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NCT Number: NCT02899429

Ultrasound Study of Entheses and Small Joints of Hands and Feet in Patients With Atypical Form of Psoriasis

Systematic study of the ultrasound infringements of tendons chest expanders of entheses the most involved in spondylarthropathies and small joints of hands and feet in expanding patients of psoriasis to estimate if there is an infra-clinical infringement of the psoriasic rheumatism .

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHRU de Brest

Brest, 29609, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients over 18 years
  • Atypical psoriasis of the scalp and / or nails and / or psoriasis of folds
  • Patient agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Rheumatic pain
  • Arthritis
  • Joint Trauma in hands, elbows knees, feet
  • Current treatment with methotrexate, soriatane, cyclosporine, corticosteroids
  • Current treatment with biological therapy (anti-TNF, anti IL 12-23)
  • Previous history of rheumatic disease: inflammatory, microcrystalline, osteoarthritis
  • Patients in physical or mental incapacity to agree

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Infra clinical infringements of the entheses

    Time frame: 1 year

    Measurement of the thickness in millimeters (mm) in anteroposterior diameter of each entheses (quadricipatal tendon, calcaneal tendon and plantar aponeurosis)

  2. Infra clinical infringements of the nails

    Time frame: 1 year

    Measurement mm of the nail plate and matrix of the nail. It will be evaluate by using power Doppler the vascularisation in 3 grades of the nail ( grade 0=normal, grade 1=moderate vascularisation , grade 3:= abnormal vascularisation)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Brest

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Registry information

Official study title

Systematic Descriptive Experimental Ultrasound Study of Entheses and Small Joints of Hands and Feet in Patients Presenting an Atypical Form of Psoriasis

Acronym: ECHOPSO

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Sep 14, 2016
Registry last updated
Sep 14, 2016

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