Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:50 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:50 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00858169
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients who fulfill the 1987 ARA criteria for RA
* Patients with at least one painful swollen wrist or knee joint observed by a rheumatologist
* Patients who will receive a new medicine, including oral corticosteroid, intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy, intraarticular injection with steroid or methotrexate, DMARDs, or biologic agent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with active infection
* Patients with concurrent malignant disease
* Patients with a history of traumatic, septic, or cystal arthritis, previous joint surgery, or arthroscopic synovectomy of any wrist or kneejoint within the past 12 months before the study
* Patients who have severe wrist or knee joint deformity that makes the US assessment protocol unable to complete
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Study:
NCT00858169
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00858169