Intraarticular injection of infliximab [1]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1912-1913

  Sakellariou, Grigorios T ^a   Kakavouli, Giasna ^a   Chatzigiannis, Ioannis ^a  

^a St Paul's Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; RADIOISOTOPE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; YTTRIUM 90;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748550324     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Schatteman L, Gyselbrecht L, De Clercq L, Mielants H. Treatment of refractory inflammatory monoarthritis in ankylosing spondylitis by intraarticular injection of infliximab. J Rheumatol 2006;33:82-5.
2. Nikas SN, Temekonidis TI, Zikou AK, Argyropoulou MI, Efremidis S, Drosos AA. Treatment of resistant rheumatoid arthritis by intra-articular infliximab injections: a pilot study. Ann Rheum Dis 2004;63:102-3.
3. Dreher R, Flaig W, Leitzke D. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by intra-articular injections with TNF alpha blockers [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2001;44 Suppl:S42.
4. Conti F, Priori R, Chimenti MS, et al. Successful treatment with intraarticular infliximab for resistant knee monarthritis in a patient with spondylarthropathy: a role for scintigraphy with 99m Tc-infliximab. Arthritis Rheum 2005;52:1224-6.
5. Jahangier ZN, Jacobs JW, Lafeber FP, et al. Is radiation synovectomy for arthritis of the knee more effective than intraarticular treatment with glucocorticoids? Results of an eighteen-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Arthritis Rheum 2005;52:3391-402.
6. Bokarewa M, Tarkowski A. Local infusion of infliximab for the treatment of acute joint inflammation. Ann Rheum Dis 2003;62:783-4.
7. Bliddal H, Qvistgaart E, Tersiev L, et al. Injection of etanercept into arthritis joints: dose-response and efficacy [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2002;46 Suppl:S518.
8. Bliddal H, Terslev L, Qvistgaart E, et al. Randomized, controlled, double-blind study of intra-articular injections of etanercept vs. glucocorticosteroid [abstract], Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64 Suppl 3:471.