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2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (2022)
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Robson, J., Grayson, P., Ponte, C., Suppiah, R., Craven, A., Judge, A., …Luqmani, R. (2022). 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 74(3), 393-399. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41986

Objective: To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods: Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international cohort. The study proceeded in five phases:... Read More about 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (2022)
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Honma, S., Schiavon, F., Salvarani, C., Molloy, E., Berglin, E., Moreno, X. S., …Merkel, P. (2022). 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 74(3), 386-392. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41982

Objective: To develop and validate revised classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Methods: Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international cohort. The study proceeded in... Read More about 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis (2022)
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Suppiah, R., Robson, J., Grayson, P., Ponte, C., Craven, A., Khalid, S., …Watts, R. (2022). 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 74(3), 400-406. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41983

ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and validate classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). Methods: Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international cohort. The study proceeded in five phases: i) Id... Read More about 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis.

AB0834 Development of a conceptual framework for a patient reported outcome measure to capture patients’ perceptions of glucocorticoid therapy during treatment for rheumatic diseases (2021)
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Bridgewater, S., Dawson, J., Ndosi, M., Black, R. J., Cheah, J. T. L., Dures, E., …Robson, J. (2021). AB0834 Development of a conceptual framework for a patient reported outcome measure to capture patients’ perceptions of glucocorticoid therapy during treatment for rheumatic diseases. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.164

Patient perceptions of health-related quality of life in giant cell arteritis: International development of a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure (2021)
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Robson, J. C., Almeida, C., Dawson, J., Bromhead, A., Dures, E., Guly, C., …Hill, C. (2021). Patient perceptions of health-related quality of life in giant cell arteritis: International development of a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure. Rheumatology, 60(10), 4671-4680. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab076

Objectives: GCA is a large vessel vasculitis (LVV) presenting with headache, jaw claudication, musculoskeletal and visual involvement. Current treatment is glucocorticoids and anti-IL-6 tocilizumab in refractory disease. The objective of this study w... Read More about Patient perceptions of health-related quality of life in giant cell arteritis: International development of a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure.

Patient reported outcomes in large vessel vasculitides (2021)
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Robson, J., Mackie, S., & Hill, C. (2021). Patient reported outcomes in large vessel vasculitides. Current Rheumatology Reports, 23(2), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-020-00979-4

Purpose of Review: The goal of this paper is to review current and future uses of patient-reported outcomes in large vessel vasculitis. The large vessel vasculitides comprise Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu arteritis; both are types of systemic vas... Read More about Patient reported outcomes in large vessel vasculitides.

The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis (2020)
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Sweeney, A. M. T., McCabe, C., Flurey, C. A., Robson, J. C., Berry, A., Richards, P., & Ndosi, M. (2021). The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(1-2), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15531

Introduction: Management of rheumatoid arthritis has changed dramatically over the last decade and is characterised by early start of intensive treatment and tight monitoring of disease activity until remission. The role of nurse-led care at early... Read More about The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis.

Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives (2020)
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Austin, K., Robson, J. C., Shepherd, M., Harper, L., Ndosi, M., Flurey, C., …Dures, E. (2020). Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 4(2), Article rkaa016. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkaa016

© The Author(s) 2020. Objectives. CTD and systemic vasculitis impact on health-related quality of life. Treatment can be complex, involving multiple medical specialities. The aim of this study was to investigate psychological and self-management supp... Read More about Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives.

Mixed methods study of clinicians' perspectives on barriers to implementation of treat to target in psoriatic arthritis (2020)
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Dures, E., Taylor, J., Shepperd, S., Mukherjee, S., Robson, J., Vlaev, I., …Coates, L. C. (2020). Mixed methods study of clinicians' perspectives on barriers to implementation of treat to target in psoriatic arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(8), 1031-1036. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217301

Objectives: In treat to target (T2T), the patient is treated to reach and maintain specified and sequentially measured goals, such as remission or low disease activity. T2T in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has demonstrated improved clinical and patient-r... Read More about Mixed methods study of clinicians' perspectives on barriers to implementation of treat to target in psoriatic arthritis.

Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: Expert consensus guidelines - Executive summary (2020)
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Tieu, J., Smith, R., Basu, N., Brogan, P., D’Cruz, D., Dhaun, N., …Jayne, D. R. W. (2020). Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: Expert consensus guidelines - Executive summary. Rheumatology, 59(4), 727-731. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez632

© 2019 The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) encompasses three disease phenotypes: granul... Read More about Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: Expert consensus guidelines - Executive summary.

Feasibility and face validity of outcome measures for use in future studies of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): An OMERACT Study (2020)
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Owen, C. E., Goodman, S. M., Mackie, S. L., Simon, L. S., Hill, C. L., Yates, M., …Hill, C. L. (2020). Feasibility and face validity of outcome measures for use in future studies of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): An OMERACT Study. Journal of Rheumatology, 47(9), 1379-1384. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190575

OBJECTIVE: To survey participants with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) to evaluate the face validity, acceptability, and domain match of proposed candidate outcome measures. METHODS: A structured, online, anonymous survey was disseminated by patient sup... Read More about Feasibility and face validity of outcome measures for use in future studies of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): An OMERACT Study.

The patientsʼ perspective of important glucocorticoid effects: A nominal group study among patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Myositis (2020)
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Mirza, S. Z., Cheah, J. T. L., Ghosh, N., Robson, J. C., Hill, C. L., Singh, J., …Goodman, S. M. (2021). The patientsʼ perspective of important glucocorticoid effects: A nominal group study among patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Myositis. JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 27(6), 232-238. https://doi.org/10.1097/RHU.0000000000001313

Background/Objective The objective of this cohort study was to understand the positive and negative effects of glucocorticoids (GCs) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and myositis from the patients' perspective with the aim of developing... Read More about The patientsʼ perspective of important glucocorticoid effects: A nominal group study among patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Myositis.

Diagnostic assessment strategies and disease subsets in Giant Cell Arteritis: Data from an international observational cohort (2019)
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Gribbons, K. B., Ponte, C., Craven, A., Robson, J. C., Suppiah, R., Luqmani, R., …Grayson, P. C. (2020). Diagnostic assessment strategies and disease subsets in Giant Cell Arteritis: Data from an international observational cohort. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 72(4), 667-676. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41165

© 2019, American College of Rheumatology. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA. Objective: Diagnostic assessment in giant cell arteritis (GCA) is rapidly changing as vascula... Read More about Diagnostic assessment strategies and disease subsets in Giant Cell Arteritis: Data from an international observational cohort.

Patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis (2019)
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Maksimowicz-McKinnon, K., Gribbons, K. B., Ponte, C., Carette, S., Craven, A., Cuthbertson, D., …Grayson, P. C. (2020). Patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 72(11), 1615-1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24055

Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Objective: To identify and validate, using computer-driven methods, patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA)... Read More about Patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis.

Update on outcome measure development in large-vessel vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 2018 (2019)
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Merkel, P. A., Direskeneli, H., Tugwell, P., Tómasson, G., Shea, B., Milman, N., …Hill, C. (2019). Update on outcome measure development in large-vessel vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 2018. Journal of Rheumatology, 46(9), 1198-1201. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181072

OBJECTIVE: The OMERACT Vasculitis Working Group seeks to develop validated outcome measures for use in trials for large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). METHODS: An international Delphi exercise conducted among investigators identified items considered... Read More about Update on outcome measure development in large-vessel vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 2018.

Feasibility and construct validation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in systemic vasculitis (2019)
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Tomasson, G., Farrar, J. T., Cuthbertson, D., McAlear, C. A., Ashdown, S., Cronholm, P. F., …Merkel, P. A. (2019). Feasibility and construct validation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in systemic vasculitis. Journal of Rheumatology, 46(8), 928-934. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.171405

OBJECTIVE: The Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is a collection of item banks of self-reported health. This study assessed the feasibility and construct validity of using PROMIS instruments in vasculitis. METHODS: Data... Read More about Feasibility and construct validation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in systemic vasculitis.

Systemic vasculitis and patient-reported outcomes: How the assessment of patient preferences and perspectives could improve outcomes (2019)
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Robson, J., Jayne, D., Merkel, P., & Dawson, J. (2019). Systemic vasculitis and patient-reported outcomes: How the assessment of patient preferences and perspectives could improve outcomes. Patient Related Outcome Measures, 10, 37-42. https://doi.org/10.2147/PROM.S163601

The systemic vasculitides are a group of multisystem diseases, which can be life and organ threatening. High-dose immunosuppressants are required to control inflammation in vital organs, such as the kidneys, lungs, skin, joints, and eyes. Patients re... Read More about Systemic vasculitis and patient-reported outcomes: How the assessment of patient preferences and perspectives could improve outcomes.

Updating OMERACT core set of domains for ANCA-associated vasculitis: Patient perspective using the international classification of function, disability, and health (2019)
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Milman, N., McConville, E., Robson, J. C., Boonen, A., Tugwell, P., Wells, G. A., …Merkel, P. A. (2019). Updating OMERACT core set of domains for ANCA-associated vasculitis: Patient perspective using the international classification of function, disability, and health. Journal of Rheumatology, 46(10), 1415-1420. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181073

Objective: Aspects of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) prioritized by patients with AAV were described using the International Classification of Function, Disability, and Health. Methods: Items identified during 14 individual interviews were incorpor... Read More about Updating OMERACT core set of domains for ANCA-associated vasculitis: Patient perspective using the international classification of function, disability, and health.

Validation of the ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcomes (AAV-PRO) questionnaire (2018)
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Robson, J. C., Dawson, J., Doll, H., Cronholm, P., Milman, N., Kellom, K., …Merkel, P. (2018). Validation of the ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcomes (AAV-PRO) questionnaire. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(8), 1158-1165. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212713

© 2018 Article author(s). Objectives To finalise and validate a disease-specific patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure: The ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcome (AAV-PRO) questionnaire. Using a 35-item candidate questionnaire develope... Read More about Validation of the ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcomes (AAV-PRO) questionnaire.