Table 3.
Biomarker response rates over time.
| Biomarker | No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 3 | Month 6 | Month 9 | Month 12 | |
| Serum chromogranin A | ||||
| No. of patients | 43 | 38 | 28 | 28 |
| Complete + partial responses | 13 (30) | 21 (55) | 17 (61) | 19 (68) |
| Complete response | 3 (7) | 8 (21) | 9 (32) | 8 (29) |
| Partial response | 10 (23) | 13 (34) | 8 (29) | 11 (39) |
| Stable disease | 28 (65) | 16 (42) | 10 (36) | 5 (18) |
| Progressive disease | 2 (5) | 1 (3) | 1 (4) | 4 (14) |
| Plasma free normetanephrine | ||||
| No. of patients | 43 | 39 | 29 | 25 |
| Complete + partial responses | 7 (16) | 12 (31) | 11 (38) | 11 (44) |
| Complete response | 1 (2) | 2 (5) | 2 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Partial response | 6 (14) | 10 (26) | 9 (31) | 11 (44) |
| Stable disease | 35 (81) | 25 (64) | 17 (59) | 13 (52) |
| Progressive disease | 1 (2.3) | 2 (5) | 1 (3) | 1 (4) |
| Urinary normetanephrine | ||||
| No. of patients | 41 | 38 | 29 | 25 |
| Complete + partial responses | 7 (17) | 8 (21) | 6 (21) | 9 (36) |
| Complete response | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (4) |
| Partial response | 6 (15) | 7 (18) | 5 (17) | 8 (32) |
| Stable disease | 32 (78) | 26 (68) | 20 (69) | 13 (52) |
| Progressive disease | 2 (5) | 4 (11) | 3 (10) | 3 (12) |
| Plasma norepinephrine | ||||
| No. of patients | 42 | 38 | 30 | 29 |
| Complete + partial responses | 5 (12) | 10 (26) | 10 (33) | 9 (31) |
| Complete response | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |
| Partial response | 5 (12) | 10 (26) | 10 (33) | 8 (28) |
| Stable disease | 37 (88) | 27 (71) | 20 (67) | 19 (66) |
| Progressive disease | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |
| Urinary norepinephrine | ||||
| No. of patients | 33 | 32 | 24 | 19 |
| Complete + partial responses | 7 (21) | 10 (32) | 6 (25) | 8 (42) |
| Complete response | 2 (6) | 4 (13) | 4 (17) | 3 (16) |
| Partial response | 5 (15) | 6 (19) | 2 (8) | 5 (26) |
| Stable disease | 22 (67) | 19 (59) | 15 (63) | 9 (47) |
| Progressive disease | 4 (12) | 3 (9) | 3 (13) | 2 (11) |
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