Glucocorticoids can do a lot of harm over time. In this podcast episode, John Stone, MD, MPH, walks us through the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index, a validated tool to measure steroid toxicity over time that we’ll be seeing more of in the future.
John Stone, MD, MPH, is director of clinical rheumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- Intro :11
- Dr. Stone introduction :26
- About the GTI 1:13
- Professional development opportunities for rheumatologists 2:32
- The interview 4:27
- What is the GTI, how did it come about and how do you think rheumatologists now and in the future will be utilizing it?5:28
- What are the difficulties in measuring steroid toxicities in trials? 10:58
- How did you go about putting this instrument together? 13:04
- What makes up the GTI? 19:11
- Can you explain the Cumulative Worsening Score and the Aggregate Improvement Score? 20:53
- Walk us through a patient coming in and being evaluated for the GTI 25:49
- What's the future of the GTI in your opinion? 30:32
- Do you think the GTI is going to be something that can eventually be used in day-to-day clinical practice? 33:42
- Thank you, Dr. John Stone 34:43