Joint tissue study aims to personalize rare disease treatment
NCT ID NCT07503821
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study looks at whether analyzing synovial tissue can help doctors better manage pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), a rare joint disease that causes pain and joint damage. Researchers will collect tissue samples from 30 patients through biopsy or surgery to assess quality and patient acceptance. The goal is to understand the disease better and see if tissue analysis can guide personalized treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better, personalized treatment plans for people with PVNS, potentially reducing pain and joint damage.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on gathering information, not testing a treatment. It may not lead to immediate changes in patient care.
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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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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2030
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.
- 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: * Patient \>18 years * Diagnosis of localized or diffuse villonodular synovitis * Referred for therapeutic management * Affiliated with or benefiting from a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Nursing mothers * Protected patients: patients under guardianship or curatorship, safeguard of justice * Patients deprived of liberty * Curative anticoagulation * Thrombocytopenia \< 50,000 platelets/mm3
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, France
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Hospices Civils de Lyon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, France
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Hôpital Cochin APHP
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, France