Indications:
Adults with Rheumatoid arthritis
Treatment of signs and symptoms and inhibiting the progression of structural damage in adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. Etanercept can be used in combination with methotrexate in patients who do not respond adequately to methotrexate alone.
Paediatric Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis
Treatment of polyarthritis (rheumatoid factor positive or negative) and extended oligoarthritis in children and adolescents from the age of 2 years who have had an inadequate response to, or who have proved intolerant of, methotrexate.
Treatment of psoriatic arthritis in adolescents from the age of 12 years who have had an inadequate response to, or who have proved intolerant of, methotrexate.
Treatment of enthesitis-related arthritis in adolescents from the age of 12 years who have had an inadequate response to, or who have proved intolerant of, conventional therapy.
Adults with Psoriatic Arthritis
Etanecept is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms of active arthritis in adult patients with psoriatic arthritis. Etanecept can be used in combination with methotrexate in patients who do not respond adequately to methotrexate alone.
Axial Spondyloarthritis
Adults with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
Treatment of signs and symptoms of active ankylosing spondylitis in adults who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy.
Adults with Non-radiographic Axial spondyloarthritis
Etanercept is indicated for the treatment of adults with severe non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis with objective signs of inflammation as indicated by elevated CRP and/or MRI evidence, who have had an inadequate response to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Adults with Plaque Psoriasis
Treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who failed to respond to, or who have a contraindication to, or are intolerant to other systemic therapy, including ciclosporin, methotrexate or PUVA.
Pediatric Patients with Plaque Psoriasis
Etanercept is indicated for the treatment of chronic severe plaque psoriasis in children and adolescents from the age of 6 years who are inadequately controlled by, or are intolerant to other systemic therapies or phototherapies.
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