Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Table 3 Preliminary clinical criteria to define the inactive disease status and clinical remission in oligoarticular, polyarticular and systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis[53,54] arthritis[52]

Criteria

1 No active synovitis

2 No fever, rash, serositis, splenomegaly, or generalized lymphadenopathy attributable to juvenile idiopathic arthritis

3 No active uveitis

4 Normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate and/or C-reactive protein

5 Physician’s global assessment of disease activity indicates no active disease

6 Morning stiffness no more than 15 min

Inactive disease:

All criteria must be met

Clinical remission on medication:

Six continuous months of inactive disease on medication

Clinical remission off medication:

Twelve continuous months of inactive disease off all anti-arthritis and anti-uveitis medications