Clinical studies on the development of new minimum invasive diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis

• Project/Area Number: 25461484
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Collagenous pathology/Allergology
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Katsuya 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 講師 (70306695)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Tsutomu TAKEUCHI 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 教授 (50179610)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: 関節リウマチ / 滑膜組織 / 臨床研究 / 低侵襲検査法 / 滑膜生検 / 低侵襲検査 / 関節エコー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is recently progressing and clinical remission has become a real target of the treatment. We conducted a pilot study on new ultrasound echographs guided minimum invasive synovial fluids and tissues sampling.