Michael M Ward, Atul Deodhar, Elie A Akl, Andrew Lui, Joerg Ermann, Lianne S Gensler, Judith A Smith, David Borenstein, Jayme Hiratzka, Pamela F Weiss, Robert D Inman, Vikas Majithia, Nigil Haroon, Walter P Maksymowych, Janet Joyce, Bruce M Clark, Robert A Colbert, Mark P Figgie, David S Hallegua, Pamela E Prete, James T Rosenbaum, Judith A Stebulis, Filip van den Bosch, David T Y Yu, Amy S Miller, John D Reveille, Liron Caplan
OBJECTIVE: To provide evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). METHODS: A core group led the development of the recommendations, starting with the treatment questions. A literature review group conducted systematic literature reviews of studies that addressed 57 specific treatment questions, based on searches conducted in OVID Medline (1946-2014), PubMed (1966-2014), and the Cochrane Library...
February 2016: Arthritis & Rheumatology