February 26, 2025- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the launch of the CorEvitas Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Registry. The multi-center, prospective registry leverages the CorEvitas rheumatology physician network and addresses a critical unmet need for collecting robust, objective real-world data about this chronic and devastating autoimmune disease, in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue and can cause damage to patients’ skin, joints, blood and internal organs, including the kidneys, heart, brain and lungs. The registry will leverage clinician and patient insights to address key questions about the safety and effectiveness of available and future treatments for SLE, the most common type of lupus.
The registry collects clinical data longitudinally from both enrolled patients and their treating rheumatologists across multiple health outcome domains, including drug utilization, quality of life, disease activity and severity, medical comorbidities, diagnostic tests and adverse events. With a large, clinically rich data set and a supporting team of experts in epidemiology, biostatistics and drug safety at their fingertips, researchers can derive unique insights to address a range of critical questions related to the treatment of SLE.
Patients diagnosed with SLE experience symptoms ranging from mild to severe or even life-threatening, and commonly include extreme fatigue, joint and muscle pain, headache, fever, alopecia and sensitivity to light. Approximately 90% of SLE patients are women.