A TWO-YEAR, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPY IN OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE JOINT

Dieppe, Paul; Cushnaghan, J; K Jasani, M; McCrae, F; Watt, I.

doi:10.1093/rheumatology/32.7.595

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A TWO-YEAR, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPY IN OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE JOINT

Published in Lara D. Veeken • Jan 1, 1993

Authors:

Paul Dieppe

J Cushnaghan

M K Jasani

Abstract

Eighty-nine patients with established OA of the knee joint, already on regular NSAIDs for joint pain, were randomly allocated to receive 100 mg/day of slow release diclofenac (45 patients) or matching placebo (44), in place of their NSAID, for 2 years. Thirty-eight patients withdrew or dropped out o...

Subject

Medicine

Placebo

Osteoarthritis

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