If a drug is intended to work in a joint, then direct injection seems likely to be an appropriate route of delivery, to minimize adverse events and limit the amount of therapeutic agent required. Ensuring such a drug remains in the joint long enough to produce an effect, however, is another matter. Successes seen, lessons learned, and developmental prospects in intra-articular therapy are explored in this Review.
- Christopher H. Evans
- Virginia B. Kraus
- Lori A. Setton