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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2015 Jan 7;67(5):952–958. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.12.036

Table 1.

Baseline patient and disease characteristics.

Characteristic n (%) −100% to <− 60% n=283 (10%) −60% to <− 30% n=547 (20%) −30% to <0% n=1155 (42%) 0% to <+20% n=390 (14%) ≥ +20% n=156 (6%) No Post- Baseline Imaging n=218 (8%) Total Cohort n=2749 (100%)

Age at initiation of therapy
 < 65 years 196 (69%) 345 (63%) 762 (66%) 271 (69%) 112 (72%) 142 (65%) 1828 (66%)
 ≥ 65 years 87 (31%) 202 (37%) 393 (34%) 119 (31%) 44 (28%) 76 (35%) 921 (34%)

Sex
 Male 202 (71%) 389 (71%) 844 (73%) 248 (64%) 110 (71%) 151 (69%) 1944 (71%)
 Female 81 (29%) 158 (29%) 311 (27%) 142 (36%) 46 (29%) 67 (31%) 805 (29%)

Race
 White 258 (91%) 436 (80%) 968 (84%) 336 (86%) 135 (87%) 178 (82%) 2311 (84%)
 Other 25 (9%) 111 (20%) 187 (16%) 54 (14%) 21 (13%) 40 (18%) 438 (16%)

ECOG Performance Status
 0 169 (60%) 319 (58%) 537 (47%) 153 (39%) 63 (40%) 41 (19%) 1282 (47%)
 1 106 (37%) 222 (42%) 594 (51%) 223 (57%) 91 (58%) 151 (69%) 1387 (50%)
 2 3 (1%) 4 (1%) 15 (1%) 11 (3%) 0 (0%) 25 (12%) 58 (2%)
 Unknown 5 (2%) 2 (<1%) 3 (1%) 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (<1%) 22 (1%)

Pathology
 Clear cell 255 (90%) 493 (90%) 1042 (90%) 344 (88%) 135 (87%) 181 (83%) 2450 (89%)
 Non-clear cell 18 (6%) 26 (5%) 51 (4%) 26 (7%) 10 (6%) 9 (4%) 140 (5%)
 Unknown 10 (4%) 28 (5%) 62 (5%) 20 (5%) 11 (7%) 28 (13%) 159 (6%)

Baseline metastatic site
 Lung 223 (79%) 421 (77%) 893 (77%) 293 (75%) 122 (78%) 172 (79%) 2124 (77%)
 Bone 61 (22%) 129 (24%) 336 (29%) 126 (32%) 48 (31%) 81 (37%) 781 (28%)
 Liver 64 (23%) 118 (22%) 314 (27%) 129 (33%) 62 (40%) 79 (36%) 766 (28%)
 Othera 183 (65%) 423 (77%) 963 (83%) 337 (86%) 126 (81%) 184 (84%) 2216 (81%)

Previous nephrectomy
 Yes 270 (95%) 490 (90%) 938 (81%) 308 (79%) 146 (94%) 145 (64%) 2297 (84%)
 No 12 (4%) 26 (5%) 121 (11%) 45 (12%) 3 (2%) 23 (11%) 248 (9%)
 Unknown 1 (1%) 28 (5%) 96 (8 %) 37 (9%) 7 (4%) 50 (23%) 204 (7%)

Prior type of therapy
 Any prior therapy 131 (46%) 268 (49%) 546 (47%) 175 (45%) 68 (44%) 81 (37%) 1269 (46%)
 Cytokine therapy 62 (22%) 162 (30%) 250 (22%) 55 (14%) 17 (11%) 25 (12%) 571 (21%)
 Targeted therapy 15 (5%) 55 (10%) 232 (20%) 100 (26%) 44 (28%) 36 (17%) 482 (18%)

MSKCC risk group
 Favorable 80 (28%) 166 (30%) 250 (22%) 54 (14%) 22 (14%) 13 (6%) 585 (21%)
 Intermediate 135 (48%) 226 (41%) 460 (40%) 165 (42%) 61 (39%) 57 (26%) 1104 (40%)
 Poor 41 (14%) 91 (17%) 330 (29%) 134 (34%) 61 (39%) 119 (55%) 776 (28%)
 Unknown 27 (10%) 64 (12%) 115 (10%) 37 (10%) 12 (8%) 29 (13%) 284 (10%)
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Other is defined as any other metastases excluding lung, bone and liver.

ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, MSKCC = Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.