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. 2022 Jan 5;30(2):e220236. doi: 10.1530/ERC-22-0236

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)