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. 2025 May 22;25:917. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-14342-2

Table 3.

Analysis of factors related to the treatment time of pembrolizumab in died patients

Factors < median duration (N = 907) ≥median duration (N = 920)
Top 9 Regimen Pembrolizumab 241 (26.6%) 404 (43.9%)
Other 234 (25.8%) 116 (12.6%)
Lenvatinib; Pembrolizumab 185 (20.4%) 196 (21.3%)
Carboplatin; Pembrolizumab; Pemetrexed 66 (7.3%) 71 (7.7%)
Carboplatin; Pembrolizumab; Taxane 57 (6.3%) 25 (2.7%)
Axitinib; Pembrolizumab 14 (1.5%) 19 (2.1%)
Pembrolizumab; Pemetrexed 7 (0.8%) 21 (2.3%)
Cisplatin; Pembrolizumab; Pemetrexed 17 (1.9%) 5 (0.5%)
Pembrolizumab; Taxane 86 (9.5%) 63 (6.8%)
Ingredient counts 1 241 (26.6%) 403 (43.8%)
2 270 (29.8%) 290 (31.5%)
3 230 (25.4%) 154 (16.7%)
4 74 (8.2%) 29 (3.2%)
5 42 (4.6%) 21 (2.3%)
Sex Male 537 (59.2%) 523 (56.8%)
Female 364 (40.1%) 351 (38.2%)
Case priority Non-Expedited 101 (11.1%) 133 (14.5%)
Expedited 804 (88.6%) 777 (84.5%)
Age group < median age 466 (51.4%) 463 (50.3%)
≥median age 441 (48.6%) 457 (49.7%)
Cancer related diagnosis Cervix Cancer 327 (36.1%) 265 (28.8%)
Cholangiocarcinoma 15 (1.7%) 18 (2%)
Colorectal Cancer 70 (7.7%) 75 (8.2%)
Endometrial Cancer 33 (3.6%) 30 (3.3%)
Head And Neck Cancer 37 (4.1%) 83 (9%)
Malignancy 24 (2.6%) 131 (14.2%)
Melanoma 254 (28%) 182 (19.8%)
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 87 (9.6%) 98 (10.7%)
Renal Cancer 60 (6.6%) 37 (4%)
Reporter type Consumer 57 (6.3%) 53 (5.8%)
Healthcare Professional 848 (93.5%) 867 (94.2%)

Note: Other in Top 9 Regimen includes a variety of combination therapies that are less commonly used but still reported. Ingredient counts represent the number of drugs in the regimen (1 = single-drug, up to 5 = five-drug combinations). The range of Ingredient counts differs from Table 1 as Table 3 focuses on treatment duration subgroups, where regimens with > 5 components were rare