Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristics	n = 78, n (%)
Age (years), median (range)	61 (27–91)
Gender:
• Female	41 (53)
• Male	37 (47)
Melanoma AJCC VII stage:
• Stage IV	74 (94)
• Stage IIIC	4 (5)
• Stage IIIB	1 (1)
Brain metastases at baseline	18 (23)
BRAF status:
• Wild-type	59 (76)
• Mutation	16 (21)
• NA	3 (3)
M category:
• M0	3 (4)
• M1a	11 (14)
• M1b	10 (13)
• M1c	54 (69)
LDH:
• High	26 (33)
• Normal	34 (44)
• NA	18 (23)