Table 1 Characteristics of the study patients according to treatment arm

From: Serum VEGF-A as a biomarker for the addition of bevacizumab to chemo-immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC

Characteristics

Carboplatin-pemetrexed-atezolizumab (n = 76)

Carboplatin-pemetrexed-atezolizumab-bevacizumab (n = 73)

Median age (range), years

66.5 (38–82)

67 (38–83)

Sex, n (%)

Male

53 (69.7%)

50 (68.5%)

Female

23 (30.3%)

23 (31.5%)

Smoking status, n (%)

Never

18 (23.7%)

17 (23.3%)

Former or current

58 (76.3%)

56 (76.7%)

EGFR mutation status, n (%)

Negative

58 (76.3%)

56 (76.7%)

Exon 19 deletion

9 (11.9%)

8 (11.0%)

L858R

7 (9.2%)

8 (11.0%)

Other mutations

2 (2.6%)

1 (1.3%)

PD-L1 TPS, n (%)

<1%

27 (35.5%)

27 (37.0%)

1–49%

22 (29.0%)

19 (26.0%)

≥50%

15 (19.7%)

10 (13.7%)

Unknown

12 (15.8%)

17 (23.3%)

Metastases, n (%)

Liver

5 (6.6%)

5 (6.8%)

Brain

11 (14.5%)

11 (15.1%)

Pleural effusion

20 (26.3%)

18 (24.7%)

  1. PD-L1 programmed cell death–ligand 1, TPS tumor proportion score.