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At weeks 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 and every 4 weeks thereafter, betamethasone was injected into swollen joints (maximum 4 joints or 4 ml per visit). Beginning at week 8, if synovitis was present, the methotrexate dosage was increased stepwise up to 20 mg\/week, with a subsequent stepwise increase in the cyclosporine or placebo\u2010cyclosporine dosage up to 4 mg\/kg.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At 52 weeks, 20% improvement according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR20) was achieved in 85% of the combination therapy group versus 68% of the monotherapy group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.02). The median individual overall ACR response (ACR\u2010N) in the 2 groups was 80.0% (interquartile range 40.1\u201391.8%) and 54.5% (interquartile range 2.4\u201387.8%), respectively (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.025). At 48 and 52 weeks, ACR remission criteria were met in 35% of the combination therapy group and 28% of the monotherapy group. Progression in the Larsen score at 52 weeks was \u20130.2 \u00b1 6.5 and 0.4 \u00b1 6.9 (mean \u00b1 SD) in the combination therapy and monotherapy groups, respectively. Serum creatinine levels increased by 7%, and hypertrichosis was more prevalent, in the combination therapy group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Combined treatment with methotrexate and intraarticular glucocorticoid showed excellent disease control and stopped the progression of erosions in patients with early active RA, who had a poor prognosis. 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