NCT07113834Completed
Characteristics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Associated Uveitis
Characteristics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Associated Uveitis: A Retrospective Study in Egyptian Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Aug 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to understand the clinical characteristics associated with AAU in Egyptian AS patients, and the prognostic factors, in terms of the Corrected Distance Visual Acuity (CDVA).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 22 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 1 Sept 2023
- Primary completion date
- 1 Sept 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Benha University
- Diseases
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- NCT number
- NCT07113834
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 22
- From 1 Sept 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2023
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Non-Egyptian patients.
- History of other systemic autoimmune or immunological diseases (e.g., sarcoidosis, Behçet's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus).
- Uveitis due to non-autoimmune secondary causes (e.g., infectious uveitis, trauma-related uveitis).
- History of ocular surgery prior to the episode of AAU
Who the study is looking for
- Egyptian nationality.
- Age: ≥ 18 years.
- Confirmed diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) according to the Modified New York Criteria, including:
- Clinical symptoms (e.g., chronic inflammatory back pain, reduced lumbar motion, reduced chest expansion)
- Radiographic evidence of sacroiliitis.
- Confirmed diagnosis of Acute Anterior Uveitis (AAU) based on:
- Ophthalmologic examination (e.g., slit-lamp biomicroscopy)
- Ancillary testing (e.g., Optical Coherence Tomography \[OCT\] and/or Fluorescein Angiography \[FA\]).
- Presentation to the Spine Clinic of Benha University - Faculty of Medicine between September 2023 and August 2024 with ophthalmic complaints, subsequently referred to the Ophthalmology Clinic.
- Complete medical and ophthalmologic records available.
- Received treatment for both AS and AAU.
- At least one follow-up visit after initiation of treatment.
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benha University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Banhā | Egypt | Unknown status |
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