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Table 2 Mean baseline and changes from baseline in SPARCC MRI SIJ and spine scores

From: Clinical and MRI remission in patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis who received long-term open-label adalimumab treatment: 3-year results of the ABILITY-1 trial

Mean (95% CI)

MRI/CRP-positive subpopulation

Total efficacy population

SPARCC MRI SIJ (n = 102)

SPARCC MRI spine (n = 101)

SPARCC MRI SIJ (n = 131)

SPARCC MRI spine (n = 130)

Baseline

6.2 (4.1–8.2)

4.3 (3.3–5.4)

5.0 (3.3–6.6)

3.5 (2.6–4.3)

Change from baseline to:

Year 1

− 5.0 (− 6.9 to − 3.1)

− 1.9 (− 2.8 to − 1.0)

− 3.9 (− 5.5 to − 2.4)

− 1.3 (− 2.1 to − 0.5)

Year 2

− 4.8 (− 6.9 to – 2.8)

− 2.0 (− 2.9 to − 1.1)

− 3.8 (− 5.4 to − 2.2)

− 1.4 (− 2.2 to − 0.7)

  1. Abbreviations: CRP C-reactive protein, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, SIJ Sacroiliac joint, SPARCC Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada
  2. Data for patients in the MRI/CRP-positive subpopulation and total efficacy population with MRI scans available at all time points