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Table 5 Patients achieving a satisfactory symptom state according to one or more, two or more, or three PASS criteriaa

From: Evaluation of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State in a pooled analysis of two multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies evaluating lumiracoxib and celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis

 

Lumiracoxib 100 mg od

(n = 811)

Lumiracoxib 100 mg od with initial dose

(n = 805)

Celecoxib 200 mg od

(n = 813)

Placebo

(n = 806)

Patients considering their current state as satisfactory at week 2 according to:

One or more PASS criteria, n (%)

396 (48.8)

393 (48.8)

367 (45.1)

241 (29.9)

Two or more PASS criteria, n (%)

229 (28.2)

259 (32.2)

226 (27.8)

128 (15.9)

Three PASS criteria, n (%)

128 (15.8)

144 (17.9)

142 (17.5)

62 (7.7)

Patients considering their current state as satisfactory at week 13 according to:

One or more PASS criteria, n (%)

464 (57.2)

478 (59.4)

443 (54.5)

367 (45.5)

Two or more PASS criteria, n (%)

340 (41.9)

343 (42.6)

325 (40.0)

256 (31.8)

Three PASS criteria, n (%)

231 (28.5)

230 (28.6)

211 (26.0)

156 (19.4)

  1. aOsteoarthritis pain, patient's global assessment of disease activity, or WOMAC™ LK 3.1 Function subscale score. od, once daily; PASS, Patient Acceptable Symptom State; WOMAC™ LK 3.1, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Likert version 3.1.