Scientific article
English

Adalimumab in acute sciatica reduces the long-term need for surgery: a 3-year follow-up of a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Published inAnnals of the rheumatic diseases, vol. 71, no. 4, p. 560-562
Publication date2012
Abstract

Two subcutaneous injections of adalimumab in severe acute sciatica significantly reduced the number of back operations in a short-term randomised controlled clinical trial.

Keywords
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage/therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/administration & dosage/therapeutic use
  • Back Pain/etiology
  • Diskectomy
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sciatica/complications/drug therapy/surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
Citation (ISO format)
GENEVAY, Stéphane et al. Adalimumab in acute sciatica reduces the long-term need for surgery: a 3-year follow-up of a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. In: Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2012, vol. 71, n° 4, p. 560–562. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200373
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