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. 2022 Dec 20;10(2):177–186. doi: 10.1007/s40801-022-00340-4

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients treated with T-DM1 and patients treated with pertuzumab prior to T-DM1

Overall population of patients treated with T-DM1 (n = 318) Patients treated with pertuzumab prior to T-DM1 (n = 184)
N % N %
Age at T-DM1 treatment (years)
 Median (min, max) 58 (25, 90+) 57 (25, 90+)
Age group—n (%)
 < 65 years 219 68.9 133 72.3
 ≥ 65 years 99 31.1 51 27.7
Race—n (%)
 Black 35 11.0 17 9.2
 Asian 17 5.3 10 5.4
 Caucasian 219 68.9 128 69.6
 Other 7 2.2 3 1.6
 Not documented 40 12.6 26 14.1
Practice region—n (%)
 Midwest 57 17.9 41 22.3
 Northeast 16 5.0 7 3.8
 South 94 29.6 46 25.0
 West 151 47.5 90 48.9
Stage at initial BC diagnosis—n (%)
 Stage I 16 5.0 9 4.9
 Stage II 63 19.8 44 23.9
 Stage III 76 23.9 48 26.1
 Stage IV 115 36.2 60 32.6
 Not documented 48 15.1 23 12.5
Distant metastatic site (at T-DM1 initiation)—n (%)
 Bone 184 57.9 105 57.1
 Brain 71 22.3 38 20.7
 Liver 140 44.0 82 44.6
 Lung 127 39.9 72 39.1
 Lymph node 127 39.9 71 38.6
 Other 97 30.5 55 29.9
 Not documented 1 0.3 1 0.5
Number of metastatic organ sites (at T-DM1 initiation)—n (%)
 Not documented 1 0.3 1 0.5
 1 76 23.9 43 23.4
 2 113 35.5 68 37.0
 3+ 128 40.3 72 39.1
Sites of disease involvement (at T-DM1 initiation)—n (%)
 Visceral (any metastasis other than bone only) 297 93.4 171 92.9
 Non-visceral (bone only metastasis) 20 6.3 12 6.5
 Not documented 1 0.3 1 0.5
ECOG PS score (at T-DM1 initiation)—n (%)
 0 42 13.2 26 14.1
 1 199 62.6 124 67.4
 ≥ 2 45 14.1 22 12.0
 Not documented 32 10.1 12 6.5
Hormone receptor status
 ER-positive, PR-positive or both (HER2+, HR+) 203 63.8 118 64.1
 ER-negative AND PR-negative (HER2+, HR−) 113 35.5 65 35.3
 Not documented 2 0.6 1 0.5

BC breast cancer, ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, ER estrogen receptor, HER2+ human epidermal growth factor receptor 2+, HR hormone receptor, max maximum, min minimum, PR progesterone receptor, T-DM1 ado-trastuzumab emtansine