Can scans predict hand arthritis? new study seeks answers
NCT ID NCT03650673
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 150 people with early hand osteoarthritis to see if imaging techniques like ultrasound and MRI can predict which patients will get worse over time. Researchers will track joint changes on X-rays and look for links to symptoms like pain and swelling. The goal is to identify high-risk patients earlier, but this study does not test any treatment.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
-
About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Jul 2019
- Expected to finish
-
Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 to 60 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- Early digital osteoarthritis must combine the clinical AND radiological definition. Clinical definition: At least one of the following 4 criteria: Pain or stiffness or swelling or deformity of a digital joint (IPP and / or IPD) A breach of at least one PPI and / or IPD Age under 60 at the time of the first symptoms Clinical symptoms have been changing for less than 3 years Radiographic definition: The presence of the achievement of at least one PPI and / or IPD. Presence of at least two of the following three criteria: pinching, marginal subchondral condensation, marginal osteophyte Erosion on radiography is not an exclusion criteria \- Consent form signed Exclusion criteria: * patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid psoriasis or any other inflammatory rheumatism * patients suffering from metabolic diseasis such as gout, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease; or from congenital disease such as displasie, osteogenesis, * Presence of advanced radiographic osteoarthritis based in Kellgreen Lawrence score (=4) in one joint among the 10 previous sites. * Not able to provide a sample of blood for any reasons * MRI contraindication * Being in exclusion period determined by another previous study * Subject non affiliated to social insurance * Pregnant or lactating women * Vulnerable people based in L1121-5 article of CSP * Elderly subject or protected subjects disabled to give their consent * Subjects private of freedom by court or administrative order
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Hand osteoarthritis are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Department of Rheumatology, CHU Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Could a common skin cream calm arthritic hands?
- Can acupuncture outperform a fake procedure for arthritic hands?
- Dry eye tests may reveal a new marker for hand osteoarthritis
- Could an app replace the clinic for hand arthritis relief?
- Exercise and education may offer drug-free relief for hand osteoarthritis
- New embolization procedure could bring relief to arthritic fingers