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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.
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