TY - JOUR T1 - Assessment of Disease Activity in Large-vessel Vasculitis: Results of an International Delphi Exercise JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1928 LP - 1932 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.161269 VL - 44 IS - 12 AU - Sibel Z. Aydin AU - Haner Direskeneli AU - Peter A. Merkel AU - on behalf of the International Delphi on Disease Activity Assessment in Large-vessel Vasculitis Y1 - 2017/12/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/44/12/1928.abstract N2 - Objective. To arrive at consensus for candidate outcomes for disease activity assessment in large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) in clinical trials.Methods. A Delphi survey including 99 items was circulated among international experts for 3 rounds.Results. Fifty-seven items were accepted for both giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis. Sixty-seven percent of experts voted to have a common approach for both diseases with additional disease-specific items such as weight loss, scalp tenderness/necrosis, morning stiffness, dizziness, visual symptoms, and imaging.Conclusion. This study highlights similarities and differences in experts’ perspectives for assessing clinical activity in LVV and may guide a consensus-driven core set of validated outcomes. ER -