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. 2014 Feb 3;9(2):e87910. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087910

Table 3. Summary of Additional Efficacy endpoints, reported as Mean Change (SE) at Week 12, ITT.

Mean (SE) change Control, 4 mL (n = 83) Control, 10 mL (n = 81) LMWF-5A, 4 mL (n = 83) LMWF-5A, 10 mL (n = 82) Control (n = 164) LMWF-5A (n = 165) p value
Secondary efficacy endpoint
Stiffness* −0.55 (0.10) −0.80 (0.11) −0.66 (0.10) −0.79 (0.10) −0.67 (0.08) −0.72 (0.07) .41
Physical function* −0.58 (0.08) −0.69 (0.11) −0.72 (0.09) −0.83 (0.09) −0.64 (0.07) −0.78 (0.06) .04
Resting pain* −0.71 (0.09) −0.68 (0.11) −0.90 (0.09) −0.91 (0.09) −0.70 (0.07) −0.91 (0.06) .004
Moving Pain* −0.69 (0.09) −0.81 (0.11) −0.98 (0.09) −0.94 (0.10) −0.75 (0.07) −0.96 (0.07) .01
PGA subscale −0.55 (0.12) −0.74 (0.13) −0.96 (0.11) −0.77 (0.13) −0.65 (0.09) −0.87 (0.08) .01
Subgroup population, WOMAC A Pain
Prior injection −0.66 (0.10) −0.71 (0.12) −0.81 (0.12) −0.87 (0.11) −0.68 (0.08) −0.84 (0.08) .04
No prior injection −0.82 (0.15) −0.77 (0.22) −1.11 (0.11) −1.05 (0.13) −0.80 (0.13) −1.09 (0.08) .051
K-L Grade II −0.83 (0.15) −1.01 (0.22) −0.94 (0.12) −1.07 (0.14) −0.92 (0.13) −1.01 (0.09) .70
K-L Grade III −0.62 (0.11) −0.76 (0.14) −0.95 (0.13) −0.82 (0.15) −0.69 (0.09) −0.89 (0.10) .04
K-L Grade IV −0.67 (0.19) −0.34 (0.21) −0.88 (0.22) −0.83 (0.16) −0.51 (0.14) −0.86 (0.14) .02
*

WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis.

Control: Saline vehicle control; Index. PGA, Patient Global Assessment of disease severity; K-L, Kellgren-Lawrence.

P values were calculated using mixed-effects repeated measures ANCOVA, with adjustment for baseline score.