American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) Diagnostic and Classification Criteria for Primary Systemic Vasculitis (DCVAS)

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified January 2013 by University of Oxford
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
American College of Rheumatology
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
The Vasculitis foundation
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of Oxford
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01066208
First received: February 9, 2010
Last updated: January 2, 2013
Last verified: January 2013
  Purpose

Vasculitis is group of diseases where inflammation of blood vessels is the common feature. Patients typically present with fever, fatigue, weakness and muscle and joint aches. These symptoms are very common among many different diseases, not just vasculitis. A clustering of other symptoms, physical examination findings, blood tests, radiology and biopsy help make the diagnosis. There are currently no criteria to help doctors make a diagnosis of vasculitis when a patient presents with these non specific symptoms and they are reliant on previous experience and disease definitions. One of the aims of this project is to develop diagnostic criteria for the primary systemic vasculitides (granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's), microscopic polyangiitis, Churg Strauss syndrome, polyarteritis nodosa, giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis). We, the investigators, will do this by studying a large group of patients with vasculitis and comparing them to a large group of patients that present in a similar way, but do not have vasculitis. By comparing the 2 groups we will create a list of items to differentiate between vasculitis and 'vasculitis mimics'.

We also aim to update the current classification criteria. Classification criteria are used to group patients into different types of vasculitis, once a diagnosis of vasculitis has been made, and are useful for studying patients in clinical trials with similar or identical diseases. The current classification criteria (American college of Rheumatology 1990 criteria) were developed 20 years ago, before the availability of some important diagnostic tests (e.g. antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies [ANCA]), and are now not consistent with some of the current disease definitions. Therefore to progress future research in vasculitis, it is important that the classification criteria are updated. We will recruit 260 patients with each of the 6 types of vasculitis and compare them with 1300 controls (patients with the 5 other types of vasculitis), in order to determine the optimal combination of symptoms, signs and investigations that classify each person into the appropriate group.


Condition
Wegener's Granulomatosis
Microscopic Polyangiitis
Churg Strauss Syndrome
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Giant Cell Arteritis
Takayasu Arteritis

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: ACR/EULAR Endorsed Study to Develop New Diagnostic and Classification Criteria for Primary Systemic Vasculitis

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Further study details as provided by University of Oxford:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Develop new diagnostic and classification criteria for ANCA associated vasculitis and polyarteritis nodosa [ Time Frame: 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Biospecimen Retention:   Samples With DNA

Patients may be given the option of having blood, urine or other tissue obtained as part of their routine care retained for use in future ethically approved studies. They may also be asked to provide additional blood to be stored for this purpose. This component is an optional extra, and does not form part of the main study.


Estimated Enrollment: 3588
Study Start Date: January 2011
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2013
Estimated Primary Completion Date: June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts
WG classification
Patients with Wegener's granulomatosis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
MPA classification
Patients with microscopic polyangiitis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
CSS classification
Patients with Churg Strauss syndrome. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
PAN classification
Patients with polyarteritis nodosa. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
Control Classification
For each of the diseases being evaluated (WG, MPA, CSS, PAN, GCA, TAK), patients with the other 5 diseases will be the control group. Within these groups, 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
WG diagnostic
Patients with a new presentation of Wegener's granulomatosis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.
MPA diagnostic
Patients with a new presentation of microscopic polyangiitis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.
CSS diagnostic
Patients with a new presentation of Churg Strauss syndrome. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.
PAN diagnostic
Patients with a new presentation of polyarteritis nodosa. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.
Control diagnostic
Patients without vasculitis, but presenting with similar features to the 6 different types of vasculitis being studied. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.
GCA classification
Patients with giant cell arteritis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
TAK classification
Patients with Takayasu arteritis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Classification criteria.
GCA diagnostic
Patients with a new diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.
TAK diagnostic
Patients with a new diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis. 1st half of these patients will be assigned to the development cohort and the second half to the validation cohort. Diagnostic criteria.

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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

Patients with primary systemic vasculitis or a mimic of these diseases seen in participating secondary or tertiary care centres in Europe, USA, Mexico, Japan, Asia, Australasia.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for Classification criteria:

  1. Adult patients aged >18 years. There is no upper age limit.
  2. Ability to give informed consent. If the patient is unable to give informed consent as a result of death or physical incapacity, then informed assent from next of kin.
  3. Presumed diagnosis of a primary systemic vasculitis.

Exclusion criteria for classification criteria:

  1. Patients < 18 years of age.
  2. Inability to provide informed consent.
  3. Hepatitis B or C
  4. Co-morbidities that explain the clinical symptoms and signs on which the diagnosis of vasculitis is made. E.g. infection, tumour, other inflammatory condition, etc.

Inclusion criteria for diagnostic criteria:

  1. Adult patients aged >18 years. There is no upper age limit.
  2. Ability to give informed consent. If the patient is unable to give informed consent as a result of death or physical incapacity, then informed assent from next of kin.
  3. Suspected diagnosis of a primary systemic vasculitis

Inclusion criteria for controls group for diagnostic criteria:

  1. Adult patients aged >18 years. There is no upper age limit.
  2. Ability to give informed consent. If the patient is unable to give informed consent as a result of death or physical incapacity, then informed assent from next of kin.
  3. Patients presenting to secondary care with one of the following clinical presentations: I.Multi-system disease. Presentation of disease with at least 2 organs involved. II.Pulmonary-renal syndrome. Defined as haemoptysis / pulmonary haemorrhage with acute renal impairment. III.Acute renal failure IV.Acute respiratory distress. V.Chronic upper airways symptoms and signs. VI.Inflammatory polyarthritis. VII.Fever of unknown origin. VIII.Acute or chronic abdominal pain IX.Hypertension. X.Referred to secondary care with suspicion of vasculitis but confirmed not to have vasculitis. XII.New onset headache. XIII.Jaw or tongue pain. XIV.Sudden visual loss. XV.Limb claudication. XVI.Aortic aneurysm >5cm.

Exclusion Criteria for diagnostic criteria:

  1. Patients under the age of 18
  2. Patient or next of kin unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or assent.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01066208

Contacts
Contact: Raashid A Luqmani +44 1865 738106 raashid.luqmani@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Contact: Anthea Craven anthea.craven@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

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Locations
United States, California
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA Recruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
Contact: Michael Weisman         Weisman@cshs.org    
Principal Investigator: Michael Weisman            
University of California, San Francisco Recruiting
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-0500
Contact: Sharon Chung         sharon.chung@ucsf.edu    
Principal Investigator: Sharon Chung            
United States, Illinois
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Recruiting
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
Contact: Tony Sreih         antoine.sreih@rush.edu    
Principal Investigator: Tony Sreih            
United States, Maryland
University of Maryland Recruiting
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
Contact: Jamal Mikdashi         jmikdash@umaryland.edu    
Principal Investigator: Jamal Mikdashi            
United States, Massachusetts
Vasculitis Center, Boston University School of Medicine Recruiting
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
Contact: Peter Grayson         peter.grayson@bmc.org    
Principal Investigator: Peter Grayson            
United States, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Recruiting
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
Contact: Eric Matteson         matteson.eric@mayo.edu    
Principal Investigator: Eric Matteson            
United States, New York
New York University Langone Medical Centre Not yet recruiting
New York, New York, United States, 10016
Contact: Yusuf Yazici         yusuf.yazici@nyumc.org    
Principal Investigator: Yusuf Yazici            
United States, North Carolina
University of North Carolina Not yet recruiting
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7525
Contact: Charles Jennette         jcj@med.unc.edu    
Principal Investigator: Charles Jennette            
Principal Investigator: Ronald Falk            
United States, Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Recruiting
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
Contact: Carol Langford         LANGFOC@ccf.org    
Principal Investigator: Leonard Calabrese            
United States, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Recruiting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
Contact: Peter A Merkel         pmerkel@upenn.edu    
Principal Investigator: Peter A Merkel            
University of Pittsburgh Recruiting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261
Contact: Kim Liang         liangkp@upmc.edu    
Principal Investigator: Kim Liang            
United States, Utah
University Medical Center Not yet recruiting
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132-0002
Contact: Curry Koening         curry.koening@hsc.utah.edu    
Principal Investigator: Curry Koening            
Argentina
Hospital Interzonal San Juan Bautista Recruiting
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina
Contact: Sergio Toloza         sergiotol@yahoo.com    
Principal Investigator: Sergio Toloza            
Ramos Mejia Hospital, University of Buenos Aires Recruiting
Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1221ADC
Contact: Eduardo Kerzberg         eduardomariok@gmail.com    
Principal Investigator: Eduardo Kerzberg            
Australia, Australian Capital Territory
ANU Medical Centre Recruiting
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Contact: Paul Gatenby         paul-gatenby@anu.edu.au    
Principal Investigator: Paul Gatenby            
Australia, Queensland
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Recruiting
Herston, Queensland, Australia, 4029
Contact: Dwarakanathan Ranganathan         Dwarakanathan_Ranganathan@health.qld.gov.au    
Principal Investigator: Dwarakanathan Ranganathan            
Belgium
University Hospitals Leuven Recruiting
Leuven, Belgium
Contact: Daniel Blockmans         Daniel.Blockmans@uz.kuleuven.ac.be    
Principal Investigator: Daniel Blockmans            
Canada, Manitoba
University of Manitoba Recruiting
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3A 1M4
Contact: Navjot Dhindsa         ndhindsa@hsc.mb.ca    
Principal Investigator: Navjot Dhindsa            
Canada, Ontario
St Joseph's Healthcare Recruiting
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Nader Khalidi         naderkhalidi@sympatico.ca    
Principal Investigator: Nader Khalidi            
University of Ottawa Recruiting
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5
Contact: Nataliya Milman         nmilman@Ottawahospital.on.ca    
Principal Investigator: Nataliya Milman            
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Recruiting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ON M5T 2S8
Contact: Simon Carette         Simon.Carette@uhn.on.ca    
Principal Investigator: Simon Carette            
Canada
University of Calgary Not yet recruiting
Calgary, Canada
Contact: Michael Walsh         mwwalsh@ucalgary.ca    
Principal Investigator: Michael Walsh            
St Joseph's Healthcare London, Ontario Recruiting
Ontario, Canada
Contact: Lillian Barra            
Principal Investigator: Lillian Barra            
Czech Republic
General University Hospital Recruiting
Prague, Czech Republic
Contact: Vladamir Tesar            
Principal Investigator: Vladamir Tesar            
Denmark
Rigshospitalet Recruiting
Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Neils Rasmussen         nrasent@dadlnet.dk    
Principal Investigator: Niels Rasmussen            
Principal Investigator: Bo Baslund            
France
Cochin Hospital, Université Paris-descartes Not yet recruiting
Paris, France, 75679
Contact: Loic Guillevin         loic.guillevin@wanadoo.fr    
Principal Investigator: Loic Guillevin            
Germany
Universitätsklinikum Jena Recruiting
Jena, Germany, 07743 Jena
Contact: Thomas Neumann         Thomas.Neumann@med.uni-jena.de    
Principal Investigator: Thomas Neumann            
University of Schleswig-Holstein Recruiting
Luebeck, Germany
Contact: Julia Holle         hollejulia@hotmail.com    
Principal Investigator: Julia Holle            
Universitätsklinikum Münster Recruiting
Münster, Germany, 48149
Contact: Cord Sunderkötter         Cord.Sunderkoetter@ukmuenster.de    
Principal Investigator: Cord Sunderkötter            
Kreiskliniken Esslingen Recruiting
Plochingen, Germany, 73207
Contact: Bernhard Hellmich         b.hellmich@kk-es.de    
Principal Investigator: Bernhard Hellmich            
University Hospital Tübingen Recruiting
Tübingen, Germany, D-72076
Contact: Joerg Henes         joerg.henes@med.uni-tuebingen.de    
Principal Investigator: Joerg Henes            
India
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Recruiting
Chandigarh, India, Pin- 160 012
Contact: Aman Sharma         pgimer-chd@nic.in    
Principal Investigator: Aman Sharma            
Ireland
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin Recruiting
Dublin 4, Ireland
Contact: Eamonn Molloy         E.Molloy@st-vincents.ie    
Principal Investigator: Eamonn Molloy            
Italy
University of Parma Recruiting
Parma, Italy
Contact: Augusto Vaglio         augusto.vaglio@virgilio.it    
Principal Investigator: Augusto Vaglio            
Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Recruiting
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Contact: Carlo Salvarani         Carlo.Salvarani@asmn.re.it    
Principal Investigator: Carlo Salvarani            
Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia Recruiting
Reggio Emilia, Italy, 42123
Contact: Carlo Salvarani         Carlo.Salvarani@asmn.re.it    
Principal Investigator: Carlo Salvarani            
Japan
Tsukuba University Hospital Recruiting
Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, 305-8576
Contact: Kunihiro Yamagata            
Principal Investigator: Kunihiro Yamagata            
Miyazaki University Hospital Recruiting
Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, 889-1692
Contact: Shouichi Fujimoto            
Principal Investigator: Shouichi Fujimoto            
Saitama Medical University Recruiting
Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, 350-8550
Contact: Koichi Amano         amanokoi@saitama-med.ac.jp    
Principal Investigator: Koichi Amano            
Kyorin University Hospital Recruiting
Mitaka, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, 181-8611
Contact: Yoshihiro Arimura            
Principal Investigator: Yoshihiro Arimura            
Chiba University Recruiting
Chiba, Japan, 260-8670
Contact: Kazuo Suzuki         ksuzuki@faculty.chiba-u.jp    
Principal Investigator: Kazuo Suzuki            
Kagawa University Hospital Recruiting
Kagawa, Japan, 761-0793
Contact: Hiroaki Dobashi            
Principal Investigator: Hiroaki Dobashi            
St. Marianna University Hospital Recruiting
Kanagawa, Japan, 216-8511
Contact: Hidehiro Yamada         guriko@marianna-u.ac.jp    
Principal Investigator: Hidehiro Yamada            
Kanazawa University Hospital Recruiting
Kanazawa, Japan, 920-8641
Contact: Takashi Wada         twada@medf.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp    
Principal Investigator: Takashi Wada            
Okayama University Hospital Recruiting
Okayama, Japan, 700-8558
Contact: Hirofumi Makino            
Principal Investigator: Hirofumi Makino            
Kitano Hospital Recruiting
Osaka, Japan
Contact: Eri Muso            
Principal Investigator: Eri Muso            
Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital Recruiting
Saitama, Japan, 343-0032
Contact: Shigeto Kobayashi            
Principal Investigator: Shigeto Kobayashi            
Jichi Medical University Hospital Recruiting
Tochigi-ken, Japan, 3311-1 Yakushiji
Contact: Wako Yumura            
Principal Investigator: Wako Yumura            
University Tokyo Hospital Recruiting
Tokyo, Japan, 113-8655
Contact: Junichi Hirahashi         jhirahashi-tky@umin.ac.jp    
Principal Investigator: Junichi Hirahashi            
Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Not yet recruiting
Mexico City, Mexico, 14000
Contact: Luis Felipe Flores-Suárez         felipe98@prodigy.net.mx    
Principal Investigator: Luis Felipe Flores-Suárez            
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran Recruiting
Mexico City, Mexico
Contact: Andrea Hinojosa            
Principal Investigator: Andrea Hinojosa            
Netherlands
VU University Medical Center Not yet recruiting
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6Z 165
Contact: Maarten Boers         mboers56@xs4all.nl    
Principal Investigator: Maarten Boers            
University Medical Center Groningen Recruiting
Groningen, Netherlands, 30.001
Contact: Abraham Rutgers         a.rutgers@umgc.nl    
Principal Investigator: Abraham Rutgers            
New Zealand
University of Otago, Christchurch Recruiting
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 8011
Contact: Lisa Stamp         Lisa.Stamp@cdhb.govt.nz    
Principal Investigator: Lisa Stamp            
Auckland District Health Board Recruiting
Auckland, New Zealand
Contact: Ravi Suppiah            
Principal Investigator: Ravi Suppiah            
Waikato District Health Board Recruiting
Hamilton, New Zealand, 3240
Contact: Vicky Quincey         vicki.quincey@waikatodhb.health.nz    
Principal Investigator: Vicky Quincey            
Norway
Hospital of Southern Norway Recruiting
Kristiansand, Norway, Post box 416, 4605
Contact: Andreas Diamantopoulos     +47 38073155     andreas.diamantopoulos@sshf.no    
Principal Investigator: Andreas Diamantopoulos            
The University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø Recruiting
Tromsø, Norway, 9038
Contact: Emilio Besada         Emilio.Besada@unn.no    
Principal Investigator: Emilio Besada            
Poland
University of Jagiellonian Recruiting
Kraków, Poland, 31-007
Contact: Jan Sznajd         jsznajd@gmail.com    
Principal Investigator: Jan Sznajd            
Portugal
Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon Recruiting
Lisbon, Portugal, 1649-035
Contact: Ruth Geraldes         ruth.geraldes@netcabo.pt    
Principal Investigator: Ruth Geraldes            
Slovenia
University Medical Centre Ljubljana Recruiting
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1000
Contact: Alojzija Hočevar         alojzija.hocevar@siol.net    
Principal Investigator: Alojzija Hočevar            
Spain
Clinic Barcelona Hospital Universitari Not yet recruiting
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Contact: Maria Cid         MCCID@clinic.ub.es    
Principal Investigator: Maria Cid            
Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Recruiting
Columbo 8, Sri Lanka
Contact: Inoshi Atukorala         inoshi.atu@gmail.com    
Principal Investigator: Inoshi Atukorala            
Sweden
Lund University Recruiting
Lund, Sweden, SE-221 85
Contact: Aladdin Mohammad         aladdin.mohammad@med.lu.se    
Principal Investigator: Mårten Segelmark            
Switzerland
University Hospital Basel Recruiting
Basel, Switzerland, 4031
Contact: Thomas Daikeler         tdaikeler@uhvs.ch    
Principal Investigator: Thomas Daikeler            
Immunologie-Zentrum Zurich Not yet recruiting
Zurich, Switzerland
Contact: Thomas Hauser         hauser@immunologie-zentrum.ch    
Principal Investigator: Thomas Hauser            
Turkey
Haydarpasa Education and Research Hospital Not yet recruiting
Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Hasan Yazici         hyazici@attglobal.net    
Principal Investigator: Hasan Yazici            
Marmara University Medical School Recruiting
Istanbul, Turkey, 34668
Contact: Haner Direskeneli         hanerdireskeneli@gmail.com    
Principal Investigator: Haner Direskeneli            
Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School Recruiting
Istanbul, Turkey, 34098
Contact: Gulen Hatemi         gulen.hatemi@yahoo.com    
Principal Investigator: Gulen Hatemi            
Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School Recruiting
Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Sevil Kamali         sevilkamali@hotmail.com    
Principal Investigator: Sevil Kamali            
United Kingdom
Queen's Hospital Recruiting
Romford, Essex, United Kingdom, RM7 0AG
Contact: Kuntal Chakravarty         kuntal@talk21.com    
Principal Investigator: Kuntal Chakravarty            
Southend University Hospital NHS Trust Recruiting
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom, SS0 0RY
Contact: Bhaskar Dasgupta         Bhaskar.Dasgupta@southend.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: Bhaskar Dasgupta            
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Recruiting
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZN
Contact: Neil Basu         neilbasu@nhs.net    
Principal Investigator: Neil Basu            
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust Recruiting
Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Contact: Richard Watts         richard.watts2@mac.com    
Principal Investigator: Richard Watts            
University of Birmingham Not yet recruiting
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Contact: Matthew Morgan         m.d.morgan@bham.ac.uk    
Principal Investigator: Caroline Savage            
Addenbrooke's Hospital Not yet recruiting
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Contact: David Jayne         david.jayne@addenbrookes.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: David Jayne            
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Recruiting
Norwich, United Kingdom, NR4 7UY
Contact: Laura Harper         LAURA.HARPER@nnuh.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: Chetan Mukhtyar            
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (QMC) Recruiting
Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH
Contact: Peter Lanyon         Peter.Lanyon@nuh.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: Peter Lanyon            
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Churchill Hospital) Recruiting
Oxford, United Kingdom, OX3 7LE
Contact: Rachel Hoyles         rachel.hoyles@ouht.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: Rachel Hoyles            
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Recruiting
Oxford, United Kingdom, OX3 7LD
Contact: Raashid Luqmani         raashid.luqmani@noc.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: Raashid Luqmani            
Sub-Investigator: Joanna Robson            
Royal Berkshire NHS Trust Recruiting
Reading, United Kingdom, RG1 5AN
Contact: Oliver Flossmann     0118 3225308     oliver.flossman@royalberkshire.nhs.uk    
Principal Investigator: Oliver Flossmann            
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Recruiting
Southampton, United Kingdom, SO16 6YD
Contact: Christopher Edwards         cedwards@soton.ac.uk    
Principal Investigator: Christopher Edwards            
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Oxford
American College of Rheumatology
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
The Vasculitis foundation
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Raashid A Luqmani, DM, FRCP(E) University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Principal Investigator: Peter Merkel, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator: Richard Watts, DM, FRCP University of East Anglia
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Additional Information:
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Responsible Party: University of Oxford
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01066208     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: ACREULAR001
Study First Received: February 9, 2010
Last Updated: January 2, 2013
Health Authority: United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by University of Oxford:
Classification criteria
Diagnostic criteria

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arteritis
Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Takayasu Arteritis
Aortic Arch Syndromes
Giant Cell Arteritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Vasculitis
Wegener Granulomatosis
Systemic Vasculitis
Microscopic Polyangiitis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Granuloma
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Skin Diseases, Vascular
Skin Diseases
Aortic Diseases
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013