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. 2020 Sep 25;10:15822. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72820-y

Table 2.

Chemotherapy outcome results, stratified for treatment setting.

Total NAIC + RC 1L chemotherapy Recurrent disease after RC 2L chemotherapy
Total patients 96 24 24 34 14
eGFR, No. (%)
Unknown 2 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
≤ 30 mL/min 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
30–60 mL/min 24 (25.0) 3 (12.5) 6 (25.0) 11 (32.4) 4 (28.6)
≥ 60 mL/min 66 (68.8) 21 (87.5) 16 (66.7) 21 (61.8) 8 (57.1)
Type of chemotherapy, No. (%)
Gemcitabine/Cisplatin 51 (53.1) 20 (83.3) 11 (45.8) 16 (47.1) 4 (28.6)
Gemcitabine/Carboplatin 36 (37.5) 4 (16.7) 13 (54.2) 16 (47.1) 3 (21.4)
Docetaxel 9 (9.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (5.9) 7 (50.0)
Treatment adjustments, No. (%)
Dose reduction 47 (49.0) 6 (25.0) 17 (70.8) 20 (58.8) 4 (28.6)
Early termination 35 (36.5) 5 (20.8) 10 (41.7) 13 (38.2) 7 (50.0)
Carboplatin switch 9 (9.4) 3 (12.5) 2 (8.3) 2 (5.9) 2 (14.3)
Full treatment received 22 (22.9) 12 (50.0) 3 (12.5) 6 (17.6) 1 (7.1)
Best response, No. (%)
cPD (clinical progressive disease) 34 (38.2) 6 (25.0) 6 (27.3) 13 (41.9) 9 (75.0)
cSD (clinical stable disease) 8 (9.0) 2 (8.3) 1 (4.5) 5 (16.1) 0 (0.0)
cPR (clinical partial response) 39 (43.8) 15 (62.5) 11 (50.0) 10 (32.3) 3 (25.0)
cCR (clinical complete response) 8 (9.0) 1 (4.2) 4 (18.2) 3 (9.7) 0 (0.0)
Unknown 7 0 2 3 2
CTCAE complication*, No. (%)
Grade 3 49 (54.4) 8 (36.4) 11 (45.8) 21 (70.0) 9 (64.3)
Grade 4 8 (8.9) 3 (13.6) 3 (12.5) 2 (6.7) 0 (0.0)
Grade 5 4 (4.4) 1 (4.5) 2 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.1)
Unknown 6 2 0 4 0
Need for blood transfusion, No. (%) 34 (35.4) 2 (8.3) 9 (37.5) 16 (47.1) 7 (50.0)
Median follow-up [95% CI] 58.9 [33.1–84.8] 58.9 [27.0–90.9] 32.9 N.D.** 50.9 [20.2–81.7] N.D.**
Median overall survival (OS) [95% CI] 10.2 [7.2–13.2] 19.5 [0.0–49.1] 12.6 [8.8–16.4] 7.5 [0.0–15.6] 6.6 [4.7–8.4]
Median progression-free survival (PFS) [95% CI] 5.6 [4.1–7.1] 9.5 [0.7–18.3] 6.1 [0.0–14.1] 3.5 N.D.** 0.0 N.D.**

NAIC Neoadjuvant/induction chemotherapy, RC radical cystectomy, 1L first-line, 2L second-line, CTCAE common terminology criteria for adverse events, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.

*Maximum grade CTCAE complication that patients suffered.

**Median follow-up and 95% CI could not be determined.