RecruitingNCT03768271

APACHE Cohort (A Psoriatic Arthritis CoHort)

French Cohort on the Becoming of Recent Articular Psoriatic Rheumatism (A Psoriatic Arthritis CoHort)


Sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Enrollment

425 participants

Start Date

Feb 12, 2020

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, belonging to the wide spectrum of spondyloarthritis, but with the particularity to be associated with personal psoriasis or familial psoriasis. PsA can be a very disabling disease through progressive and irreversible joint damage. Long-term functional prognosis of patients with PsA is correlated with the presence and severity of the radiographic joint lesions of the disease. However, the proportion of patients who will develop those peripheral joint damages is not yet known and less over the factors which are associated/involved in such an aggressive pattern of the disease. Early identification of this subgroup of patients is particularly important for determining early "intensive" treatment, strict management with a Treat To Target approach, and identification of new treatments with a stronger structural effect. The main objective of this prospective 10 years cohort is to describe the 5 years structural (radiographic) severity of recent Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)with recent peripheral arthritis.Some of the secondary objectives are to describe the 10 years structural severity within those patients, and to determine the predictive factors of those 5 and 10 years radiographic lesions (genetic, environmental, clinic, therapeutic factors). APACHE will provide a unique longitudinal standardized database concerning patients with PsA with very recent peripheral arthritis. Research projects which will based on those collected data should allow to identify the mechanisms of aggressive joint damage, to highlight mew treatments targets, to better describe the burden of the disease, to test previous or develop new assessments tolls, to develop early diagnostic criteria


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 65 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

The APACHE cohort study is enrolling patients in France who are at the very beginning of psoriatic arthritis — within the first year of experiencing joint symptoms — to understand how the disease evolves over time and what predicts response to treatment. Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease associated with the skin condition psoriasis. Capturing patients early allows researchers to study the natural course of the disease and optimize early management. You may be eligible if: - You are between 18 and 60 years old - You had your first episode of peripheral arthritis in the last 12 months, confirmed by a rheumatologist - You have psoriasis diagnosed by a doctor, or a family history of psoriatic arthritis in a first- or second-degree relative - A rheumatologist is confident your arthritis is psoriatic (confidence score 7 or higher out of 10) You may NOT be eligible if: - You have been formally diagnosed with a different inflammatory rheumatic disease - You have previously received a biologic medication for your condition - You have been on conventional DMARDs or apremilast for 1 year or more, or within the last 12 months - You have had oral steroids above 10 mg/day in the last 4 weeks, or IV/joint steroid injections in the last 4 weeks - You are pregnant - You have cognitive or language difficulties that would prevent completing study procedures Talk to your rheumatologist about whether your early psoriatic arthritis diagnosis and treatment history qualify you for this long-term cohort study.

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Locations(3)

Henri-Mondor Hospital

Créteil, France

Lapeyronie Hospital

Montpellier, France

Saint Joseph Hospital

Paris, France

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