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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Aug 5;127(23):4393–4402. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33812

TABLE 2.

Stage IV Treatment Characteristics, N = 81

No. of Patients (%)
Treatment Characteristic Germline BRCA Cohort Somatic BRCA Cohort
No of treatment lines gBRCA, n = 69 sBRCA, n = 12
 Median [range] 2 [0-6] 3 [0-5]
Frontline chemotherapy gBRCA, n = 69 sBRCA, n = 12
 Platinum 58 (84) 7 (58)
 Gemcitabine and Nab-paclitaxel 8 (12) 4 (33)
 Gemcitabine combination, other 2 (3)
 None 1 (1) 1 (8)
Frontline nonplatinum duration, mo gBRCA sBRCA
 Median [range] 6 [2-51] 8 [3-40]
Frontline platinum duration, mo gBRCA sBRCA
 Median [range] 9 [1-31] 10 [2-11]
Frontline platinum gBRCA, n = 58 sBRCA, n = 7
 Oxaliplatin 33 (57) 7 (100)
 Cisplatin 25 (43) 0 (0)
Frontline platinum best overall response gBRCA, n = 58 sBRCA, n = 7
 PR 46 (80) 6 (86)
 SD 6 (10)
 POD 6 (10) 1 (14)
Frontline oxaliplatin best overall response gBRCA, n = 33 sBRCA, n = 7
 PR 28 (85) 6 (86)
 SD 2 (6)
 POD 3 (9) 1 (14)
Frontline cisplatin best overall response gBRCA, n = 25 sBRCA, n = 0
 PR 18 (72)
 SD 4 (16)
 POD 3 (12)
Platinum therapy, any line gBRCA n = 69 sBRCA, n = 12
 Yes 66 (96) 10 (83)
Best overall response to platinum therapy, any line gBRCA, n = 66 sBRCA, n = 10
 PR 50 (76) 9 (90)
 SD 7 (10)
 POD 9 (14) 1 (10)
Frontline nonplatinum best overall response gBRCA, n = 10 sBRCA, n = 4
 PR 7 (70) 1 (25)
 SD 2 (50)
 POD 3 (30) 1 (25)

Abbreviations: gBRCA, germline BRCA mutation; sBRCA, somatic BRCA mutation; Nab-paclitaxel, -bound paclitaxel; POD, progression of disease; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.