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. 2020 Jul 23;10:12348. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69366-4

Table 3.

Treatment outcomes of pembrolizumab.

High PD-L1 (n = 9) Low PD-L1 (n = 17) Total (n = 26) P-value
Cycles 0.016
 Median (range) 7 (3–20) 5 (3–9) 6 (3–20)
Best response
 CR 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 PR 5 (56%) 1 (6%) 6 (23%)
 SD 2 (22%) 5 (29%) 7 (27%)
 PD 2 (22%) 11 (65%) 13 (50%)
Tumor response rate
 Overall response (ORR, %)* 5 (56%) 1 (6%) 6 (23%) 0.004
 Disease control (DCR, %) 7 (78%) 6 (35%) 13 (50%) 0.019

PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand 1; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease; ORR, overall response rate; DCR, diseased control rate.

*ORR = (CR + PR)/(CR + PR + SD + PD)*100 (%).

DCR = (CR + PR + SD)/(CR + PR + SD + PD)*100 (%).