Effectiveness of Chloroquine and Inflammatory Cytokine Response in Patients With Early Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain and Arthritis Following Chikungunya Virus Infection

Abstract

This exploratory community intervention trial failed to identify an advantage of CQ over meloxicam to treat early musculoskeletal pain and arthritis following acute CHIK virus infection, but therapeutic efficacy of CQ was not ruled out. The inflammatory cytokine response was intense and was not consistent with clinical status.