Table 2.

Percentage of patients who maintained clinical remission at week 40 in DB treated patients who were still in the DB period at week 40

	Taper arm (n=102)	Withdrawal arm (n=20)
DAS28(ESR) <2.6	64/74 (86.5)	11/13 (84.6)
SDAI ≤3.3	57/74 (77.0)	12/13 (92.3)
CDAI ≤2.8	56/74 (75.7)	12/13 (92.3)

LOCF analysis.

CDAI, Clinical Disease Activity Index; DAS28(ESR), 28-joint Disease Activity Score based on erythrocyte sedimentation rate; DB, double-blind; LOCF, last observation carried forward; SDAI, Simplified Disease Activity Index.