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. 2022 May 30;20:197. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02387-0

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient characteristics Total number
n=81 (%)
Matched
n=22 (%)
Non-matched
n=59 (%)
P value (matched vs. non-matched)
Median age, years (range) 54 (22-74) 54 (37-74) 54 (22-73) /
Sex
 Female 37 (45.7%) 11 (50%) 26 (44.1%) 0.6
 Male 44 (54.3%) 11 (50%) 33 (55.95)
Smoking status
 Never 61 (75.3%) 18 (81.8%) 43 (72.9%) 0.4
 Former 20 (24.7%) 4 (18.2%) 16 (27.1%)
Histology type
 Adenocarcinoma 79 (97.5%) 22 (100%) 57 (96.6%) 1.0
 Adenosquamous 2 (2.5%) 0 2 (3.4%)
EGFR mutation status
 19DEL 39 (48.1%) 13 (59.1%) 26 (44.1%) 0.2
 21L858R 34 (42.0%) 9 (40.9%) 25 (42.4%)
 Others* 8 (9.9%) 0 8 (13.5%)
Concurrent brain metastases
 Yes 59 (72.8%) 13 (59.1%) 46 (78%) 0.09
 No 22 (27.2%) 9 (40.9%) 13 (22%)
No. of extracranial metastases
 0–1 48 (59.3%) 15 (68.2%) 33 (55.9%) 0.3
 ≥2 33 (40.7%) 7 (31.8%) 26 (44.1%)
ECOG-PS
 0–1 44 (54.3%) 11 (50%) 33 (55.9%) 0.6
 ≥2 37 (45.7%) 11 (50%) 26 (44.1%)
No. of prior systemic therapies 3 (1-7) 2 (1-7) 2 (1-4) 0.4
Prior brain radiotherapy
 Yes 25 (30.9%) 6 (27.3%) 19 (32.2%) 0.7
 No 56 (69.1%) 16 (72.7%) 40 (67.8%)
LM status
 PD on pre-existing LM 49 (60.5%) 11 (50%) 38 (64.4%) 0.2
 First diagnosis of LM 32 (39.5%) 11 (50%) 21 (35.6%)
Progression mode on osimertinib
 CNS-only progression 67 (82.7%) 18 (81.8%) 49 (83.1%) 1.0
 Systemic progression 14 (17.3%) 4 (18.2%) 10 (16.9%)

*EGFR G719X, L747P, S768I, and exon 20 insertion

ECOG-PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-performance status, TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitor, osimer osimertinib, LM leptomeningeal metastases; PD progression