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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2020 Sep 30;31(4):1853–1862. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07249-y

Table 3.

Characteristics of patients with true progression and pseudoprogression

True Progression Pseudo-Progression p-value
n = 64 n = 14
Treatment group (%) 10 mg Q3 (%) 34 (55.7) 7 ( 50.0) 0.927
2 mg Q3 (%) 27 (44.3) 7 ( 50.0) 0.927
BOR RECIST (%)* PD 45 (70.3) 6 ( 42.9) 0.016
PR 5 ( 7.8) 5 ( 35.7)
SD 14 (21.9) 3 ( 21.4)
CR 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Timing after immunotherapy initiation Delay (months) (mean (SD) 4.57 (3.94) 5.42 (3.52) 0.463
Frequency of imaging beyond initial PD mean (SD) 2.39 (2.82) 4.93 (4.07) 0.006
Number of CTs beyond initial PD 0.013
1 (%) 32 (50.0) 1 ( 7.1)
2 (%) 15 (23.4) 5 ( 35.7)
3 (%) 6 ( 9.4) 1 ( 7.1)
4 (%) 2 ( 3.1) 1 ( 7.1)
5+ (%) 9 ( 14.1) 6 ( 42.9)
Cause of progression (%) New lesion 36 (57.1) 7 ( 50.0) 0.850
Non-target 33 (52.4) 0 ( 0.0) 0.001
Target 47 (74.6) 9 ( 64.3) 0.651
New lesion & Non-target 24 (37.5) 0 ( 0.0) 0.015
New lesion & Target 23 (35.9) 2 ( 14.3) 0.209
Non target & Target 25 (39.1) 0 ( 0.0) 0.012
New lesion & Non-target & Target 17 (26.6) 0 ( 0.0) 0.068
Site of PD (%) Lymph node 40 (62.5) 8 (57.1) 0.944
Lung 18 (28.1) 3 ( 21.4) 0.858
Subcutaneous and soft tissue 14 (21.9) 2 ( 14.3) 0.786
Liver 10 (15.6) 4 ( 28.6) 0.448
Adrenal 9 (14.1) 0 ( 0.0) 0.303
Spleen 6 ( 9.4) 1 ( 7.1) 1.000
Bone 2 ( 3.1) 0 ( 0.0) 1.000
*

BOR from baseline until the time point when true progression or pseudoprogression was encountered.