Arthritis
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The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of arthritis and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our research on arthritis, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.
Research & News
Catherine Ivory
Senior Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Clinical Trials
The following list of clinical trials at The Ottawa Hospital is pulled from ClinicalTrials.gov, which is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and only available in English. If you find a clinical trial that interests you, you can bring the information to the next appointment with your care team and ask if you are eligible for the study. If so, they may be able to refer you to the study team. If you email the study team directly, we can guarantee a response. Learn more about participating in research and clinical trials.
Evaluating XPERIENCE™ Advanced Surgical Irrigation (NCT05543941)
Hip Osteoarthritis, Hip Arthritis, Knee Osteoarthritis, Knee Arthritis View DetailsA Study to Evaluate the Impact of Upadacitinib on Spondyloarthritis Outcomes in Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis (NCT06454188)
Psoriatic Arthritis, Spondyloarthritis, Axial View DetailsRandomized Comparison of PARtial Wrist Fusion With or Without Triquetral Excision (PARTE) (NCT04580225)
Wrist Arthritis, Wrist Arthropathy, Scapholunate Advanced Collapse, Scaphoid Nonunion, Post-traumatic; Arthrosis, Arthritis, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Joint Diseases View DetailsPublications
The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.
Longitudinal Performance of the Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool (PEST) in Canada and Latin America: Results from the Prospective, Observational, 5-Year PURE Registry.
2026-07-21 Go to publicationRisk of misclassification of rheumatoid arthritis activity in patients with depression: a prospective ultrasound study.
2026-07-21 Go to publicationDisease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis after failure of biologic or targeted synthetic therapy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
2026-07-13 Go to publicationImproving outcomes of patients living with psoriatic arthritis: The Observational Best Practices Research Initiative (OBRI-PsA) registry: Rationale, Methodology and Preliminary Data of 18 Months Follow-up.
2026-07-06 Go to publication