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. 2020 Mar 20;15(3):e0230306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230306

Table 1. Patient characteristics stratified by TP53 and CDKN2A mutations.

TP53mut TP53WT P Value CDKN2Amut CDKN2AWT P Value QuadWT Not Quad WT P Value
(N = 21) (N = 81) (N = 14) (N = 88) (N = 12) (N = 90)
Age at diagnosis 0.83 a 0.50 a 0.15a
 Median 60.7 62.3 63.9 61.2 71.9 60.8
 Range (32.4–82.2) (22.8–91.0) (31.6–88.5) (22.8–91.0) (41.3–77.3) (22.8–91.0)
Gender 0.74 b 0.87 b 0.67b
 Male 14 (66.7%) 57 (70.4%) 10 (71.4%) 61 (69.3%) 9 (75.0%) 62 (68.9%)
 Female 7 (33.3%) 24 (29.6%) 4 (28.6%) 27 (30.7%) 3 (25.0%) 28 (31.1%)
Ethnicity 0.05 b 0.69 b 0.71b
 Caucasian 20 (95.2%) 81 (100.0%) 14 (100.0%) 87 (98.9%) 12 (100.0%) 89 (98.9%)
 Hispanic 1 (4.8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.1%)
Sites of Disease
 CNS 3 (16.7%) 20 (26.7%) 0.38 b 3 (23.1%) 20 (25.0%) 0.88 b 4 (36.4%) 19 (23.2%) 0.34b
 Liver 5 (27.8%) 19 (25.3%) 0.83 b 5 (38.5%) 19 (23.8%) 0.26 b 5 (45.5%) 19 (23.2%) 0.11b
 Lung 10 (55.6%) 37 (49.3%) 0.64 b 8 (61.5%) 39 (48.8%) 0.39 b 9 (81.8%) 38 (46.3%) 0.03b
 Adrenal 1 (5.6%) 6 (8.0%) 0.72 b 2 (15.4%) 5 (6.3%) 0.25 b 1 (9.1%) 6 (7.3%) 0.83b
 Bone 4 (22.2%) 16 (21.3%) 0.93 b 0 (0%) 20 (25.0%) 0.04 b 2 (18.2%) 18 (22.0%) 0.78b
 Skin 2 (11.1%) 16 (21.3%) 0.32 b 0 (0%) 18 (22.5%) 0.06 b 1 (9.1%) 17 (20.7%) 0.36b
 Lymph Node 8 (44.4%) 33 (44.0%) 0.97 b 7 (53.8%) 34 (42.5%) 0.44 b 6 (54.5%) 35 (42.7%) 0.46b
 Other 4 (25.0%) 20 (29.0%) 0.75 b 6 (50.0%) 18 (24.7%) 0.07 b 1 (10.0%) 23 (30.7%) 0.17b
Melanoma Subtype 0.10 b 0.80 b 0.41b
 Cutaneous 15 (71.4%) 70 (86.4%) 12 (85.7%) 73 (83.0%) 11 (91.7%) 74 (82.2%)
 Unknown Primary 6 (28.6%) 11 (13.6%) 2 (14.3%) 15 (17.0%) 1 (8.3%) 16 (17.8%)
Metastases 0.32 b 0.81 b 0.95b
 Yes 18 (85.7%) 75 (92.6%) 13 (92.9%) 80 (90.9%) 11 (91.7%) 82 (91.1%)
 No 3 (14.3%) 6 (7.4%) 1 (7.1%) 8 (9.1%) 1 (8.3%) 8 (8.9%)
Name of Therapy 0.14 b 0.68 b 0.03b
 Pembrolizumab 7 (33.3%) 46 (56.8%) 8 (57.1%) 45 (51.1%) 7 (58.3%) 46 (51.1%)
 Nivolumab 1 (4.8%) 5 (6.2%) 0 (0%) 6 (6.8%) 3 (25.0%) 3 (3.3%)
 Ipilimumab 11 (52.4%) 23 (28.4%) 5 (35.7%) 29 (33.0%) 2 (16.7%) 32 (35.6%)
 Nivolumab/Ipilimumab 2 (9.5%) 3 (3.7%) 0 (0%) 5 (5.7%) 0 (0%) 5 (5.6%)
 Other therapy 0 (0%) 4 (4.9%) 1 (7.1%) 3 (3.4%) 0 (0%) 4 (4.4%)
Other Therapy Name - - -
 Ipilimumab/Dabrafenib 0 (0%) 1 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (25.0%)
 Ipilimumab/Dacarbazine 0 (0%) 1 (25.0%) 1 (100.0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (25.0%)
 Pembrolizumab/Indoximod 0 (0%) 2 (50.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (66.7%) 0 (0%) 2 (50.0%)
Lines of Therapy 0.84 b 0.43 b 0.87b
 1 18 (85.7%) 68 (84.0%) 12 (85.7%) 74 (84.1%) 11 (91.7%) 75 (83.3%)
 2 3 (14.3%) 10 (12.3%) 1 (7.1%) 12 (13.6%) 1 (8.3%) 12 (13.3%)
 3 0 (0%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.1%)
 4 0 (0%) 2 (2.5%) 1 (7.1%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (0%) 2 (2.2%)
LDH elevated c 0.45 b 0.06 b 0.09b
 Yes 2 (10.5%) 16 (21.6%) 1 (8.3%) 17 (21.0%) 4 (33.3%) 14 (17.3%)
 No 13 (68.4%) 40 (54.1%) 5 (41.7%) 48 (59.3%) 8 (66.7%) 45 (55.6%)
 Not tested 4 (21.1%) 18 (24.3%) 6 (50.0%) 16 (19.8%) 0 (0%) 22 (27.2%)
Number of metastatic sites 0.79 b 0.38 a 0.35
 Median Number of Sites 1.0 2.0 0.48a 2.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 0.32a
Range 0–5.0 0–5.0 0–5.0 0–5.0 0–4.0 0–5.0
Response Rate (ORR) d 0.30 b 0.54 b 0.73b
 ORR 9 (47.4%) 23 (34.3%) 5 (45.5%) 27 (36.0%) 5 (41.7%) 27 (36.5%)
Disease Control Rate (DCR) d 0.58 b 0.15 b 0.86b
 DCR 11 (57.9%) 34 (50.7%) 8 (72.7%) 37 (49.3%) 6 (50.0%) 39 (52.7%)
Duration of Immunotherapy
(months) e
0.87 a 0.50 a 0.54a
 Median 2 3 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.0
 Range 1.0–9.0 0–13.0 0–9.0 0–13.0 1.0–9.0 0–13.0

a Wilcoxon rank-sum test;

b Chi square test;

c 9 subjects missing LDH data;

d 16 subjects missing response data;

e 24 subjects with incomplete duration data;

Overall response rate (ORR) = complete response + partial response; disease control rate (DCR) = complete response + partial response + stable disease; TP53mut: TP53 pathogenic mutation; TP53WT: TP53 wild type; CDKN2Amut: CDKN2A pathogenic mutation; CDKN2AWT: CDKN2A wild type; QuadWT: Quadruple wild type; TTP: Time to progression