Table 2.

Baseline clinical and demographic data

	n (%)	Median	Range	Mean	SD
Age	127 (100)	68	63 (26–89)	66.2	12.6
Gender (male)	47 (80)
Australian-modified Karnofsky Performance Status Score	126 (99)	60	70 (20–90)	56.7	15.7
Body mass index	101 (80)	23.7	20 (13.9–33.9)	24.1	4.1
C reactive protein	32 (25)	76.5	378 (5–383)	102.2	85.9
Calculated creatinine clearance	71 (56)	70	239.1 (0.9–240)	74.5	36.4
National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Grading for Pain	127 (100)	2	2 (1–3)	2.33	0.64

Primary life-limiting illness
Cancer	121 (95.3)
End-stage renal disease	2 (1.6)
End-stage respiratory disease	1 (0.8)
Other (severe peripheral vascular disease (1), unrecorded (2))	3 (2.4)