The PRINTO criteria for clinically inactive disease in juvenile dermatomyositis

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop data-driven criteria for clinically inactive disease on and off therapy for juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). CONCLUSION: PRINTO established data-driven criteria with clearly evidence-based cut-off values to identify JDM patients with clinically inactive disease.

These criteria can be used in clinical trials, in research and in clinical practice.

Keywords

• IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES
• MYOSITIS ASSESSMENT SCALE
• ACTIVITY CORE SET
• INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS
• PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS
• DAMAGE INDEXES
• PROSPECTIVE VALIDATION
• PROVISIONAL CRITERIA
• SELECT CATEGORIES
• MUSCLE FUNCTION