GeVas is the Joint Vasculitis Registry in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), led by Prof. Peter Lamprecht at University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck. In its first year since inception in June 2019, this registry has initiated 14 sites in Germany and documented approx. 120 vasculitis patients (predominantly giant cell arteritis and AAV). The project is driven by an active and quickly growing research community; extension to the first sites in Austria and Switzerland is scheduled for late 2020, and more than 20 additional sites in the three countries have