Ultrasonography Assessment of Peripheral Entheses in Axial Spondyloarthritis and in Healthy Subjects, Athletes or Not

Public Assistance-Hospitals of Marseille (AP-HM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peripheral Entheses

Treatments: Biological: BLOOD SAMPLES; Device: SCAN; Device: Radiographs of heels; Device: Radiographs of the sacroiliac joints

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02038426

2013-27 (Other Identifier)

2013-A00759-36

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose:

• Assessment of ultrasound MASEI index in axial spondyloarthritis and in healthy subjects, athletes or not
• Comparison of the ultrasound semiology of enthesitis in the 3 populations
• Comparison of the MASEI scores in the 3 populations

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Axial spondyloarthritis according to the ASAS classification criteria
• 18-45 years old
• Athletes are defined by sport activities greater than or equal to 6 hours per week
• Non athletes are defined by sport activities lesser than or equal to 1 hour per week

Exclusion criteria

• • History of heel or ankle surgery
• Recent corticosteroid infiltration of the heel or the ankle

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

the patients with SpA

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Radiographs of heels

Device: SCAN

Biological: BLOOD SAMPLES

Device: Radiographs of the sacroiliac joints

sports subjects

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Radiographs of heels

Device: SCAN

Biological: BLOOD SAMPLES

Device: Radiographs of the sacroiliac joints

control subjects

Other group

Treatment:

Device: Radiographs of heels

Device: SCAN

Biological: BLOOD SAMPLES

Device: Radiographs of the sacroiliac joints