Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Imagery as Biomarker of Gout

Lead Sponsor:

Lille Catholic University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Auckland University

Conditions:

Hyperuricemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to determine whether MSU crystal deposits visualized on ultrasound and/or DECT are associated with the development of symptomatic gout (according to ACR 2015 / EULAR cri...

Detailed Description

Cross-sectional studies have shown that 17% to 86% of people with apparently asymptomatic hyperuricemia have ultrasound evidence of monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition. These observations sugges...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Serum urate level ≥ 80 mg/L on inclusion,
  • No current or previous clinical symptoms of gout (including clinically apparent flares or tophus),
  • Between 18 and 80 years old,
  • Able to give informed consent.

Exclusion

  • GFR (glomerular filtration rate) \<30 ml / min / 1.73 m² or dialysis,
  • Serious illness with a poor prognosis of less than 5 years,
  • Autoimmune inflammatory arthritis,
  • Change of geographical area within 5 years,
  • Previous analysis of synovial fluid showing crystals of MSU,
  • Presence of subcutaneous tophi,
  • Taking a hypouricaemic treatment (allopurinol, probenecid, benzbromarone, febuxostat, lesinurad), canakinumab, anakinra or colchicine,
  • Uricemia observed only after an acute decompensation of comorbidity
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 9 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 9 2029

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05434858

Start Date

September 9 2022

End Date

September 9 2029

Last Update

September 10 2025

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Lille Catholic Hospital

Lille, Hauts-de-France, France, 59462