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Accomplishments
  • Publications authored by GRAPPA members every year since 2005. Most available at http://www.grappanetwork.org/resources_pub.php.
  • Development of evidence-based review of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treatments published Spring 2006.
  • Prioritized domains of inquiry within PsA and psoriasis (PsO) research through consensus process finalized at OMERACT (2004).
  • Intranet for GRAPPA was launched; this provides a way to communicate and post documents for group review and input (2004).
  • Meetings held adjacent to AAD, EULAR, OMERACT, ACR, and EADV (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
  • First face-to-face GRAPPA annual meeting/stand alone meeting in New York in 2003, followed by annual GRAPPA meetings at various locations around the world in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
  • Committees are pursuing a variety of research projects, including focus on
    • Refinement and validation of arthritis outcome measures in PsA
    • Development of instruments to assess QOL, function, and participation
    • Standardization of histologic and immunohistochemistry assessments in PsA and PsO
    • Updated criteria for classification of PsA (CASPAR)
    • Imaging in PsA
    • Socioeconomic impact and effect of therapy in this realm
    • Production of a video/web-based assessment training (ongoing - 2009 through 2010)
    • Response Measure Project ongoing at more than 40 centers worldwide.