The responsiveness of novel, dynamic, contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance measures of total knee synovitis after intra-articular corticosteroid for painful osteoarthritis

C Y Wenham, S Balamoody, A J Grainger, E M Hensor, S Draycott, R Hodgson, P G Conaghan

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    Abstract

    OBJECTIVE: Sensitive biomarkers are needed to understand synovial response to therapy in osteoarthritis (OA). Dynamic, contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI) provides quantitative, novel measures of synovial inflammation. This exploratory study examined DCE-assessed synovial response to intra-articular corticosteroid (IACS). METHODS: People with ACR clinical criteria OA knee underwent 3 T MRI pre- and 2 weeks post-IACS. Five MRI variables were assessed blindly: total synovial volume (semi-automated computer program), early enhancement rate (EER) and late enhancement ratio of the entire knee, synovial volume x late enhancement and a semi-quantitative (SQ) score (six sites scored 0-3). Clinical symptoms were assessed using pain visual analogue score (VAS) and WOMAC. RESULTS: 13 participants (5 male, mean age 63, mean pain VAS 66 mm mean body mass index (BMI) 31.3 kg/m(2)) were included. The majority of MRIs demonstrated no change in SQ score although the DCE variables changed to some extent in all. There was generally a reduction in synovial volume ((Wilcoxon test) median (interquartile range (IQR)) reduction 14 cm(3) (-1, 29)), EER (0.2% (-0.3, 0.6)) and late enhancement ratio (8% (-0.5, 41)). Synovial volume x late enhancement ratio demonstrated a substantive reduction (2250 (-930, 5630)) as well as the largest effect size, r = 0.45. There was a median 26% reduction in EER in participants with good symptomatic response to IACS, contrasting with a 23% increase in those who responded poorly. CONCLUSIONS: DCE MRI may be more sensitive than a SQ score at detecting post-therapy synovial changes. The association between EER and symptomatic response to IACS may reflect a closer relation of this biomarker to synovial inflammation than with volumetric assessment.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1614-8
    Number of pages1605
    JournalOsteoarthritis Cartilage
    Volume22
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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