Duplicates removed	14
Excluded during initial screening (e.g. press releases; news reports; not relevant drug/indication; preclinical study; reviews; case reports; not randomized trial)	16
Excluded during writing (e.g. reviews; duplicate data; small patient number; nonrandomized/phase I/II trials)	55
Cited efficacy/tolerability articles	6
Cited articles not efficacy/tolerability	32
Search Strategy: EMBASE, MEDLINE and PubMed from 1946 to present. Clinical trial registries/databases and websites were also searched for relevant data. Key words were Triamcinolone acetonide, osteoarthritis, intra-articular, knee. Records were limited to those in English language. Searches last updated 22 February 2019