T Cell Function in Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

Clalit Health Services

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Urticaria

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01425593

0118-08-mmc

confino2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is a common form of chronic urticaria in which the cause is not detected after intensive clinical and laboratory investigation.In view of the current data, it was suggested that at least part of the patients with CIU have an autoimmune process.This study is designed to investigate the mechanisms involved in the regulation and activation of the immune cells in patients with CIU and corelate them with disease activity

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age above 18
• chronic urticaria

Exclusion criteria

• age below 18
• pregnancy
• other severe chronic diseases