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. 2011 Jul 25;9:120. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-120

Table 3.

Median time to progression (TTP) and overall survival (OS) in patients stratified by above/below median baseline, and by above/below median ratio to baseline, soluble protein level.

Endpoint and soluble protein Median baseline level, pg/mL
(N = 37)
Median time to event, weeks Log-rank
P-value
Hazard ratio
(95% CI)

Patients with
≤ median baseline level
(n = 19)
Patients with
> median baseline level
(n = 18)
TTP
 VEGF-A 54.9 21.0 34.0 0.0941 2.15 (0.88, 5.25)
 VEGF-C 822.2 7.93 34.00 0.0096* 4.12 (1.41, 12.02)
 sVEGFR-2 7068 11.71 34.00 0.1641 1.84 (0.78, 4.33)
OS
 VEGF-C 822.2 18.57 45.00 0.0165* 2.53 (1.19, 5.41)
 sVEGFR-3 48,700 57.00 24.64 0.0673 0.50 (0.24, 1.05)

Endpoint, soluble protein, and time point Median ratio to baseline Median time to event, weeks Log-rank
P-value
Hazard ratio
(95% CI)

Patients with
≤ median ratio to baseline
Patients with
> median ratio to baseline

TTP
VEGF-A
 C1D14:D1 2.2269 34.0 11.7 0.0225* 0.30 (0.11, 0.84)
 C2D1:D1 0.9153 42.9 32.4 0.1341 0.44 (0.15, 1.29)
 C2D28:D1 2.0923 42.9 21.0 0.0034* 0.15 (0.04, 0.53)
VEGF-C
 C2D1:D1 0.6596 32.43 11.71 0.0347* 0.29 (0.09, 0.92)
 C5D28:D1 0.6385 48.43 34.07 0.0192* 0.16 (0.04, 0.74)
sVEGFR-3
 C1D28:D1 0.2195 16.14 46.29 0.0028* 5.54 (1.80, 17.02)
sKIT
 C1D14:D1 0.8221 34.14 16.14 0.0476* 0.33 (0.11, 0.99)
 C2D28:D1 0.4067 22.00 42.86 0.1182 2.35 (0.80, 6.84)
OS
VEGF-A
 C1D14:D1 2.2269 69.00 18.79 0.0142* 0.36 (0.16, 0.82)
 C2D1:D1 0.9153 57.00 22.21 0.0862 0.45 (0.18, 1.12)
VEGF-C
 C1D28:D1 0.7388 45.00 21.21 0.0291* 0.37 (0.15, 0.90)
 C2D1:D1 0.6596 57.00 18.57 0.0452* 0.38 (0.15, 0.98)
sVEGFR-2
 C1D28:D1 0.4558 20.50 71.21 0.0041* 3.96 (1.55, 10.12)
sKIT
 C1D14:D1 0.8221 45.00 27.50 0.1356 0.55 (0.25, 1.21)
 C2D28:D1 0.4067 40.79 73.43 0.0218* 0.37 (1.21, 11.48)

Only results where P ≤ 0.2 are shown

*Significant at the 0.05 level

Number of patients included in ≤ median and > median stratification groups, respectively, at each time point: C1D14:D1: n = 17, n = 16; C1D28:D1: n = 14, n = 14; C2D1:D1: n = 13, n = 12; C2D28:D1: n = 10, n = 9; C5D28:D1: n = 6, n = 6

C, cycle; D, day