Research ArticleArticle
Outcome Domains and Measures in Total Joint Replacement Clinical Trials: Can We Harmonize Them? An OMERACT Collaborative Initiative
Jasvinder A. Singh, Michael Dohm, Andrew P. Sprowson, Peter D. Wall, Bethan L. Richards, Laure Gossec, Gillian A. Hawker, Daniel L. Riddle and Rachelle Buchbinder
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2015, jrheum.141201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141201
Jasvinder A. Singh
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Michael Dohm
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Andrew P. Sprowson
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Peter D. Wall
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Bethan L. Richards
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Laure Gossec
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Gillian A. Hawker
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Daniel L. Riddle
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
Rachelle Buchbinder
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique; AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France; Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. JAS is supported by grants from the US Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases P50, National Institute of Aging U01, National Cancer Institute, the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affair (VA) Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama, and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; the VA Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee; and the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. J.A. Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; M. Dohm, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, University of Arizona; A.P. Sprowson*, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warwick Clinical trials Unit, University of Warwick; P.D. Wall, MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Edin), PhD, Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick; B.L. Richards, MBBS (Hons), MMed (Clin Epi), MSports Med, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Department of Rheumatology; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto; D.L. Riddle, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; R. Buchbinder, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital. *Dr. Sprowson died March 13, 2015. Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com
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Outcome Domains and Measures in Total Joint Replacement Clinical Trials: Can We Harmonize Them? An OMERACT Collaborative Initiative
Jasvinder A. Singh, Michael Dohm, Andrew P. Sprowson, Peter D. Wall, Bethan L. Richards, Laure Gossec, Gillian A. Hawker, Daniel L. Riddle, Rachelle Buchbinder
The Journal of Rheumatology Apr 2015, jrheum.141201; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141201
Outcome Domains and Measures in Total Joint Replacement Clinical Trials: Can We Harmonize Them? An OMERACT Collaborative Initiative
Jasvinder A. Singh, Michael Dohm, Andrew P. Sprowson, Peter D. Wall, Bethan L. Richards, Laure Gossec, Gillian A. Hawker, Daniel L. Riddle, Rachelle Buchbinder
The Journal of Rheumatology Apr 2015, jrheum.141201; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141201