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. 2026 Apr 24;14(4):e014605. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2025-014605

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with RCC in CheckMate 214 and JAVELIN Renal 101.

≤60 years >60 years ≥75 years
Immunotherapy Control Immunotherapy Control Immunotherapy Control
Patients, n 435 448 529 514 77 78
Sex
 Male (%) 326 (74.94) 337 (75.22) 383 (72.4) 380 (73.93) 58 (75.32) 58 (74.36)
 Female (%) 109 (25.06) 111 (24.78) 146 (27.6) 134 (26.07) 19 (24.68) 20 (25.64)
IMDC risk model
 Favorable (%) 82 (18.85) 80 (17.86) 113 (21.36) 110 (21.4) 13 (16.88) 17 (21.79)
 Intermediate (%) 247 (56.78) 265 (59.15) 298 (56.33) 291 (56.61) 47 (61.04) 46 (58.97)
 Poor (%) 78 (17.93) 71 (15.85) 83 (15.69) 83 (16.15) 11 (14.29) 13 (16.67)
 Not available (%) 28 (6.44) 32 (7.14) 35 (6.62) 30 (5.84) 6 (7.79) 2 (2.56)
MSKCC risk model
 Favorable (%) 91 (20.92) 84 (18.75) 116 (21.93) 119 (23.15) 13 (16.88) 17 (21.79)
 Intermediate (%) 263 (60.46) 284 (63.39) 311 (58.79) 313 (60.89) 45 (58.44) 54 (69.23)
 Poor (%) 51 (11.72) 43 (9.6) 55 (10.4) 50 (9.73) 11 (14.29) 4 (5.13)
 Not available (%) 30 (6.9) 37 (8.26) 47 (8.88) 32 (6.23) 8 (10.39) 3 (3.85)
Sarcomatoid features
 Yes (%) 23 (5.29) 36 (8.04) 22 (4.16) 24 (4.67) NA 2 (2.56)
 No (%) 169 (38.85) 174 (38.84) 211 (39.89) 199 (38.72) 33 (42.86) 38 (48.72)
 Not available (%) 243 (55.86) 238 (53.12) 296 (55.95) 291 (56.61) 44 (57.14) 38 (48.72)
Tumor location
 Primary (%) 292 (67.13) 301 (67.19) 339 (64.08) 347 (67.51) 48 (62.34) 47 (60.26)
 Metastasis (%) 92 (21.15) 105 (23.44) 132 (24.95) 119 (23.15) 19 (24.68) 19 (24.36)
 Not available (%) 51 (11.72) 42 (9.38) 58 (10.96) 48 (9.34) 10 (12.99) 12 (15.38)
PD-L1 expression
 Positive (%) 178 (40.92) 213 (47.54) 207 (39.13) 206 (40.08) 26 (33.77) 30 (38.46)
 Negative (%) 215 (49.43) 201 (44.87) 277 (52.36) 267 (51.95) 40 (51.95) 37 (47.44)
 Not available (%) 42 (9.66) 34 (7.59) 45 (8.51) 41 (7.98) 11 (14.29) 11 (14.1)
TMB (mean±SE) 52.01±1.51 48.39±1.33 63.07±1.41 63.04±1.65 79.16±5.43 62.95±2.39

IMDC, International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium; MSKCC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; TMB, tumor mutation burden.