Table 3

Assessment of the treatment efficacy by the patient and investigator after 1 year’s treatment, by treatment group

	Assessment of treatment efficacy by the patient				Assessment of treatment efficacy by the investigator
	NRD101	Diacerein	Placebo	Total	NRD101	Diacerein	Placebo	Total
Very good
No	41	18	21	80	41	19	27	87
%	34	24	28	29.6	33	25	35	31.6
Good
No	45	31	36	112	45	34	30	109
%	38	41	48	41.5	37	45	38	39.6
Moderate
No	20	20	15	55	20	15	15	50
%	17	27	20	20.4	16	20	19	18.2
Bad
No	11	3	2	16	14	5	4	23
%	9	4	3	5.9	11	7	5	8.4
Very bad
No	3	3	1	7	2	2	2	6
%	3	4	1	2.6	2	3	3	2.2

Total No	120	75	75	270	122	75	78	275
	p = 0.28 (Fisher’s exact test)				p = 0.79 (Fisher’s exact test)