PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rebecca Grainger AU - Nicola Dalbeth AU - Helen Keen AU - Laura Durcan AU - N. Lawrence Edwards AU - Fernando Perez-Ruiz AU - Cesar Diaz-Torne AU - Jasvinder A. Singh AU - Dinesh Khanna AU - Lee S. Simon AU - William J. Taylor TI - Imaging as an Outcome Measure in Gout Studies: Report from the OMERACT Gout Working Group AID - 10.3899/jrheum.141164 DP - 2015 Dec 01 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - 2460--2464 VI - 42 IP - 12 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/12/2460.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/12/2460.full SO - J Rheumatol2015 Dec 01; 42 AB - Objective. The gout working group at the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 12 meeting in 2014 aimed to determine which imaging modalities show the most promise for use as measurement instruments for outcomes in studies of people with chronic gout and to identify the key foci for future research about the performance of these imaging techniques with respect to the OMERACT filter 2.0.Methods. During the gout session, a systematic literature review of the data addressing imaging modalities including plain radiography (XR), conventional computed tomography (CT), dual-energy computed tomography (DECT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound (US) and the fulfillment of the OMERACT filter 2.0 was presented.Results. The working group identified 3 relevant domains for imaging in gout studies: urate deposition (tophus burden), joint inflammation, and structural joint damage.Conclusion. The working group prioritized gaps in the data and identified a research agenda.