PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christian H. Roux
AU  - Veronique Breuil
AU  - Laure Valerio
AU  - Nicolas Amoretti
AU  - Olivier Brocq
AU  - Christine Albert
AU  - Christian Grisot
AU  - Yacine Allam
AU  - Patrick Chevalier
AU  - Christian Pradier
AU  - Lianna Euller-Ziegler
TI  - Etanercept Compared to Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Double-blind, Randomized Pilot Study
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.100828
DP  - 2011 Mar 15
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.100828
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2011/03/08/jrheum.100828.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2011/03/08/jrheum.100828.full
AB  - 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.