RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Validity and Responsiveness of Combined Inflammation and Combined Joint Damage Scores Based on the OMERACT Rheumatoid Arthritis MRI Scoring System (RAMRIS) JF The Journal of Rheumatology JO J Rheumatol FD The Journal of Rheumatology SP 1222 OP 1227 DO 10.3899/jrheum.181064 VO 46 IS 9 A1 Ulf Sundin A1 Mikkel Østergaard A1 Daniel Glinatsi A1 Anna-Birgitte Aga A1 Kim Hørslev-Petersen A1 Merete L. Hetland A1 Kristian Stengard-Pedersen A1 Peter Junker A1 Bo J. Ejbjerg A1 Paul Bird A1 Philip G. Conaghan A1 Siri Lillegraven A1 Espen A. Haavardsholm YR 2019 UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/46/9/1222.abstract AB Objective. The RAMRIS [Outcome Measures in Rheumatology rheumatoid arthritis (RA) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Scoring system] is used in clinical RA trials. We have investigated methods to combine the RAMRIS features into valid and responsive scores for inflammation and joint damage.Methods. We used data from 3 large randomized early RA trials to assess 5 methods to develop a combined score for inflammation based on RAMRIS bone marrow edema, synovitis, and tenosynovitis scores, and a combined joint damage score based on erosions and joint space narrowing. Methods included unweighted summation, normalized summation, and 3 different variants of weighted summation of the RAMRIS features. We used a derivation cohort to calculate summation weights to maximize the responsiveness of the combined score. Construct validity of the combined scores was examined by assessing correlations to imaging, clinical, and biochemical measures. Responsiveness was tested by calculating the standardized response mean (SRM) and the relative efficiency of each score in a validation cohort.Results. Patient characteristics, as well as baseline and followup RAMRIS scores, were comparable between cohorts. All combined scores were significantly correlated to other imaging, clinical, and biochemical measures. Inflammation scores combined by normalized and weighted summation had significantly higher responsiveness in comparison to unweighted summation, with SRM (95% CI) for unweighted summation 0.62 (0.51–0.73), normalized summation 0.73 (0.63–0.83), and weighted summation 0.74 (0.64–0.84). For the damage score, there was a trend toward higher responsiveness for weighted summation.Conclusion. Combined MRI scores calculated by normalized or weighted summation of individual MRI pathologies were valid and responsive.