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. 2018 Aug 21;5(1):e000279. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2018-000279

Table 4.

Summary of measure responsiveness from RCTs

Reference Citation n HRQoL Instrument Clinical disease activity indicator Time of endpoint assessment (from baseline) Between-arm clinical improvement Between-arm HRQoL improvement Between-arm differences in HRQoL ≥MID Within-arm HRQoL change from baseline (active arm or pooled) ≥MID Notes
Galbraith et al, 201423 21 19 SF36 Renal or major non-renal SLE relapse 13 weeks Yes Unclear Yes Unclear
Uppal et al200924 22 27 SF36 SLEDAI 6 months Yes Yes Partially Yes
Nordmark et al, 200525 23 37 SF36 mSLEDAI 6 months Yes, but not SS Yes Partially Yes
Dussán et al, 200826 24 47 SF36 SRI 6 months Not reported Unclear Partially Yes
Arriens et al, 201527 25 50 SF36 SLEDAI 6 months Yes, but not SS Yes Yes Yes
Danowski et al, 200628 26 50 SF36 Patient-reported SLE activity 4 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes No Not reported
Hartkamp e t al, 201029 27 60 SF36 SLEDAI 5 months Yes, but not SS Yes Not reported Not reported
Furie et al, 200830 28 70 SF36 SLEDAI Day 20 Yes, but not SS Unclear No Not reported
Gordon et al, 200831 29 71 SF36 SLEDAI 12 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes Partially Partially
Grootscholten et al, 200732 30 87 SF36 SLEDAI 1 year No No No Yes
Griffiths et al, 201033 31 90 SF36 BILAG 12 months No Yes Partially^ Unclear” ^In MCS but not PCS; "analyses are adjusted at 12 months.
Strand 2014 32 90 SF36 BILAG 12 weeks Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wallace et al, 201635 33 113 SF36 SLEDAI-2K 108 weeks Yes Yes Not reported* Yes This is an analysis of continuation phase of the active arm.*
Merrill 2010 34 118 SF36 BILAG 12 months Yes Yes Partially* Yes In PCS but not MCS.*
Kiani et al, 201337 35 200 SF36 SLEDAI 24 months Not reported Unclear No No
Strand et al, 200338 36 230 SF36 Time to renal flare 16 weeks Yes Yes Partially Partially
Merrill 2010 37 257 SF36 BILAG 52 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes Yes Yes
Strand et al, 200541 39 298 SF36 Clinical responder vs non-responder analysis 6 months Yes Yes Partially Partially
Cardiel et al, 200842 40 317 SF36 SLEDAI 48 weeks Yes No No No
Wallace et al, 200943 41 449 SF36 SLEDAI 52 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes No Yes
Furie et al, 201144 42 819 SF36 SLEDAI 52 weeks Yes Yes No No
Strand 2014 38 865 SF36 SRI 52 weeks Yes Yes Partially Yes
Furie et al, 201445 43 1684 SF36 SLEDAI 52 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes Yes Yes* Among SRI responders vs non-responders.*
Wallace et al, 201746 44 183 SF36 SRI 24 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes Partially Yes
van Vollenhoven et al, 201247 45 1684 SF36 SRI 52 weeks Yes Yes No Yes
Wallace et al, 201746 44 183 EQ5D SRI 25 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes No Yes
Furie et al, 201445 43 1684 FACIT-Fatigue SRI 52 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes Yes Yes
Wallace et al, 201746 44 183 FACIT-Fatigue SRI 26 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes No No
Petri et al, 201748 46 547 FACIT-Fatigue SRI 52 weeks Yes, but not SS Yes No Yes* Among SRI responders vs non-responders.*

BILAG, British Isles Lupus Assessment Group Disease Activity Index; EQ5D, EuroQol-5D; FACIT-Fatigue, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue; MCS, mental component summary; MID, minimally important differences; mSLEDAI, modified Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index; PCS, physical component summary; RCT, randomised controlled trial; SF36, Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36; SLEDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index; SRI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Responder Index; SS, statistically significant; partially implies in some domains; HRQoL, health-related quality of life.