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. 2021 Jun 23;71(2):327–337. doi: 10.1007/s00262-021-02985-6

Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics

N (%)
Age (N = 123) 62.1 (35.2,84.5)
Gender (N = 123)
Female 46 (37.4)
Male 77 (62.6)
Race (N = 123)
White 123 (100.0)
Other 0 (0.0)
Serious comorbidities (N = 122)*
No 115 (94.3)
Yes 7 (5.7)
Other comorbidities (N = 122)
No 34 (27.9)
Yes 88 (72.1)
Active autoimmune disease at initiation of immunotherapy (N = 123)
No 43 (35.0)
Yes 80 (65.0)
Stage at diagnosis (N = 122)
Early 21 (17.2)
Locally advanced 33 (27.0)
Metastatic 68 (55.7)
Primary site of cancer (N = 123)
NSCLC 77 (62.6)
Melanoma 18 (14.6)
SCLC 7 (5.7)
Head and neck 6 (4.9)
Urothelial 4 (3.3)
Gastrointestinal 3 (2.4)
Renal 3 (2.4)
Breast 2 (1.6)
Merkel cell 1 (0.81)
Ovarian 1 (0.81)
Sarcoma 1 (0.81)
PDL-1 expression (N = 82)
Negative 16 (19.5)
Positive 66 (80.5)
Setting of immunotherapy administration (N = 123)
Adjuvant 9 (7.3)
Locally advanced/metastatic 114 (92.7)
Line of treatment for metastatic setting (N = 113)
1st line 51 (45.1)
2nd line 53 (46.9)
3rd line and beyond 9 (8.0)
Immunotherapy agents (N = 123)
CTLA4 4 (3.3)
PD-1/PD-L1 116 (94.3)
Combination CTLA4 and PD-1 3 (2.4)
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (N = 122)
Pembrolizumab 50 (40.9)
Nivolumab 51 (41.8)
Atezolizumab 8 (6.6)
Durvalumab 5 (4.1)
Ipilimumab 4 (3.3)
Ipilimumab and nivolumab 3 (2.5)
Avelumab 1 (0.8)
Monotherapy (N = 122)
No 29 (23.8)
Yes 93 (76.2)
Combined with chemotherapy (N = 122)
No 99 (81.1)
Yes 23 (18.9)

*Including long QT syndrome, uncontrolled or significant cardiac disease, (recent myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, unstable angina and bradyarrhythmias)

CTLA-4 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4, N number, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, PD-1 programmed cell death protein 1, PD-L1 programmed death-ligand 1, SCLC small cell lung cancer