Efficacy and safety of ketoprofen patch in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1171-1179

  Kawai, Shinichi ^a   Uchida, Eiji ^b   Kondo, Masakazu ^c   Ohno, Syuji ^d   Obata, Junichi ^e   Nawata, Yasushi ^f   Sugimoto, Kazunori ^g   Oribe, Motohiro ^h   Nagaya, Ikuo ⁱ  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kondo Clinic of Rheumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^d Ohno Clinic   (Japan)

^e Hikarichuo Clinic   (Japan)

^f Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital   (Japan)

^g Fukui General Hospital   (Japan)

^h Oribe Rheumatism and Internal Medicine Clinic   (Japan)

ⁱ Aichi DRG Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

clinical trial; nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE DERMATITIS; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; APPLICATION SITE SWELLING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX DISEASE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOPROFEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 77958583494     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270009355813     Document Type: Article

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