Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics by VeriStrat classification

From: Serum proteomic test in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer treated in first line with standard chemotherapy

 

Overall

VeriStrat Good ( N =50)

VeriStrat Poor ( N =26)

P -value

Age (years)

Range

44–80

44–76

46–80

0.2639

Median

66

66

66

 

Gender

Male, N (%)

51 (67)

34 (68)

17 (65)

1

Female, N (%)

25 (33)

16 (32)

9 (35)

 

Histology

Adenocarcinoma, N (%)

75 (99)

49 (98)

26 (100)

1

NOS, N (%)

1 (1)

1 (2)

0

 

Stage

IV

76 (100)

50 (100)

26 (100)

Smoking

Never smoker, N (%)

7 (9)

4 (8)

3 (11)

0.8219

Former smoker, N (%)

30 (40)

21 (42)

9 (35)

 

Smoker, N (%)

39 (51)

25 (50)

14 (54)

 

Prior radiation therapy

No, N (%)

72 (95)

48 (96)

24 (92)

0.6028

Yes, N (%)

4 (5)

2 (4)

2 (8)

 

Prior surgery

No, N (%)

70 (92)

45 (90)

25 (96)

0.6576

Yes, N (%)

6 (8)

5 (10)

1 (4)

 

Maintenance

No, N (%)

44 (58)

23 (48)

21 (81)

0.0065

Yes, N (%)

32 (42)

27 (52)

5 (19)

 

ECOG PS

0, N (%)

20 (26)

15 (30.00)

5 (19)

0.4144

1, N (%)

54 (71)

33 (66.00)

21 (81)

 

2, N (%)

2 (3)

2 (4.00)

0

 

Chemotherapy type

Carbo/Pem, N (%)

43 (57)

28 (56.00)

15 (58)

1

Cis/Pem, N (%)

33 (43)

22 (44.00)

11 (42)

 

KRAS status

Wild type, N (%)

31 (41)

24 (48.00)

7 (27)

0.1766

Mutation, N (%)

29 (38)

16 (32.00)

13 (50)

 

Unknown, N (%)

16 (21)

10 (20.00)

6 (23)

 

EGFR status

Wild type, N (%)

67 (88)

43 (86.00)

24 (92)

0.855

Mutant, N (%)

2 (3)

2 (4.00)

0

 

Unknown, N (%)

7 (9)

5 (10.00)

2 (8)

 

ALK translocation

Negative, N (%)

54 (71)

37 (74.00)

17 (65)

0.6193

Positive, N (%)

1 (1)

1 (2.00)

0

 

Unknown, N (%)

21 (28)

12 (24.00)

9 (35)

 
  1. Abbreviations: ALK=anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Carbo=carboplatin; Cis=cisplatin; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EFGR=epidermal growth factor receptor; KRAS=Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene; NOS=not otherwise specified; Pem=pemetrexed; PS=performance status.