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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 24.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2022 Sep 12;400(10357):1008–1019. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01659-2

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristic Total
Cohort
(N=50)
Arm A
(NIVO/IPI)
(N=25)
ArmB
(NIVO/IPI/SBRT)
(N=25)
P
Value
Age median [IQR] 73 [67-81] 74 [66-81] 73 [68-76] 0.81
Gender, No. (%)
 Female 11 (22) 5 (20) 6 (24) 0.99
 Male 39 (78) 20 (80) 19 (76)
Race: White, No. (%) 50 (100) 25 (100) 25 (100) 0.99
ECOG Performance Status, No. (%) 0.99
 0 23 (46) 11 (44) 12 (48)
 1 27 (54) 14 (56) 13 (52)
Stage, No. (%) 0.32
 IIIB 12 (24) 4(16) 8 (32)
 IV 38 (76) 21 (84) 17 (68)
Primary Tumor Site, No. (%) 0.48
 Head and Neck 16 (32) 11 (44) 5 (20)
 Trunk 2 (4) 1 (4) 1 (4)
 Extremities 26 (52) 11 (44) 15 (60)
 Unknown Primary 6 (12) 2 (8) 4 (16)
M Stage, No. (%) 0.26
 MO 12 (24) 4 (16) 8 (32)
 M1a 19 (38) 12 (48) 7 (28)
 M1b 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 M1c 19 (38) 9 (36) 10 (40)
#Distant Metastastic Sites, No. (%)
 0 12 (24) 4 (16) 8 (32) 0.81
 1-2 16 (32) 9 (36) 7 (28)
 3-4 14 (28) 9 (36) 5 (20)
 >5 7 (14) 3 (12) 4 (16)
LDH, No. (%)
 Normal 26 (52) 10 (40) 16 (64) 0.16
 Elevated 24 (48) 15 (60) 9 (36)
Prior Immunotherapy Status, No. (%) 0.78
 ICI Naïve 24 (48) 13 (52) 11 (44)
 Prior ICI 26 (52) 12 (48) 14 (56)
Prior Chemotherapy Status, No. (%) 0.99
 Chemotherapy-Naïve 45 (90) 23 (92) 22 (88)
 Prior Chemotherapy 5 (10) 2 (8) 3 (12)

Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ICI, immune-checkpoint inhibitor; IQR, interquartile range; NIVO, nivolumab; IPI, ipilimumab; SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.