Intra-articular Injection of Etanercept in Patient Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis : a Double-blind Randomized Study

Intra-articular Injection of Etanercept in Patient Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis : a Double-blind Randomized Study for Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Etanercept Versus Intra-articular Steroid Injection in Acute Synovitis

Intra-articular injection of etanercept in patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind randomized study for evaluation of efficacy and safety of etanercept versus intra-articular steroid injection in acute synovitis (knee,wrist,ankle,elbow)

Inclusion Criteria:

• must be able to understand the information about the study
• diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis for 6 month at least
• suffering for 2 weeks at least
• with evaluation of pain over 4/10
• with stable DMARDs treatment for three month at least

Exclusion Criteria:

• infection or surgery on the target joint
• treated with infliximab,adalimumab or anakinra