The Relationship Between Arterial Stiffness and Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Features in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06739369

2024-14/120

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between arterial stiffness and pulmonary and extrapulmonary features in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis according to ASAS diagnostic criteria
• Being aged 18-65
• Stable medication use for at least 3 months
• Voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having uncontrolled cardiopulmonary disease
• Being pregnant
• Having undergone recent surgery
• Presence of malignancy
• Failure to perform to assessments

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Ankylosing spondylitis