Improving Outcomes for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

NCT07659223 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: K 2026-0525
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 116
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Children and parents often experience uncertainty and stress when juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is first diagnosed, which creates a need for structured support. Juvenile Idiopathic Support Program (JASP-1) provide patient-and family centered support during the first year after diagnosis. However, little is known about how a support program like JASP-1 can influence outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed to longitudinally examine registry data from children who participated in JASP 1 and to compare the outcomes with registry data from a matched control group.

Conditions

Juvenile Idiopahtic Arthritis

Keywords

JIA; Support-program,; Register study

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• CHAQ, Disabkids, Physicians global assessment

  56 children received JASP-1and was on 3 timepoints compared with 60 children matched in disease, gender and age.The measures compared is CHAQ including pain, disease impact on overall well-being and school attendance, DISABKIDS, JADAS-71, Physicians global assessment, Number of active joints, Number of joint injections and Pharmacological treatment. Outcomes at 12 months, were analyzed using the non parametric Mann-Whitney U test. For categorical variables differences were analyzed using the chi-square test to compare proportions. Repeated measurement ANOVA was used for calculating differences over time between the two groups. P value \< 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 31.

  For one year following JIA diagnosis

• CHAQ

  Childhood Health Assessment Queationnaire

  Assessed several times during the first year after diagnosis. Values from 0-3

• Disabkids

  Health Related Quality of Life

  Assessed at 3 timepoints during the first year, values between 0-100

• Phycisians global assessment

  Assessed at 3 timepoint during the first year after diagnosis. Valued on a VAS scale 0-10

  During the first year after diagnosis

Study Arms (2)

Participating in the Juvenile Arthritis Support Program (JASP-1)

EXPERIMENTAL

Children newly diagnosed with JIA and their parents were invited to participate in the intervention JASP-1. The intervention contains seven structured patient-and family centered visits the first year after JIA diagnose. With more visits close in the beginning.

Behavioral: The intervention was a one year support program JASP-1

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

This arm is a control group consisting of 60 children matched in diagnose, gender and age with the ones in the intervention group. The children and parents in the control group did not receive any intervention. The data was collected from the PedSRQ register.

Interventions

The intervention was a one year support program JASP-1 BEHAVIORAL

Seven structured visits with a patient-and family-centered approach was used in the JASP-1 program, in which children newly diagnosed with JIA and their parents were invited to participate in.

Participating in the Juvenile Arthritis Support Program (JASP-1)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 0 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• For the JASP-1: Diagnosed with JIA and have completed the JASP-1.
• For the control group: Diagnosed with JIA at the same clinic as above

You may not qualify if:

• No JIA diagnosis
• Change of diagnose during the year
• Do not understand or speak Swedish

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Region Stockholm: lead
• Karolinska University Hospital: collaborator
• Karolinska Institutet: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Karolinska University Hospital

Stockholm, 17176, Sweden

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The intervention JASP-1 is a support program consisting of seven structured visits the first year following JIA diagnosis

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 26, 2026
• First Posted: June 22, 2026
• Study Start: August 15, 2019
• Primary Completion: February 19, 2026
• Study Completion: February 19, 2026
• Last Updated: June 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)