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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Ismael Atchia, Professor Fraser Birrell
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intra-articular (IA) glucocorticoids for knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) in specific subgroups of patients with severe pain and inflammatory signs using individual patient data (IPD) from existing trials.Design: Randomized trials evaluating one or more IA glucocorticoid preparation in patients with knee or hip OA, published from 1995 up to June 2012 were selected from the literature. IPD obtained from original trials included patient and disease characteristics and outcomes measured. The primary outcome was pain severity at short-term follow-up (up to 4 weeks). The subgroup factors assessed included severe pain (>= 70 points, 0-100 scale) and signs of inflammation (dichotomized in present or not) at baseline. Multilevel regression analyses were applied to estimate the magnitude of the effects in the subgroups with the individuals nested within each study.Results: Seven out of 43 published randomized clinical trials (n = 620) were included. Patients with severe baseline pain had a significantly larger reduction in short-term pain, but not in mid-and long-term pain, compared to those with less severe pain at baseline (Mean Difference 13.91; 95% Confidence Interval 1.50-26.31) when receiving IA glucocorticoid injection compared to placebo. No statistical significant interaction effects were found between inflammatory signs and IA glucocorticoid injections compared to placebo and to tidal irrigation at all follow-up points.Conclusions: This IPD meta-analysis demonstrates that patients with severe knee pain at baseline derive more benefit from IA glucocorticoid injection at short-term follow-up than those with less severe pain at baseline. (C) 2016 Osteoarthritis Research Society International. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): van Middelkoop M, Arden NK, Atchia I, Birrell F, Chao J, Rezende MU, Lambert RGW, Ravaud P, Bijlsma JW, Doherty M, Dziedzic KS, Lohmander LS, McAlindon TE, Zhang W, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Year: 2016
Volume: 24
Issue: 7
Pages: 1143-1152
Print publication date: 01/07/2016
Online publication date: 02/02/2016
Acceptance date: 22/01/2016
ISSN (print): 1063-4584
ISSN (electronic): 1522-9653
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.983
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.983
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