Table 2. Detailed characteristics of patients and results of in vitro drug sensitivity tests with tumor cells isolated from ascites.
| Patient | Clinical characteristics | Clinical outcome | In vitro outcome | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps. | Age | FIGO stage | Type of chemotherapy | Surg. | Outcome surgery | CA125 level at diagnosis, E/mL | CA125 level at end of therapy, E/mL | Platinum sensitivity | BRCA mutation on tumor | GI50 carbo, μmol/L | GI50 cisplatin, μmol/L | GI50 paclitaxel nmol/L |
| 1 | 71 | IIIc | cis/taxa | PDS | Optimal | 1154 | 10 | Resistant | unknown | 2.1 | 12 | |
| 2 | 64 | IIIc | carbo/tax | IDS | Complete | 1800 | 34 | Resistant | BRCA1 | 43.5 | 35 | |
| 3 | 66 | IIIc | cis/carbo/ taxa | PDS | Optimal | 1242 | 5 | Resistant | BRCA negative | 80.6 | 20.6 | 12 |
| 4 | 64 | IIIc | carbo/tax | PDS | Optimal | 1481 | 15 | Sensitive | unknown | 77.9 | 10 | |
| 5 | 64 | IIIc | carbo/tax | PDS | Optimal | 2400 | 26 | Sensitive | unknown | 90.7 | 14 | |
| 6 | 55 | IIIc | cis/taxa | PDS | Complete | 67 | 11 | Resistant | BRCA negative | 11.8 | 45 | |
| 7 | 68 | IIIc | carbo/tax | None | N/A | 3600 | 258 | Resistant | BRCA negative | 100.0 | 66 | |
| 8 | 58 | IVb | carbo/tax | IDS | Optimal | 121 | 15 | Resistant | BRCA negative | 71.4 | 3 | |
| 9 | 64 | IVb | carbo/tax | IDS | Complete | 1834 | 35 | Sensitive | BRCA2 | 56.8 | 42 | |
| 10 | 52 | IVa | carbo/tax | IDS | Complete | 1621 | 15 | Sensitive | BRCA negative | 100.0 | 35 | |
| 11 | 50 | IIIc | carbo/tax | IDS | Complete | 2500 | 16 | Sensitive | BRCA1 | 84.0 | 14 | |
| 12 | 54 | IIIc | carbo/tax | PDS | Optimal | 351 | 14 | Sensitive | BRCA negative | 44.1 | 24 | |
| 13 | 60 | IIIc | carbo/tax | PDS | Optimal | 500 | 8 | Sensitive | BRCA negative | 100.0 | 79 | |
| 14 | 51 | IVa | carbo/tax | IDS | Complete | 3900 | 9 | Sensitive | unknown | 31.4 | 83 | |
aReceived at least one cycle of intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cisplatin. Abbreviations: Age, age at time of diagnosis; carbo, carboplatin; cis, cisplatin; GI50, concentration of 50% cell growth inhibition; IDS, interval debulking surgery; PDS, primary debulking surgery; Ps., patient sample; Surg., surgery; tax, paclitaxel.