Ultrasound Elastography of Salivary Glands (ELSA)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: sjögren Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02994797

ELSA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ultrasonography in salivary gland has demonstrated its usefulness to diagnose and follow patients with Sjögren syndrome (pSS). More recently, a new imaging technique allows to study the parenchymal elasticity in salivary glands and could be a new tool to evaluate patients with sicca syndrome and pSS.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or female
• More than 18 years old
• Consulting in Doppler unit for sicca syndrome or suspicion of Sjögren syndrome
• Consent agreement

Exclusion criteria

• No consent agreement
• No sicca symptoms