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Neuroinflammation, Affective and Cognitive Symptoms in Major Depression and Psoriasis

Objectives: To identify peripheral neuroinflammatory markers in patients suffering from major depression or psoriasis in relation to affective symptoms (anxiety, depression, irritability), fatigue and cognitive symptoms; and their change after specific treatments. Methodology: Observational prospective cohort study in patients diagnosed with major depression and patients with plaque psoriasis, who naturalistically undergo different treatments (systemic or biological for psoriasis, antidepressants for depression). Forty-one patients with major depression attending psychiatric consultations and 82 patients with psoriasis attending dermatology consultations at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol aged 18 to 65 years old will be selected for inclusion. All of them will be assessed at baseline and after 4 months treatment through a series of demographic and clinical variables, psychiatric diagnosis, psychopathological scales and immunological and biochemical variables after blood draw for obtaining serum, peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) and extraction of total RNA. Investigators will analyze the correlation between immunological markers and affective and cognitive symptoms at baseline, as well as their variation after treatment. Subsequently, a bivariate comparative analysis will be carried out, where statistically significant or marginally significant variables associated with psychopathological variables will be used to construct a multivariate model of binary logistic regression.

Start: February 2021
AR-Power Patient Powered Research Network

ArthritisPower is a patient research network and database (registry) to collect prospective information about demographics, self-reported diagnoses and medications, and willingness to participate in research from participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritis (SpA), and other musculoskeletal conditions. Participants will provide information from their smartphones or personal computers. The information will be used by researchers to help patients and their providers make better, more informed decisions about treatment of RA/SpA and other musculoskeletal conditions. ArthritisPower is part of a larger national research network called PCORnet whose 33 network members have mapped their data to a common data model. Network members will be able to submit queries through PCORnet in order to answer a range of comparative effectiveness research questions. Data sharing across PCORnet will be accomplished using secure methods to prevent patient identification. There is no cost to participants for participating and no compensation is provided. Objectives: To establish a research registry to enable comparative effectiveness research in rheumatic diseases and other musculoskeletal conditions. All data collected using the ArthritisPower mobile app as part of a subject's use is stored with the ArthritisPower registry. This data will be used in conjunction with existing and future research studies. To use the data from this study to improve treatment and to further advance finding a cure for rheumatic diseases.

Start: April 2015