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Impact and Utility of PET Versus Clinical Score for the Assessment of Inflammatory Activity in Takayasu Arteritis

NCT01532167 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2012-03-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that \[18F\]FDG PET is a a better method than clinical and laboratory values for the identification and assessment of inflammatory activity in patients with Takayasu Arteritis (TA), allowing long-term follow-up with a precise evaluation of response to therapy.

Conditions

  • Takayasu Arteritis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria E Soto, MD · Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia

  • Erick Alexanderson, MD · Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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