LUNG US

Working group OMERACT >

MENTOR:

l terslev  

Convenors: A Delle-Sedie

Website responsible: A Delle-Sedie

Objective of the subgroups work: 

• To define US findings related to interstitial lung disease in lung US examination

• To standardise the scanning of lung in rheumatic diseases

What is the contribution of the subgroup work to the OMERACT work?

If we are successful in standardise the technique and be reliable while performing the US assessment, we could propose US as an outcome for clinical trials on drugs for interstitial lung disease as well as in trial on systemic sclerosis patients.

Description of the previous work

Up to now:

- we produced a SLR that has been published: “Ultrasound in the Assessment of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Literature Review by the OMERACT Ultrasound Group”. Gutierrez M, Soto-Fajardo C, Pineda C, Alfaro-Rodriguez A, Terslev L, Bruyn GA, Iagnocco A, Bertolazzi C, D'Agostino MA, Delle Sedie A. J Rheumatol. 2020 Jul 1;47(7):991-1000. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180940. Epub 2019 Jul 1.PMID: 31263075

- we produced a paper on Delphi definition and web-reliability on video clips (under revision)

Reporting back of work done since ACR 2017

See above (the group was technically formed at the EULAR 2017)

Next steps and discussion points

We would like to organize an educational workshop focused on Lung US in the next future.