Duke Lupus Registry

Description

Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that can present with many varied symptoms, including joint pain, fevers, kidney disease, and rashes. Lupus can affect anyone, but it is most common in younger women. The Duke Lupus Registry will collect information and blood samples from patients with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus or cutaneous lupus) seen in the Duke Rheumatology clinics. The goal of this Registry is to understand how lupus changes over time so that we can improve the treatment of patients with lupus.

Conditions

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous Lupus

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that can present with many varied symptoms, including joint pain, fevers, kidney disease, and rashes. Lupus can affect anyone, but it is most common in younger women. The Duke Lupus Registry will collect information and blood samples from patients with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus or cutaneous lupus) seen in the Duke Rheumatology clinics. The goal of this Registry is to understand how lupus changes over time so that we can improve the treatment of patients with lupus.

Duke Lupus Registry

Duke Lupus Registry

Condition
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Cutaneous Lupus
  • * Patient of a rheumatologist at Duke University Medical Center
  • * Inability to travel to Duke for follow-up visits
  • * Inability to speak English
  • * Not able to provide informed consent

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Study Record Dates

2027-06