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. 2025 May 22;43(19):2155–2163. doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.00905

TABLE 1.

Demographics and Other Baseline Characteristics

Demographic Characteristic DB-020
12% Right Ear (n = 7)
DB-020
12% Left Ear (n = 4)
DB-020
25% Right Ear (n = 5)
DB-020
25% Left Ear (n = 6)
Overall (N = 22)
Age at consent, years
 Mean (SD) 56.7 (12.76) 56.0 (6.78) 53.4 (6.23) 54.0 (12.95) 55.1 (10.12)
 Median 62.0 53.5 54.0 53.0 54.0
 Min, max 37, 71 51, 66 46, 62 35, 69 35, 71
Sex, No. (%)
 Male 5 (71.4) 4 (100) 5 (100) 5 (83.3) 19 (86.4)
 Female 2 (28.6) 0 0 1 (16.7) 3 (13.6)
Race, No. (%)
 White 7 (100) 4 (100) 5 (100) 6 (100) 22 (100)
Ethnicity, No. (%)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 6 (85.7) 3 (75.0) 5 (100) 5 (83.3) 19 (86.4)
 Unknown 1 (14.3) 1 (25.0) 0 1 (16.7) 3 (13.6)
ECOG performance status, No. (%)
 0 7 (100) 4 (100) 5 (100) 5 (83.3) 21 (95.5)
 1 0 0 0 1 (16.7) 1 (4.5)
Neoplasms benign, malignant, and unspecified, No. (%) 6 (85.7)a 4 (100) 5 (100) 6 (100) 21 (95.5)
 Tonsil cancer 3 (42.9) 2 (50.0) 4 (80.0) 3 (50.0) 12 (54.5)
 Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue 1 (14.3) 1 (25.0) 1 (20.0) 1 (16.7) 4 (18.2)
 Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma 0 1 (25.0) 0 1 (16.7) 2 (9.1)
 Squamous cell carcinoma 1 (14.3) 0 0 1 (16.7) 2 (9.1)
 Basal cell carcinoma 0 0 0 1 (16.7) 1 (4.5)
 Lung neoplasm malignant 1 (14.3) 0 0 0 1 (4.5)
 Malignant melanoma 0 0 0 1 (16.7) 1 (4.5)
 Oral cavity cancer metastatic 0 0 0 1 (16.7) 1 (4.5)
 Oropharyngeal cancer 1 (14.3) 0 0 0 1 (4.5)

NOTE. Percentages are calculated as n/N*100.

Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ITT, intention-to-treat; SD, standard deviation.

a

One patient without a medical history term for neoplasm had a tonsillectomy shortly before enrollment.