Standing Committee for Clinical Activities
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:

 

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.


Development of classification and response criteria for rheumatic diseases.


Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Jun 15;55(3):348-52.
 

 

Ongoing initiatives

Classification criteria for polymyositis (joint EULAR-ACR project)

Convenor: Ingrid Lundberg 

Responder criteria for gout (joint EULAR-ACR project)

Convenor: Ralph Schumacher

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) classification criteria (joint EULAR-ACR project)

Convenor: Bhaskar Dasgupta

Criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (joint EULAR-ACR project)

Convenor: Daniel Aletaha / Alan Silman

Sjögren DAS/DIS computerized tool

Convenor: Claudio Vitali

RA impact of disease score (RAID)

Convenor: Tore K Kvien / Laure Gossec

 

Past initiatives

Ozen S, Ruperto N, Dillon MJ, Bagga A, Barron K, Davin JC, Kawasaki T, Lindsley C, Petty RE, Prieur AM, Ravelli A, Woo P 
 
EULAR/PReS endorsed consensus criteria for the classification of childhood vasculitides.
 
Ann Rheum Dis, Jul 2006; 65: 936-41.

 

Leeb BF, Bird HA, Nesher G, Andel I, Hueber W, Logar D, Montecucco CM, Rovensky J, Sautner J, Sonnenblick M 
 
EULAR response criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: results of an initiative of the European Collaborating Polymyalgia Rheumatica Group (subcommittee of ESCISIT).
 
Ann Rheum Dis, Dec 2003; 62: 1189-94. 

 

van Gestel AM, Prevoo ML, van 't Hof MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL

Development and validation of the European League Against Rheumatism response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Comparison with the preliminary American College of Rheumatology and the World Health Organization/International League Against Rheumatism Criteria. 
 
Arthritis Rheum, Jan 1996; 39: 34-40.
 

 

RELATED INFORMATION

 

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.