Table 3:
End of treatment reasons with a frequency of ≥1% in older (age < 70 years) and younger (age ≥ 70 years) patients a
| End of treatment reason | Age ≥ 70 years (n=250) |
Age < 70 years (n=1,016) |
P-value b |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment completed | 46% (n=115) | 54% (n=551) | 0.02 |
| Adverse event | 14% (n=36) | 9% (n=96) | 0.02 |
| Disease progression | 13% (n=32) | 18% (n=186) | 0.04 |
| Patient refused further treatment | 10% (n=26) | 5% (n=52) | < 0.01 |
| Died during treatment | 11% (n=28) | 4% (n=40) | <0.01 |
| Other | 5% (n=13) | 8% (n=81) | 0.13 |
a
Data missing for 37 patients
b
Chi square test for p-value except for no response to treatment, developed other disease and treatment never started which used Fisher’s exact test