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. 2019 Jul 24;7:196. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0672-3

Table 1.

Demographic data, stage, primary tumor histology and type of first CPI treatment

All patients
(n = 428)
Ongoing CR
(n = 77)
Died < 6 months
(n = 69)
No local therapy**
(n = 230)
NED or NPRD
(n = 52)
Median age (IQR) 65 (55 – 74) 68 (55 – 75) 65 (58 – 74) 64 (55 – 74) 61 (54 – 70)
Gender 63% male 68% male 67% male 61% male 62% male

Stage before CPI

 Stage M1a (%)

 Stage M1b (%)

 Stage M1c (%)

 Stage M1d (%)

99 (23%)

90 (21%)

152 (36%)

87 (20%)

22 (29%)

21 (27%)

31 (40%)

3 (4%)

11 (16%)

8 (12%)

36 (52%)

14 (20%)

55 (24%)

53 (23%)

69 (30%)

53 (23%)

11 (21%)

8 (15%)

16 (31%)

17 (33%)

Sun-shielded* 93 (22%) 5 (6%) 19 (28%) 54 (23%) 15 (29%)

1st Therapy (%)

 CTLA4

 PD1 or PDL1

 CTLA4 + PD1

124 (29%)

129 (30%)

175 (41%)

11 (14%)

23 (30%)

43 (56%)

28 (41%)

23 (33%)

18 (26%)

69 (30%)

71 (31%)

90 (39%)

16 (31%)

12 (23%)

24 (46%)

Abbreviations: CR = complete response; IQR = interquartile range; NED = no evidence of disease; NPRD = non-progressive residual disease

Stage M1a = distant metastases to skin or lymph nodes. Stage M1b = metastases to lung with or without M1a metastases. Stage M1c = metastases to visceral sites with or without M1a or M1b. Stage M1d = metastases to CNS with or without extra-cranial metastasis [20]

*Sun-shielded melanomas include mucosal, ocular, perineal, and acral lentiginous

**Some patients had procedures that did not meet inclusion criteria