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. 2020 Apr 10;15(4):e0231427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231427

Table 3. Cumulative survival rates of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving lenvatinib and factors associated with patient outcome.

Kaplan Meier method Cox proportional hazard regression analysis
Cumulative Survival rates (%) P values Hazard ratio 95% Confidence Interval P values
Total 24 weeks 48 weeks
Total 69 88.5 73.9
Age: years < 70 23 84.6 76.2 0.79
≥ 70 46 90.2 72.7
Etiology HCV 37 91.5 68.2 0.99
Others 32 84.5 84.5
Child-Pugh score 5 31 100 86.9 0.01
6, 7 38 78.6 63.1
mALBI grade 1, 2a 40 100 90.9 <0.01 0.16 0.04–0.59 0.006
2b 29 72.6 46.6 1
BCLC stages A 17 100 71.4 0.09
B 22 95.0 76.7
C 30 76.3 70.4
Vp 0 50 93.3 76.8 0.41
1–3 19 74.2 64.9
Extrahepatic metastasis Absent 56 89.9 71.3 0.37
Present 13 81.8 81.8
AFP: ng/mL < 200 48 93.2 74.0 0.10
≥ 200 21 73.9 73.9
TACE, TAI Naïve 7 83.3 83.3 0.94
Experienced 62 89.1 73.3
TACE refractoriness 21 90.5 70.4
Molecular targeted agents Naïve 55 89.4 73.3 0.72
Experienced 14 84.6 74.0
Early efficacy CR, PR 26 95.5 95.5 <0.01 0.14 0.02–1.10 0.062
no response 43 84.0 54.3 1

mALBI: modified albumin bilirubin, BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, Vp; tumor thrombosis in the portal vein, AFP: alpha-fetoprotein, TACE: transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, TAI: transcatheter arterial infusion chemotherapy, CR: complete response, PR: partial response, SD: stable disease, PD: progressive disease.