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. 2016 Apr 22;17(7):751–759. doi: 10.1080/15384047.2016.1178426

Table 3.

Candidate predictors and clinical outcomes.

    Tumor response, RECIST
Early tumor shrinkage
Skin rash until 8 weeks
Progression-free survival
Overall survival
  N CR, PR SD, PD Yes No Gr0-1 Gr2-3 Median (95%CI), months HR (95%CI) Median (95%CI), months HR (95%CI)
AREG                      
 ≤1.59 13 7 (54%) 6 (46%) 10 (77%) 3 (23%) 7 (64%) 4 (36%) 6.6 (3.0, 13.8) 1 26.5 (5.7, 33.9) 1
 >1.59 54 43 (83%) 9 (17%) 43 (83%) 9 (17%) 34 (71%) 14 (29%) 11.6 (9.4, 14.9) 0.52 (0.28, 0.98) 42.8 (27.1, 42.9+) 0.50 (0.22, 1.13)
P*     0.30   0.69   0.72   0.037   0.084
EREG                      
 ≤3.21 41 30 (75%) 10 (25%) 30 (75%) 10 (25%) 29 (78%) 8 (22%) 11.0 (8.8, 14.7) 1 33.9 (21.5, 41.1+) 1
 >3.21 23 19 (86%) 3 (14%) 20 (91%) 2 (9%) 11 (58%) 8 (42%) 11.2 (7.0, 15.2) 0.90 (0.50, 1.60) 42.8 (27.1, 42.9+) 0.66 (0.29, 1.51)
P*     0.98   0.18   0.13   0.70   0.29
EGFRGCN                      
 Low 47 33 (75%) 11 (25%) 36 (82%) 8 (18%) 25 (61%) 16 (39%) 9.1 (5.8, 11.7) 1 27.1 (18.3, 42.8) 1
 High 30 23 (79%) 6 (21%) 22 (76%) 7 (24%) 20 (77%) 6 (23%) 11.6 (9.2, 15.2) 0.63 (0.38, 1.07) 41.4+ (23.2, 41.4+) 0.52 (0.25, 1.08)
P*     0.78   0.57   0.20   0.073   0.068
EGFRCA-SSR1                      
 LL 36 24 (73%) 9 (27%) 25 (76%) 8 (24%) 20 (67%) 10 (33%) 11.1 (8.9, 13.6) 1 27.1 (19.0, 42.8) 1
 SL 29 23 (79%) 6 (21%) 23 (79%) 6 (21%) 21 (81%) 5 (19%) 9.1 (6.6, 14.5) 0.88 (0.51, 1.52) 42.9+ (20.0, 42.9+) 0.62 (0.30, 1.30)
 SS 12 9 (82%) 2 (18%) 10 (91%) 1 (9%) 4 (36%) 7 (64%) 15.2 (3.0, 17.4) 0.75 (0.34, 1.63) 39.8+ (12.6, 39.8+) 0.56 (0.19, 1.64)
P*     0.75   0.63   0.040   0.74   0.32
*

P values were based on Fisher's exact for tumor response, early tumor shrinkage, and skin rash until 8 weeks except for AREG and EREG based on maximal chi-square method for tumor response, log-rank test for PFS and OS in the univariate analysis.

Bold characters; significant, +; Estimates were not reached.