MRI and AI join forces to track spine disease activity
NCT ID NCT07230327
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to improve how doctors measure disease activity in people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a type of inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine and joints. Researchers will use whole-body MRI scans and machine learning to create a new assessment model. The study will follow 100 participants over two years to see how MRI changes relate to inflammation, structural damage, and disease progression.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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.
Who is studied
Exclusion Criteria: Unable to provide written consent Unable to undergo MRI examination Pregnancy Unable to read and/or write Chinese
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Include newly referred patients if: The onset of symptoms (back pain/arthritis/enthesitis) \< 45 years Undiagnosed disease with the following symptoms: chronic back pain (duration of back pain more than 3 months) and/or peripheral arthritis (asymmetric arthritis/predominantly of the lower limbs) and/or enthesitis and/or dactylitis Exclusion Criteria: And diagnosed with non-radiographic or radiographic axial SpA
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China
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