Erelzi Indications/Uses

Rheumatoid arthritis: Etanercept is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms and inhibiting the progression of structural damage in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. Etanercept can be initiated in combination with methotrexate or used alone.
Etanercept in combination with methotrexate is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis in adults when the response to disease-modifying antirheumatic medicinal products, including methotrexate (unless contraindicated), has been inadequate.
Etanercept can be given as monotherapy in case of intolerance to methotrexate or when continued treatment with methotrexate is inappropriate.
Etanercept is also indicated in the treatment of severe, active and progressive rheumatoid arthritis in adults not previously treated with methotrexate.
Etanercept, alone or in combination with methotrexate, has been shown to reduce the rate of progression of joint damage as measured by X-ray and to improve physical function.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Treatment of polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in children and adolescents from the age of 2 years when the response to one or more DMARDs has proved inadequate. 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 Etanercept has not been studied in children aged less than 2 years.
Psoriatic arthritis: Etanercept is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms of active psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Etanercept can be used in combination with methotrexate in Patients who do not respond adequately to methotrexate alone.
Treatment of active and progressive psoriatic arthritis in adults when the response to previous disease-modifying antirheumatic medicinal product therapy has been inadequate. Etanercept has been shown to improve physical function in patients with psoriatic arthritis, and to reduce the rate of progression of peripheral joint damage as measured by X-ray in patients with polyarticular symmetrical subtypes of the disease.
Axial spondyloarthritis: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS): Etanercept is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis.
Treatment of adults with severe active ankylosing spondylitis who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy.
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 C-reactive protein (CRP) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence, who have had an inadequate response to, or are intolerant to, conventional therapy.
Plaque psoriasis: Etanercept is indicated for the treatment of adult patients (18 years or older) 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 psoralen and ultraviolet-A light (PUVA) (see Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamics under Actions).
Paediatric 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.