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. 2022 Apr 11;14(4):e24053. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24053

Table 2. Patient characteristics.

Data represented as n (%); *Combination of any two or more CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-L1 inhibitors; †Any other antineoplastic treatment not belonging to the class of ICIs specifically listed.

CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated protein 4; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; ICI Comb, combinations of ICIs; PD-1, programmed cell death 1; PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand 1.

  Patients (N = 69,140) Treatment courses (N = 85,433)
Age at baseline    
18–29 275 (0.40) 382 (0.45)
30–39 937 (1.36) 1,210 (1.42)
40–49 2,810 (4.06) 3,502 (4.10)
50–59 10,556 (15.27) 12,897 (15.10)
60–64 9,700 (14.03) 11,719 (13.72)
65–69 11,662 (16.87) 13,902 (16.27)
70–79 23,106 (33.42) 28,022 (32.80)
> 80 11,393 (16.48) 13,799 (16.15)
Race    
Asian 1,140 (1.64) 1,412 (1.65)
Black 4,373 (6.32) 5,389 (6.31)
Hispanic 91 (0.13) 113 (0.13)
Other 8,468 (12.24) 10,488 (12.27)
White 48,891 (70.71) 60,665 (71.01)
Unknown 6,177 (8.93) 7,376 (8.63)
Type of cancer    
Lung 29,217 (42.26) 34,527 (40.41)
Secondary malignancies and metastatic disease 19,967 (28.88) 24,412 (28.57)
Melanoma 5,933 (8.58) 7,962 (9.32)
Kidney 2,738 (3.96) 3,190 (3.73)
Bladder 2,283 (3.30) 2,640 (3.09)
Prostate 357 (0.52) 429 (0.50)
Liver 1,107 (1.60) 1,259 (1.47)
Liver carcinoma 660 (0.95) 739 (0.87)
Other 9,496 (13.73) 11,014 (12.89)
ECOG PS    
Missing 18,076 (26.14) 21,102 (24.70)
0 16,302 (23.58) 19,258 (22.54)
1 26,601 (38.47) 30,794 (36.04)
2 10,563 (15.28) 11,618 (13.60)
3 2,342 (3.39) 2,503 (2.93)
4 146 (0.21) 158 (0.18)
Treatment class    
CTLA-4 inhibitors 2,007 (2.90) 2,526 (2.96)
PD-1 inhibitors 48,295 (69.85) 57,421 (67.21)
PD-L1 inhibitors 6,712 (9.71) 7,608 (8.91)
ICI Comb* 5,025 (7.27) 5,274 (6.17)
ICI plus antineoplastic 12,073 (17.46) 12,604 (14.75)