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Rheumatology Patient Registry and Biorepository

RecruitingObservational studyHealthy volunteers welcome

Who can join

Ages 18 to 99 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Rheumatology Patients:

* Patients ≥18 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 ≥ 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).

About the study

To facilitate clinical, basic science, and translational research projects involving the study of rheumatic diseases.

Sponsor: Yale University · Participants: 5,000 · Started: Aug 4, 2020

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04402086

Locations in the U.S.

ConnecticutYale New Haven Hospital, New Haven

Conditions

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.