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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 4;386(24):2261–2272. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2200075

Table 2.

Treatment Delivery and Adherence.*

Treatment Characteristic Standard Management (N = 147) ctDNA-Guided Management (N = 294) Relative Risk (95% CI)
Adjuvant chemotherapy received — no. (%)
 No 106 (72) 249 (85)
 Yes 41 (28) 45 (15) 1.82 (1.25–2.65)
Chemotherapy regimen received — no./total no. (%)
 Oxaliplatin-based doublet 4/41 (10) 28/45 (62)
 Single-agent fluoropyrimidine 37/41 (90) 17/45 (38) 2.39 (1.62–3.52)
Median time from surgery to start of chemotherapy (IQR) — days 53 (49–61) 83 (76–89)
Median treatment duration (IQR) — wk 24 (21–24) 24 (19–24)
Reason for stopping chemotherapy — no./total no. (%)
 Completion of planned treatment 32/41 (78) 38/45 (84)
 Disease relapse 1/41 (2) 0/45 (0)
 Patient request 1/41 (2) 1/45 (2)
 Toxic effects 7/41 (17) 6/45 (13)
Percentage of full dose delivered
 Mean 77±26 74±24
 Median (IQR) 84 (64–100) 78 (56–100)
*

Plus–minus values are means ±SD. CI denotes confidence interval.