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. 2016 Apr 16;33(5):747–759. doi: 10.1007/s12325-016-0327-4

Table 3.

Treatment exposure in patients in Canada and the treated population

Treatment exposure and dose modification Patients in Canada All treated patients [9]
nab-P + Gem (n = 32) Gem (n = 30) nab-P + Gem (n = 421) Gem (n = 402)
Treatment duration, median (range), months 4.1 (0.3–20.7) 3.1 (0.6–16.6) 3.9 (0.1–21.9) 2.8 (0.1–21.5)
No. of treatment cycles administered, median (range) 4.0 (1–20) 2.5 (1–17) 3.0 (1–23) 2.0 (1–23)
Cumulative nab-P dose, median, mg/m2 1412.5 1425.0
Cumulative Gem dose, median, mg/m2 12,000.0 9800.0 11,400.0a 9000.0
Average nab-P dose intensity, median (range), mg/m2/week 68.4 (15.6–95.5) 74.13 (15.6–96.0)
Average Gem dose intensity, median (range), mg/m2/week 627.8 (125.0–763.6) 667.3 (125.0–875.0) 597.3 (125.0–768.3) 674.9 (123.6–907.4)
Percentage of protocol nab-P dose, median (range) 75.0 (16.7–100.0) 80.6 (16.7–100.0)
Percentage of protocol Gem dose, median (range) 81.2 (14.3–96.8) 85.0 (14.3–100.0) 75.3 (14.3–97.7) 84.6 (14.1–100.0)
Patients with ≥1 nab-P dose reduction, n (%) 16 (50) 172 (41)
Patients with ≥1 Gem dose reduction, n (%) 12 (38) 12 (40) 198 (47) 132 (33)
Patients with ≥1 nab-P dose delay/not given, n (%) 25 (78) 300 (71)
Patients with ≥1 Gem dose delay/not given, n (%) 23 (72) 20 (67) 295 (70) 230 (57)

Gem Gemcitabine, nab-P nab-paclitaxel

aTotal evaluable patients in the population = 420