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Synovial volume vs synovial measurements from dynamic contrast enhanced MRI as measures of response in osteoarthritis

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Gait, A. D., Hodgson, R., Parkes, M. J., Hutchinson, Charles E., O'Neill, T. W., Maricar, N., Marjanovic, E. J., Cootes, T. F. and Felson, D. T. (2016) Synovial volume vs synovial measurements from dynamic contrast enhanced MRI as measures of response in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24 (8). pp. 1392-1398. doi:10.1016/j.joca.2016.03.015 ISSN 1063-4584.

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Abstract

Objective
Synovium is increasingly a target of osteoarthritis (OA) treatment, yet its optimal measurement is unclear. Using dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI in knee OA patients before and after intraarticular steroid injection, we compared the responsiveness of static synovial volume measures to measures of dynamic changes in synovial enhancement, changes that are strongly related to synovial vascularity.

Methods
Ninety three patients underwent DCE-MRI before and 1–2 weeks after intra-articular injection of 80 mg methylprednisolone. Synovium was segmented and volume, relative enhancement rate (RER), maximum relative enhancement (REmax), late relative enhancement (RElate) and pharmacokinetic parameters (Ktrans, ve) were calculated. KOOS (​knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score) pain score was recorded before and after injection. Standardized change scores were calculated for each parameter. Linear regression and Pearson's correlations were used to investigate the relationship between change in MRI parameters and change in pain.

Results
The change in standardized score for the measures of synovial enhancement, RElate and REmax were −0.58 (95% CI −0.79 to −0.37) and −0.62 (95% CI −0.83 to −0.41) respectively, whereas the score for synovial volume was −0.30 (−0.52 to −0.09). Further, change in knee pain correlated more strongly with changes in enhancement (for both REmax and RElate, r = −0.27 (95% CI −0.45 to −0.07)) than with changes in synovial volume −0.15 (−0.35 to 0.05).

Conclusion
This study suggests DCE-MRI derived measures of synovial enhancement may be more sensitive to the response to treatment and more strongly associated with changes in pain than synovial volume and may be better outcomes for assessment of structural effects of treatment in OA.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit
Journal or Publication Title: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Publisher: Elsevier Science BV
ISSN: 1063-4584
Official Date: August 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
August 2016Published
22 March 2016Accepted
Volume: 24
Number: 8
Page Range: pp. 1392-1398
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.03.015
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)

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