advantages over existing modalities. Optical contrast can be related to physiological parameters in the body, such as blood concentration and oxygenation. At relevant wavelengths and intensities, optical radiation is completely harmless. The cost of optical methods is low compared to other modalities. An important application, where optical methods can help diagnosis and treatment is detection of inflammation of joints in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Due to the highly scattering nature of tissue, non-invasive optical methods for medical imaging are limited to the extremities of the human body. For application in joint diseases, this is acceptable, because imaging of hands can provide sufficient clinical information.
Objective of the study:
Primary objectives:
This is a retrospective, nonrandomized controlled observational study, conducted in a single center to evaluate the potential of optical attenuation measurements to establish disease activity for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Secondary objectives:
Establish parameters from transient optical transmission measurements of the joint that relate to clinical evaluation results of individual joints Evaluate relation between disease activity (DAS-28 score) and the optical attenuation spectra of the fingers of a patient.
Study design:
This is a cross sectional, nonrandomized controlled observational study, conducted in a single center to evaluate the potential of optical attenuation measurements to establish disease activity for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Study population:
The subject population will be patients visiting the Regionaal Reuma Centrum Eindhoven for rheumatoid arthritis. Patient visiting this center will represent a cross section of RA patients that are taken care of in an outpatient setting.
Primary study parameters/outcome of the study:
Primary endpoint is a successful measurement of optical attenuation of a joint and the part of the finger next to the joint before, during and after two consecutive restrictions of venous blood flow by means of a pressure cuff.
Secondary study parameters/outcome of the study (if applicable):
Secondary endpoints are unsuccessful measurements related to early termination of the measurement related to patient discomfort or safety and equipment or software failure.
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