Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristic	CVD		BCT
	No. of Patients	%	No. of Patients	%
No. of patients	195		200
Male sex	147	75	133	67
Age
Median	50.5		50.7
Range	19.5-80.4		21.0-78.5
ECOG performance status
0	128	66	130	65
1	67	34	70	35
Prior interferon therapy
Yes	74	38	81	40
No	121	62	140	60
No. of metastatic sites
1	46	24	47	24
2-3	113	58	111	55
≥ 4	36	18	42	21
AJCC stage
M1a	23	12	15	8
M1b	26	14	34	18
M1c	141	74	144	74
Serum LDH
Normal	126	65	122	61
Above normal	69	35	78	39
Prior therapy
Radiation	28	15	23	12
Other immunotherapy	9	5	5	43

Abbreviations: CVD, cisplatin, vinblastine, dacarbazine; BCT, biochemotherapy; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.