Table 2. Patient characteristics.
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) |