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. 2022 Nov 15;66:324–331. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2022.11.005

Table 3.

Select patient demographics and baseline disease characteristics for patients who did or did not receive first subsequent CT in PALOMA-3 by treatment arm.

Without First Subsequent CT
With First Subsequent CT
PAL + FUL
PBO + FUL
PAL + FUL
PBO + FUL
(n = 204) (n = 86) (n = 143) (n = 88)
Age, median, y 58.0 60.0 56.0 54.0
 < 65 y, n (%) 145 (71.1) 64 (74.4) 116 (81.1) 67 (76.1)
 ≥ 65 y, n (%) 59 (28.9) 22 (25.6) 27 (18.9) 21 (23.9)
Race,*n (%)
 White 150 (73.5) 68 (79.1) 102 (71.3) 65 (73.9)
 Black 8 (3.9) 4 (4.7) 4 (2.8) 4 (4.5)
 Asian 40 (19.6) 14 (16.3) 34 (23.8) 17 (19.3)
 Other 6 (2.9) 0 2 (1.4) 1 (1.1)
 Unspecified 0 0 1 (0.7) 1 (1.1)
Weight, median, kg 67.1 71.2 69.0 68.4
Menopausal status, n (%)
 Premenopausal/perimenopausal 39 (19.1) 10 (11.6) 33 (23.1) 26 (29.5)
 Postmenopausal 165 (80.9) 76 (88.4) 110 (76.9) 62 (70.5)
Disease site, n (%)
 Visceral 109 (53.4) 43 (50.0) 91 (63.6) 61 (69.3)
 Nonvisceral 95 (46.6) 43 (50.0) 52 (36.4) 27 (30.7)
Sensitivity to prior ET, n (%)
 Yes 162 (79.4) 65 (75.6) 111 (77.6) 68 (77.3)
 No 42 (20.6) 21 (24.4) 32 (22.4) 20 (22.7)
Prior CT for primary diagnosis, n (%)
 No 59 (28.9) 17 (19.8) 35 (24.5) 19 (21.6)
 Yes 145 (71.1) 69 (80.2) 108 (75.5) 69 (78.4)
 Neoadjuvant 41 (20.1) 15 (17.4) 26 (18.2) 18 (20.5)
 Adjuvant 87 (42.6) 48 (55.8) 64 (44.8) 41 (46.6)
 Metastatic 62 (30.4) 26 (30.2) 51 (35.7) 38 (43.2)
 Missing 0 1 (1.2) 1 (0.7) 0
Prior hormonal therapy, n (%)
 1 78 (38.2) 37 (43.0) 48 (33.6) 34 (38.6)
 > 1 126 (61.8) 49 (57.0) 95 (66.4) 54 (61.4)
 Metastatic 151 (74.0) 64 (74.4) 108 (75.5) 64 (72.7)
Prior lines of therapy for ABC, n (%)
 0/1 135 (66.2) 61 (70.9) 80 (55.9) 63 (71.6)
 ≥ 2 69 (33.8) 25 (29.1) 63 (44.1) 25 (28.4)

ABC = advanced breast cancer; CT = chemotherapy; ET = endocrine therapy; FUL = fulvestrant; PAL = palbociclib; PBO = placebo.

*Other includes not reported/missing patients.