enthesitis
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Enthesitis is inflammation of the entheses (singular: enthesis), the sites where tendons, ligaments and joint capsules attach to bones.
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Clinical Trials
50 registered- COMPLETEDThe Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) StudyWomen's College Hospital · NCT04587362
- PHASE3COMPLETEDEfficacy of Golimumab in Combination With Methotrexate (MTX) Versus MTX Monotherapy, in Improving Dactylitis, in MTX naïve Psoriatic Arthritis PatientsInstituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes · NCT02065713
- UNKNOWNA Clinical Study of Subclinical Enthesitis and Synovitis in Patients With Vulgaris PsoriasisThe 306 Hospital of People's Liberation Army · NCT02339636
- PHASE3COMPLETEDSecukinumab Safety and Efficacy in Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis (JPsA) and Enthesitis-related Arthritis (ERA)Novartis Pharmaceuticals · NCT03031782
- PHASE1COMPLETEDA Clinical Study With Adalimumab BiosimilarLaboratorios Richmond S.A.C.I.F. · NCT06291948
- COMPLETEDDetection of Subclinical Enthesitis by UltrasonographyFatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital · NCT04209894
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Related conditions
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Enthesitis is inflammation of the entheses (singular: enthesis), the sites where tendons, ligaments and joint capsules attach to bones.
It is a type of enthesopathy, meaning any pathologic condition of the entheses, with or without inflammation. There are some cases of isolated, primary enthesitis which are very poorly studied and understood. It is known to be associated with other autoimmune diseases, like spondyloarthropathies and psoriasis (thought to often precede psoriatic arthritis). A common autoimmune enthesitis is at the heel, where the Achilles tendon attaches to the calcaneus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “enthesitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.