Table 2.
Univariate Cox proportional hazard models for PFS in patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations who received ICI-based therapy
| Items | Patient no | Univariate analysis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median PFS (95% CI) | p value | ||
| Age | |||
| < 70 | 18 | 2.5 (1.0–4.2) | 0.77 |
| ≥ 70 | 18 | 2.6 (1.5–4.4) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 21 | 2.6 (1.1–4.2) | 0.92 |
| Female | 15 | 2.4 (1.5–4.4) | |
| ECOG-PS | |||
| 0/1 | 27 | 3.7 (2.1–5.7) | 0.0001 |
| ≥ 2 | 9 | 1.1 (0–2.6) | |
| Stage | |||
| Postoperative recurrence | 6 | 4.7 (1.2–NA) | 0.27 |
| III/IV | 30 | 2.5 (1.5–4.0) | |
| EGFR mutation | |||
| Common mutation | 34 | 2.3 (1.5–3.7) | 0.15 |
| Uncommon mutation | 2 | 5.5 (5.5–NA) | |
| Smoking history | |||
| Current/former | 13 | 2.4 (0.4–3.7) | 0.46 |
| Never | 23 | 2.6 (1.6–5.5) | |
| Regimen | |||
| Chemoimmunotherapy | 18 | 4.9 (2.4–7.5) | 0.003 |
| ICI monotherapy | 18 | 1.6 (1.1–2.1) | |
| PD-L1 expression | |||
| ≥ 50% | 12 | 3.2 (0.2–7.5) | 0.51 |
| < 50% | 21 | 2.1 (1.4–4.0) | |
| p53 expression | |||
| Positive | 19 | 4.0 (1.6–7.2) | 0.04 |
| Negative | 17 | 2.1 (1.0–3.3) | |
| AXL expression | |||
| High | 7 | 2.1 (0.2–2.6) | 0.65 |
| Low | 29 | 3.3 (1.6–4.4) | |
EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; ECOG-PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-performance status; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; PD-L1 TPS, programmed death-ligand 1 tumor proportion score; PFS, progression-free survival; CI, confidence interval; NA, not available