Gout, Hyperuricaemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN) consensus statement regarding labels and definitions of disease states of gout

David Bursill, William J. Taylor, Robert Terkeltaub, Abhishek Abhishek, Alexander K. So, Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos, Angelo Lino Gaffo, Ann Rosenthal, Anne Kathrin Tausche, Anthony Reginato, Bernhard Manger, Carlo Sciré, Carlos Pineda, Caroline Van Durme, Ching Tsai Lin, Congcong Yin, Daniel Arthur Albert, Edyta Biernat-Kaluza, Edward Roddy, Eliseo PascualFabio Becce, Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Francisca Sivera, Frédéric Lioté, Georg Schett, George Nuki, Georgios Filippou, Geraldine Mccarthy, Geraldo Da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Hang Korng Ea, Helena De Almeida Tupinambá, Hisashi Yamanaka, Hyon K. Choi, James Mackay, James R. Odell, Janitzia Vázquez Mellado, Jasvinder A. Singh, John D. Fitzgerald, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson, Leo Joosten, Leslie R. Harrold, Lisa Stamp, Mariano Andrés, Marwin Gutierrez, Masanari Kuwabara, Mats Dehlin, Matthijs Janssen, Michael Doherty, Michael S. Hershfield, Michael Pillinger, N. Lawrence Edwards, Naomi Schlesinger, Nitin Kumar, Ole Slot, Sebastien Ottaviani, Pascal Richette, Paul A. Macmullan, Peter T. Chapman, Peter E. Lipsky, Philip Robinson, Puja P. Khanna, Rada N. Gancheva, Rebecca Grainger, Richard J. Johnson, Ritch Te Kampe, Robert T. Keenan, Sara K. Tedeschi, Seoyoung Kim, Sung Jae Choi, Theodore R. Fields, Thomas Bardin, Till Uhlig, Tim Jansen, Tony Merriman, Tristan Pascart, Tuhina Neogi, Viola Klück, Worawit Louthrenoo, Nicola Dalbeth

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    Abstract

    Objective There is a lack of standardisation in the terminology used to describe gout. The aim of this project was to develop a consensus statement describing the recommended nomenclature for disease states of gout. Methods A content analysis of gout-related articles from rheumatology and general internal medicine journals published over a 5-year period identified potential disease states and the labels commonly assigned to them. Based on these findings, experts in gout were invited to participate in a Delphi exercise and face-to-face consensus meeting to reach agreement on disease state labels and definitions. Results The content analysis identified 13 unique disease states and a total of 63 unique labels. The Delphi exercise (n=76 respondents) and face-to-face meeting (n=35 attendees) established consensus agreement for eight disease state labels and definitions. The agreed labels were as follows: asymptomatic hyperuricaemia', asymptomatic monosodium urate crystal deposition', asymptomatic hyperuricaemia with monosodium urate crystal deposition', gout', tophaceous gout', erosive gout', first gout flare' and recurrent gout flares'. There was consensus agreement that the label gout' should be restricted to current or prior clinically evident disease caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition (gout flare, chronic gouty arthritis or subcutaneous tophus). Conclusion Consensus agreement has been established for the labels and definitions of eight gout disease states, including gout' itself. The Gout, Hyperuricaemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network recommends the use of these labels when describing disease states of gout in research and clinical practice.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1592-1600
    Number of pages9
    JournalAnnals of the rheumatic diseases
    Volume78
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019 Nov 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Competing interests aKT has received speaking fees and honoraria for advisory boards from Berlin Chemie Menarini, novartis, Grünenthal and astraZeneca. Jas has received consultant fees from Crealta/Horizon, Medisys, Fidia, UBM llC, Medscape, WebMD, the national institutes of Health and the american College of Rheumatology. Jas owns stock options in amarin pharmaceuticals and Viking therapeutics. Jas is a member of the executive of OMeRaCT, an organisation that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. Jas is a member of the Veterans affairs Rheumatology Field advisory Committee. Jas is the editor and the Director of the UaB Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group satellite Center on network Meta-analysis. Jas previously served as a member of the following committees: member, the american College of Rheumatology’s (aCR) annual Meeting Planning Committee (aMPC) and Quality of Care Committees, the Chair of the aCR Meet-the-Professor, Workshop and study Group subcommittee and the co-chair of the aCR Criteria and Response Criteria subcommittee. nD has received speaking fees from Pfizer, Horizon, Janssen, and abbVie, consulting fees from Horizon, astraZeneca, Dyve Biosciences, Hengrui, and Kowa, and research funding from amgen and astraZeneca.

    Funding Information:
    Work by DB was supported by an Australian Rheumatology Association/Arthritis South Australia Post-Graduate Rheumatology grant.RT reports research grants from the VA Research Service (I01 BX001660-06), NIH (AR060772).

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    © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019.

    Keywords

    • gout
    • hyperuricemia
    • language
    • monosodium urate crystals
    • nomenclature
    • terminology
    • urate

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Rheumatology
    • Immunology and Allergy
    • Immunology
    • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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