Miller 19586 | HC 50 mg v PCB or novocaine or lactic acid or feigned injection | 202 | Parallel | 24 | Equal at weeks 6 and 24 |
Wright 19607 | HC 25 mg v PCB or HC.TBA | 25 | Crossover | 4 | Week 2: HC = PCB, HC.TBA>PCB; week 4: all equal |
Cederlof 19668 | Prednisolone 25 mg v PCB | 44 | Parallel | 8 | Equal at weeks 1, 3, 8 |
Friedman 19809 | TH 20 mg v PCB | 34 | Parallel | 8 | TH>PCB at week 1 only |
Dieppe 198010 | TH 20 mg v PCB | 12+16 | Parallel/cross-over | 6 and 2 | TH>PCB at 2 weeks only |
Valtonen 198111 | TH 20 mg v betamethasone 6 mg | 42 | Parallel | 24 | TH>betamethasone |
Sambrook 198912 | MP 80 mg v 80 mg peripatellar | 38 | Parallel | 12 | Equal |
Gaffney 199513 | TH 20 mg v PCB | 84 | Parallel | 6 | TH>PCB at week 1 only |
Jones 199614 | MP 40 mg v PCB | 59 | Crossover | 8 | MP>PCB at 3 weeks only |
Ravaud 199915 | Cortivazol 3.75 mg v PCB, lavage or lavage+cortivazol | 98 | Parallel, 2×2 factorial | 24 | Cortivazol>PCB at week 4 only |
Raynauld 200316 | TH 40 mg v PCB: repeated injections every 3 months for 2 years | 68 | Parallel | 96 | Trend towards greater symptom improvement at 1 year, for the WOMAC pain subscale, night pain, and range of motion |