Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Education and US Study (RAEUS)
RAEUS
Improvement in Patient Awareness and Ability to Assess Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Education and US Study (RAEUS)
1 other identifier
interventional
101
0 countries
N/A
Brief Summary
Patients can potentially monitor disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through self-assessed swollen joints (clinical synovitis)joint counts but reliability of joint swelling is poor. The objective is to evaluate the use of education by ultrasound feedback on the ability of patients to assess for clinical synovitis swollen joints in RA.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable rheumatoid-arthritis
Started Nov 2011
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 12, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 30, 2015
CompletedJanuary 30, 2015
January 1, 2015
1 year
January 12, 2015
January 27, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
prevalence-adjusted bias adjusted kappa, PABAK>0.6
at 6 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Bland and Altman 95% limits of agreement
6 months
Level of satisfaction
6 months
disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28)
6 months
Study Arms (2)
Education with ultrasonography
EXPERIMENTALIntervention includes education of self-assessment of synovitis using ultrasonography as a feedback training tool
Standard Care
NO INTERVENTIONNormal standard care where patients are not taught how to self-assess for synovitis, without ultrasonography a training tool
Interventions
Education using ultrasonography as feedback tool
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- RA patients fulfilling ACR1987 criteria
- adults between age 21 and 80 years
You may not qualify if:
- pregnant
- no mental health illness
- fit to perform informed consent
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (1)
Cheung PP, Lahiri M, Teng GG, Lim AY, Lau TC, Lateef A, Mak A, Gossec L, March L. A randomized controlled trial for improving patient self-assessment of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis with education by ultrasonography: the RAEUS Study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Jul;54(7):1161-9. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu447. Epub 2014 Dec 3.
PMID: 25477057DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Peter Cheung
National University Hospital, Rheumatology
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Dr Peter Cheung
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 12, 2015
First Posted
January 30, 2015
Study Start
November 1, 2011
Primary Completion
November 1, 2012
Study Completion
October 1, 2013
Last Updated
January 30, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-01