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

Table 2. Patient characteristics at end of 1L treatment by 2L therapy received.

  Any 2L treatment
No 2L treatment
Fluoro-pyrimidine-containing
Fluoro-pyrimidine combo
FOLFIRINOX
FOLFOX/OFF
Fluoro-pyrimidine mono
Other (than fluoro-pyrimidine-containing)a
  nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem nab-P+Gem Gem
n 170 177 250 226 132 135 98 107 18 17 36 49 34 28 38 42
Age, median, years 61.8 62.5 63.6 65.2 60.4 62.5 59.8 62.5 54.4 56.2 59.5 64.7 62.5 61.3 65.9 62.2
KPS                                
n 170 176 238 219 132 135 98 107 18 17 36 49 34 28 38 41
 90–100, % 43 48 26 22 43 45 47 48 50 59 44 35 32 36 42 56
 80, % 37 34 28 31 38 35 38 35 39 12 31 51 38 36 34 32
 70, % 11 10 19 19 8 12 6 11 6 29 6 10 15 14 21 5
 ⩽60, % 9 8 27 28 11 8 9 7 6 0 19 4 15 14 3 7
CA19-9                                
 n 144 131 168 120 112 99 84 76 16 10 32 33 28 23 32 32
 U ml−1, median 276 380 246 1674 276 514 241 547 195 401 398 261 289 148 277 302
 ⩾59 × ULN, % 26 32 29 45 28 33 27 33 19 20 28 30 29 35 19 28
NLR ⩽5, % 74 67 59 44 77 64 77 65 72 71 69 63 79 61 61 76

Abbreviations: 1L=first-line; 2L=second-line; CA19-9=carbohydrate antigen 19-9; FOLFIRINOX=folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin; FOLFOX=folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin; Gem=gemcitabine; KPS=Karnofsky performance status; nab-P=nab-paclitaxel; NLR=neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; OFF=oxaliplatin, folinic acid, and 5-fluorouracil; ULN=upper limit of normal.

a

Regimens in the Other category included the following: nab-P+Gem (for the 1L Gem arm only), nab-P monotherapy (for the 1L Gem arm only), erlotinib-containing regimens, and other Gem-based combinations.