Table 4.

Number (%) of patients in the AIM trial in RAPID3 response categories as compared to EULAR-DAS28 response categories.

AIM Trial Treatment GroupsEULAR-DAS28 Response CategoriesEULAR-DAS28 No. (%) PatientsRAPID3 Response Categories, No. (%) Patients
Good (improve > 3.6 units)Moderate (> 1.8 and ≤ 3.6 units)Poor (improve ≤ 1.8 units)
Abatacept (kappa 0.35, weighted kappa 0.40)Good102 (27)67 (66)29 (28)6 (6)
Moderate233 (62)63 (27)130 (56)40 (17)
Poor39 (10)2 (5)8 (21)29 (74)
Total374 (100)132 (35)167 (45)75 (20)
Control (kappa 0.29, weighted kappa 0.36)Good7 (4)5 (71)2 (29)0
Moderate108 (59)22 (20)56 (52)30 (28)
Poor68 (37)2 (3)20 (29)46 (68)
Total183 (100)29 (16)78 (43)76 (42)
All patients (kappa 0.35, weighted kappa 0.43)Good109 (20)72 (66)31 (28)6 (6)
Moderate341 (61)85 (25)186 (55)70 (21)
Poor107 (19)4 (4)28 (11)75 (70)
Total557 (100)161 (29)245 (44)151 (27)
  • AIM: Abatacept in Inadequate Response to Methotrexate; RAPID3: Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data; EULAR: European League Against Rheumatism; DAS28: 28-joint Disease Activity Score.