This project aims to construct a comprehensive research dataset on autoimmune diseases, using data from routine clinical care in secondary healthcare settings.

The dataset will include detailed disease-specific severity metrics, patient outcomes, and healthcare resource utilisation data.

The dataset will be used to undertake observational research projects including, but is not limited to:

  • feasibility studies
  • natural history studies
  • comparison between trial and real-world data
  • comparative effectiveness studies
  • post-authorisation safety studies
  • causal inference methodological development
  • prognostic modelling
  • patient stratification.

This autoimmune dataset is part of the Arcturis Real-World Data Network, a research database for conducting observational research. Research projects which have used or are using data comprising the Arcturis Real-World Data Network are listed on their Public Register of Research.

Project details +

Project ID

SDE_EE_PROJ_A0033

Project start date

16 May 2025

Project end date

4 August 2029

Team +

Project team:

Name Job title Organisation
Alycia Perkins Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Lewis Carpenter Chief Scientific Officer Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Jamie Wallis Associate Head of RWE Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Federica Picariello Senior Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
Filipa Tunaru Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
Danielle Robinson Senior Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
Bernard Cooke Senior Data Engineer Arcturis Data Limited
Olivia Wiper Clinical Data Scientist Arcturis Data Limited
Anthony Poncet Senior Software Engineer Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Joanne Winter Senior Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
Matthew Martin Senior Data Engineer Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Joseph Cronin Senior Machine Learning Researcher Arcturis Data Limited
Joseph O'Reilly Associate Head of RWE Arcturis Data Limited
Keiran Tait Biomedical Data and Image Analyst - ML Analytics Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Robert Dürichen Head of ML Analytics Arcturis Data Limited
Dr Shammi Luhar Senior Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
Steven Soutar Medical Statistician Arcturis Data Limited
Robert Fletcher Epidemiologist Arcturis Data Limited
About the project +

Is this project a multiple-SDE project?

No

Patient and public involvement and engagement +

Are patients involved?

The Arcturis Patient and Public Advisory Panel are involved in all aspects of the Arcturis Real-World Data Network’s research operations, including considering and providing feedback on datasets such as this and the research conducted using it.
Data +

Data variables required

Datasets from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Cohort size

1300

Criteria

The anonymised, baseline and longitudinal demographic and clinical characteristics of patients living with autoimmune diseases.