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. 2014 Sep 2;23(3):723–732. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2400-3

Table 2.

Patient demographics, baseline clinical characteristics, tumor types, and chemotherapy history (mITT population)

Moderately emetogenica Highly emetogenica
APF530 250 mg SC APF530 500 mg SC Palonosetron 0.25 mg IV APF530 250 mg SC APF530 500 mg SC Palonosetron 0.25 mg IV
N = 220 N = 218 N = 215 N = 244 N = 250 N = 248
Age, years, mean (SD) 54.8 (12.8) 55.1 (12.8) 57.3 (12.4) 57.4 (13.3) 56.7 (13.3) 58.1 (13.6)
Sex, n (%)
 Female 193 (87.7) 182 (83.5) 179 (83.3) 164 (67.2) 157 (62.8) 165 (66.5)
Race, n (%)
 White 125 (56.8) 123 (56.4) 143 (66.5) 141 (57.8) 156 (62.4) 150 (60.5)
 Asian 67 (30.5) 59 (27.1) 48 (22.3) 62 (25.4) 68 (27.2) 59 (23.8)
 Other 28 (12.7) 36 (16.5) 24 (11.2) 41 (16.8) 26 (10.4) 39 (15.7)
ECOG PS, n (%)
 0–1 209 (95.0) 214 (98.2) 206 (95.8) 234 (95.9) 239 (95.6) 237 (95.6)
 2 11 (5.0) 4 (1.8) 8 (3.7) 10 (4.1) 10 (4.0) 11 (4.4)
 Unknown 0 0 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.4) 0
Hesketh classification, n (%)
 1–2 1 (0.5) 2 (0.9) 2 (0.9) 0 0 1 (0.4)
 3 27 (12.3) 36 (16.5) 33 (15.3) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.8) 0
 4 190 (86.4) 177 (81.2) 177 (82.3) 5 (2.0) 4 (1.6) 1 (0.4)
 5 2 (0.9) 3 (1.4) 2 (0.9) 238 (97.5) 244 (97.6) 245 (98.8)
 Unknown 0 0 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.4) 0
Time since diagnosis, years, mean (SD) n = 213 0.6 (1.7) n = 212 1.0 (2.1) n = 207 0.8 (1.8) n = 236 0.7 (1.8) n = 241 0.7 (1.7) n = 235 0.5 (1.0)
Type of cancer, n (%)
 Lung 17 (7.7) 11 (5.0) 15 (7.0) 70 (28.7) 82 (32.8) 63 (25.4)
 Breast 153 (69.5) 142 (65.1) 136 (63.3) 66 (27.0) 69 (27.6) 63 (25.4)
 Ovarian 17 (7.7) 17 (7.8) 21 (9.8) 34 (13.9) 33 (13.2) 39 (15.7)
 Lymphoma 4 (1.8) 5 (2.3) 1 (0.5) 11 (4.5) 11 (4.4) 13 (5.2)
Prior chemotherapy, n (%)
 Yes 104 (47.3) 109 (50.0) 106 (49.3) 143 (58.6) 145 (58.0) 138 (55.6)

ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, IV intravenously, mITT modified intent to treat, SC subcutaneously, SD standard deviation

aAccording to Hesketh criteria