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. 2020 Jun 27;23(1):134–143. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa152

Table 1.

Characteristics of all evaluable patients (N = 21)

Characteristics Median (range) Number (%)
Age, y 52 (30–67)
Sex
 Female
 Male
15 (71)
6 (29)
KPS 70 (60–90)
Histology
 Non-small-cell lung cancer
  ALK+
  EGFR+
  ROS1+
 Breast carcinoma
  ER + HER2−
  ER + HER2+
  ER-HER2+
  TN
 Esophageal adenocarcinoma
 Rectal adenocarcinoma
 Adenoid cystic carcinoma  of parotid
11 (52)
1 (5)
7 (33)
1 (5)
7 (33)
3 (14)
1 (5)
1 (5)
2 (10)
1 (5)
1 (5)
1 (5)
LM Diagnosis at Enrollment
Newly diagnosed LM
LM progression on prior therapies
9 (43)
12 (57)
Number of Prior Metastatic Disease Therapies at Enrollment
 Systemic Therapies
  Afatinib
  Alectinib
  Brigatinib
  Enctrectinib
  Erlotinib
  Lorlatinib
  Osimertinib
 Local Therapies (surgery, radiation  therapy)
2 (0*-5) 1 (5)
1 (5)
1 (5)
1 (5)
4 (19)
1 (5)
7 (33)
1 (0-6)
Baseline Evaluation
 Positive MRI
 Positive cytology
21 (100)
16 (76)
With Parenchymal Brain Metastases at Enrollment
 Yes
 No
11 (52)
10 (48)

Abbreviations: EGFR = epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK = anaplastic lymphoma kinase; ER = estrogen receptor; HER2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; KPS = Karnofsky performance status; LM = leptomeningeal metastasis; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; ROS1 = ROS proto-oncogene 1; TN = triple negative breast cancer

*One patient with metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of parotid did not receive prior systemic therapy prior to enrollment