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1 Methodology used to develop new ACR-EULAR criteria Sindhu Johnson MD PhD Toronto Scleroderma Program University of Toronto Co-convenors Janet Pope Frank van den Hoogen Members Jaap Fransen Sindhu Johnson Dinesh Khanna Alan Tyndall Murray Baron Marco Matucci-Cerinic Collaborators David Collier Douglas Veal Dan Furst Laszlo Czirjak Murat Inanc Otylia Kowal-Bielecka Gabriele Valentini Bashar Kahaleh Sergio Jimenez Mary Ellen Csuka Vivien Hsu Ariane Herrick Collaborators Ray Naden Christopher Denton Oliver Distler Armando Gabrielli Jacob van Laar Maureen Mayes Virginia Steen James Seibold Phillip Clements Thomas Medsger Gabriela Riemekasten Patricia Carreira Collaborators Lorinda Chung Barri Fessler Peter Merkel Richard Silver John Varga Yannick Allanore Ulf Mueller-Ladner Madelon Vonk Ulrich Walker Susanna Cappelli Robert Simms Stanislav Sierakowski Disclosures American College of Rheumatology Classification and Response Criteria Subcommittee of the Committee on Quality Measures Objectives Guiding principles underlying methodology Methodologic framework Highlight main findings of each phase Collaboration between eperts and clinical epidemiologists Felson, Anderson. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol Singh et al. Arthritis Rheum Dougados, Gossec. Arthritis Rheum

2 inform Epert based Data driven Eperts Patients contribute Avoidance of circular reasoning Felson, Anderson. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol Singh et al. Arthritis Rheum Dougados, Gossec. Arthritis Rheum Felson, Anderson. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol Singh et al. Arthritis Rheum Dougados, Gossec. Arthritis Rheum Methodologic Framework Item generation Item reduction Criteria set: Weights & threshold Validation SCTC 3-round Delphi N = 96 Item Generation EUSTAR 3-round Delphi N = 85 SCTC & EUSTAR Delphi N = 106 Item Reduction 168 criteria Nominate items used in daily practice to diagnose SSc 168 candidate criteria Identify items suitable for diagnosis of early SSc Fransen et al. Arthritis Care & Res Coulter et al. Clin Ep Rheum, 2013 Rate 168 criteria Scale: 1-9 Median < 4 removed Nominal Group Technique N = 16 Rate and rank N = criteria 23 criteria Fransen et al. Arthritis Care & Res

3 Item Appropriateness score (median) TOP score Rank Positive antitopoisomerase I 9 73% 1 Presence of scleroderma 9 70% 2 Abnormal nailfold capillary pattern 9 67% 3 Positive anticentromere 9 62% 4 Positive anti-rna polymerase III 8 43% 5 Finger tip ulcers or pitting scars 8 34% 6 Raynaud s phenomenon 7 33% 7 Interstitial lung disease 7 28% 8 Renal crisis 8 27% 9 Fransen et al. Arthritis Care & Res SSc patients CSRG n = 94 Pittsburg cohort n = 326 Toronto cohort n = 86 Madrid cohort n = 175 Berlin cohort = 69 Data were selected from a sample of each database Methods 1071 Non SSc Controls 499 SLE patients 1000 Faces of Lupus n = 127 Pittsburg cohort n = 113 Toronto cohort n = 36 Madrid cohort n = Inflammatory myositis Pittsburg cohort n = 118 Madrid cohort n = Sjögren syndrome Pittsburg cohort 228 Raynaud syndrome Pittsburg cohort n = 93 Madrid cohort n = MCTD Toronto cohort 49 IPAH Toronto cohort Johnson et al. Arthritis Care & Research Methods Face Validity is present if the items measure what they purport to measure Endorsement frequency Ideally > 20% Discriminant Validity is present if the item can distinguish SSc patients from controls Odds Ratio Ideally > 2 Construct Validity evaluates the relationship of the item to other measures that are believed to be part of the same phenomenon or construct Correlation empiric and epert rankings Hypothesis: Rho Johnson et al. Arthritis Care & Research Item Items and Odds Ratio by cohort CSRG/1000 Faces Toronto Pittsburgh Madrid Finger fleion contractures NA NA 29 NA Finger tip ulcers or pitting scars Reduced FVC NA Interstitial lung disease Gastro-esophageal reflu disease NA NA Puffy fingers NA NA Pulmonary arterial hypertension Raynaud phenomenon Renal crisis NA NE NA NE Scleroderma skin changes NA Telangiectasias NE NA Tendon or bursal friction rubs NA NA 153 NA NA Not available, NE Not estimated Pooled Odds Ratio and Ranking Item Pooled mean Empiric ranking Epert based ranking Renal crisis NE 1 9 Digital pulp loss or acro-osteolysis NE 1 13 Scleroderma skin changes Telangiectasias Anti-RNA polymerase III antibody Puffy fingers Finger fleion contractures Tendon or bursal friction rubs Anti-topoisomerase-I antibody Raynaud phenomenon Finger tip ulcers or pitting scars NE Not estimated 3

4 Pooled Odds Ratio and Ranking Item Pooled mean Epert based Empiric ranking ranking Anti-centromere antibody Abnormal nailfold capillary pattern Gastro-esophageal reflu disease Antinuclear antibody Calcinosis Interstitial lung disease Anti-PM-Scl antibody Pulmonary arterial hypertension Reduced DLCO Reduced FVC Scatter plot of the empiric-based ranking and the epert-based ranking of candidate items Spearman rho 0.53 p = 0.01 Johnson et al. Arthritis Care & Research Methodologic Framework Item generation Item reduction Criteria set: Weights & threshold Aim Define a system of criteria, which produces a measure of the relative probability that a particular case (combination of clinical features) has SSc Reduce and weight the candidate criteria Validation Johnson et al. Submitted, 2013 Objectives SSc specific instrument Develop Evaluate: Sensibility Multi-criteria decision analysis Reduce Weight Eplore agreement among SSc eperts Johnson et al. Submitted, 2013 Design Format Visual presentation Response options Instrument Sensibility Comprehensibility Clarity Face validity Content validity Feasibility Dillman. Tailored Design Method Feinstein. Clinimetrics

5 Sensibility Attribute Endorsement n = 6 Clarity and navigation of 83% the form Clarity of the instructions 100% Clarity of the response 100% option Median time to completion 10 minutes (10-20 minutes) Johnson et al. Submitted, 2013 SSc Eperts Ranking and Multi-criteria decision analysis Attribute n = 8 Male se 63% Median years in practice 30 (range years) Practice location 50% Europe 50% North America Involvement in previous 38% phases of criteria development 1 st Ranking. Eperts rankings of the relative probability that the case has systemic sclerosis. The cases ranked from highest (rank = 1) to lowest probability (rank = 20) on the Y-ais. ICC All = 0.73 (95% CI 0.58, 0.86) Johnson et al. Submitted, 2013 PAPRIKA method Potentially All Pairwise RanKings of All hypothetically-possible patients Which patient ( Left or Right ) has the higher probability of being classified as systemic sclerosis? (given they are identical in all other aspects) Systemic Sclerosis YES YES Left Raynaud s phenomenon Right Raynaud s phenomenon Entry Criterion NO Eclusion Criteria YES Absolute Criteria Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis? meets Threshold NO GERD SSc specific antibodies Not Systemic Sclerosis The overall ranking of all hypothetically-possible patients is arrived at by asking eperts to make tradeoffs between 2 criteria at a time 5

6 Item Reduction Eclusion criterion Skin thickening sparing the fingers If present, the use of the SSc classification criteria should not proceed further Absolute criterion Skin thickening proimal to the MCP joints If present, the patient could be classified as SSc Item Reduction: Low weights FVC DLCO Dysphagia for solid foods GERD Anti-PM-ScL antibody ANA Item reduction: Criterion revision Skin thickening of the fingers a) distal to MCP, or b) distal to PIP joint. Finger tip lesions a) pitting scars, b) digital tip ulcers, or c) clinical evidence of acro-osteolysis. Scleroderma specific antibodies anti-topoisomerase-1, anticentromere or anti-rna polymerase III antibody Identification of a threshold Score range Eperts rankings of the relative probability that the case has systemic sclerosis in second ranking eercise. The cases ranked from highest (rank = 1) to lowest probability (rank = 20) on the Y-ais. ICC All = 0.80 (95% CI 0.68, 0.90) 6

7 Derivation & Validation cohorts SSc centers Control 13 North America Eosinophilic fasciitis 10 Europe Scleromyedema Gold standard SLE Physician Dermato-/polymyositis Cohorts Primary Raynaud s Derivation MCTD N=100 cases, 100 controls UCTD Validation Generalized morphea N=268 cases, N=137 controls Nephrogenic sclerosing fibrosis Graft versus host Combined Refine the threshold Methodologic Framework Item generation Derivation sample (N=200) Item reduction Criteria set: Weights & threshold Validation 1980 ARA SSc Criteria 0.80 (0.72, 0.87) 2001 LeRoy and Medsger criteria ACR-EULAR SSc Classification Criteria 0.77 (0.68, 0.84) 0.69 (0.68, 0.84) (0.68, 0.84) (0.90, 0.98) (0.86, 0.97) 7

8 Derivation sample (N=200) Validation sample (N=405) Derivation sample (N=200) Validation sample (N=405) Validation sample 3 years disease duration (N=100) 1980 ARA SSc Criteria LeRoy and Medsger criteria 2013 ACR-EULAR SSc Classification Criteria (0.72, 0.87) (0.68, 0.84) (0.70, 0.80) (0.64, 0.79) 0.78 (0.68, 0.84) (0.68, 0.84) (0.70, 0.80) (0.70, 0.85) (0.90, 0.98) (0.86, 0.97) (0.87, 0.94) (0.86, 0.96) 1980 ARA SSc Criteria 2001 LeRoy and Medsger criteria 2013 ACR-EULAR SSc Classification Criteria (0.72,0.87) (0.68,0.84) (0.70,0.80) (0.64,0.79) (0.70,0.80) (0.63,0.79) (0.68, 0.84) (0.68, 0.84) (0.70, 0.80) (0.70, 0.85) (0.69, 0.88) (0.53, 0.92) (0.90,0.98) (0.86,0.97) (0.87,0.94) (0.86,0.96) (0.83,0.96) (0.70,0.99) Strengths Summary Methodologic rigor Bias reduction strategies 44 SSc investigators; >2600 subjects Diverse methodology Consensus methods Delphi, Nominal Group technique Measurement science Multi-criteria decision analysis Guiding principles underlying methodology Methodologic framework Highlight main findings of each phase Summary Defined a system of criteria, which produces a measure of the relative probability that a particular case (combination of clinical features) has systemic sclerosis 8

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