Published September 1979
| Version v1
Journal article
Drug control of an antirheumatic in Rheumatoid arthritis via scintigraphy of joints
- 1. Stiftung Deutsche Klinik fuer Diagnostik, Wiesbaden (Germany, F.R.). Fachbereich Nuklearmedizin
- 2. Rheumaklinik, Wiesbaden (Germany, F.R.)
Description
Sixteen rheumatoid arthritis patients each received diclofenac sodium or placebos in a double-blind study. The general assesment of the success of therapy on the part of the physician or the patient, can be corrected to some extent by means of a semiquantitatively evaluated sup(99m)Tc-pertechnetat joint scintigraphy used in the patients and in the controls. In particular, the comparative examinations of the wrists, which were evaluated clinically, semiquantitatively and quantitatively, showed that the sensitivity of joint scintigraphy is sufficient to demonstrate additionally the anti-inflammatory action of an antirheumatic drug even if the drug had been administered for 14 days only. (orig.) 891 AJ/orig. 892 BRE
Abstract (German)
In einer Doppelblindstudie erhielten je 16 Patienten mit einer chronischen Polyathritis Diclofenac-Na bzw. Placebo. Das Pauschalurteil des Arztes bzw. des Patienten ueber den Therapieeffekt kann durch die semiquantitative ausgewertete sup(99m)Tc-Pertechnetat-Gelenkzintigraphie in beiden Gruppen in gewissem Masse korrigiert werden. Wie insbesondere die vergleichenden klinischen, semiquantitativ und quantitativ ausgewerteten Untersuchungen an den Handgelenken zeigten, ist die Sensitivitaet der Gelenkszintigraphie ausreichend, um zusaetzlich die antiphlogistische Wirkung eines Antirheumatikums bei einer nur 14-taegigen Anwendung zu dokumentieren. (orig.)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Arzneimittelpruefung eines Antirheumatikums bei chronischer Polyarthritis durch gelenkszintigraphische Kontrolluntersuchungen
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Aktuel. Rheumatol.
- Journal Volume
- 4
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Aktuel. Rheumatol.
- Journal Page Range
- 133-137
- ISSN
- 0341-051X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 11522325
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BONE JOINTS; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; PATIENTS; PERTECHNETATES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY; STATISTICS; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; SKELETAL DISEASES; SKELETON; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES