Table 2 Association of EFS and survival surrogates for patients undergoing treatment with neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade plus chemotherapy

From: CD8+ TILs in necrotic tumors after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy predict outcomes in non-small-cell lung cancer patients

Path-evaluable population

Survival surrogate

No.

HR (EFS)

95% CI

p-value

Radiographic response by RECIST 1.1 : responders versus non-responders

57 (responders) 36 (non-responders)

2.4

0.66–8.8

0.183

Pathological response: pCR versus non-pCR

35 (pCR) 64 (non-pCR)

0.35

0.078–1.6

0.175

Pathological response: MPR versus non-MPR

53 (MPR) 46 (non-MPR)

0.36

0.11–1.8

0.092

CD8+ nTIL density: High CD8+ nTIL density versus Low CD8+ nTIL density

49 (High) 50 (Low)

0.081

0.01–0.62

0.016*

CD3+ nTIL density: High CD3+ nTIL density versus Low CD3+ nTIL density

49 (High) 50 (Low)

0.31

0.086–1.1

0.077

  1. *p-value < 0.05