11 results
Primary Objective: to study the differences in CD4+ T cell subsets (Th1/Th2/Th17/Tregulatory/Tsenescent) between GCA patients and healthy controls at diagnosis and during follow up and in remission. Secondary Objective(s): - To characterize the cell…
-To assess the central chemosensitivity by an carbon dioxide rebreathing test-To assess mouth occlusion pressures during the carbon dioxide rebreathing test-To study the relation between these results and the results obtained with the MRI and…
Because the pathophysiology of SSc is unknown, there is currently no treatment available to cure the disease itself, so only individual organ system complications are treated (7,8). Therefore, treatment is patient-specific and aimed at ameliorating…
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of a protocol for cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) of psychological distress as a component of multidisciplinary treatment in SSc on psychological distress.
HypothesisSexual function in female systemic sclerosis patients is impaired as a result of fibrosis of the genital tract, fatigue, chronic pain, Raynaud*s phenomenon and contractures. AimThe aim of the study is to investigate sexual function and its…
The purpose of this study is to further unravel the genetic origin of these individual diseases and their relation at genes level.
Aim of this study is measuring the effects of locoregional anaesthesia in EDS patients and comparing these effects with those in a healthy control group. The results of this study can be used to make a more valid choice for the type of anaesthesia…
To investigate the collagen metabolism in pelvic floor tissue, pelvic floor-derived fibroblasts, and adipose tissue stem cells in patients with and without pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
Hand function impairment in systemic sclerosis: Outcomes, Mechanisms and Experience (HANDSOME) study
Primary Objective: Determination of risk factors for hand function impairment in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with early disease, very early disease and established hand impairment (contractures) at 2 years follow-upSecondary Objective(s):-…
To investigate the difference in number, phenotype and function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and T cells in and between patients with SSc, LS and EF and between patients with these diseases and healthy controls / patients with psoriasis.
1. To assess serum calcification propensity (T50) in SSc patients compared with healthy age and gender-matched controls; 2. To assess serum T50 in SSc patients with overt calcinosis cutis as compared to age and gender-matched SSc patients without; 3…