Standing Committee for Clinical Affairs
Criteria
It is the objective of EULAR to promote task forces aimed at evaluating criteria (diagnostic/classification/response/remission/…) in the field of rheumatology. A potential collaboration with the ACR-QoC (American College of Rheumatology - Quality of Care Committee) should be considered from the beginning of the initiative. The elaboration of the set of criteria should strictly follow the procedures proposed by the ACR-QoC:
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Singh JA, Solomon DH, Dougados M, Felson D, Hawker G, Katz P, Paulus H, Wallace C; Classification and Response Criteria Subcommittee of the Committee on Quality Measures, American College of Rheumatology.
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Ongoing initiatives
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Classification criteria for polymyositis (joint EULAR-ACR project) Convenor: Ingrid Lundberg |
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Responder criteria for gout (joint EULAR-ACR project) Convenor: Ralph Schumacher |
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Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) classification criteria (joint EULAR-ACR project) Convenor: Bhaskar Dasgupta |
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Criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (joint EULAR-ACR project) Convenor: Daniel Aletaha / Alan Silman |
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Sjögren DAS/DIS computerized tool Convenor: Claudio Vitali |
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RA impact of disease score (RAID) Convenor: Tore K Kvien / Laure Gossec |
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How to apply
An application (synopsis including the title of the project, the main methodological issues, the potential collaboration with ACR, the anticipated participating centers, etc.) should be addressed to the chairperson of ESCCA.
Such application will be discussed with the chairperson of ACR-QMC and will be reviewed by two external reviewers.
The decision to support such initiative or not will be taken by the EULAR Executive Committee. Any potential financial support either from EULAR, ACR or other bodies must be included in the application.