Efficacy, duration of use and safety of glucocorticoids: a systematic literature review informing the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis

Sytske Anne Bergstra; Alexandre Sepriano; Andreas Kerschbaumer; Désirée van der Heijde; Roberto Caporali; Christopher John Edwards; Patrick Verschueren; Savia de Souza; Janet E Pope; Tsutomu Takeuchi; Kimme L Hyrich; Kevin L Winthrop; Daniel Aletaha; Tanja A Stamm; Jan W Schoones; Josef S Smolen; Robert B M Landewé

doi:10.1136/ard-2022-223358

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Efficacy, duration of use and safety of glucocorticoids: a systematic literature review informing the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis

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Sytske Anne Bergstra Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexandre Sepriano Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andreas Kerschbaumer Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Désirée van der Heijde Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roberto Caporali University of Milan, Milan and Department of Rheumatology, ASST PINI-CTO, Milano, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher John Edwards NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Patrick Verschueren Department of rheumatology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Savia de Souza EULAR Patient Research Partner Network, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet E Pope University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tsutomu Takeuchi Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Japan Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kimme L Hyrich Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Trust, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin L Winthrop Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel Aletaha Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tanja A Stamm Section for Outcomes Research, Centre for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan W Schoones Walaeus Library, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Josef S Smolen Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria 2nd Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Wien, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert B M Landewé Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Rheumatology, Zuyderland Medical Centre Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Sytske Anne Bergstra, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, 2333 ZA, Netherlands; s.a.bergstra{at}lumc.nl

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Bergstra SA, Sepriano A, Kerschbaumer A, et al

Efficacy, duration of use and safety of glucocorticoids: a systematic literature review informing the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2023;82:81-94.

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Received September 15, 2022
Accepted October 25, 2022
First published November 21, 2022.

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March 31, 2023

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