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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018 Jul 12;70(8):1228–1237. doi: 10.1002/acr.23462

Table 4.

Suggested minimum data collection and assessment intervals to be used with treatment plans*

Proposed variables Baseline
visit
Follow up
visits
History
  Demographics
    Date of birth x
    Sex x
    Race and ethnicity x
  Clinical symptoms
    Fever x x
    Rash x x
    Gastroenterological symptoms x x
    Bone pain x x
    Limitation of motor function$ x x
  Pre-enrollment treatment history for CNO x
  Family history of CNO-associated conditions# x
  Past medical history/concurrently CNO-associated conditions# x x
  Current medications and doses x x
Patient-reported outcomes and global assessments
  Pain x x
  Health-related quality of life x x
  Physical function –CHAQ, PROMIS x x
  Parent/patient global assessment of disease activity x x
  Physician global assessment of disease activity x x
Physical examination
  Height, weight x x
  Clinically active CNO lesion count x x
  Active joint counts x x
  Enthesitis x x
  Rash x x
Imaging findings
  MRI (whole body preferred if available) x x
  Bone scintigraphy if WB MRI is not available x
  X ray if done x x
  CT if done x x
  DXA if done x x
Laboratory findings
  CBC with differential x x
  C-reactive protein x x
  Erythrocyte sedimentation rate x x
  Alkaline Phosphatase x
  HLA-B27 x
Bone biopsy findings&
  Bacterial, fungal and AFB culture x
  Pathology x
Treatment plan–related items
  Serious adverse events or important medical event x
  If plan discontinued, rationale x
  Number of glucocorticoid burst, if any x
*

Data are collected at baseline and at follow up visits every 2–3 months.

CNO: chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; CT: computed tomography; DXA: dual energy X ray absorptiometry; CBC: complete blood cell count; HLA: human leukocyte antigen.

$

Prolonged school/daycare absences, limited use of upper limb, difficulty weight bearing, requiring crutches, bedridden from spinal/leg pain.

#

Psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, inflammatory arthritis, spondyloarthropathy

&

Needed when bone lesions do not follow typical distribution (clavicle or symmetrical lesions in long bones at metaphysis/epiphysis) in the absence of CNO-associated conditions.