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Study NCT ID: NCT03293667
Status: TERMINATED
Last Update Posted: 2025-09-30
First Post: 2017-03-16
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Characterization of Regulatory T Lymphocytes in the Synovial Fluid of Patients Affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Regulatory T Lymphocytes in the Synovial Fluid of Patients Affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis, a Pilot Study.
Status: TERMINATED
Status Verified Date: 2023-09
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Default of recrutement / no more PI on this study
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: CATERLIS
Brief Summary: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) the clinical response to anti-TNFα is related to an increase in the number or in the function of Treg lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients. This observation suggests the central role of Tregs in homeostasis of the immune response during RA.

In the literature the Tregs frequency and phenotype in the peripheral blood are well documented, however the analyses done on the Tregs in inflamed environment are still fragmentary or disparate.

In this project Tregs phenotype as well as expression of several transcripts will be analysed in order to better characterize the Treg cell subsets within the synovial fluid. Moreover, the local inflammatory cytokines (TNF, IL-6 and IL-1) may affect both the phenotype and the suppressive function of these Tregs and a comparison between peripheral and tissue Tregs will allow us to better understand the cause of functional loss.

Outcomes:

Primary outcome: Identification and characterization of the Tregs subpopulation present in the synovial fluid for RA patients suffering an episode of acute arthritis.

Secondary outcomes: compare the phenotypic and expression profile of the Tregs present in the synovial fluid with the Tregs present in the peripheral blood of RA patients suffering from an episode of acute arthritis.
Detailed Description: Transverse observational, monocentric exploratory study based on physiopathological evaluation Phase of identification/characterization of biomarkers. In a second phase, investigators might also considered a multicentre study with a greater number of patients as well as with osteoarthritis patients in order to validate the specificity of the results obtained in RA.

Investigators will prospectively recruit 10 patients with rheumatoid arthritis suffering from an episode of acute arthritis and requiring joint puncture. Investigators will analyse the cellular component of the joint fluid. It is an interventional clinical trial since one extra blood sample of 30 ml of blood will be collected.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:

Secondary ID Infos

Secondary ID Type Domain Link View
2016-A01489-42 REGISTRY ID-RCB View