TABLE 3

Outcomes for patient care and clinical research

MeasureCategoryLevel
Pulmonary sarcoidosisPatient wellbeingPhysician judgementImportant
Clinical judgement of improvement, worsening/progressionPhysician judgementCritical
Clinical judgement alone
Treatment chest imaging: Scadding score [20], changes inTreatment imagingImportant
Treatment chest imaging: Muers score [49], changes in
PET/CT chest imaging, changes inScanImportant
Pulmonary function tests: FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, DLCO, SaO2Lung function testsCritical
6-min walk distance [50]Exercise capacityImportant
Quality of lifeQuality of lifeImportant
SGRQ [51]
Short Form-36 [52]
Fatigue Assessment Scale [53]
SAT Lung [54]
KSQ General health [55]
KSQ Lung health [55]
Serious AEs; life-threatening AEsAEsCritical
AEs leading to discontinuation
Other AEs
Extrapulmonary sarcoidosisPhysician global assessmentCutaneous sarcoidosis disease activityImportant
SASI [56]
CSAMI [57]
Photographs
Clinical judgement of improvement, worsening/progressionPhysician judgementCritical
Skin measure of diseaseImportant
Eye measure of diseaseCritical
Kidney measure of diseaseImportant
Löfgren syndrome measure of disease
HypercalcaemiaCritical
Quality of lifeQuality of lifeCritical
Fatigue Assessment Scale
SAT Skin [54]
SAT Fatigue [54]
KSQ Dermatology questionnaire
Serious AEs; life-threatening AEsAEsCritical
AEs leading to discontinuation
Other AEs
Cardiac sarcoidosisClinical judgement of improvement, worsening/progressionPhysician judgementCritical
PET/CT chest imaging, changes inTreatment imagingCritical
MRI chest imaging, changes in
ArrythmiasArrythmiasCritical
Quality of lifeQuality of lifeImportant
Serious AEs; life-threatening AEsAEsCritical
AEs leading to discontinuation
Other AEs
NeurosarcoidosisMeasures of neurologic diseasePhysician judgementCritical
Clinical judgement of improvement, worsening/progression
Quality of lifeQuality of lifeCritical
Serious AE; life-threatening AEsAEsCritical
AEs leading to discontinuation
Other AEs
All categoriesSteroid sparingSteroid sparingCritical

PET: positron emission tomography; CT: computed tomography; FVC: forced vital capacity; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; SaO2: arterial oxygen saturation; SGRQ: St George's Respiratory Questionnaire; SAT: Sarcoidosis Assessment Tool; KSQ: King's Sarcoidosis Questionnaire; AE: adverse event; SASI: Sarcoidosis Activity and Severity Instrument; CSAMI: Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Activity and Morphology Instrument; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.