Table 1.

Patient characteristics at registration

		Overall cohort (n=112)	Patients subsequently randomised (n=50)
Sex (male)		101 (90%)	46 (92%)
Age at registration (years)		61·7 (5·3)	61·5 (4·4)
WHO performance status score
	0	34 (30%)	19 (38%)
	1	68 (61%)	28 (56%)
	Unknown	10 (9%)	3 (6%)
Method of histological diagnosis
	Abram's needle or blind biopsy	2 (2%)	0 (0%)
	CT or ultrasound guided	27 (24%)	10 (20%)
	Surgical	76 (68%)	38 (76%)
	Other*	3 (3%)	2 (4%)
	Unknown	4 (4%)	0 (0%)
Histological subtype
	Epithelioid	83 (74%)	40 (80%)
	Sarcomatoid	3 (3%)	0 (0%)
	Mixed or biphasic	12 (11%)	7 (14%)
	Unknown on first relapse	14 (13%)	3 (6%)

Data are number (%) or mean (SD). Percentages do not sum to 100 in some cases because of rounding.

^*Aspiration cytology (n=1), cytology (tumour block; n=1), and pleural effusion (n=1).