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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 23;366(8):707–714. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1112302

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the 132 Study Patients.*

Characteristic Value
Sex — no. (%)
 Female 51 (39)
 Male 81 (61)
Race or ethnic group — no. (%)
 White 130 (98)
 Hispanic 2 (2)
Age
 Median — yr 51.5
 <65 yr — no. (%) 107 (81)
 ≥65 yr — no. (%) 25 (19)
No. of prior therapies — no. (%)
 1 67 (51)
 2 36 (27)
 ≥3 29 (22)
Previous interleukin-2 — no. (%)
 No 81 (61)
 Yes 51 (39)
Previous ipilimumab — no. (%)
 Yes 7 (5)
 No 125 (95)
ECOG status score — no. (%)
 0 61 (46)
 1 71 (54)
Metastatic stage at diagnosis — no. (%)
 M1a 33 (25)
 M1b 18 (14)
 M1c 81 (61)
Serum LDH — no. (%)
 Normal 67 (51)
 Elevated 65 (49)
*

ECOG denotes Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and LDH lactate dehydrogenase.

Race or ethnic group was determined by the research staff.