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. 2020 Jul 20;5(4):e000656. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000656

Table 2.

Treatment patterns of nivolumab by age group

All patients
(n=901)
<75 years
(n=723)
≥75 years
(n=178)
Difference
<75 years vs ≥75 years
Treatment line, n (%)
 Median (range) 2.0 (1.0–12.0) 3.0 (1.0–12.0) 2.0 (1.0–9.0)
 1 38 (4.2) 33 (4.6) 5 (2.8) 0.0666*†
 2 422 (46.8) 323 (44.7) 99 (55.6)
 3 239 (26.5) 201 (27.8) 38 (21.3)
 ≥4 202 (22.4) 166 (23.0) 36 (20.2)
Number of doses, median (range) 5.0 (1.0–44.0) 5.0 (1.0–44.0) 5.0 (1.0–43.0) 0.5074†
Treatment duration, median (range) 59.0 (1.0–693.0) 59.0 (1.0–693.0) 70.5 (1.0–602.0) 0.4974†
Patients who continued nivolumab after the study, n (%) 129 (14.3) 101 (14.0) 28 (15.7) 0.5511*

*Fisher’s exact test.

†1 vs 2 vs 3 vs ≥4.