From: The BSR-PsA: study protocol for the British Society for Rheumatology psoriatic arthritis register
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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• Patients must … | • Patients must not be … |
• Have a clinical diagnosis of PsA; | Unable to communicate in English; |
• Meet CASPAR classification criteria for PsA [7]; | Deemed, in any other way, unable to give informed consent; |
• Be aged ≥16 years; | Managed in paediatric rheumatology services; |
• Be either: | Currently taking a bDMARD / tsDMARD and not changing treatment; |
 (a) Naïve to all bDMARD / tsDMARD agents; or | Restarting a specific bDMARD / tsDMARD agent that they have received previouslya. |
 (b) Starting a bDMARD / tsDMARD agent, approved for the treatment of PsA in the United Kingdom, having never previously received that particular druga. |  |