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Clinical Outcome Measures in Raynaud’s Phenomenon

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Raynaud’s Phenomenon

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Raynaud’s phenomenon is heterogeneous in clinical expression and impact in all domains of clinical assessment including attack frequency, severity, and symptoms. Different outcome measures are incorporated in clinical trials of RP and majority of them are patient reported. This chapter discusses different individual outcome measures used in multicenter clinical trials and proposes a new composite index for future trials.

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Abbreviations

RP:

Raynaud’s phenomenon

RCS:

Raynaud’s condition score

VAS:

Visual analog scale

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Dinesh Khanna M.D., M.S.

  2. Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Heather Gladue D.O.

  3. Scleroderma Research Consultants, LLC, 45 Jefferson Hill Rd, Litchfield, CT, 06759, USA

    James R. Seibold M.D.

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  1. School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Fredrick M. Wigley

  2. Department of Rheumatology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Ariane L. Herrick

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medic, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Nicholas A. Flavahan

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Khanna, D., Gladue, H., Seibold, J.R. (2015). Clinical Outcome Measures in Raynaud’s Phenomenon. In: Wigley, F., Herrick, A., Flavahan, N. (eds) Raynaud’s Phenomenon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1526-2_17

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