Abstract Number: 1131 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intraarticular Infliximab for Knee Osteoarthritis: High Baseline Levels of Synovial Cellularity and High MRI Cartilage Injury At the Lateral Tibial Plateau Predict Improvement in Total WOMAC Score
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue from patients with OA often demonstrates inflammation. We hypothesized that a single intraarticular (IA) injection of an anti-TNF drug would decrease inflammatory…