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. 2023 Jan 9;18(2):97–105. doi: 10.1159/000528042

Table 2.

Therapy response to MCT and its prior and subsequent therapy

Therapy MCT overall CTX/MTX CTX/CAPE CTX VRL Therapy prior to MCT Therapy subsequent to MCT
Patients, n (%) 72 62 (86.1) 3 (4.2) 2 (2.8) 5 (6.9) 67 46
DCR ≥24 weeks, n (%) 23 (31.9) 19 (30.6) 1 (33.3) 1 (50.0) 2 (40.0) 22 (32.8) 8 (17.4)
p value 0.919 0.570 0.038
SD/PR/CR (≥24 weeks), n (%) 15 (20.8)/7 (9.7)/1 (1.4) 11 (17.7)/7 (11.3)/1 (1.6) 1 (33.31/0 (0.0)/0 (0.0) 1 (50.01/0 (0.0)/0 (0.0) 2 (40.01/0 (0.0)/0 (0.0) 14 (20.9)/8 (11.9)/0 (0.0) 8 (17.4)/0 (0.0)/0 (0.0)
p value 0.932 0.763 0.001
PFS (weeks) (median, 95% CI) 17.0 (14.5-19.5) 17.0 (13.9-20.1) 17.0 (9.0-25.0) 4.0 (N/A) 17.0 (15.9-18.1) 20.0 (16.6-23.4) 12.0 (9.1-14.9)
p value 0.410 0.093 0.006
OS (weeks) (median, 95% CI) 58.0 (29.0-87.0) 47.0 (25.7-68.3) 138.0 (N/A) 4.0 (N/A) 160.0 (112.8-207.2) N/A N/A
p value 0.127 N/A N/A

CTX, cyclophosphamide; MTX, methotrexate; CAPE, capecitabine; VRL, vinorelbine; DCR, disease control rate; SD, stable disease; PR, partial response; CR, complete response; CI, confidence interval; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival.