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. 2021 Feb 22;113(8):980–988. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djab015

Table 1.

Patient, treatment, and response characteristics (n = 243)

Characteristic No. (%)
Median age at enrollment (range), y 60 (18-82)
Sex
 Male 119 (49.0)
 Female 124 (51.0)
ECOG
 0 49 (20.2)
 1 193 (79.4)
 2 1 (0.4)
Education level
 Elementary school 5 (2.1)
 High school 76 (31.3)
 Postgraduate (nonuniversity) 56 (23.0)
 University 106 (43.6)
English as primary language
 Yes 217 (89.3)
 No 26 (10.7)
Tumor type
 Gastrointestinal 77 (31.7)
 Head and neck 32 (13.2)
 Breast 26 (10.7)
 Genitourinary 24 (9.9)
 Gynecological 21 (8.6)
 Melanoma 19 (7.8)
 Lung 18 (7.4)
 Sarcoma 18 (7.4)
 Other 8 (3.3)
RMI score
 0-1 173 (71.2)
 2-3 70 (28.8)
Prior treatments
 0 13 (5.3)
 1 62 (25.5)
 2 87 (35.8)
 ≥3 81 (33.3)
Monotherapy or combination
 Monotherapy 91 (37.4)
 Combination 152 (62.6)
Treatment type by group
 Immunotherapy based 160 (65.8)
 Targeted based 60 (24.7)
 Immuno-targeted combination 23 (9.5)
Best responsea
 Complete response 3 (1.4)
 Partial response 18 (8.2)
 Stable disease 79 (36.1)
 Progressive disease 117 (53.4)

aRECIST evaluable population (n = 219). Screen fail; n = 24 (9.9%); not evaluable, n = 2 (0.9%); overall response rate (complete response + partial response) = 9.6%. ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; RMI = Royal Marsden Index.