According to a study by Chevalier and colleagues, a single intra-articular injection of anakinra is no more effective than placebo for treating the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA). This result, however, should not deter future investigations of this agent for the treatment of patients with symptomatic knee OA.
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Martel-Pelletier, J., Pelletier, JP. A single injection of anakinra for treating knee OA?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 5, 363–364 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2009.121
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