Table 4.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of retreated patients following index nivolumab discontinuation according to their type of retreatment.
| CT and/or TKI subgroup  (n = 1,604)  | 
Rechallenge  (n = 110)  | 
Resumption  (n = 102)  | 
Switch  (n = 14)  | 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (Q1–Q3) age at nivolumab initiation, years | 63.2 (56.6–69.5) | 61.5 (54.6–69.0) | 66.3 (59.3–72.2) | 59.1 (52.9–64.1) | 
| Age ≥75 years at nivolumab initiation, n (%) | 146 (9.1) | 7 (6.4) | 15 (14.7) | 1 (7.1) | 
| Male sex, % | 66.7 | 63.6 | 71.6 | 71.4 | 
| LAM NSCLC diagnosis type, % | ||||
| De novo | 82.2 | 81.8 | 68.6 | 85.7 | 
| NSCLC histological subtype, n (%) | ||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 1,076 (67.1) | 75 (68.2) | 71 (69.6) | 11 (78.6) | 
| PD-L1 screening,* % | 34.5 | 37.3 | 40.2 | 64.3 | 
| PD-L1 screening test result | ||||
| Positive, % | 36.3 | 43.9 | 53.7 | 66.7 | 
| If positive (≥1%), category of tumor-activated cells | ||||
| 1% to 49% expression, n (%) | 122 (65.6) | 9 (60.0) | 9 (45.0) | 4 (80.0) | 
| ≥50% expression, n (%) | 64 (34.4) | 6 (40.0) | 11 (55.0) | 1 (20.0) | 
| TNM stage at initial diagnosis, n | 1,577 | 110 | 100 | 13 | 
| I–III, % | 31.8 | 34.4 | 38.2 | 21.4 | 
| IV, % | 66.6 | 65.4 | 59.8 | 71.4 | 
| Not available, % | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | 7.1 | 
| ECOG performance status at nivolumab initiation, n | 901 | 64 | 58 | 7 | 
| 0, % | 24.1 | 37.5 | 32.8 | 28.6 | 
| 1, % | 64.8 | 54.7 | 50 | 57.1 | 
| ≥2, % | 11.1 | 7.8 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 
| Location of metastases, % | ||||
| Brain | 37.3 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 53.8 | 
2L+, second line or later; CT, chemotherapy; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; LAM, locally advanced or metastatic; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; PD-L1, programmed death ligand 1; Q, quartile; TNM, tumor, node, metastasis; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
*Any time during the course of the disease.