Authors
Michael M Ward, Atul Deodhar, Elie A Akl, Andrew Lui, Joerg Ermann, Lianne S Gensler, Judith A Smith, David Borenstein, Jayme Hiratzka, Pamela F Weiss, Robert D Inman, Vikas Majithia, Nigil Haroon, Walter P Maksymowych, Janet Joyce, Bruce M Clark, Robert A Colbert, Mark P Figgie, David S Hallegua, Pamela E Prete, James T Rosenbaum, Judith A Stebulis, Filip Van Den Bosch, David TY Yu, Amy S Miller, John D Reveille, Liron Caplan
Publication date
2016/2
Journal
Arthritis care & research
Volume
68
Issue
2
Pages
151-166
Description
Objective
To provide evidence‐based recommendations for the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA).
Methods
A core group led the development of the recommendations, starting with the treatment questions. A literature review group conducted systematic literature reviews of studies that addressed 57 specific treatment questions, based on searches conducted in OVID Medline (1946–2014), PubMed (1966–2014), and the Cochrane Library. We assessed the quality of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) method. A separate voting group reviewed the evidence and voted on recommendations for each question using the GRADE framework.
Results
In patients with active AS, the strong recommendations included use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), use of tumor …
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