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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2017 Jul 1;3(7):944–952. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6728

Table 1. Patient Characteristics for Cases with SDH Mutations vs Original Exon 11 Mutations.

SDH-mutant
(n=12)
Original KIT Exon 11
(n=282)
p-value
No. % No. %
Treatment Arm
 Low-Dose 7 58% 140 50%
 High-Dose 5 42% 142 50%
AGE AT STUDY ENTRY <0.0001
 Median (range)
  < 40 years 7 58% 24 8%
  40 to <50 years 2 17% 36 13%
  50 to <60 years 3 25% 67 24%
  60 to <70 years 0 0% 74 26%
  ≥ 70 years 0 0% 81 29%
GENDER 0.03
 Female 9 75% 120 43%
 Male 3 25% 162 57%
RACE 0.45
 White 9 75% 231 82%
 Black 1 8% 30 11%
 Asian 2 17% 16 6%
 Pacific Islander 0 0% 1 <1%
 Native American 0 0% 1 <1%
 Unknown
Ethnicity 0.14
 Non-Hispanic 10 83% 266 94%
 Hispanic 2 17% 8 3%
 Unknown 0 0% 8 3%
PERFORMANCE STATUS 0.23
 0-1 12 100% 237 85%
 2-3 0 0% 43 15%
TYPE OF DISEASE 0.34
 Measurable 12 100% 262 93%%
 Non-measurable 0 0% 20 7%
PRIOR CHEMOTHERAPY 0.75
 No 9 82% 206 78%
 Yes 2 18% 59 22%
PRIOR SURGERY 0.89
 No 1 8% 20 7%
 Yes 11 92% 256 98%
FAMILY HISTORY OF GIST 0.08
 No/unknown 11 92% 281 100%
 Yes 1 8% 1 <1%
PRIOR RT 0.21
 No 11 100% 238 88%
 Yes 0 0% 33 12%
SMALL BOWEL ORIGIN 0.02
 No 11 100% 172 66%
 Yes 0 0% 90 34%
 Abdomen 2 18% 56 21%
 Stomach 9 82% 108 41%
 Small Bowel 0 0% 90 34%
 Other 0 0% 8 3%
MAXIMUM DIAMETER 0.35
 < 4.0 cm 2 17% 63 22%
 4.0 - 8.0 cm 6 50% 72 26%
 8.0 - 12.0 cm 1 8% 67 24%
 ≥ 12.0 cm 3 25% 70 25%
 unknown 0 0% 10 3%
TIME SINCE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS 0.58
 < 12 months 0 0% 7 2%
 ≥ 12 months 12 100% 275 98%
Hemoglobin 12.4 (9.6 – 14.0) 12.8 (8.4 – 19.5)
ANC 3.7 (1.7 – 5.7) 4.6 (1.3 – 18.5)
WBC 5.5 (3.7 – 8.2) 7.1 (3.5 – 21.5)
Platelets 233 (131 – 1188) 271 (103 – 890)
Albumin 4.2 (3.7 – 4.7) 3.8 (2.0 – 8.3)
Bilirubin 0.35 (0.2 – 0.6) 0.52 (0.10 – 8.00)
Creatinine 0.78 (0.09 – 1.10) 0.9 (0.12 – 2.00)
Response Rate 8% (0% – 48%) 66% (60% – 71%) 0.0001
 CR (confirmed and unconfirmed) 0% (0% – 26%) 6% (3% – 10%)
 PR (confirmed and unconfirmed) 8% (0% – 48%) 59% (53% – 65%)
 Stable 50% (21% – 79%) 18% (14% – 23%)
 Increasing Disease / Not Assessable 33% (10% – 65%) 16% (12% – 21%)
Median OS 116 mo. (22 mo. – 116 mo.) 66 mo. (57 mo. – 78 mo.) p=0.38*
Median PFS 9 mo. (3 mo. – 58 mo.) 24 (21mo. – 28 mo.) p=0.07*
*

Adjusted for all prognostically significant factors found in the analysis of eligible patients.