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. 2020 Nov 26;72(3):893–904. doi: 10.1007/s12020-020-02534-8

Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics

SSA
(N = 182)
IFN
(N = 97)
PRRT
(N = 105)
Sex
 Female 73 (40.1%) 40 (41.2%) 40 (38.1%)
 Male 109 (59.9%) 57 (58.8%) 65 (61.9%)
Age at start (median [IQR]) 64.7 [58.3;71.5] 60.9 [53.7;68.2] 65.9 [58.4;71.1]
Resection of primary tumour/lymph nodes
 No 47 (26.4%) 20 (20.8%) 20 (19.2%)
 Yes 131 (73.6%) 76 (79.2%) 84 (80.8%)
Metastasectomy
 No 122 (67.0%) 56 (57.7%) 64 (61.0%)
 Yes 60 (33.0%) 41 (42.3%) 41 (39.0%)
Performance status (WHO)
 0 65 (58.0%) 34 (58.6%) 52 (54.7%)
 1 31 (27.7%) 15 (25.9%) 33 (34.7%)
 2 12 (10.7%) 8 (13.8%) 9 (9.5%)
 ≥3 4 (3.6%) 1 (1.7%) 1 (1.1%)
Ki-67 (median [IQR]) 7% [4%;10%] 6% [4%;10%] 8% [5%;12%]
Bone/lung metastases
 No 114 (75.5%) 50 (67.6%) 49 (49.0%)
 Yes 37 (24.5%) 24 (32.4%) 51 (51.0%)
Line of treatment
 1 168 (93.3%) 60 (62.5%) 9 (8.7%)
 2 12 (6.7%) 29 (30.2%) 60 (57.7%)
 ≥3 0 (0.0%) 7 (7.3%) 35 (33.7%)
Concomitant start SSA/other
 No 112 (63.3%) 35 (41.7%) 96 (91.4%)
 Yes 65 (36.7%) 49 (58.3%) 9 (8.6%)
Baseline CgA, × ULN (median [IQR]) 6.8 [2.1;34.0] 8.0 [2.2;45.2] 16.5 [4.5;32.0]
Baseline CgA, dichotomized
 <5 49 (40.5%) 31 (43.7%) 27 (26.7%)
 5–10 17 (14.0%) 6 (8.5%) 12 (11.9%)
 >10 55 (45.5%) 34 (47.9%) 62 (61.4%)
Baseline 5HIAA, × ULN (median [IQR]) 4.6 [1.3;15.5] 4.2 [1.1;15.0] 6.1 [2.7;15.0]
Baseline 5HIAA, dichotomized
 <5 68 (55.3%) 40 (58.0%) 42 (41.6%)
 5–10 16 (13.0%) 7 (10.1%) 24 (23.8%)
 >10 39 (31.7%) 22 (31.9%) 35 (34.7%)

SSA somatostatin analogues, IFN Interferon-alpha, PRRT peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, CgA chromogranin A, 5HIAA 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, ULN upper limit of normal, IQR interquartile range