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. 2021 Apr 22;13(9):2010. doi: 10.3390/cancers13092010

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled prior to and after trial amendment.

Baseline Characteristics Patients Enrolled Prior to Trial Amendment
n = 6
Patients Enrolled after Trial Amendment
n = 10
Sex (n (%))
Male 4 (66.7) 4 (40.0)
Female 2 (33.3) 6 (60.0)
Age (median (range)) 70 (44–77) 58 (30–84)
ECOG PS (n (%))
0 5 (83.3) 4 (40.0)
1 1 (16.7) 5 (50.0)
2 0 1 (10.0)
Melanoma subtype (n (%))
Superficial spreading 2 (33.3) 5 (50.0)
Nodular 0 4 (40.0)
Lentigo maligna 1 (16.7) 0
Spitzoid 1 (16.7) 0
Cutaneous NOS 1 (16.7) 0
Unknown primary lesion 1 (16.7) 1 (10.0)
AJCC stage (n (%))
IIIC 0 1 (10.0)
IV-M1b 0 1 (10.0)
IV-M1c 6 (100.0) 5 (50.0)
IV-M1d 0 3 (30.0)
Number of affected organs
Median (range) 5 (2–7) 5 (1–8)
Lactate dehydrogenase (n (%))
Increased 2 (33.3) 4 (40.0)
Normal 4 (66.7) 6 (60.0)
NRAS mutation subtype (n (%))
Q61R 3 (50.0) 6 (60.0)
Q61K 3 (50.0) 3 (30.0)
Q61L 0 1 (10.0)
Prior lines of therapy
Median (range) 2.5 (2–4) 2.5 (1–5)
1 (n (%)) 0 3 (30.0)
2 (n (%)) 3 (50.0) 5 (50.0)
3 (n (%)) 2 (33.3) 0
>3 (n (%)) 1 (16.7) 2 (20.0)
Prior PD-1 ICI (n (%)) 6 (100.0) 9 (90.0)
Prior CTLA-4 ICI (n (%)) 5 (83.3) 6 (60.0)
Prior PD-1 ICI/CTLA-4 ICI combination (n (%)) 1 (16.7) 3 (30.0)
NRASQ61R/K/L mutant ctDNA (n (%))
Present 2 (33.3) 4 (40.0)
Absent 4 (66.7) 6 (60.0)
Total metabolic
tumor volume
mL (median (range))
123 (3–4392) 44 (0–614) *

* Only 9 patients underwent baseline whole-body 18F-FDG-PET/CT imaging. Abbreviations: AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer; ctDNA: circulating tumor DNA; CTLA-4 ICI: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 immune checkpoint inhibitor; ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; NOS: not otherwise specified; PD-1 ICI: programmed cell death 1 immune checkpoint inhibitor.