Criteria

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) supports criteria development projects in different topic areas related to rheumatic disease. Projects generally focus on classification, response, and remission criteria. The ACR has previously endorsed diagnostic criteria. The article below provides more detail on the differences between classification and diagnostic criteria, and why the ACR no longer endorses diagnostic criteria.

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ACR-Endorsed Criteria

ACR-approved criteria sets are listed here. Learn more about the purpose of criteria sets, their development, and validation, and the role of the ACR in adopting them.

See the ACR Criteria Development Checklist.


Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria

2023 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria



Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease Classification

2023 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria


Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Clinically Relevant Improvement in Children and Adolescents

2019 ACR Provisional Criteria


Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Global Flares

2018 ACR Provisional Criteria


Fibromyalgia

2010 ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria

1990 ACR Classification Criteria


Gout Classification

2015 ACR Classification Criteria

1997 ARA Criteria


IgG4-Related Disease Classification

2019 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria


JIA Disease Activity Score Cutoffs

2021 ACR Disease Activity Score Cutoffs


JRA Definition of Improvement


Macrophage Activation Syndrome Classification – Systemic JIA

2016 EULAR/ACR/PRINTO Classification Criteria


Myositis Classification

2017 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria


Myositis Response

2016 ACR/EULAR Criteria in Adult Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis

2016 ACR/EULAR Criteria in Juvenile Dermatomyositis


Osteoarthritis Classification

1990 ACR Classification Criteria of the Hand

1991 ACR Classification Criteria of the Hip

1986 ACR Classification Criteria of the Knee


Polymyalgia Rheumatica Classification

2012 EULAR/ACR Provisional Classification Criteria


Rheumatoid Arthritis Classification

2010 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria

1987 ARA Classification Criteria

1992 ACR Global Functional Status Classification Criteria


Rheumatoid Arthritis Remission

2022 Revision: ACR/EULAR Remission Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis

2011 ACR/EULAR Remission Criteria

1981 ARA Preliminary Criteria


Rheumatoid Arthritis Response


Sjögren's Syndrome Classification

2016 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria

2012 ACR Classification Criteria


Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Classification

2019 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria

Previous Years


Systemic Sclerosis Composite Response Index

2016 ACR Provisional Composite Response Index


Systemic Sclerosis Classification

2013 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria

1980 ARA Classification Criteria


Vasculitis Classification

2022 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Takayasu Arteritis (TAK)

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)

 

1990 ACR Classification Criteria

Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis

Henoch-Schonlein Purpora

Hypersensitivity Vasculitis

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Takayasu Arteritis

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (formerly known as Wegener's Granulomatosis)

Call for Criteria Proposals

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and EULAR reivew proposals for new collaborative projects on a periodic basis.

Call for Criteria Proposals

Criteria in Progress

The following criteria are in progress: Pediatric CNO classification; Antisynthetase Syndrome classification; Vasculitis response; GCA response, ICI irAE classification; RA risk stratification.

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Requests for Reuse

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Guideline and Criteria App

The ACR’s Guideline and Criteria App is the go-to mobile tool for clinicians to implement guideline recommendations and criteria sets into practice. The app features interactive tools to inform treatment decisions at the point of care, including algorithms, scores and calculators, full guideline and criteria content, keyword searches, customizable bookmarks, and note-taking capabilities. Download the free app on the App Store or Google Play and have quick access on your iOS or Android device.

 

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