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. 2022 Jul 14;15:92. doi: 10.1186/s13045-022-01302-7

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics. The median duration of acalabrutinib use was 41.2 months

Variable Total
(n = 280)
No baseline HTN (n = 115) Baseline HTN (n = 165)
Age at acalabrutinib initiation, mean (SD) 63.7 (10.1) 61.5 (10.9) 65.2 (9.3)
Sex, n (%)
Male 199 (71.1) 79 (68.7) 120 (72.7)
Female 81 (28.9) 36 (31.3) 45 (27.3)
Race, n (%)
White 270 (96.8) 111 (96.5) 159 (97.0)
Black 5 (1.8) 3 (2.6) 2 (1.2)
Other* 5 (1.8) 1 (0.9) 4 (2.4)
BMI, mean (SD) 28.1 (5.5) 26.2 (4.5) 29.5 (5.8)
BMI, n (%)
 < 25 78 (27.9) 43 (37.4) 35 (21.2)
25–29.9 116 (41.4) 53 (46.1) 63 (38.2)
 ≥ 30 86 (30.7) 19 (16.5) 67 (40.6)
Other baseline traditional HTN risk factors
DM 24 (8.6) 9 (7.8) 15 (9.1)
MI 12 (4.3) 4 (3.5) 8 (4.8)
CKD 7 (2.5) 3 (2.6) 4 (2.4)
CHF 12 (4.3) 4 (3.5) 8 (4.8)
AF/Aflutter 40 (14.3) 16 (13.9) 24 (14.5)
CVA/TIA 7 (2.5) 3 (2.6) 4 (2.4)
Smoking status
Never 166 (59.3) 79 (68.7) 87 (52.7)
Previous 93 (33.2) 27 (23.5) 66 (40.0)
Current 21 (7.5) 9 (7.8) 12 (7.3)
Primary malignancy, n (%)
CLL 249 (88.9) 104 (90.4) 145 (87.9)
MCL 6 (2.1) 2 (1.7) 4 (2.4)
Other† 25 (8.9) 9 (7.8) 16 (9.7)
RAI stage, n (%)**
0 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
1 43 (15.4) 20 (17.4) 23 (13.9)
2 46 (16.4) 18 (15.7) 28 (17.0)
3 27 (9.6) 15 (13.0) 12 (7.3)
4 90 (32.1) 38 (33.0) 52 (31.5)
Unknown 74 (26.4) 24 (20.9) 50 (30.3)
Baseline ECOG performance status, n (%)
0 107 (38.2) 43 (37.4) 64 (38.8)
1 164 (58.6) 68 (59.1) 96 (58.2)
2 8 (2.9) 3 (2.6) 5 (3.0)
3 1 (0.4) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0)
4 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Unknown 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Treatment history, n (%)
Number of prior anticancer therapies, median (IQR) 2 (2) 2 (3) 2 (2)
Concomitant chemotherapy 99 (35.4) 42 (36.5) 57 (34.5)
Prior chemotherapy 137 (48.9) 53 (46.1) 84 (50.9)
Prior monoclonal antibody 171 (61.1) 72 (62.6) 99 (60.0)
Prior ibrutinib therapy 72 (25.7) 26 (22.6) 46 (27.9)
Prior targeted therapy (not Ibrutinib) 26 (9.3) 12 (10.4) 14 (8.5)
Prior immunomodulatory 31 (11.1) 16 (13.9) 15 (9.1)
CY3PA4 inhibitor 27 (9.6) 8 (7.0) 19 (11.5)
Cyclosporine during ibrutinib use 4 (1.4) 1 (0.9) 3 (1.8)
No prior anticancer therapies, n (%) 77 (27.5) 33 (28.7) 44 (26.7)
Baseline SBP, mmHg
 < 100 6 (2.1) 6 (5.2) 0 (0.0)
100–119 75 (26.8) 73 (63.5) 2 (1.2)
120–129 68 (24.3) 36 (31.3) 32 (19.4)
130–139 50 (17.9) 0 (0.0) 50 (30.3)
140–179 78 (27.9) 0 (0.0) 78 (47.3)
180 +  3 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.8)
Baseline DBP, mmHg
 < 70 124 (44.3) 78 (67.8) 46 (27.9)
70–79 101 (36.1) 33 (28.7) 68 (41.2)
80–89 44 (15.7) 4 (3.5) 40 (24.2)
90–119 11 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 11 (6.7)
Baseline anti-HTN medications
Beta-blocker 67 (23.9) 25 (21.7) 42 (25.5)
ACE inhibitor/ARB 80 (28.6) 21 (18.3) 59 (35.8)
Calcium channel blocker 29 (10.4) 5 (4.3) 24 (14.5)
Diuretic 46 (16.4) 11 (9.6) 35 (21.2)
Other§ 10 (3.5) 2 (1.7) 8 (4.8)

ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, AF atrial fibrillation, Aflutter atrial flutter, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, CKD chronic kidney disease, CLL chronic lymphocytic lymphoma, CVA cerebrovascular accident, CY3PA4 cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, DBP diastolic blood pressure, DM diabetes mellitus, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, HTN hypertension, MCL mantle cell lymphoma, MI myocardial infarction, TIA transient ischemic attack, WM Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia

*Hispanic, Asian, multiracial, and unknown race. **CLL alone. †Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia, graft-versus-host disease, and marginal zone lymphoma. Includes loop, thiazide, and potassium-sparing diuretics. §Clonidine, hydralazine, nitrates, and alpha-1 antagonists