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. 2017 Aug 3;117(6):757–766. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.226

Table 3. Subgroup analysis and biomarker subgroup analysis of PFS.

  Linsitinib/erlotinib (n=102)
Placebo/erlotinib (n=103)
 
  N Events n (%) Median in days N Events n (%) Median in days HR, linsitinib vs placebo (95% CI)
Subgroup analysisa
 EGFR mutation status              
 Wild-type 85 67 (78.8) 92 85 70 (82.4) 106 1.10 (0.78–1.54)
 Activating 17 7 (41.2) 463 18 5 (27.8) 651 1.81 (0.52–6.32)
 Histology              
 Squamous 23 19 (82.6) 127 26 25 (96.2) 113 0.67 (0.36–1.24)
 Non-squamous 79 55 (69.6) 125 77 50 (64.9) 133 1.26 (0.86–1.86)
 Response to prior platinum-based therapy              
 Complete/partial response 28 23 (82.1) 85 29 22 (75.9) 133 1.32 (0.73–2.40)
 Stable disease 74 51 (68.9) 154 74 53 (71.6) 127 1.02 (0.70–1.51)
 Cigarette smoking history              
 Never 20 13 (65.0) 92 20 13 (65.0) 171 1.56 (0.71–3.43)
 Former 59 41 (69.5) 121 60 46 (76.7) 116 0.91 (0.60–1.39)
 Current 23 20 (87.0) 151 23 16 (69.6) 106 0.97 (0.50–1.91)
 Cotinine              
 Positive 22 17 (77.3) 125 21 17 (81.0) 119 1.02 (0.51–2.03)
 Negative 72 51 (70.8) 121 80 57 (71.3) 129 1.07 (0.73–1.57)
 Sex              
 Male 62 47 (75.8) 131 66 49 (74.2) 116 1.07 (0.71–1.60)
 Female 40 27 (67.5) 95 37 26 (70.3) 133 1.18 (0.69–2.03)
 Age group (years)              
 <65 57 45 (78.9) 121 72 57 (79.2) 109 1.03 (0.69–1.52)
 ⩾65 45 29 (64.4) 127 31 18 (58.1) 171 1.30 (0.72–2.34)
Biomarker subgroup analysisb
KRAS mutation status              
 Wild-type 72 50 (69.4) 160 74 54 (73.0) 133 1.01 (0.69–1.49)
 Activating 16 13 (81.3) 128 16 14 (87.5) 87 0.61 (0.28–1.36)
PIK3CA mutation status              
 Wild-type 87 61 (70.1) 154 84 64 (76.2) 124 0.89 (0.63–1.27)
 Activating 1 1 (100) 131 4 2 (50.0) ND 3.46 (0.22–55.8)
EGFR mutation status              
 Wild-type 68 53 (77.9) 121 73 60 (82.2) 106 1.01 (0.70–1.47)
 Activating 22 11 (50.0) 304 19 9 (47.4) 340 1.28 (0.51–3.20)
 E-cadherin in EGFR wild-type              
 ⩾Median 30 25 (83.3) 83 33 27 (81.8) 133 1.60 (0.92–2.78)
 <Median 28 20 (71.4) 128 31 26 (83.9) 82 0.52 (0.29–0.94)

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; ND=not determined; EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor; HR=hazard ratio.

a

Subgroup analysis of the full analysis set, which includes any patient who received at least one dose of linsitinib.

b

Biomarker subgroup analysis of patients who had sufficient tissue/plasma samples for analysis among similar evaluable patients.