WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION AND ERNATIONAL-LEAGUE-OF-ASSOCIATIONS-FOR-RHEUMATOLOGY CORE END-POINTS FOR SYMPTOM MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS CLINICAL-TRIALS
M. Boers et al., WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION AND ERNATIONAL-LEAGUE-OF-ASSOCIATIONS-FOR-RHEUMATOLOGY CORE END-POINTS FOR SYMPTOM MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS CLINICAL-TRIALS, Journal of rheumatology, 21, 1994, pp. 86-89
The WHO/ILAR core set of endpoints for rheumatoid arthritis clinical t
rials signifies progress in a continuing worldwide effort. This core s
et includes the following measures: pain, patient global assessment, p
hysical disability, swollen joints, tender joints, acute phase reactan
ts, and physician global assessment; in studies of one or more years'
duration, radiographs of joints should be performed.