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. 2016 Jun 28;115(2):188–194. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.185

Table 1. Baseline characteristics at time of 1L randomisation.

  ITT
Any 2L treatment
No 2L treatment
  nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem
n 431 430 170a 177a 250a 226a
Age, median, years 62.0 63.0 61.0 62.0 63.0 64.0
KPS, %            
 90–100 58 62 68 75 52 51b
 70–80 42 38 32 25 48 49b
CA19-9 n=379 n=371 n=152 n=162 n=225 n=206
 U ml−1, median 2294 2759 2644 2096 1951 3733
 ⩾59 × ULN, % 52 53 49 46 45 50
Region, %            
 North America 62 63 66 63 59 60
 Other 38 38 34 37 41 40
No. metastatic sites, %            
 1–3 86 85 88 88 85 84
 >3 14 15 12 12 15 16
NLR, % n=426 n=426        
 ⩽5 62 65 75 73 55 58
 >5 38 35 25 27 45 42

Abbreviations: 1L=first-line; 2L=second-line; CA19-9=carbohydrate antigen 19-9; Gem=gemcitabine; ITT=intention-to-treat; KPS=Karnofsky performance status; nab-P=nab-paclitaxel; NLR=neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; ULN=upper limit of normal.

a

Only patients who received 1L treatment (not the entire ITT population) were included in the Any 2L or No 2L treatment cohorts.

b

Based on 225 evaluable patients.