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CompletedNCT03770884RHUMADIETUpdated Aug 3, 2021

Rheumatism and Dietetic: RHUMADIET Study (Food Practices and Beliefs)

An observational study in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis and Hand Osteoarthritis, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 19 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-03.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
448
Ages
19 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Cross sectional study assessing food practices and beliefs in RA, AS and DA (digital arthritis)

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To investigate in patients having rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or axial spondyloarthritis (AS) or digital osteoarthritis (DA) practices and beliefs about influence of food and diet on their rheumatic disease.

200 patients of each disease will be included in this cross-sectional non interventional study Factors associated with specific practices or specific beliefs will be determined.

Only questionnaires are used in this study.

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Conditions studied

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Axial Spondyloarthritis
  • Hand Osteoarthritis

Keywords

  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • Axial spondyloarthritis
  • hand osteoarthritis
  • diet
  • beliefs
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In context

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

2,962 studies on the registry are indexed under Arthritis, Rheumatoid; 396 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 448 is above the median of 176 across 854 observational studies indexed under Arthritis, Rheumatoid.

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Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is the lead sponsor of 3,576 studies on the registry; 1,028 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

RA (EULAR/ACR criteria) AS (ASAS criteria ) DA (ACR criteria)

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Inclusion criteria

  • Over 18 years of age
  • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to ACR/EULAR criteria or axial spondyloarthritis (AS) according to ASAS 2009 criteria or digital osteoarthritis (DA) according to ACR criteria.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe upper functional or psychiatric disorders
  • Patients under guardianship or trusteeship
  • Patients unable to answer the questionnaire in French
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
448 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

    EULAR-ACR criteria Whatever the treatment and the disease activity

  • Axial spondyloarthritis

    ASAS criteria for axial disease Whatever the treatment and the disease activity

  • digital osteoarthritis

    According to ACR criteria Whatever the treatment and the disease activity

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients who follow or have followed at least one diet for their rheumatic disease among gluten-free, cow's milk, lactose-free, vegetarian, vegan, Seignalet, Mediterranean, fasting period

    Binary criterion: Diet follower Yes/No

    Time frame: 10 minutes

Secondary outcomes

  1. comparison between each rheumatism rheumatoid arthritis, Axial spondyloarthritis digital osteoarthritis of the prevalence of patients having followed or following one or more diets

    Proportion of diet follower patients in RA versus AS versus DA. Specific food and diet questionnaires will be used in this study.

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  2. For each type of food, prevalence of patients with RA considering that the food influences the rheumatic pain in each rheumatic disease

    for each type of food (meat, vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, fish, alcohol, soda), prevalence of patients with RA considering that food influence their disease symptoms

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  3. For each type of food, prevalence of patients with AS considering that the food influences the rheumatic pain in each rheumatic disease

    for each type of food (meat, vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, fish, alcohol, soda), prevalence of patients with AS considering that food influence their disease symptoms

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  4. For each type of food, prevalence of patients with DA considering that the food influences the rheumatic pain in each rheumatic disease

    for each type of food (meat, vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, fish, alcohol, soda), prevalence of patients with DA considering that food influence their disease symptoms

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  5. Research of socio-demographic or rheumatic factors associated with dieting in RA.

    In RA population:Unajusted and adjusted risk of diet (odds ratio) assiociated with the following factors reported from patient file or patient questionnaires. * Sociodemorgraphic parameters:Age, gender, education level. * Physiologic parameters: Autoantibody status, BMI * Clinical parameters: treatments, disease activity using DAS 28 scale.

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  6. Research of socio-demographic or rheumatic factors associated with dieting in AS.

    In AS population: Unajusted and adjusted risk of diet (odds ratio) assiociated with the following factors reported from patient file or patient questionnaires. * Sociodemorgraphic parameters:Age, gender, education level. * Physiologic parameters: BMI * Clinical parameters: treatments, disease activity using BASDAI Scale

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  7. Research of socio-demographic or rheumatic factors associated with dieting in DA.

    In DA population: Unajusted and adjusted risk of diet (odds ratio) assiociated with the following factors reported from patient file or patient questionnaires. * Sociodemorgraphic parameters: Age, gender, education level. * Physiologic parameters: BMI * Clinical parameters: treatments, disease activity using 0-100mm visual analogic scale

    Time frame: 10 minutes

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Study locations

1 site
  • Service de Rhumatologie - Hôpital Saint Antoine
    Paris, 75012, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 3, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03770884
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 10, 2018
Start date
Jan 8, 2019
Primary completion
Apr 18, 2019
Completion
Apr 18, 2019
Last update
Aug 3, 2021

Study contacts

Jérémie SELLAM, Prof,MD, PhD
principal investigator · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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