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2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Objective: To develop new classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) jointly supported by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Methods: This international initiative had four phases. 1) Evaluation of antinuclear antibody (ANA) as an entry criterion through systematic review and meta‐regression of the literature and criteria generation through an international Delphi exercise, an early patient cohort, and a patient survey. 2) Criteria reduction by Delphi and nominal group technique exercises. 3) Criteria definition and weighting based on criterion performance and on results of a multi‐criteria decision analysis. 4) Refinement of weights and threshold scores in a new derivation cohort of 1,001 subjects and validation compared with previous criteria in a new validation cohort of 1,270 subjects. Results: The 2019 EULAR/ACR classification criteria for SLE include positive ANA at least once as obligatory entry criterion; followed by additive weighted criteria grouped in 7 clinical (constitutional, hematologic, neuropsychiatric, mucocutaneous, serosal, musculoskeletal, renal) and 3 immunologic (antiphospholipid antibodies, complement proteins, SLE‐specific antibodies) domains, and weighted from 2 to 10. Patients accumulating ≥10 points are classified. In the validation cohort, the new criteria had a sensitivity of 96.1% and specificity of 93.4%, compared with 82.8% sensitivity and 93.4% specificity of the ACR 1997 and 96.7% sensitivity and 83.7% specificity of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics 2012 criteria. Conclusion: These new classification criteria were developed using rigorous methodology with multidisciplinary and international input, and have excellent sensitivity and specificity. Use of ANA entry criterion, hierarchically clustered, and weighted criteria reflects current thinking about SLE and provides an improved foundation for SLE research.

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Aringer, M., Costenbader, K., Daikh, D., Brinks, R., Mosca, M., Ramsey‐Goldman, R., Smolen, J. S., Wofsy, D., Boumpas, D. T., Kamen, D. L., Jayne, D., Cervera, R., Costedoat‐Chalumeau, N., Diamond, B., Gladman, D. D., Hahn, B., Hiepe, F., Jacobsen, S., Khanna, D., Lerstrøm, K., Massarotti, E., McCune, J., Ruiz‐Irastorza, G., Sanchez‐Guerrero, J., Schneider, M., Urowitz, M., Bertsias, G., Hoyer, B. F., Leuchten, N., Tani, C., Tedeschi, S. K., Touma, Z., Schmajuk, G., Anic, B., Assan, F., Chan, T. M., Clarke, A. E., Crow, M. K., Czirják, L., Doria, A., Graninger, W., Halda‐Kiss, B., Hasni, S., Izmirly, P. M., Jung, M., Kumánovics, G., Mariette, X., Padjen, I., Pego‐Reigosa, J. M., Romero‐Diaz, J., Rúa‐Figueroa Fernández, Í., Seror, R., Stummvoll, G. H., Tanaka, Y., Tektonidou, M. G., Vasconcelos, C., Vital, E. M., Wallace, D. J., Yavuz, S., Meroni, P. L., Fritzler, M. J., Naden, R., Dörner, T., & Johnson, S. R.
Affiliations
  • University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
  • University of Pisa (IT)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Medical University of Vienna (AT)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
  • Cochin Hospital Center de référence maladies auto‐immunes et systémiques rares d'île de France Paris France
  • Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (US)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
  • Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Lupus Europe Essex UK
  • University of the Basque Country (ES)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital/University Health Network University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Mexico City Mexico
  • University of Crete (GR)
  • University of Zagreb School of Medicine and University Hospital Center Zagreb Zagreb Croatia
  • Université Paris-Sud (FR)
  • University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
  • University of Pecs (HU)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Medical University of Graz (AT)
  • University of Pécs Pécs Hungary
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (US)
  • New York University (US)
  • AP‐HP, Hôpitaux universitaires Paris‐Sud – Hôpital Bicêtre and Université Paris‐Sud INSERM UMR 1184 Université Paris‐Saclay Le Kremlin Bicêtre France
  • University Hospital Centre Zagreb (HR)
  • University Hospital of Vigo IRIDIS Group Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur (IISGS) Vigo Spain
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Mexico City Mexico
  • Doctor Negrín University Hospital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas Spain
  • Université Paris Sud Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris‐Sud, AP‐HP, INSERM 1184 Le Kremlin‐Bicêtre France
  • University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan (JP)
  • Universidade do Porto (PT)
  • University of Leeds (GB)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
  • Istanbul Bilim University Istanbul Turkey
  • IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IT)
  • McMaster University (CA)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
Corresponding author
  • Aringer, Martin
  • Johnson, Sindhu R.
Venue
Arthritis & Rheumatology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-08-06
Volume
71
Issue
9
Pages
1400-1412
ISSN
  • 2326-5191 (ISSN-L)
  • 2326-5205
OpenAlex
W2965565685
Cited by
2,677
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 428 · 2025: 497 · 2024: 447 · 2023: 420 · 2022: 367 · 2021: 301 · 2020: 184 · 2019: 27
FWCI
166.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) (submittedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • European League Against Rheumatism
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Vasculitis and related conditions
Keywords
systemic lupus erythematosus, classification criteria, antinuclear antibodies, weighted criteria, multi-criteria decision making, antiphospholipid antibodies, complement proteins, sensitivity and specificity, SLICC 2012 criteria
MeSH terms
Adult, Antibodies, Antinuclear, Autoantibodies, Complement System Proteins, Decision Support Techniques, Delphi Technique, Europe, Female, Humans, International Cooperation, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Male, Middle Aged, Rheumatology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Societies, Medical, United States, Cohort Studies, Antibodies, Antiphospholipid

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