Clinical trialNCT02835196CompletedObservational

Optical Elastography of Systemic Sclerosis Skin

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonEnrollment12Scleroderma

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Summary

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The goal of this study is to develop a new way to assess skin thickness in patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis). The study will test how well a new imaging method called optical coherence elastography (OCE) compares to the current clinical method used to estimate skin thickness, the modified Rodnan Skin Score (mRSS).

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Investigators

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Shervin Assassi, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 25 Oct 2017
Primary completion: 1 Nov 2018
Completion: 1 Nov 2018
Last update posted: 25 Feb 2020
Registered enrollment: 12
Registry id: NCT02835196

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