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. 2021 May 28;12:582447. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.582447

TABLE 3.

Subgroup and meta-regression analysis.

Subgroups Objective response rate (ORR) Disease control rate (DCR) Neutropenia Gastrointestinal toxicity
OR (95% CI) UM MM OR (95% CI) UM MM OR (95% CI) UM MM OR (95% CI) UM MM
Table 3A.Subgroups analysis according to KPS score (Supplementary Figures S35–S42)
KPS score (≥60) 1.87 [1.58, 2.22] 0.22 0.27 2.31 [1.84, 2.89] 0.57 0.47 0.42 [0.33, 0.54] 0.82 0.90 0.41 [0.33, 0.50] 0.32 0.64
KPS score (≥70) 1.40 [1.03, 1.90] 2.01 [1.36, 2.98] 0.33 [0.20, 0.54] 0.45 [0.31, 0.66]
KPS score (others) 1.94 [1.61, 2.33] 2.39 [1.87, 3.06] 0.43 [0.33, 0.55] 0.50 [0.40, 0.62]
Table 3B.Subgroups analysis according to AST (Supplementary Figures S35–S50)
 AST (≥3m) 1.81 [1.56, 2.09] 0.28 0.99 2.20 [1.82, 2.66] 0.72 0.98 0.42 [0.34, 0.53] 0.78 0.90 0.47 [0.39, 0.56] 0.32 0.42
 AST (≥5m) 1.98 [1.31, 3.00] 2.90 [1.69, 4.99] 0.40 [0.26, 0.61] 0.26 [0.15, 0.46]
 AST (unclear) 1.80 [1.45, 2.24] 2.35 [1.74, 3.18] 0.40 [0.29, 0.55] 0.46 [0.36, 0.59]
Table 3C. Subgroups analysis via treatment process (Supplementary Figures S51–S58)
 Primary treatment (PT) 1.46 [1.10, 1.94] 0.08 0.06 2.04 [1.41, 2.94] 0.27 0.20 0.46 [0.28, 0.76] 0.42 0.52 0.54 [0.36, 0.82] 0.81 0.41
 Retreatment (RT) 2.88 [1.03, 8.07] 2.13 [0.62, 7.29] 1.00 [0.37, 2.71] 0.59 [0.22, 1.62]
 PT and RT 1.08 [0.62, 1.89] 1.43 [0.65, 3.14] 0.29 [0.13, 0.63] 0.32 [0.16, 0.65]
 Unclear 1.95 [1.71, 2.23] 2.41 [2.02, 2.87] 0.40 [0.33, 0.48] 0.44 [0.37, 0.51]
Table 3D. Subgroups analysis via age (Supplementary Figures S59–S66)
 Age (≥60) 1.85 [1.36, 2.51] 0.91 0.88 2.22 [1.49, 3.30] 0.86 0.56 0.25 [0.15, 0.42] 0.04 0.09 0.46 [0.31, 0.69] 0.80 0.99
 Age (others) 1.81 [1.60, 2.06] 2.30 [1.95, 2.72] 0.44 [0.37, 0.53] 0.44 [0.38, 0.52]
Table 3E. Subgroups analysis according to dosage (Supplementary Figures S67–S74)
 50–60 ml 1.72 [1.49, 2.00] 0.75 0.88 2.21 [1.82, 2.68] 0.35 0.21 0.45 [0.37, 0.56] 0.32 0.58 0.47 [0.39, 0.56] 0.09 0.21
 70–80 ml 1.85 [1.28, 2.68] 2.80 [1.73, 4.52] 0.24 [0.12, 0.48] 0.39 [0.25, 0.62]
 90–100 ml 1.89 [1.35, 2.64] 2.55 [1.57, 4.14] 0.34 [0.21, 0.53] 0.30 [0.19, 0.48]
 Others 2.16 [1.61, 2.89] 2.18 [1.48, 3.21] 0.41 [0.27, 0.63] 0.48 [0.35, 0.67]
Table 3F. Subgroups analysis according to time per cycle (Supplementary Figures S75–S82)
 7–10days 1.75 [1.43, 2.13] 0.18 0.18 2.19 [1.70, 2.82] 0.48 0.53 0.35 [0.27, 0.46] 0.32 0.61 0.44 [0.35, 0.57] 0.97 0.41
 14–15days 1.62 [1.35, 1.94] 1.87 [1.46, 2.38] 0.40 [0.31, 0.53] 0.45 [0.37, 0.55]
 21–28days 2.48 [1.90, 3.25] 3.59 [2.46, 5.24] 0.62 [0.39, 1.00] 0.42 [0.29, 0.63]
 Others 1.92 [1.13, 3.28] 3.23 [1.64, 6.37] 0.56 [0.28, 1.14] No
Table 3G. Subgroups analysis according to treatment cycle (Supplementary Figures S83–S90)
 One cycle 2.22 [1.44, 3.43] 0.70 0.40 2.54 [1.46, 4.41] 1.00 0.74 0.37 [0.21, 0.63] 0.35 0.78 0.41 [0.26, 0.66] 0.21 0.08
 Two cycles 1.65 [1.40, 1.94] 2.08 [1.67, 2.58] 0.35 [0.27, 0.45] 0.46 [0.37, 0.57]
 Three cycles 1.75 [1.24, 2.47] 2.48 [1.55, 3.96] 0.61 [0.41, 0.90] 0.45 [0.31, 0.65]
 Four cycles 2.32 [1.68, 3.22] 2.59 [1.69, 3.95] 0.40 [0.27, 0.61] 0.35 [0.24, 0.51]
 Others 1.91 [1.44, 2.52] 2.53 [1.75, 3.64] 0.45 [0.28, 0.70] 0.51 [0.37, 0.72]
Table 3H. Subgroups analysis according to DDP dosage (Supplementary Figures S91–S98)
 20–30 mg/m2 1.83 [1.58, 2.12] 0.77 0.34 2.26 [1.87, 2.72] 0.98 0.75 0.43 [0.35, 0.53] 0.55 0.37 0.49 [0.41, 0.59] 0.28 0.27
 40–50 mg/m2 1.88 [1.32, 2.69] 2.56 [1.52, 4.31] 0.38 [0.19, 0.76] 0.39 [0.26, 0.59]
 60–80 mg/m2 1.83 [1.43, 2.32] 2.25 [1.61, 3.15] 0.39 [0.28, 0.55] 0.39 [0.29, 0.52]
 Others 1.28 [0.64, 2.55] 2.68 [1.02, 7.01] 0.27 [0.11, 0.68] 0.22 [0.08, 0.66]
Table 3I. Subgroups analysis according to DDP dosage (Supplementary Figures S35–S50)
 WHO 1.81 [1.58, 2.08] 0.85 0.87 2.17 [1.80, 2.62] 0.63 0.43 0.40 [0.32, 0.51] 0.66 0.91 0.45 [0.36, 0.55] 0.69 0.49
 RECIST/NCI-CTCAE 1.85 [1.47, 2.31] 2.50 [1.90, 3.30] 0.36 [0.20, 0.66] 0.38 [0.22, 0.66]
 Other 1.70 [0.82, 3.50] 3.64 [1.18, 11.23] 0.43 [0.34, 0.56] 0.46 [0.37, 0.56]

Note: AST: anticipated survival time; PT: primary treatment; RT: retreatment; Others: unclear or ungroupable; WHO: World Health Organization for solid tumor responses; OR: odds ratio; RECIST: Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors guideline; NCI-CTCAE: National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; UM: univariate meta-regression; and MM: multiple meta-regression.