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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of CLASSIC II patients.

Randomised cohort OL cohort total
Placebo Adalimumab 40 mg every other week Adalimumab 40 mg weekly
Characteristic n = 18 n = 19 n = 18 n = 204††
Female patients (n (%)) 12 (67) 12 (63) 9 (50) 104 (51)
Male patients (n (%)) 6 (33) 7 (37) 9 (50) 100 (49)
Age (years) (mean (SD)) 36 (13) 34 (12) 38 (10) 40 (12)
Body weight (kg) (mean (SD)) 70 (13) 69 (19) 72 (20) 77 (18)
Duration of Crohn's disease (years) (mean (SD)) 8.24 (8.3) 7.73 (6.5) 9.13 (9.8) 9.58 (8.8)
Patients who smoked (n (%)) 12 (67) 13 (68) 19 (56) 120 (59)
Enterocutaneous or perianal fistula* (n (%)) 3 (17) 2 (11) 0 (0) 30 (15)
CDAI score* (mean (SD)) 107 (62) 106 (33) 88 (50) 245 (73)
IBDQ* (median (range))† 191 (138 to 224) 188 (128 to 213) 200 (138 to 216) 149 (58 to 216)
CLASSIC I week‐0 CRP (mg/dl)‡
 Mean (SD) 0.9 (1.0) 3.0 (3.0) 2.5 (3.3) 1.6 (2.4)
 Median (range) 0.5 (0.0 to 3.0) 2.2 (0.0 to 11.3) 0.7 (0.1 to 9.3) 0.8 (0.0 to 17.3)
CRP* (mg/dl)‡
 Mean (SD) 0.2 (0.2) 0.8 (0.8) 0.6 (0.9) 1.3 (2.9)
 Median (range) 0.2 (0.0 to 0.6) 0.5 (0.0 to 2.7) 0.2 (0.0 to 3.6) 0.5 (0.0 to 34.0)
Concomitant drug treatment (n (%))
 Any corticosteroid 10 (56) 8 (47) 9 (50) 74 (36)
  Systemic corticosteroid§ 6 (33) 4 (21) 5 (28) 34 (17)
  Budesonide 4 (22) 4 (21) 4 (22) 23 (11)
 Any immunosuppressive agent 3 (17) 4 (21) 5 (28) 67 (33)
  Azathioprine 1 (6) 4 (21) 2 (11) 33 (16)
  6‐Mercaptopurine 1 (6) 0 (0) 3 (17) 25 (12)
  Methotrexate 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (3)
 Crohn's‐related antibiotics** 1 (6) 0 (0) (0) 25 (12)
  5‐Aminosalicylates¶ 8 (44) 14 (74) 12 (67) 110 (54)

*Baseline of CLASSIC II corresponds to week 4 of CLASSIC I.

†Scores for the IBDQ can range from 32 to 224; greater scores indicate a better quality of life.

‡High sensitivity cardiology assay for C‐reactive protein; normal range is <0.283 mg/dl.

§Prednisone, prednisolone, methylprednisolone.

¶Aminosalicylic acid, mesalazine, and sulfasalazine.

**Metronidazole and ciprofloxacin.

††Excludes 17 patients who discontinued at or before week 4.

CDAI, Clinical Disease Activity Index; CRP, C‐reactive protein; IBDQ, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire; OL, open‐label.