A blood clue to a rare vessel disease?
NCT ID NCT03698071
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a protein in the blood, called soluble CD95 ligand, plays a role in ANCA-associated vasculitis, a rare group of diseases that cause inflammation of blood vessels. Researchers will collect blood and urine samples from 48 adults with the condition and track changes in the protein's levels over 12 months. The goal is to see if this marker could help with diagnosis, predicting disease activity, or finding new treatment approaches.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Blood and urine sample collection for biomarker analysis
- What this could lead to
- If the marker proves reliable, it could lead to a simple blood test to help diagnose or monitor ANCA-associated vasculitis, and possibly point toward new treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with a small number of participants, so the marker may not prove accurate or broadly applicable. It is exploratory and does not test any treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2018
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- 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.
- 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: * Diagnosis of ANCA associated vasculitis according to the Chapel-Hill Consensus Conference - 2012 modified version * Age ≥ 18 years * being affiliated to health insurance * willing to participate and to sign informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding women, * patient concerned by articles L 1121-5 to L 1121-8 (persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, minors, persons of legal age who are the object of a legal protection measure or unable to express their consent)
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Bordeaux - Service d'Immunologie et Immunogénétique
Bordeaux, France
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