Clinical practice guidelines
A number of practice guidelines addressing various symptoms and issues associated with pSS have been released in the last few years, including several from EULAR, the United States, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, are summarized and reviewed in a recent paper by Vasco Romão et al. (RMD Open. 2018;4:e000789. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000789).
The British Society of Rheumatology guideline, which came out about a year ago, has particularly practical guidance on the management of dryness and systemic disease, she said (Rheumatology. 2017;56[10]:1643-7).
The increasing focus on pSS research has important implications both for trial design and patient care, especially in light of the new classification criteria, practice guidelines, and educational resources provided by organizations such as the Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation (including videos, health care provider information, and downloadable brochures and resource sheets) and the European Research Network’s ReCONNET Disease Info Toolbox for Sjögren’s, Dr. James concluded.
Dr. James reported having no disclosures.