Table 1 Baseline characteristics: OxCap vs OxFU

From: Oxaliplatin/capecitabine vs oxaliplatin/infusional 5-FU in advanced colorectal cancer: the MRC COIN trial

 

Arm A

Arm B (+cetuximab)

Arm C

Total

Regimen

OxCap

OxFU

OxCap

OxFU

OxCap

OxFU

OxCap

OxFU

Total N patients

525

266

523

279

527

277

1575

822

Sex

 Female

187 (36%)

95 (36%)

168 (32%)

97 (35%)

181 (34%)

105 (38%)

536 (34%)

297 (36%)

Age

 65+

239 (46%)

120 (45%)

241 (46%)

135 (48%)

255 (48%)

108 (39%)

735 (47%)

363 (44%)

Median age (IQR)

63 (56, 69)

63 (57, 69)

64 (58, 70)

64 (58, 70)

64 (58, 70)

62 (57, 69)

64 (57, 70)

63 (57, 69)

WHO PS

 2+

34 (6%)

22 (8%)

37 (7%)

23 (8%)

37 (7%)

22 (8%)

108 (7%)

67 (8%)

Current status of primary tumour

 Resected

290 (55%)

145 (55%)

269 (51%)

145 (52%)

261 (50%)

153 (55%)

820 (52%)

443 (54%)

Type of metastases

 Liver only

108 (21%)

62 (23%)

122 (23%)

69 (25%)

102 (19%)

76 (27%)

332 (21%)

207 (25%)

 Liver

389 (74%)

205 (77%)

389 (74%)

215 (77%)

389 (74%)

214 (77%)

1167 (74%)

634 (77%)

Lung

206 (39%)

113 (43%)

218 (42%)

113 (40%)

219 (42%)

107 (38%)

643 (41%)

333 (41%)

 Other (including nodes and peritoneum)

329 (63%)

149 (56%)

301 (58%)

164 (59%)

325 (62%)

151 (54%)

955 (61%)

464 (56%)

 Mean number of metastatic sites

1.93

1.94

1.88

1.94

1.95

1.86

1.92

1.92

Site of primary tumour

 Colon

287 (55%)

153 (58%)

284 (54%)

152 (55%)

272 (52%)

160 (58%)

843 (53%)

465 (57%)

 Rectum

162 (31%)

76 (28%)

167 (32%)

92 (33%)

168 (32%)

79 (28%)

497 (32%)

247 (30%)

 Rectosigmoid junction

75 (14%)

36 (13%)

72 (14%)

34 (12%)

86 (16%)

38 (14%)

233 (15%)

108 (13%)

 Other and missing data

1 (<1%)

1 (<1%)

0 (0%)

1 (<1%)

1 (<1%)

0 (0%)

2 (<1%)

2 (<1%)

CrCl groups

 Normal (>80 ml min−1)

265 (50%)

131 (49%)

268 (51%)

154 (55%)

272 (52%)

154 (56%)

805 (51%)

439 (53%)

 Impaired (50–80 ml min−1)

257 (49%)

132 (50%)

247 (47%)

123 (44%)

252 (48%)

122 (44%)

756 (48%)

377 (46%)

 Other (<50 or missing)

3 (1%)

3 (1%)

8 (2%)

2 (1%)

3 (1%)

1 (<1%)

14 (1%)

6 (1%)

Second-line therapy a

 Eligible

477 (91%)

239 (90%)

452 (86%)

240 (86%)

436 (83%)

206 (74%)

1365 (87%)

685 (83%)

 Chemotherapy

278 (58%)

159 (67%)

242 (54%)

135 (56%)

217 (50%)

113 (55%)

737 (54%)

407 (59%)

 Biological

29 (6%)

18 (8%)

26 (6%)

21 (9%)

23 (5%)

15 (7%)

78 (6%)

54 (8%)

Total dose of oxaliplatin (mg)

Median (IQR)

797 (464, 1035)

848 (498, 1023)

682 (397, 1016)

806 (486, 1018)

528 (454, 1003)

520 (458, 966)

652 (436, 1024)

741 (481, 1016)

  1. Abbreviations: CrCl=creatinine clearance; OxCap=oxaliplatin/capecitabine; OxFU=oxaliplatin/leucovorin (LV)/infusional 5-FU; PS=performance status.
  2. aPatients (within the sample used throughout this analysis) were considered eligible for second-line therapy if they had come off trial and were not lost to follow-up. Loss to follow-up was defined as no data being received within 6 months of data freeze. Rates of chemotherapy and biologicals received are with respect to numbers eligible.