The ACR has developed practice guidelines to reduce inappropriate care, minimize geographic variations in practice patterns, and enable effective use of health care resources. Below is a listing of current guidelines.

Lupus Nephritis

The ACR has developed Lupus Nephritis Guidelines which will be published in the June 2012 issue of Arthritis Care & Research.

• NEW! Guidelines for Screening, Treatment, and Management of Lupus Nephritis
• NEW! Lupus Nephritis Evidence Report

Rheumatoid Arthritis

The ACR has developed RA Guidelines which will be published in the April 2012 issue of Arthritis Care & Research.

• NEW! Update of the 2008 Recommendations for the use of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs and Biologics in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• To see the NEW! RA Disease Activity Measure Recommendations, click here
• 2008 Recommendations for the Use of Nonbiologic and Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis – 6/08
• Preliminary Definition of Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis - 6/95
• Preliminary Core Set of Disease Activity Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials - 6/93

Osteoarthritis

• NEW! 2012 Recommendations for the Use of Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapies in Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee
• Recommendation for the Medical Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee -- 9/00

Osteoporosis

• 2010 Recommendations for the Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
  Endorsed by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
• Clinician’s Guide to the 2010 GIOP Recommendations

Other Topics

• 2011 Recommendations for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Initiation and Safety Monitoring of Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Arthritis and Systemic Features
  Endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation
• Guidelines for Referral - 9/99
• Guidelines for Clinical Trials in Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) - 3/95

Guidelines in Progress

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Gout.
  In progress. PI for this project is John D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD.