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. 2022 Feb 28;28(3):535–544. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01695-5

Table 1.

Patient characteristics at study entry, treatment details and outcomes by RECIST v1.1

PRIMM-UK (n = 55) PRIMM-NL (n = 55) Manchester (n = 25) Leeds (n = 18) Barcelona (n = 12) All cohorts (n = 165)
Gender, n (%)
 Male 36 (65%) 31 (56%) 16 (64%) 11 (61%) 6 (50%) 100 (61%)
 Female 19 (35%) 24 (44%) 9 (36%) 7 (39%) 6 (50%) 65 (39%)
Age (yr) at stage IV diagnosis, median (range) 65 (19-94) 61 (25-85) 66 (36-87) 60 (35-88) 64 (37-88) 63 (19-94)
Metastatic stage
Stage 3 unresectable 5 (9%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 1 (6%) 0 (0%) 7 (4%)
M1a 13 (24%) 7 (13%) 5 (20%) 3 (17%) 4 (33%) 32 (20%)
M1b 12 (22%) 9 (16%) 6 (24%) 5 (27%) 5 (42%) 37 (22%)
M1c 20 (36%) 18 (33%) 11 (44%) 6 (33%) 3 (25%) 58 (35%)
M1d 5 (9%) 20 (36%) 3 (12%) 3 (17%) 0 (0%) 31 (19%)
BRAF mutant, n (%) 17 (31%) 30 (55%) 3 (12%) 8 (44%) 3 (25%) 61 (37%)
Previous systemic antimelanoma therapy, n (%) 11 (20%) 22 (40%) 7 (28%) 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 41 (25%)
Performance status
 0 17 (31%) 36 (65%) 15 (60%) 16 (89%) 7 (58%) 91 (55%)
 1 32 (58%) 12 (22%) 9 (36%) 2 (11%) 1 (8%) 56 (34%)
 2 5 (9%) 4 (7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 9 (5%)
 3 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%)
 Unknown 0 (0%) 2 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (34%) 6 (4%)
BMI (kg m−2), mean (range) 28.7 (18.8–47.7) 27.3 (18.8–40.7) 26.9 (19.0–35.8) 30.2 (21.6–38.6) 27.1 (21.0–36.1) 28 (18.8–47.7)
Antibiotic use within 3 months of ICI, n (%) 9 (16%) 11 (20%) 4 (16%) 2 (11%) 0 (0%) 26 (16%)
PPI use within 3 months of ICI, n (%) 14 (25%) 20 (36%) 4 (16%) 5 (28%) 1 (8%) 44 (27%)
Treatment details
ICI used
 Ipilimumab and nivolumab 29 (53%) 12 (22%) 2 (8%) 10 (56%) 1 (8%) 54 (32%)
 Pembrolizumab 18 (33%) 10 (18%) 13 (52%) 3 (17%) 9 (75%) 53 (37%)
 Nivolumab 8 (14%) 32 (58%) 0 (0%) 5 (27%) 2 (17%) 48 (24%)
 Ipilimumab 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 10 (40%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 11 (7%)
Outcomes following ICI
RECIST v1.1 response at 6 months
 Complete response 8 (15%) 6 (11%) 4 (16%) 2 (12%) 2 (17%) 22 (13%)
 Partial response 16 (29%) 16 (29%) 6 (24%) 4 (22%) 1 (8%) 43 (26%)
 Stable disease 9 (16%) 11 (20%) 3 (52%) 4 (22%) 2 (17%) 29 (18%)
 Progressive disease 22 (40%) 22 (40%) 12 (48%) 8 (44%) 7 (58%) 71 (43%)
PFS12, n (%) 28 (51%) 30 (55%) 13 (52%) 8 (44%) 7 (58%) 86 (52%)

BMI, body mass index; PFS12, PFS at 12 months; PPI, proton pump inhibitor.