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French Cohort on Outcome of Recent Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Imaging exams for EARLY UNDIFFERENTIATED SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES. Completed, enrolled 708 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study is a large national multicenter, longitudinal, prospective follow-up of patients presenting with early inflammatory back pain in order to set up a database to facilitate several investigations on diagnosis, prognosis, epidemiology, pathogenesis and medico-economics in the field of early inflammatory back pain and spondyloarthritis
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Radiological examinations: * Standard x-ray: they include an x-ray of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine (side-on), of the lumbar spine from the front and an x-ray of the pelvis from the front * MRI scan: are taken of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints. Bone densitometry: evaluation of bone densitometry of the lumbar spine and femoral neck. Enthesis ultrasound: bilateral evaluation of entheseal insertions for the Achilles tendon, patella tendons and epicondyle tendons. Biological tests : * Genetic test : DNA will be collected at the first visit from all centers. RNA will be collected at the inclusion visit in AP-HP centres only. * Serum will be collected by all centres at the initial visit, then in M6, M12 and M24 for the first two years of the study, then in M60. * Urine will be collected by all centres at the initial visit, then in M24 for the first two years of the study, then in M60.