Active clinical trials for "Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic"

The key of this prospective study is to identify a potentially increased cardiovascular risk in patients with systemic Lupus erythematodes, with and without renal affection. Three groups of patients will be compared.

This pooled analysis will assess data from the Phase 3 belimumab registration studies BLISS-52 (aka BEL110752) and BLISS-76 (aka BEL110751). The analysis was pre-planned and agreed prior to the unblinding of either study. The primary objective is to evaluate the impact of belimumab treatment on a more severe subpopulation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) subjects from BLISS-52 and BLISS-76 to aid physicians and payers in decision making. Subjects are from the modified Intent-to-Treat (ITT) population defined as randomized subjects who received at least 1 dose of study agent. This more severe subpopulation will have renal, neurological, haematological, or cardiovascular/respiratory organ domain involvement (as defined by a British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) domain score of A, B or C in at least one of the domains) at baseline AND anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (anti-dsDNA) positive (≥ 30 IU/mL) at baseline OR low C3 and/or C4 complement relative to the normal range at baseline.

This 12 week study will observe patients with and without systemic lupus erythematosus who have persistent antiphospholipid antibodies in the blood who are starting a medicine called hydroxychloroquine. It will measure if these patients have a change in a blood test called the annexin A5 resistance assay over that 12 week period.

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and a variable prognosis. The aim of this study is to create a standardized evaluation of the different subtypes of this disease in order to receive an overview of the spectrum of clinical and laboratory features as well as the therapeutic strategies for patients with CLE.

QT dispersion can be a useful, simple noninvasive method for the early detection of cardiac involvement in SLE patients with active disease. The investigators therefore recommend cardiovascular evaluation for every SLE patient with an SLEDAI higher than 10.

The purpose of this study is to perform genetic testing in and to collect information from families affected by lupus in order to identify the genetic factors associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the periodontal status of chronic skin disease (CSD) patients with healthy controls. Material and method: 109 patients and 37 healthy subjects were included in this study. Parameters evaluated included bleeding on probing index (BOP), periodontal pocket depths (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), simplified debris index (DI), simplified calculus index (CI), and the presence of oral lesions. Clinical parameters were measured and compared in the two groups. The significant level was set at 0.05.

The rationale of this research is to determine if patients with lupus and presenting retinal "pseudo-drusen-like" deposits have genetic and complement-related similarities with AMD patients. Based on the results obtained, this study could lead to future research that could better target the treatment of patients with lupus or patients with AMD (Age related Macular Degeneration). The primary objective is to check if patients with lupus, treated or not with antimalarial drugs, with "pseudo-drusen-like" deposits have a different complement profile (functional exploration of complement, complement factors, genetic complement polymorphisms involved in AMD) compared to patients without "pseudo-drusen-like" deposits.

Patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease (CIR) are at increased risk for infections. Vaccination is a powerful tool to prevent infections, even in immunocompromised patients. Low-risk types of Human papilloma virus (HPV) cause anogenital warts, while high risk types are strongly related to pre-malignant cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer. HPV vaccines have been developed to prevent these conditions. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are more prevalent in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients or other auto-immune diseases when compared to the healthy population. In France, despite a vaccination available since 2007, rate of vaccination remain low. Although little is known about HPV vaccination in SLE, few studies in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) have shown that HPV vaccines are safe, and capable to induce an immunogenic response in this group of patients. To date, available data suggest that HPV vaccines can be given safely to SLE patients. Given the increased incidence of cervical abnormalities due to HPV in SLE patients, this vaccination should be encouraged. The aim of this study was to assess the vaccination coverage rate in chronically ill girls with SLE or idiopathic juvenile arthritis who require a close pediatric specialized follow-up vaccination and to understand barriers or motivations for it.

Collect blood from patients admitted for coronary angiography to tubes with heparin, centrifuge and collect plasma. This will be frozen at -80C. Sent to the Lipotype laboratory, Dresden, Germany, for the detection and quantification of compounds derived from oxidized LDL cholesterol (cholesterol hemi-esters).