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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2012 Sep 4;13(10):1011–1019. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70344-3

Table 2.

Objective response rate according to patient characteristics

n/N Proportion with objective response (95% CI)*
Age

<65 years 74/123 60·2% (50·9–68·9)
≥65 years 13/20 65·0% (40·8–84·6)

Sex

Men 46/71 64·8% (52·5–75·8)
Women 41/72 56·9% (44·7–68·6)

ECOG PS score

0 29/53 54·7% (40·4–68·4)
1 46/72 63·9% (51·7–74·9)
2 12/17 66·7% (44·0–89·7)
3 0/1 0·0% (0·0–97·5)

Number of previous advanced or metastatic systemic treatments

0 14/22 63·6% (40·7–82·8)
1 26/44 59·1% (43·2–73·7)
2 20/31 64·5% (45·4–80·8)
≥3 27/46 58·7% (43·2–73·0)

Ethnic origin

Asian 30/39 76·9% (60·7–88·9)
Non-Asian 57/104 54·8% (44·7–64·6)

143 patients were evaluable for response. ECOG PS=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status.

*

Using the exact method based on the F distribution.