Pediatric rheumatology

EULAR/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for paediatric chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO)

Ann Rheum DisPublished Classification criteria development and validation study

Authors' conclusion

These new classification criteria for paediatric CNO developed with international input reflect current views about CNO, have high specificity and good sensitivity, and provide a key foundation for future CNO research.

Study context

Population
Paediatric chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO)development 441, validation 514
Outcome
Classification performance in the validation cohort
Methodological detailsinternational, survey, Delphi and nominal group technique, multicriteria decision analysis, development and validation cohorts, 4 phases: survey of paediatric rheumatologists; Delphi and nominal group technique; multicriteria decision analysis; refinement of weights and threshold in development cohort and validation in another cohort
  • International
  • Survey
  • Delphi and nominal group technique
  • Multicriteria decision analysis
  • Development and validation cohorts
  • 4 phases: survey of paediatric rheumatologists; Delphi and nominal group technique; multicriteria decision analysis; refinement of weights and threshold in development cohort and validation in another cohort

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Test or modelSensitivitySpecificity
New criteria82%98%

New criteria

Sensitivity82%
Specificity98%

Original publication

EULAR/ACR classification criteria for paediatric chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO). Ann Rheum Dis. Published 30 January 2025. doi:10.1016/j.ard.2024.11.006

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