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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At 6 months, in washout versus direct-switch patients, similar clinically meaningful improvements were seen in DAS28 (CRP) (> or = 1. 2 unit improvement, 59. 5 % vs 53. 6 %, respectively ; low disease activity state, 22. 5 % vs 22. 3 % ; DAS28-defined remission, 12. 0 % vs 13. 7 %), physical function (health assessment questionnaire disability index > or = 0. 22 improvement ; 46. 3 % vs 47. 1 %) and health-related quality of life (mean change in short-form 36 scores : physical component summary, 5. 5 vs 6. 1 ; mental component summary, 4. 8 vs 5. 4).