Trial Outcomes & Findings for Tanezumab in Osteoarthritis of the Knee (NCT NCT00733902)

Participants who discontinued due to lack of efficacy or completed the treatment in this study were eligible to enroll in safety extension study A4091016 (NCT00809783).

Tanezumab in Osteoarthritis of the Knee

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with osteoarthritis (OA). WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC physical function is a 17-item questionnaire used to assess the degree of difficulty experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 17 individual questions, each scored on a NRS of 0 (no difficulty) to 10 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate worse function. Total score range for WOMAC physical function subscale score is 0 (no difficulty) to 10 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate worse function. Physical function refers to participant's ability to move around and perform usual activities of daily living.

Participants answered: "Considering all the ways your osteoarthritis in your knee affects you, how are you doing today?". Participants responded on a scale ranging from 1-5, where 1= very good (no symptom and no limitation of normal activities), 2= good (mild symptoms and no limitation of normal activities), 3= fair (moderate symptoms and limitation of some normal activities), 4= poor (severe symptoms and inability to carry out most normal activities), and 5= very poor (very severe symptoms and inability to carry out all normal activities). Higher scores indicated worsening of condition.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC physical function is a 17-item questionnaire used to assess the degree of difficulty experienced due to osteoarthritis in index joint during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 17 individual questions, each scored on a NRS of 0 (no difficulty) to 10 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate worse function. Total score range for WOMAC physical function subscale score is 0 (no difficulty) to 10 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate worse function. Physical function refers to participant's ability to move around and perform usual activities of daily living

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC physical function is a 17-item questionnaire used to assess the degree of difficulty experienced due to osteoarthritis in index joint during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 17 individual questions, each scored on a NRS of 0 (no difficulty) to 10 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate worse function. Total score range for WOMAC physical function subscale score is 0 (no difficulty) to 10 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate worse function. Physical function refers to participant's ability to move around and perform usual activities of daily living

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC stiffness subscale is a 2-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of stiffness experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 2 individual questions scored on NRS of (no stiffness) to 10 (extreme stiffness), with higher scores indicate higher stiffness. Total score range for WOMAC stiffness subscale score is (no stiffness) to 10 (extreme stiffness), where higher scores indicate higher stiffness. Stiffness is defined as a sensation of decreased ease in movement of knee.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC stiffness subscale is a 2-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of stiffness experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 2 individual questions scored on NRS of (no stiffness) to 10 (extreme stiffness), with higher scores indicate higher stiffness. Total score range for WOMAC stiffness subscale score is (no stiffness) to 10 (extreme stiffness), where higher scores indicate higher stiffness. Stiffness is defined as a sensation of decreased ease in movement of knee.

Participants answered: "Considering all the ways your osteoarthritis in your knee affects you, how are you doing today". Participants responded on a scale ranging from 1-5, where 1= very good (no symptom and no limitation of normal activities), 2= good (mild symptoms and no limitation of normal activities), 3= fair (moderate symptoms and limitation of some normal activities), 4= poor (severe symptoms and inability to carry out most normal activities), and 5= very poor (very severe symptoms and inability to carry out all normal activities). Higher scores indicated worsening of condition.

Participants answered: "Considering all the ways your osteoarthritis in your knee affects you, how are you doing today". Participants responded on a scale ranging from 1-5, where 1= very good (no symptom and no limitation of normal activities), 2= good (mild symptoms and no limitation of normal activities), 3= fair (moderate symptoms and limitation of some normal activities), 4= poor (severe symptoms and inability to carry out most normal activities), and 5= very poor (very severe symptoms and inability to carry out all normal activities). Higher scores indicated worsening of condition.

OMERACT-OARSI response: greater than or equal to (\>=) 50 percent (%) improvement from baseline and absolute change from baseline of \>=2 units at Week of interest in WOMAC pain or physical function subscale, or at least 2 of the following 3 being true: \>=20% improvement from baseline and absolute change from baseline of \>=1 unit at Week of interest in 1) WOMAC pain subscale, 2) WOMAC physical function subscale, 3) PGA of osteoarthritis (score: 1-5, higher score=more affected). WOMAC pain, physical function subscales assess amount of pain/difficulty experienced (score: 0-10, higher score=higher pain/difficulty).

OMERACT-OARSI response: \>= 50% improvement from baseline and absolute change from baseline of \>=2 units at Week of interest in WOMAC pain or physical function subscale, or at least 2 of the following 3 being true: \>=20% improvement from baseline and absolute change from baseline of \>=1 unit at Week of interest in 1) WOMAC pain subscale, 2) WOMAC physical function subscale, 3) PGA of osteoarthritis (score: 1-5, higher score=more affected). WOMAC pain, physical function subscales assess amount of pain/difficulty experienced (score: 0-10, higher score=higher pain/difficulty).

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain.

Participants answered: "Considering all the ways your osteoarthritis in your knee affects you, how are you doing today". Participants responded on a scale ranging from 1-5, where 1= very good (no symptom and no limitation of normal activities), 2= good (mild symptoms and no limitation of normal activities), 3= fair (moderate symptoms and limitation of some normal activities), 4= poor (severe symptoms and inability to carry out most normal activities), and 5= very poor (very severe symptoms and inability to carry out all normal activities). Higher scores indicated worsening of condition.

Participants answered: "Considering all the ways your osteoarthritis in your knee affects you, how are you doing today". Participants responded on a scale ranging from 1-5, where 1= very good (no symptom and no limitation of normal activities), 2= good (mild symptoms and no limitation of normal activities), 3= fair (moderate symptoms and limitation of some normal activities), 4= poor (severe symptoms and inability to carry out most normal activities), and 5= very poor (very severe symptoms and inability to carry out all normal activities). Higher scores indicated worsening of condition.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Participants with specified reduction (as percent) from baseline up to Week 16 are reported.

WOMAC: Self-administered, disease-specific questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain, stiffness and physical function in participants with OA. WOMAC pain subscale is a 5-item questionnaire used to assess the amount of pain experienced due to osteoarthritis in index knee during past 48 hours. It is calculated as mean of the scores from 5 individual questions, each scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), where higher scores indicate higher pain. Total score range for WOMAC pain subscale score is 0 to 10, where higher scores indicate higher pain. Participants with specified reduction (as percent) from baseline up to Week 16 are reported.

Participants assessed daily average knee pain during the past 24 hours on an 11-point NRS ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Baseline score was calculated as the mean of the scores over the 3 days and a weekly mean was calculated using the daily pain scores within each study week. The change from Baseline was calculated using difference between each post-baseline weekly mean and the Baseline mean score.

WOMAC: self-administered, disease-specific 24-item questionnaire which assesses clinically important, participant-relevant symptoms for pain (5 items), stiffness (2 items) and physical function (17 items) in participants with osteoarthritis of knee. WOMAC average score is the mean of WOMAC pain, physical function and stiffness subscale scores and ranges from 0 to 10, where higher score indicates worse response.

Participants answered, Question (Q)1: "How much pain have you had when walking on a flat surface?" and Q2: "How much pain have you had when going up or down the stairs?". Participants responded by using a NRS of 0 to 10, where 0 = no pain and 10 = extreme pain.

SF-36v2: standardized survey evaluating 8 domains of functional health and wellbeing (physical and social functioning, physical and emotional role limitations, bodily pain, general health, vitality, mental health). Total score for each domain were scaled 0 (poor health) to 100 (best health), higher scores indicating good health condition.

SF-36v2: standardized survey evaluating 8 domains of functional health and wellbeing (physical and social functioning, physical and emotional role limitations, bodily pain, general health, vitality, mental health). Total score for each domain were scaled 0 (poor health) to 100 (best health), higher scores indicating good health condition. For obtaining physical and mental component scores, z-score for each scale = (observed score - mean score for general 1990 United States \[US\] population)/corresponding standard deviation. The 2 component scores were obtained by multiplying each aspect z-score by physical or mental factor score coefficient (1990 general US population) and summing the eight products. Component scores indicated how many standard deviations higher (in case of positive z-score \[better functioning\])/lower (in case of negative z-score \[worse functioning\]) participant's value was relative to the mean of the reference population.

Median time to discontinuation due to lack of efficacy was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.

In case of inadequate pain relief for osteoarthritis, acetaminophen up to 4000 mg per day up to 3 days per week could be taken as rescue medication.

In case of inadequate pain relief for osteoarthritis, acetaminophen up to 4000 mg per day up to 3 days per week could be taken as rescue medication.

In case of inadequate pain relief for osteoarthritis, acetaminophen up to 4000 mg per day up to 3 days per week could be taken as rescue medication.