The use of positron emission tomography (PET), novel immune and microbiological biomarkers to improve the diagnosis and prognostication of giant cell arteritis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1134309

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory condition of blood vessels. Diagnosing the condition and predicting which patients will develop complications is challenging. Undiagnosed, a significant proportion of patients experience sudden onset, permanent blindness. Our study aims to improve the diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with suspected GCA by following a group of 65 patients for two years with serial scans, blood tests and clinical reviews.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $124,676.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Autoimmunity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

biomarkers | cytokine secretion | microbiology | positron emission tomography (PET) | vasculitis

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