Table 1. Patient characteristics.
Characteristic | All patients, N=97 (%) | No irAE, N=48 (%) | Grade 1/2 irAE, N=42 (%) | Grade ≥3 irAE, N=7 (%) | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median age (range) | 63.8 (31.1–80.9) years | 63.0 (31.1–80.9) years | 63.8 (42.0–80.3) years | 72.1 (63.1–75.6) years | 0.190 |
Sex | 1.000 | ||||
Male | 48 [50] | 24 [50] | 21 [50] | 3 [43] | |
Female | 49 [50] | 24 [50] | 21 [50] | 4 [57] | |
Histology | 0.302 | ||||
Adenocarcinoma | 74 [76] | 36 [75] | 34 [81] | 4 [57] | |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 15 [16] | 9 [19] | 5 [12] | 1 [14] | |
Large cell, other | 8 [8] | 3 [6] | 3 [7] | 2 [29] | |
EGFR mutation | 0.339 | ||||
Positive | 12 [12] | 8 [17] | 4 [10] | 0 | |
Negative | 71 [73] | 31 [64] | 33 [78] | 7 [100] | |
Unknown | 14 [15] | 9 [19] | 5 [12] | 0 | |
ALK rearrangement | 0.141 | ||||
Positive | 1 [1] | 1 [2] | 0 | 0 | |
Negative | 79 [82] | 35 [73] | 37 [88] | 7 [100] | |
Unknown | 17 [17] | 12 [25] | 5 [12] | 0 | |
PD-L1 expression | 0.372 | ||||
Positive (any) | 35 [36] | 13 [27] | 18 [43] | 4 [57] | |
Negative | 11 [11] | 6 [13] | 5 [12] | 0 | |
Unknown | 51 [53] | 29 [60] | 19 [45] | 3 [43] | |
Smoking status | 0.936 | ||||
Current | 11 [11] | 6 [13] | 4 [10] | 1 [14] | |
Past | 62 [64] | 29 [60] | 28 [67] | 5 [72] | |
Never | 24 [25] | 13 [27] | 10 [23] | 1 [14] | |
Prior lines of therapy | 0.103 | ||||
0 | 13 [13] | 3 [6] | 6 [14] | 4 [58] | |
1 | 25 [26] | 14 [29] | 10 [24] | 1 [14] | |
2 | 26 [27] | 13 [27] | 12 [29] | 1 [14] | |
3 or more | 33 [34] | 18 [38] | 14 [33] | 1 [14] | |
Therapy type | 0.49 | ||||
Anti-PD-1 | 79 [81] | 40 [83] | 34 [81] | 5 [71] | |
Anti-PD-L1 | 16 [17] | 6 [13] | 8 [19] | 2 [29] | |
Anti-PD-L1 & anti-CTLA-4 | 2 [2] | 2 [4] | 0 | 0 |
irAE, immune-related adverse event; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4.