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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 May;62(5):624–631. doi: 10.1002/acr.20040

Table 3.

Radiographic* Findings for Patients in the CLEAR I (Baseline, 36 month and 60 months) and CLEAR II (Baseline).

Number of patients Sharp van der Heijde Score
(%) Mean (SD) Median (IQ 25–75))
CLEAR I
Baseline (n=294)
  Joint Erosions 76 (25.9) 1.24 (3.68) 0.0 (0–1)
  Joint Space Narrowing 57 (19.4) 1.65 (4.73) 0.0 (0–0)
  Total Score 94 (32.0) 2.89 (7.65) 0.0 (0–2)
36 months (n=147)
  Joint Erosions 65 (44.2) 2.22 (5.72) 0.0 (0–2)
  Joint Space Narrowing 61 (41.5) 3.44 (6.64) 0.0 (0–4)
  Total Score 80 (54.4) 5.65 (11.14) 0.0 (0–6)
60 months (n=39)
  Joint Erosions 15 (38.5) 4.74 (12.78) 0.0 (0–4)
  Joint Space Narrowing 18 (46.2) 7.87 (13.12) 0.0 (0–12)
  Total Score 21 (53.8) 12.62 (24.95) 0.0 (0–16)

CLEAR II (n=167)
  Joint Erosions 109 (65.3) 14.68 (23.84) 4.0 (0–18)
  Joint Space Narrowing 109 (65.3) 18.74 (26.48) 7.0 (0–24)
  Total Score 125 (74.8) 33.42 (48.89) 11.0 (0–41)
*

Sharp van der Heijde;

Follow up totals differs from baseline due to loss to follow up and patients who had not yet reached their time planned visits,

Study enrolment ongoing.