The American college of rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials

Abstract

AbstractObjective. To develop a set of disease activity measures for use in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical trials, as well as to recommend specific methods for assessing each outcome measure. This is not intended to be a restrictive list, but rather, a core set of measures that should be included in all trials.Methods. We evaluated disease activity measures commonly used in RA trials, to determine which measures best met each of 5 types of …

Authors

Felson DT; Anderson JJ; Boers M; Bombardier C; Chernoff M; Fried B; Furst D; Goldsmith C; Kieszak S; Lightfoot R

Journal

Arthritis & Rheumatism, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 729–740

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

6 1993

DOI

10.1002/art.1780360601

ISSN

0004-3591

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Charles Harry Goldsmith

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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