%0 Journal Article %A Christian H. Roux %A Veronique Breuil %A Laure Valerio %A Nicolas Amoretti %A Olivier Brocq %A Christine Albert %A Christian Grisot %A Yacine Allam %A Patrick Chevalier %A Christian Pradier %A Lianna Euller-Ziegler %T Etanercept Compared to Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Double-blind, Randomized Pilot Study %D 2011 %R 10.3899/jrheum.100828 %J The Journal of Rheumatology %P jrheum.100828 %X Objective To compare etanercept (anti-tumor necrosis factor-α) with intraarticular (IA) corticosteroid injections to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Patients with RA who had persistent monoarthritis received etanercept or IA corticosteroid injections. Efficacy was compared at Weeks 4 and 24. Results Thirty-four patients were included (8 dropped out). Mean age was 58.8 years. No difference between groups was found at Weeks 4 or 24, but both groups showed significant improvement at Weeks 4 and 24 compared to baseline. Conclusion Etanercept and IA steroid injections resulted in significant improvement at Week 4 that persisted to Week 24. There was no significant difference in outcome between the groups. %U https://www.jrheum.org/content/jrheum/early/2011/03/08/jrheum.100828.full.pdf