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Developing EULAR recommendations
EULAR Standing Committee of Clinical Affairs Dr. Daniel Aletaha
Prof. Désirée van der Heijde
Typical methods for developing EULAR recommendations
Evidence phase
Establishing a task force
First task force meeting
Consensus phase
Final product
Task force members
• Convenor • Methodologist • Fellow
• Group of experts
Typical methods for seveloping EULAR recommendations
Evidence phase
Establishing a task force
First task force meeting
Consensus phase
Final product
Two principal methodological
options
1. Data analysis
2. Literature search
EULAR terminology for committee projects
Criteria documents
Guidance documents • (Guidelines)
• Recommendations
• Points to consider
EULAR terminology for committee projects
Criteria documents
Guidance documents
• Classification / diagnostic criteria • Outcomes criteria (e.g. remission criteria, disease activity tools
etc.)
• Management recommendations (diagnostic and therapeutic) • Recommendations for conducting scientific research (e.g.
reporting clinical trials)
Process of Application
Full proposal
Applicant
Process of Application
Full proposal
Applicant
Review/evaluation by standing committee
chairmen
Main criteria for proposal:
1. Convenor from a EULAR country 2. Multinationality 3. Patient involvement 4. Relevance to EULAR objectives 5. Adequate budget (€55,000 or €35,000 updates)
Process of Application
Changes requested
Funding evaluation by committee chair
Full proposal
Applicant
Recommendation to executive committee by committee chair
Funding decision executive committee (March/September)
Review/evaluation by standing committee
chairmen
EULAR SOP‘s for Recommendation Projects
Version 2004
EULAR SOP‘s for Recommendation Projects
Updated version 2014
The role of patients in EULAR projects
• Patients should be involved in all phases of the project
• All project applications must have a separate lay summary
• At least two patients have to be involved in the active process
The role of patients in EULAR projects
de Wit M et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2010.