๐ฌIn plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
To facilitate clinical, basic science, and translational research projects involving the study of rheumatic diseases.
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๐ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria for Rheumatology Patients:
* Patients โฅ18 years old with a diagnosis of a rheumatic autoimmune disease including, but not limited to: adult onset Still's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, Behcet's disease, dermatomyositis, giant cell arteritis, mixed connective tissue disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, polymyositis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, undifferentiated connective tissue disease and vasculitis.
* Receiving clinical care at Yale Rheumatology clinics
Exclusion Criteria for Rheumatology Patients:
* Unable to provide informed consent
* No patients will be excluded based on gender or ethnicity or pregnancy status.
* Women who are currently pregnant will need to wait to donate a skin biopsy until after they deliver.
* Patients allergic to lidocaine or epinephrine or have a history of impaired wound healing will not be able to donate a skin biopsy.
Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
* Age โฅ 18 years old
* No chronic skin conditions
* No diagnosis of a rheumatic autoimmune disease (e.g., lupus, rheumatoid arthritis)
* Normal BMI
Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
* Unable to provide informed consent.
* Currently pregnant or nursing unless the study goal is to study pregnant or nursing woman.
* Allergies to lidocaine or epinephrine (skin biopsies).
* A history of impaired wound healing (skin biopsies).