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Ruth Wittoek Prof. Dr.

Rheumatologist

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Location

Stoepestraat 39, Evergem

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Description

Ik ben reumatoloog met reeds meer dan 10 jaar ervaring in allerhande ontstekingsvormen van reumatisch lijden alsook een bijzondere interesse in artrose.

U kunt bij mij terecht voor de behandeling van aandoeningen als reumatoide artritis, psoriasisartritis, spondyloartritis (vroeger ook Ziekte van Bechterew genaamd), jichtartritis, systeemlupus, jichtartritis, etc. Ik behandel deze patienten volgens de laatste (nationale en internationale) richtlijnen en doe dit in overleg met de patiënt en zoveel als mogelijk rekening houdend met de voorkeuren of bezwaren van de patiënt.

Daarnaast ben ik professor in de reumatologie en klinisch onderzoeker met een bijzondere interesse in de behandeling van osteoartritis of artrose. Ik ben lid van meerdere onderzoeksgroepen en internationale verenigingen die trachten nieuwe therapieën voor de behandeling van artrose te ontwikkelen. Op die manier ben ik op de hoogte van de meest recente ontwikkelingen en stel ik graag (op individuele basis) een gepaste behandeling aan de patiënt met artrose voor.

  • License number: 14777751790
The description was edited by the doctoranytime team, based on verified information.

Experience

Relevant Experience

  • Muscle and joint pain

Services

Costs are indicative and will be determined on a case by case basis

Contact and location

    • Address
      Stoepestraat 39, Evergem
    • Parking
      • Easy parking
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Studies

  • Master in de Geneeskunde, MD, Universiteit Gent, Master Geneeskunde (2002 - 2006)
  • LUMC, Diepenbeek, Bachelor Geneeskunde (1999 - 2002)

Professional experience

  • Professor Reumatologie, Universiteit Gent, België (2018)
  • Reumatoloog, Universitair ziekenhuis Gent, België (2014)
  • Arts assistent inwendige ziekten en reumatologie in opleiding, UGent (2010 - 2014)
  • PhD onderzoek, UGent (2006 - 2010)

Organisations member

  • Koninklijke Belgische vereniging Reumatologie (KBVR), lid
  • EULAR (European League against rheumatism), lid
  • OMERACT (outcome measures in rheumatology)

Spoken languages

  • Dutch

Academic research and publications

  • Volledig overzicht: ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6367-9466
  • Een selectie van publicaties in toonaangevende tijdschriften en onderzoek met impact:
  • Henrotin Y, de Schrijver F, De Vlam K, Devinck M, Joos R, Luyten H, Rasmont Q, Van den Berghe M, Vanhaverbeke T, Vanhoof J, Van Praet L, Wittoek R. Effect of a combination of C. longa and B. serrata extracts on hand osteoarthritis. Results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage.
  • Kortekaas MC, Vanhaverbeke T, Keen HI, Terslev L, Hammer HB, D'Agostino MA, Wittoek R; OMERACT Hand OA US Working Group. Validation of HAND OA US inflammatory and structural damage score (HOUSE) for thumb-base joints: systematic review on truth and discrimination. Rheumatology (Oxford).
  • Wittoek R, Verbruggen G, Vanhaverbeke T, Colman R, Elewaut D. RANKL blockade for erosive hand osteoarthritis: a randomized placebo-controlled phase 2a trial. Nat Med. 2024 Mar;30(3):829-836. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02822-0.
  • Haugen IK, Felson DT, Abhishek A, Berenbaum F, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Dziedzic KS, Edwards JJ, Englund M, Hermann-Eriksen M, Herrero-Beaumont G, Hill C, Ishimori ML, Jonsson H, Karjalainen T, Leung YY, Maheu E, Mallen CD, Marshall M, Moe RH, Ramonda R, Ritschl V, Ritt MJ, Stamm TA, Szekanecz Z, van der Giesen F, van de Stadt LA, van der Meulen C, Wittoek R, Greibrokk E, Laheij H, Kloppenburg M. 2023 EULAR classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Oct 21;83(11):1428-1435. doi: 10.1136/ard-2023-225073.
  • Venken K, Jarlborg M, Stevenaert F, Malfait TLA, Vlieghe C, Abraham Y, Manuello T, Decruy T, Vanhee S, Wils H, Peeters PJ, Carron P, Van den Bosch F, Van Tendeloo V, Lambrecht BN, Wittoek R, Jacques P, Elewaut D. Shared lung and joint T cell repertoire in early rheumatoid arthritis driven by cigarette smoking. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Nov 8:ard-2024-226284. doi: 10.1136/ard-2024-226284.
  • Wittoek R, Decock C, Dewaele N, Arnold L, Baeyens P, De Schrijver I, Pardaens L, Raftakis I, Renson T, Rinkin C, Thooft ADJ, Vanhaverbeke T, Verbist C. Structural ultrasound of joints and tendons in healthy children: development of normative data. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2023 Sep 19;21(1):105. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00895-8.
  • Mathiessen A, Hammer HB, Terslev L, Kortekaas MC, D'Agostino MA, Haugen IK, Bruyn GA, Filippou G, Filippucci E, Kloppenburg M, Mancarella L, Mandl P, Möller I, Mortada MA, Naredo E, Sedie AD, Sexton J, Wittoek R, Iagnocco A, Ellegaard K; OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group. Ultrasonography of Inflammatory and Structural Lesions in Hand Osteoarthritis: An Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Agreement and Reliability Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Dec;74(12):2005-2012. doi: 10.1002/acr.24734.
  • Ferrero S, Wittoek R, Allado E, Cruzel C, Fontas E, Breuil V, Ziegler L, Kremer J, Loeuille D, Roux CH. Methotrexate treatment in hand osteoarthritis refractory to usual treatments: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Aug;51(4):831-838. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.04.016.
  • Jans LBO, Chen M, Elewaut D, Van den Bosch F, Carron P, Jacques P, Wittoek R, Jaremko JL, Herregods N. MRI-based Synthetic CT in the Detection of Structural Lesions in Patients with Suspected Sacroiliitis: Comparison with MRI. Radiology. 2021 Feb;298(2):343-349. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020201537.
  • Haugen IK, Felson DT, Abhishek A, Berenbaum F, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Borgen T, Herrero Beaumont G, Ishimori M, Jonsson H, Kroon FP, Maheu E, Ramonda R, Ritschl V, Stamm TA, van der Heijde D, Wittoek R, Greibrokk E, Smeets W, Kloppenburg M. Development of classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis: comparative analyses of persons with and without hand osteoarthritis. RMD Open. 2020 Jun;6(2):e001265. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001265.
  • Vanhaverbeke T, Pardaens L, Wittoek R. Natural disease progression in finger osteoarthritis: results from a 10 year follow-up cohort. Scand J Rheumatol. 2020 Nov;49(6):498-504. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2020.1771762.
  • Kloppenburg M, Kroon FP, Blanco FJ, Doherty M, Dziedzic KS, Greibrokk E, Haugen IK, Herrero-Beaumont G, Jonsson H, Kjeken I, Maheu E, Ramonda R, Ritt MJ, Smeets W, Smolen JS, Stamm TA, Szekanecz Z, Wittoek R, Carmona L. 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan;78(1):16-24. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213826.
  • Venken K, Jacques P, Mortier C, Labadia ME, Decruy T, Coudenys J, Hoyt K, Wayne AL, Hughes R, Turner M, Van Gassen S, Martens L, Smith D, Harcken C, Wahle J, Wang CT, Verheugen E, Schryvers N, Varkas G, Cypers H, Wittoek R, Piette Y, Gyselbrecht L, Van Calenbergh S, Van den Bosch F, Saeys Y, Nabozny G, Elewaut D. RORγt inhibition selectively targets IL-17 producing iNKT and γδ-T cells enriched in Spondyloarthritis patients. Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 2;10(1):9. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07911-6.
  • Henrotin Y, Malaise M, Wittoek R, de Vlam K, Brasseur JP, Luyten FP, Jiangang Q, Van den Berghe M, Uhoda R, Bentin J, De Vroey T, Erpicum L, Donneau AF, Dierckxsens Y. Bio-optimized Curcuma longa extract is efficient on knee osteoarthritis pain: a double-blind multicenter randomized placebo controlled three-arm study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Jul 27;21(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1960-5.
  • Kloppenburg M, Peterfy C, Haugen IK, Kroon F, Chen S, Wang L, Liu W, Levy G, Fleischmann RM, Berenbaum F, van der Heijde D, Bansal P, Wittoek R, Feng S, Fang Y, Saltarelli M, Medema JK, Levesque MC. Phase IIa, placebo-controlled, randomised study of lutikizumab, an anti-interleukin-1α and anti-interleukin-1β dual variable domain immunoglobulin, in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Mar;78(3):413-420. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213336
  • Kloppenburg M, Ramonda R, Bobacz K, Kwok WY, Elewaut D, Huizinga TWJ, Kroon FPB, Punzi L, Smolen JS, Vander Cruyssen B, Wolterbeek R, Verbruggen G, Wittoek R. Etanercept in patients with inflammatory hand osteoarthritis (EHOA): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Dec;77(12):1757-1764. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213202.
  • Wittoek R, Carron P, Lambert B, Meersseman P, Verbruggen G, Van den Bosch F, Elewaut D. Immunoscintigraphic detection of tumour necrosis factor by radiolabelled certolizumab pegol in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis: a proof-of-concept study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Feb;77(2):310-311. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210354
  • Meersseman P, Van de Vyver C, Verbruggen G, Elewaut D, Wittoek R. Clinical and radiological factors associated with erosive radiographic progression in hand osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Dec;23(12):2129-2133. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.06.008.
  • Verbruggen G, Wittoek R, Vander Cruyssen B, Elewaut D. Tumour necrosis factor blockade for the treatment of erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a double blind, randomised trial on structure modification. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Jun;71(6):891-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.2011.149849.
  • Wittoek R, Cruyssen BV, Verbruggen G. Predictors of functional impairment and pain in erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal joints: comparison with controlled inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 May;64(5):1430-6. doi: 10.1002/art.33502.
  • Wittoek R, Jans L, Lambrecht V, Carron P, Verstraete K, Verbruggen G. Reliability and construct validity of ultrasonography of soft tissue and destructive changes in erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a comparison with MRI. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Feb;70(2):278-83. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.134932.
  • Wittoek R, Carron P, Verbruggen G. Structural and inflammatory sonographic findings in erosive and non-erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Dec;69(12):2173-6. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.128504.
  • Verbruggen G, Wittoek R, Vander Cruyssen B, Elewaut D. Morbid anatomy of 'erosive osteoarthritis' of the interphalangeal finger joints: an optimised scoring system to monitor disease progression in affected joints. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 May;69(5):862-7. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.112714.

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