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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
- Stephanie Perez, MS, BS · Phone: 203-737-5571
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04402086
Locations in the U.S.
| Connecticut | Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven |
Conditions
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Lupus
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Lyme Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Diffuse Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.