Predictive Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Using Non-Invasive Infra-red Thermal Imaging and an AI/ML Algorithm
Primary Purpose
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Status
No longer available
Phase
Locations
Study Type
Expanded Access
Intervention
thermal imaging
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an expanded access trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- rheumatoid arthritis
Exclusion Criteria:
- non complaince
Sites / Locations
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT05124990
First Posted
November 15, 2021
Last Updated
November 17, 2021
Sponsor
North Florida Foundation for Research and Education
Collaborators
Vivadox, Infrared Cameras Incorporate
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05124990
Brief Title
Predictive Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Using Non-Invasive Infra-red Thermal Imaging and an AI/ML Algorithm
Official Title
Predictive Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Using Non-Invasive Infra-red Thermal Imaging and an AI/ML Algorithm
Study Type
Expanded Access
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
November 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
No longer available
Study Start Date
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Primary Completion Date
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Study Completion Date
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3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
North Florida Foundation for Research and Education
Collaborators
Vivadox, Infrared Cameras Incorporate
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The hypothesis for this clinical research project is that the severity of RA may be detected and predicted using an optimized ML/AI algorithm that uses infrared thermal images of inflamed joints and standard clinical RA-related markers (i.e., ESR and CRP) by computing DAS-28 ESR scores in real-time. The infrared thermal images coupled with clinical laboratory markers and the ML/AI algorithm are expected to assist a practicing clinician in the RA diagnosis and the prediction of the occurrence of flares in RA patients. Physicians who use this technology, would need minimum training and will be able to accurately and reliably diagnose RA using a cheaper method which does not involve incident radiation emitted by other imaging modalities such a X-RAY, musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound, or a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim would be to have the Infrared thermal imaging devices at remote VA clinics that do not have a rheumatology specialist where veterans can go for their inflammatory arthritis flare and get this image by the local VA RN. These clinical results can then be assessed by and discussed with a Rheumatologist via telehealth visits.
Detailed Description
Objective #1: To assess the clinical feasibility of implementing a novel, physician assisting, diagnostic approach for RA when compared to conventional RA examination and diagnostic procedures.
This prospective, non-interventional study will assess clinically assess and diagnose the severity of RA in sero-positive RA patients experiencing active flares by using conventional examination and diagnostic methods, and compared those with a physician-assisting, diagnostic approach that involves the use of an infrared thermal imaging device, which detects heat waves to be correlated between RA patients and control subjects (i.e., those who do not have RA or who are in remission). Standard clinical laboratory values will be documented from the EHR system as well and will include ESR (sedimentation rate) and CRP (c-reactive protein).
Objective #2: To develop and optimize a ML/Artificial intelligence(AI) algorithm that would process and analyze thermal images and assist in the predictive diagnosis of RA using the DAS-28 ESR score for those thermal images of the inflamed joints of patients.
This study will predict the probability of an actual flare occurrence and its severity in RA patients by using an optimized, physician assisting ML/AI algorithm that processes and analyzes thermal images from sero-positive RA patients in pain and experiencing flares and that calculates the DAS-28 scoring system in real-time
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Rheumatoid Arthritis
7. Study Design
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Intervention Type
Diagnostic Test
Intervention Name(s)
thermal imaging
Intervention Description
no risk infrared thermal image would be used to capture pictures of the patients joints that are reported to be painful during a rheumatoid arthritis flare along iwth labs such as esr and crp. these will then be fed to a machine learning algorithm that will learn to predict the DAS 28 score for the RA patient and their flare.
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
99 Years
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
rheumatoid arthritis
Exclusion Criteria:
non complaince
12. IPD Sharing Statement
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Predictive Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Using Non-Invasive Infra-red Thermal Imaging and an AI/ML Algorithm
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