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This Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) guideline provides contemporary recommendations for the pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy. Recommendations are developed using the GRADE approach with a multidisciplinary panel composed of rheumatologists, researchers, methodologists, and […]

The management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a complex and rapidly changing field for Canadian rheumatologists. The Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) and the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) last updated treatment recommendations for the management of axSpA in 2014(1,2). […]

This living guideline offers up-to-date guidance on the management of baseline immunosuppression (IS) for pre-existing rheumatic diseases (PRDs) when initiating cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Split into 2 parts, this guideline provides contemporary baseline IS recommendations for individuals […]

Recommendations were developed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)-Adolopment approach... Provider Infographic

The Canadian Rheumatology Association guideline panel suggests using COVID-19 vaccination in persons aged 12 and older with autoimmune rheumatic disease...

The Canadian Rheumatology Association guideline panel suggests using a third dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination [BNT 162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) or mRNA-1273 (Moderna)] in persons aged 18 and older with autoimmune rheumatic disease...

Recommendations were developed using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach...

The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) and the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) have collaborated to update the recommendations for the management of spondyloarthritis (SpA)...

The CRA has developed 2011/2012 recommendations for the pharmacological management of RA that take into consideration Canada’s current healthcare system. The recommendations address treatment questions identified from a national needs assessment survey of Canadian rheumatology professionals and are published in […]