Figure 4.
Clinical summary of etoricoxib in arthritis and pain management.
*Greater efficacy defined here as a statistically significant benefit with etoricoxib versus active comparator in an efficacy study. † An active comparator study has not been performed.
Abbreviations: EDGE, Etoricoxib versus diclofenac sodium gastrointestinal tolerability and effectiveness study; MEDAL, Multinational etoricoxib and diclofenac arthritis long-term study; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug.