November 07, 2013
Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Vivian P. Bykerk, MD
Susan M. Goodman, MD
Lisa A Mandl, MD
Mary K. Crow, MD
Caroline E. Reidy, MPH
Observational study of 70 subjects over a 2 year period.
Inclusion Criteria:
• Patients with SpA should have a BASDAI of > 4 without MRI or radiographic evidence of Sacroiliitis
• Patients with MRI or radiographic evidence of Sacroiliitis should have a BASDAI of >3.5
• No biologic therapy for 3 months. Patients may have had a TNFi > 3 months prior to study entry, but patients currently receiving, for example, adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, golimumab, certolizumab pegol or who have taken any TNFis within the previous 3 months are ineligible.
• ≥18 yrs old
• Diagnosis of Spondyloarthritis (SpA) (per ASAS criteria and having sacroillitis as confirmed by radiographs or MRI at baseline), with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) (per the ASAS or CASPAR criteria). See Appendix for ASAS and CASPAR Criteria).
• Patients must have evidence of sacroillitis either by radiograph or MRI, or must have evidence of spine inflammation confirmed by radiographs or spine MRI
Exclusion Criteria:
• Age < 18
• Diagnosis of a systemic rheumatic disease or crystalline arthritis (i.e. RA, SLE, systemic sclerosis, gout, pseudogout, Lyme arthritis, reactive arthritis, viral arthritis)
• Pregnant or nursing
• Unable to give informed consent
• Lack of fluency in English. Unfortunately, we do not have the financial resources to offer full translation services
• Unwilling or unable to be followed as part of routine care
• Patients currently receiving biologic therapy (e.g. adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, golimumab, certolizumab pegol)
Caroline Reidy, MPH
reidyc@hss.edu
646.714.6307