Use of composite outcomes facilitate core outcome set uptake in rheumatoid arthritis trials

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Fecha de publicación: 19 November 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216256

Autores: Jamie Kirkham, Robin Christensen, Maarten Boers.

Background: The WHO and the International League of Associations for Rheumatology set of core outcomes for rheumatoid arthritis (hereafter RA-COS) was adopted in 1993; it comprises eight individual outcomes which aim to assess disease activity, patient-reported outcome and damage.