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. 2020 Dec 26;38(2):1245–1262. doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01590-w

Table 4.

Melanoma lesion characteristics at first administration of talimogene laherparepvec, at the lesion level and patient level

Overall Lesion levelb Patient level
Total lesions Lesions injected with T-VEC Lesions not injected with T-VEC Total patients Lesions injected with T-VEC Lesions not injected with T-VEC
(N = 558) (N = 514) (N = 44) (N = 66) (N = 66) (N = 9)
Cutaneous lesions, n (%)a 279 (50.0) 273 (53.1) 6 (13.6) 38 (57.6) 38 (57.6) 4 (44.4)
 Head/neck 6 (2.2) 6 (2.2) 0 2 (5.3) 2 (5.3) 0
 Trunk 78 (28.0) 77 (28.2) 1 (16.7) 10 (26.3) 10 (26.3) 1 (25.0)
 Inguinal 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 0 1 (2.6) 1 (2.6) 0
 Upper extremity 18 (6.5) 17 (6.2) 1 (16.7) 5 (13.2) 4 (10.5) 1 (25.0)
 Lower extremity 176 (63.1) 172 (63.0) 4 (66.7) 27 (71.1) 27 (71.1) 2 (50.0)
Diameter of lesions (mm) Number of lesions
 Mean (SD) 4.6 (4.9) 3.3 (–) 4.6 (5.0) 7.3 (6.7) 7.2 (6.8) 1.5 (1.0)
 Median (IQR; range) 3.0 (2, 5; 1–40) 3.3 (–) 3.0 (2, 5; 1–40) 6.0 (2, 10; 1–30) 5.5 (2, 10; 1–30) 1.0 (1, 2; 1–3)
Subcutaneous lesions, n (%)a 249 (44.6) 217 (42.2) 32 (72.7) 35 (53.0) 34 (51.5) 4 (44.4)
 Head/neck 30 (12.0) 30 (13.8) 0 4 (11.4) 4 (11.8) 0
 Trunk 26 (10.4) 26 (12.0) 0 3 (8.6) 3 (8.8) 0
 Inguinal 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Upper extremity 8 (3.2) 8 (3.7) 0 4 (11.4) 4 (11.8) 0
 Lower extremity 185 (74.3) 153 (70.5) 32 (100) 24 (68.6) 23 (67.6) 4 (100)
Diameter of lesions (mm) Number of lesions
 Mean (SD) 6.8 (8.2) 6.9 (8.3) 3.6 (3.3) 7.1 (9.9) 6.4 (7.4) 8.0 (11.5)
 Median (IQR; range) 5 (3, 8; 1–60) 5 (3, 8; 1–60) 2.6 (1, 4.6; 1–10) 3.0 (1, 8; 1–50) 3.0 (1, 8; 1–27) 3.0 (1, 15; 1–25)
Nodal lesions, n (%) a 16 (2.9) 13 (2.5) 3 (6.8) 6 (9.1) 5 (7.6) 2 (22.2)
 Head/neck 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Axillary 5 (31.3) 4 (30.8) 1 (33.3) 1 (16.7) 1 (20.0) 1 (50.0)
 Cervical 1 (6.3) 1 (7.7) 0 1 (16.7) 1 (20.0) 0
 Inguinal 6 (37.5) 4 (30.8) 2 (66.7) 3 (50.0) 2 (40.0) 1 (50.0)
 Trunk 1 (6.3) 1 (7.7) 0 1 (16.7) 1 (20.0) 0
 Upper extremity 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Lower extremity 2 (12.5) 2 (15.4) 0 1 (16.7) 1 (20.0) 0
 Other 1 (6.3) 1 (7.7) 0 1 (16.7) 1 (20.0) 0
Diameter of lesions (mm) Number of lesions
 Mean (SD) 10.7 (7.0) 10.2 (7.0) 18 (–) 2.7 (1.4) 2.6 (1.1) 1.5 (0.7)
 Median (IQR; range) 9.5 (5, 17; 3–25) 8.0 (5, 16.0; 3–25) 18 (–) 2.5 (2, 3; 1–5) 3 (2, 3; 1–4) 1.5 (1, 2; 1–2)

IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, T-VEC talimogene laherparepvec

aSubjects can have lesions on multiple body sites

bNumber of subjects with evaluable data for lesion diameter