The study will include 20 people with hand OA awaiting surgery in the fingers. Participants will undergo dual-energy CT, cone-beam CT, ultrasound, clinical examination, blood sampling and questionnaires. Images will be analysed for the presence of joint-associated crystal including monosodium urate, calcium pyrophosphate and calcium hydroxyapatite. Material obtained during surgery will be used for crystal verification and calculation of diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy CT and cone-beam CT.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
12
All participants will receive dual-energy CT scanning and cone-beam CT scanning prior surgery.
The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
Copenhagen, DK, Denmark
Positive likelihood ratio
To determine the positive likelihood ratio of DECT to detect crystal deposition in an osteoarthritic joint of the hand.
Time frame: 20 months
Discriminating joint-associated crystals
To determine DECTs ability to discriminate MSU from calcium-containing crystals in an osteoarthritic joint of the hand.
Time frame: 20 months
Negative likelihood ratio
To determine the negative likelihood ratio of DECT to detect crystal deposition in an osteoarthritic joint of the hand.
Time frame: 20 months
Inflammation
Synovitis-score of inflammation detected by ultrasound
Time frame: 20 months
Relationship between inflammation and crystals
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), with a factor for presence of crystals (X=1 or X=0), and synovitis score as dependent variable.
Time frame: 20 months
Degenerative status
Described by KL-score
Time frame: 20 months
Relationship between KL-score and crystals
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), with a factor for presence of crystals (X=1 or X=0), and KL-score as dependent variable.
Time frame: 20 months
Erosions score
Erosions as estimated by the hand osteoarthritis magnetic resonance imaging scoring system (HOAMRIS) for erosions evaluated by CBCT
Time frame: 20 months
Relationship between erosion-score and crystals
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), with a factor for presence of crystals (X=1 or X=0), and erosion-score as dependent variable.
Time frame: 20 months
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