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Points to consider for skin ulcers in systemic sclerosis.

Rheumatology 2017 September 2
This article discusses points to consider when undertaking a clinical trial to test therapy for skin ulcers in SSc. A validated definition of skin ulcers should be used if available. Defining a uniform SSc patient population, including consideration of disease duration, history of digital ulcers and capillaroscopic patterns, is important. Excluding confounding factors such as infection, calcinosis and trauma should be strongly considered, or at least accounted for, in defining patients. Outcome measures such as time to healing, prevention of new ulcers, function, pain and objective measures such as US, laser Doppler and thermography can be considered as outcome measures, although their validation has not yet been achieved and efforts may be needed to validate them before use. Likewise, biomarkers should be considered or consideration should be given to storing serum, plasma or cells for possible future analysis. A pre-planned analysis is important and should include consideration of missing data.

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