Clinnova-RD

Eligible participants

Clinnova-RD is recruiting participants recently diagnosed with a RD and requiring treatment initiation or treatment change. Specifically, you may be eligible to participate if you:

• Are 18 years of age or older.
• Have been diagnosed with one of the rheumatoid diseases included in the study, namely Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) or Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASSD).
• Have recently been diagnosed in the last 2 years and require treatment initiation, or are experiencing a significant change in your disease or treatment, such as s treatment change recommended by your rheumatologist, increased disease activity or a disease flare.
• Are willing and able to attend study visits, complete study assessments, and provide the required data and biological samples.
• Are able to understand the study information and provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

You may not be eligible to participate if you:

• Have a condition that would make it difficult to take part in the study procedures or attend study visits.
• Are not fluent in French, English, or German.
• Are pregnant at the time of inclusion.
• Are participating in another prospective interventional clinical trial.
• Are experiencing an improvement in disease activity rather than a worsening of symptoms.
• Are changing treatment solely because a medication is unavailable or for safety-related reasons rather than because of disease activity.
• Have another rheumatic or autoimmune disease in addition to the condition being studied.
• Additional disease-specific eligibility requirements may apply and will be assessed by the study physician during screening.

Not sure about eligibility?

The study team will review each case individually to determine eligibility. If you are unsure whether you are eligible, do not hesitate to contact us.