Table 2.
Variables | Categories | No. of patients | No. of patients progressed | Median PFS (months) | Median PFS 95% CI | p-value |
Sex | F | 22 | 19 | 19.7 | (11.8–32.7) | |
M | 21 | 18 | 14.7 | 6.4-not reached | 0.012 | |
Grade of tumour | G1 | 13 | 11 | 20.7 | 11.1-not reached | |
G2 | 16 | 14 | 13.2 | 8.9- not reached | 0.053 | |
G3 | 4 | 3 | 15.3 | 3.8- not reached | 0.841 | |
Site of primary NET | Midgut | 20 | 19 | 17.2 | (6.4–27.5) | |
Pancreas | 13 | 11 | 20.3 | 14.7-not reached | 0.154 | |
Hindgut | 2 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.7-not reached | 0.355 | |
Other | 8 | 6 | 10.8 | 6.8-not reached | 0.625 | |
Percentage liver lesions | No metastases | 5 | 3 | 12.8 | 8.9-not reached | |
0–25% metastases | 12 | 10 | 21.4 | 14.7-not reached | 0.031 | |
25–50% metastases | 18 | 17 | 17.2 | (5.5–32.7) | 0.041 | |
>50% metastases | 6 | 6 | 12.1 | 2.1-not reached | 0.007 | |
PFS post-PRRT1 | PFS < 30 months | 21 | 19 | 12.8 | (6.8–21.2) | |
PFS > 30 months | 20 | 17 | 22.9 | (18.7–32.7) | 0.073 | |
Age | <55 | 23 | 20 | 17.5 | (11.8–23.8) | |
55+ | 20 | 17 | 18.4 | 6.7-not reached | 0.123 |
CI, confidence interval; NET, neuroendocrine tumour; PFS, progression-free survival; PRRT, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy.