Arthritis is a current manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and participates to the SLEDAI composite score calculation (0 to 105). Ultrasonography (US) is a validated and sensitive tool for joint assessment. Published studies showed US joint abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with or without joint pain. Nevertheless, ultrasonography evaluations were not standardized and no study compared clinical and ultrasonography assessments. The objectives were 1) to describe ultrasonography joint abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus population, 2) to compare clinical and ultrasonography standardized joint assessments, 3) to estimate the reliability of clinical swollen joint count (C-SJC) and SLEDAI (C-SLEDAI) score versus ultrasonography-SJC and ultrasonography-SLEDAI.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
152
B-mode and power Doppler ultrasonography examination.Ultrasonography assessments includes wrists, metacarpophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, elbows, shoulders, knees, ankles, metatarsophalangeal and twenty six tendons (wrist extensors, finger flectors and tendons of the ankles).
Hopital Pellegrin
Bordeaux, France
Chu de Brest
Brest, France
CH du MANS
Le Mans, France
CHU Hôtel Dieu
Nantes, France
CHR d'Orléans
Orléans La Source, France
Hopital Pontchaillon - Chu de Rennes
Rennes, France
Chru de Tours
Tours, France
Ultrasonography record (synovitis / tenosynovitis / effusion)
Time frame: Day 0 (there is only one point measurement in the study)
Clinical joint assessment (synovitis / tenosynovitis / effusion)
Time frame: Day 0
Evaluate SELENA SLEDAI (C-SLEDAI) score
Time frame: Day 0
Evaluate musculoskeletal BILAG score
Time frame: Day 0
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