Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope

Task Toyoda; Zoe Armitstead; Sampada Bhide; Serge Engamba; Emma Henderson; Claire Jones; Pieter MacKeith; Janice Maddock; Gary Reynolds; Nicola Scrafton; Manil Subesinghe; Sujith Subesinghe; Helen Twohig; Sarah L Mackie; Max Yates

doi:10.1093/rap/rkae002

Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope

Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024 Feb 14;8(1):rkae002. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkae002. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Task Toyoda^{1

2}, Zoe Armitstead³, Sampada Bhide⁴, Serge Engamba⁵, Emma Henderson⁶, Claire Jones⁷, Pieter MacKeith⁸, Janice Maddock⁹, Gary Reynolds¹⁰, Nicola Scrafton¹¹, Manil Subesinghe^{12

13}, Sujith Subesinghe¹⁴, Helen Twohig¹⁵, Sarah L Mackie^{1

2}, Max Yates^{8

16}

Affiliations

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁴ East Elmbridge Primary Care Network, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston upon Thames, UK.
⁵ Norwich Practices Health Centre, Norwich, UK.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Stockport, UK.
⁷ Powys Teaching Health Board, Bronllys Hospital, Brecon, UK.
⁸ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
⁹ Patient Expert, PMRGCAuk, UK.
¹⁰ Centre for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
¹¹ Department of Rheumatology, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹² King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' PET Centre, London, UK.
¹³ Department of Cancer Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹⁵ School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
¹⁶ Rheumatology Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.

Abstract

The last British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) guideline on PMR was published in 2009. The guideline needs to be updated to provide a summary of the current evidence for pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of adults with PMR. This guideline is aimed at healthcare professionals in the UK who directly care for people with PMR, including general practitioners, rheumatologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, psychologists and other health professionals. It will also be relevant to people living with PMR and organisations that support them in the public and third sector, including charities and informal patient support groups. This guideline will be developed using the methods and processes outlined in the BSR Guidelines Protocol. Here we provide a brief summary of the scope of the guideline update in development.

Keywords: management; polymyalgia rheumatica; treatment.

Publication types

Review