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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 17;391(15):1379–1389. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2405888

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of modified intent-to-treat analysis set (70% information fraction).

Baseline characteristics N-AVD
n=487
N (%)
Bv-AVD
n=483
N (%)
Age, median (range) 27.6 (12.0–83.7) 26.8 (12.0–81.7)
 12–17 years 118 (24%) 118 (24%)
 18–60 years 321 (66%) 318 (66%)
 > 60 years 48 (10%) 47 (10%)

Female Sex 216 (44%) 210 (43%)

Race
 White 372 (76%) 361 (75%)
 Black 58 (12%) 56 (11%)
 Asian 11 (2%) 17 (4%)
 Other/Unknown 46 (9%) 49 (10%)

Hispanic ethnicity 66 (14%) 58 (12%)

Stage
 III 185 (38%) 168 (35%)
 IV 302 (62%) 315 (65%)

B symptoms present 288 (59%) 273 (57%)

IPS Score
 0–3 332 (68%) 328 (68%)
 4–7 155 (32%) 155 (32%)

Bulky disease > 10cm 156 (32%) 127 (26%)

HIV positive 11 (2%) 5 (1%)

N-AVD = nivolumab, doxorubicin, vinblastine, dacarbazine; BV-AVD = brentuximab vedotin, doxorubicin, vinblastine, dacarbazine; IPS = international prognostic score; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus