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. 2017 Jun 23;2(2):e000148. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2016-000148

Table 2.

Patient and trials characteristics associated with AEs Tolerability score in univariate and multivariate analyses

Factors Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
At baseline
 Age p=0.88379
 Sex p=0.717
 Type of primary tumour p2=0.439/p3=0.690/p4=0.166 p2=0.6612/p3=0.7686/p4=0.100
 Number of previous chemotherapies p=0.0521 p=0.1360
 Number of previous targeted therapies p=0.0532 p=0.0781
 Previous phase 1 trial enrolment p=0.0647 p=0.6824
At study completion
 Age p=0.17470
 Sex p=0.39370
 Type of primary tumour p2=0.56729/p4=0.42879
 Number of previous chemotherapies p=0.00755** p=0.0234*
 Number of previous targeted therapies p=0.635
 Previous phase 1 trial enrolment p=0.374
 Worst AE grade p=0.0049** p=0.0153*
 Trial duration p=0.647
 Type of drug p=0.48045

p2 refers to the comparison of lung cancers with CRCs, p3 refers to the comparison of breast cancers with CRCs and p4 refers to the comparison of other types with CRCs. 

*p<0.05, **p<0.01.

AE, adverse event; CRC, colorectal cancer.