Andelen af patienter behandlet med rituximab, der viste en klinisk signifikant, relevant forbedring i HAQ- DI (defineret som et individuelt fald i total score på > 0, 25) var ved uge 24 i alle tre forsøg højere end blandt patienter, der fik methotrexat alene.
At week 24, in all three studies, the proportion of rituximab treated patients showing a clinically relevant improvement in HAQ-DI (defined as an individual total score decrease of > 0.25) was higher than among patients receiving methotrexate alone.