Rheumatology Patient Registry and Biorepository
- NCT ID
- NCT04402086
- Registry status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Conditions
- Adult Onset Still Disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Behcet Disease, Dermatomyositis, Giant Cell Arteritis, Lyme Disease, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Polymyositis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Reactive Arthritis, Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma, Sjogren's Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Sclerosis, Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases
Overview
ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Recruiting.
Enrollment: 5000 participants (Estimated).
What is being studied
No interventions are listed in the registry data.
Who may be eligible
- Ages
- 18 Years to 99 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Yes
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.
Inclusion Criteria for Rheumatology Patients:
* Patients ≥18 years old with a diagnosis of a rheumatic autoimmune disease including, but not limited to: adult onset Still's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, Behcet's disease, dermatomyositis, giant cell arteritis, mixed connective tissue disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, polymyositis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, undifferentiated connective tissue disease and vasculitis.
* Receiving clinical care at Yale Rheumatology clinics
Exclusion Criteria for Rheumatology Patients:
* Unable to provide informed consent
* No patients will be excluded based on gender or ethnicity or pregnancy status.
* Women who are currently pregnant will need to wait to donate a skin biopsy until after they deliver.
* Patients allergic to lidocaine or epinephrine or have a history of impaired wound healing will not be able to donate a skin biopsy.
Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
* Age ≥ 18 years old
* No chronic skin conditions
* No diagnosis of a rheumatic autoimmune disease (e.g., lupus, rheumatoid arthritis)
* Normal BMI
Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
* Unable to provide informed consent.
* Currently pregnant or nursing unless the study goal is to study pregnant or nursing woman.
* Allergies to lidocaine or epinephrine (skin biopsies).
* A history of impaired wound healing (skin biopsies).
Study locations
1 study location is listed.
Recruiting site status is explicitly provided for 1 location; 1 is listed as Recruiting.
Countries: United States
- Connecticut, United States: 1
Sample of listed locations
- Yale New Haven Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States — Recruiting
Study details
- Start date
- August 4, 2020
- Primary completion date
- June 1, 2030
- Completion date
- June 1, 2030
- First posted
- May 26, 2020
- Collaborators
- Rheumatology Research Foundation
Source and update information
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT ID
- NCT04402086
- Registry last updated
- February 13, 2026
- QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed
- October 2, 2026
- QualifiedStudies record fetched
- October 2, 2026
View NCT04402086 on ClinicalTrials.gov
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