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. 2015 Aug 17;33(28):3186–3192. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.1525

Table 1.

Baseline Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in HGG and Solid Tumor Studies

Characteristic HGG
Solid Tumors5
P
No. of Patients (N = 327) % No. of Patients (N = 3,104) %
Age, years
    Median 52 58
    Range 18-86 18-87
Sex < .001
    Men 204 62 1,539 50
    Women 123 38 1,565 50
ECOG performance status < .001
    Median 1 1
    0 40 12 892 29
    1 213 65 2,056 66
    ≥ 2 74 23 156 5
Median No. of prior chemotherapies < .001
    0-2 1 95 860 28
    ≥ 3 311 5 1,539 72
    Missing 16 5
Resection 73 22
Biopsy 254 78
Prior radiation therapy < .001
    Yes 318 97 1,446 47
    No 0 0 1,653 53
    Missing 9 3 5 0
Concurrent AEDs 259 100 NA NA
    EIAED 168 65
    Non-EIAED 91 35
WBC, × 109/L
    Median 6.6 6.7
    Range 2.3-17.9 2.1-38.2
Hemoglobin, g/dL
    Median 14 12.2
    Range 13-17 8-17.3
Platelets, × 109/L
    Median 218 255
    Range 90-636 78-1,114
AST, U/L
    Median 21 27
    Range 18-75 7-176
ALT, U/L
    Median 29 23
    Range 7-157 2-170
Alkaline phosphatase
    Median 80 102
    Range 3-225 25-10,405
Total bilirubin, mg/dL
    Median 0.5 0.5
    Range 0.1-2 0.1-1.9
Creatinine
    Median 0.8
    Range 0.4-1.5
PT, seconds
    Median 11.7
    Range 1.1-34.7
PTT, seconds
    Median 26
    Range 12.7-42.4
Brain 327 100 8 < 1 < .001
    Glioblastoma 207 63
    Nonglioblastoma 120 37
Drug class < .001
    Molecular 222 67 1,345 43
    Cytotoxic 105 32 575 19
    Molecular and cytotoxic 0 0 1,184 38
No. of study drugs 3,270 < .001
    1 100 1,137 37
    ≥ 2 0 1,967 63

NOTE. The χ2 test was used for all categorical variables. Standard deviations were not published for solid tumor studies, and statistical comparisons between data sets were not performed.

Abbreviations: AED, antiepileptic drug; EIAED, enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drug; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; HGG, high-grade glioblastoma; NA, not applicable; PT, prothrombin time; PTT, partial thromboplastin time.