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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2018 May 30;24(17):4081–4088. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3577

Table 3.

Turnover markers from baseline and association between 50% or greater decline and clinical benefit

Baseline levels (median, IQR) Maximum decline (median, IQR) On-study maximum decline in levels of BTM of ≥50% from baseline
PR/SD: Prop [freq/n] (90%CI) PD/unknown*: Prop [freq/n] (90%CI) Odds Ratio (90%CI) Fisher Exact P-value
CTX (ng/mL) 0.43(0.21,0.6) −40.7 (−59.6,−32.4) 38.9% [7/18]
(20.0%,57.8%)
40.0% [2/5]
(4.0%,76.0%)
0.95 (0.17,5.22) p=1.000
PINP (ug/mL) 45.5(30.25,65.75) −59.3 (−66.7,−48.4) 83.3% [15/18]
(68.9%,97.8%)
40.0% [2/5]
(4.0%,76.0%)
7.50 (1.21,46.60) p=0.089*
BALP (ug/mL) 11(9.1,16) −29.2 (−42.5,−11.7) 11.8% [2/17]
(0.0%,24.6%)
20.0% [1/5]
(0.0%,49.4%)
0.53 (0.06,4.90) p=1.000
OC(ng/mL) 16(12.25,18.75) −50 (−61.3,−40.6) 61.1% [11/18]
(42.2%,80.0%)
20.0% [1/5]
(0.0%,49.4%)
6.29 (0.85,46.61) p=0.155
NTX (nM BCE) 14.9(11.3,21.3) −32.8 (−48,−12.3) 27.8% [5/18]
(10.4%,45.1%)
20.0% [1/5]
(0.0%,49.4%)
1.54 (0.20,11.74) p=1.000

BALP, Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase; BTM, bone turnover marker, CTX, C-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen; IQR, Interquartile range; NTX, N-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen; OC, osteocalcin; OR, odds ratio; PD, progressive disease; PINP, N-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I; PR, partial response; prop, proportion; SD, stable disease.

*

Significance assumed at p≤0.10