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. 2022 Jul;23(7):851–864. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00284-4

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients in the expanded PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway-altered and pathway non-altered subgroups

Expanded pathway-altered subgroup
Expanded pathway non-altered subgroup
Fulvestrant plus capivasertib (n=39) Fulvestrant plus placebo (n=37) Fulvestrant plus capivasertib (n=30) Fulvestrant plus placebo (n=34)
Median age, years (IQR); range 60 (55–69); 46–81 62 (56–68); 47–73 62 (57–68); 42–79 60 (52–67); 40–82
ECOG performance status (physical examination)
0 25 (64%) 25 (68%) 17 (57%) 24 (71%)
1 14 (36%) 9 (24%) 11 (37%) 8 (24%)
2 0 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%)
Missing data 0 2 (5%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%)
Histopathological subtype
Invasive ductal carcinoma 33 (85%) 31 (84%) 24 (80%) 27 (79%)
Invasive lobular cancer 2 (5%) 5 (14%) 2 (7%) 7 (21%)
Mixed invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular cancer 3 (8%) 0 2 (7%) 0
Other 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 2 (7%) 0
Stage
III inoperable 0 1 (3%) 0 0
IV 38 (97%) 35 (95%) 30 (100%) 33 (97%)
Missing 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 0 1 (3%)
Number of disease sites
Median (IQR); range 2 (2–3); 1–5 2 (1–3); 1–5 2 (2–3); 1–5 2 (2–3); 1–5
1 8 (21%) 11 (30%) 5 (17%) 8 (24%)
2 31 (79%) 26 (70%) 25 (83%) 26 (76%)
Metastatic sites*
Brain 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 0 0
Liver 22 (56%) 12 (32%) 10 (33%) 17 (50%)
Lung 17 (44%) 17 (46%) 13 (43%) 11 (32%)
Bone 34 (87%) 28 (76%) 25 (83%) 27 (79%)
Lymph 14 (36%) 19 (51%) 14 (47%) 12 (35%)
Pericardial or pleural 2 (5%) 0 3 (10%) 3 (9%)
Chest wall or skin 0 2 (5%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%)
Other visceral 2 (5%) 0 0 0
Visceral disease 30 (77%) 24 (65%) 19 (63%) 23 (68%)
Measurable disease 27 (69%) 26 (70%) 22 (73%) 24 (71%)
Primary or secondary aromatase inhibitor resistance
Primary 15 (38%) 10 (27%) 10 (33%) 16 (47%)
Secondary 24 (62%) 27 (73%) 20 (67%) 18 (53%)
Previous breast surgery 34 (87%) 32 (86%) 25 (83%) 30 (88%)
Previous adjuvant endocrine therapy 34 (87%) 35 (95%) 26 (87%) 30 (88%)
Any tamoxifen 23 (59%) 23 (62%) 18 (60%) 22 (65%)
Any aromatase inhibitor 22 (56%) 21 (57%) 18 (60%) 17 (50%)
Any gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2 (5%) 0 1 (3%) 1 (3%)
Other 1 (3%) 0 0 1 (3%)
Missing 0 0 0 1 (3%)
Previous adjuvant chemotherapy 20 (51%) 21 (57%) 16 (53%) 21 (62%)
Anthracycline based 7 (18%) 10 (27%) 4 (13%) 3 (9%)
Taxane based 1 (3%) 4 (11%) 4 (13%) 1 (3%)
Anthracycline plus taxane 8 (21%) 2 (5%) 3 (10%) 7 (21%)
Cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil or capecitabine 2 (5%) 4 (11%) 5 (17%) 10 (29%)
Other 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 0 0
Missing 1 (3%) 0 0 0
Previous endocrine treatment (metastatic or locally advanced setting)
0 lines 6 (15%) 2 (5%) 3 (10%) 4 (12%)
1 line 22 (56%) 26 (70%) 17 (57%) 19 (56%)
≥2 lines 11 (28%) 9 (24%) 9 (30%) 11 (32%)
Missing 0 0 1 (3%) 0
Metastatic chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer 9 (23%) 9 (24%) 8 (27%) 11 (32%)
Capecitabine based 0 1 (3%) 3 (10%) 5 (15%)
Taxane based 5 (13%) 5 (14%) 3 (10%) 3 (9%)
Anthracycline based 2 (5%) 3 (8%) 0 3 (9%)
Combined anthracycline and taxane 1 (3%) 0 2 (7%) 0
Other 1 (3%) 0 0 0

Data are n (%) unless otherwise stated. The displayed percentages include missing values. ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

*

Sites are not mutually exclusive.

Randomisation minimisation factor.