Abstract

The definition of outcome parameters has improved the care of vasculitis patients dramatically in recent decades. In the first phase of joint European studies, disease stages and activity were defined. In the second and third phases results of the randomized and controlled trials were summarized and published as European recommendations for the care of small and large vessel vasculitis. Irrespective of the type of vasculitis, inducing remission, maintaining remission and preventing disease- and therapy-related complications are the main outcome criteria.

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