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Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2018 Apr 25;139(2):421–429. doi: 10.1007/s11060-018-2880-y

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of overall survival

Variable Univariate
multivariate
HR (95% CI) p Value HR (95% CI) p Value
Age (per year) 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 0.98
Sex
 Male 1.35 (0.83–2.29) 0.23
 Female Ref. Ref.
Group Global p = 0.10 Global p = 0.06
 No ipilimumab Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Concurrent ipilimumab 0.77 (0.43–1.35) 0.37 0.60 (0.32–1.11) 0.11
 Non-concurrent ipilimumab 0.55 (0.30–0.95) 0.03 0.51 (0.28–0.92) 0.02
Ipilimumab dose
 3 mg/kg Ref. Ref.
 10 mg/kg 0.72 (0.30–1.55) 0.41
Ipilimumab cycles (per cycle) 1.24 (0.91–1.73) 0.17
Pembrolizumab therapy
 Yes 0.63 (0.26–1.28) 0.21
 No Ref. Ref.
KPS
 ≥80 0.72 (0.45–1.17) 0.06
 <80 Ref. Ref.
DS-GPA (per unit increase) 0.60 (0.46–0.78) < 0.001 0.69 (0.50–0.96) 0.02
Stage at diagnosis
 I–II Ref. Ref.
 III–IV 0.89 (0.48–1.71) 0.50
 Time from primary cancer to brain metastasis (years)
 >5 0.57 (0.35–0.92) 0.02 0.70 (0.40–1.20) 0.20
 ≤5 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Extracranial metastases
 Yes 1.36 (0.78–2.50) 0.29
 No Ref. Ref.
Year treated with SRS
 2006–2010 Ref. Ref.
 2011–2015 1.41 (0.87–2.28) 0.16
Number of brain metastases treated
 1 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 2–4 2.35 (1.35–4.17) 0.003 1.64 (0.86–3.16) 0.13
 5+ 2.46 (1.27–4.69) 0.009 1.28 (0.54–3.02) 0.57
Prior WBRT
 Yes 1.37 (0.57–2.81) 0.45
 No Ref. Ref.
Prior chemotherapy
 Yes 0.78 (0.46–1.28) 0.33
 No Ref. Ref.
Prior targeted therapy
 Yes 0.83 (0.52–1.33) 0.44
 No Ref. Ref.
Prior neurosurgery
 Yes 1.00 (0.61–1.61) 0.99
 No Ref. Ref.

CI confidence interval, DS-GPA diagnosis-specific graded prognostic assessment, SRS stereotactic radiosurgery, WBRT whole-brain radiotherapy