Study Conducted in Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have Moderate to Severe Disease Activity Despite Methotrexate Therapy With or Without Other Non Biologic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)for at Least 12 Weeks Prior to Screening

To compare the maintenance of efficacy of the combination of etanercept 50 mg once weekly plus methotrexate with or without other disease modifying antirheumatic drugs therapy with that of methotrexate with or without other disease modifying antirheumatic drugs therapy at Week 52 in subjects with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have achieved low disease activity after 24 weeks of therapy with open label etanercept 50 mg once weekly plus MTX with or without other disease modifying antirheumatic drugs therapy.