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. 2019 Apr 5;24(8):917–926. doi: 10.1007/s10147-019-01439-5

Table 2.

Dose of first, and last, intake by gender, baseline body weight, and baseline ECOG PS

Dose of first intake Dose of last intakea
Patients (N) 20 mg,
n (%)
30 mg,
n (%)
40 mg,
n (%)
20 mg,
n (%)
30 mg,
n (%)
40 mg,
n (%)
50 mg,
n (%)
All 1602 115 (7.2) 246 (15.4) 1241 (77.5) 454 (28.3) 554 (34.6) 580 (36.2) 13 (0.8)
Gender
 Male 655 28 (4.3) 85 (13.0) 542 (82.7) 129 (19.7) 222 (33.9) 298 (45.5) 6 (0.9)
 Female 947 87 (9.2) 161 (17.0) 699 (73.8) 325 (34.3) 332 (35.1) 282 (29.8) 7 (0.7)
Body weight (kg)
 <50 606 68 (11.2) 123 (20.3) 415 (68.5) 198 (32.7) 214 (35.3) 189 (31.2) 4 (0.7)
 50 to < 60 513 33 (6.4) 76 (14.8) 404 (78.8) 160 (31.2) 184 (35.9) 167 (32.6) 2 (0.4)
 60 to < 70 307 10 (3.3) 38 (12.4) 259 (84.4) 64 (20.8) 110 (35.8) 130 (42.3) 3 (1.0)
 ≥70 169 4 (2.4) 9 (5.3) 156 (92.3) 30 (17.8) 44 (26.0) 91 (53.8) 4 (2.4)
ECOG PS
 0 642 33 (5.1) 78 (12.1) 531 (82.7) 191 (29.8) 218 (34.0) 226 (35.2) 7 (1.1)
 1 739 54 (7.3) 110 (14.9) 575 (77.8) 208 (28.1) 257 (34.8) 267 (36.1) 6 (0.8)
 2 143 18 (12.6) 39 (27.3) 86 (60.1) 36 (25.2) 50 (35.0) 57 (39.9) 0
 3 63 8 (12.7) 17 (27.0) 38 (60.3) 14 (22.2) 25 (39.7) 24 (38.1) 0
 4 15 2 (13.3) 2 (13.3) 11 (73.3) 5 (33.3) 4 (26.7) 6 (40.0) 0

ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status

aOne patient, a female with body weight < 50 kg and ECOG PS of 1, received a last dose of afatinib of 10 mg