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ArticleCartilage2021

Evaluation of Hylan G-F 20 Treatment with Opioid Prescriptions and Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injections in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee Using a Claims Database.

Michael J Langworthy, Charles D Hummer, Wilson Ngai, Lichen Hao, David Webner

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Article in Cartilage, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J LangworthySouthcoast Health Systems, New Bedford, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3985-0283
Charles D HummerPremier Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Media, PA, USA.
Wilson NgaiSanofi, U.S. Medical Affairs, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
Lichen HaoSanofi, Real World Evidence, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
David WebnerCrozer-Keystone Health System, Suburban Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sanofi (United States) · USArena Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USCrozer-Keystone Health System · USSouthCoast Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAssess how treatment with the viscosupplement hylan G-F 20 relates to opioid prescriptions and intraarticular corticosteroid injections (IACS) in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK).

designCase-crossover; adult patients with OAK identified in a claims database were treated with hylan G-F 20 from July 1, 2007, to June 29, 2017. Opioid or IACS prescriptions in the 6 months before treatment were compared to the 6 months after. Patients with comorbid conditions requiring pain medications were excluded, resulting in a 29,395-patient cohort. Four subgroups were investigated: patients with (1) opioids before hylan G-F 20 (OB;

resultsOB subgroup patients had a significant decrease (

conclusionsHylan G-F 20 is associated with a reduction in opioid prescriptions and IACS in OAK patients.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAnalgesics, OpioidHumansHyaluronic AcidInjections, Intra-ArticularKnee JointOsteoarthritis, KneePrescriptionsTreatment OutcomeViscosupplementsAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnalgesics, OpioidHyaluronic AcidhylanViscosupplementscorticosteroidshyaluronic acidopioidsosteoarthritis of the kneeviscosupplement

Identifiers

PMID33095034
PMCPMC8808906
OpenAlexW3093980525

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