FERRERO , Stéphanie

Objectives: No studies have assessed the effect of methotrexate (MTX) in osteoarthritis of the hand (HOA). The purpose of our study was to examine the effect of MTX on pain and structural progression in symptomatic erosive HOA (EHOA).Methods: This 1-year prospective, monocentric, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (NCT1968405)...

Objective: To evaluate prevalence of structural lesions, synovitis and bone marrow lesions (BMLs) on MRI performed with a 0.3T imaging system in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis (EHOA) and to compare them to the anatomic radiographic Verbruggen-Veys score (VV).Design: For this Cross-sectional study, fifty-five EHOA patients were...