Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of the study cohort

From: Atezolizumab plus anthracycline-based chemotherapy in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer: the randomized, double-blind phase 2b ALICE trial

 

FAS

 

PP population

 
 

Placebo-chemo

Atezo-chemo

P value

Placebo-chemo

Atezo-chemo

P value

 

(n = 28)

(n = 40)

 

(n = 23)

(n = 36)

 

Age

  

0.16

  

0.17

 Median (range)

52.5 (28.0–74.0)

58.5 (31.0–77.0)

 

52.0 (28.0–74.0)

59.0 (31.0–77.0)

 

Gender

  

0.40

  

0.42

 Female

28 (100%)

39 (97.5%)

 

23 (100%)

35 (97.2%)

 

 Male

0 (0%)

1 (2.5%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (2.8%)

 

ECOG performance status

  

0.50

  

0.99

 0

21 (75.0%)

27 (67.5%)

 

16 (69.6%)

25 (69.4%)

 

 1

7 (25.0%)

13 (32.5%)

 

7 (30.4%)

11 (30.6%)

 

De novo metastatic disease

  

0.74

  

0.93

 Yes

8 (28.6%)

10 (25.0%)

 

6 (26.1%)

9 (25.0%)

 

 No

20 (71.4%)

30 (75.0%)

 

17 (73.9%)

27 (75.0%)

 

Bone metastases

  

0.23

  

0.18

 Yes

16 (57.1%)

17 (42.5%)

 

13 (56.5%)

14 (38.9%)

 

 No

12 (42.9%)

23 (57.5%)

 

10 (43.5%)

22 (61.1%)

 

Liver metastases

  

0.17

  

0.36

 Yes

13 (46.4%)

12 (30.0%)

 

9 (39.1%)

10 (27.8%)

 

 No

15 (53.6%)

28 (70.0%)

 

14 (60.9%)

26 (72.2%)

 

Lung metastases

  

0.44

  

0.69

 Yes

10 (35.7%)

18 (45.0%)

 

9 (39.1%)

16 (44.4%)

 

 No

18 (64.3%)

22 (55.0%)

 

14 (60.9%)

20 (55.6%)

 

Lymph node metastases

  

0.49

  

0.94

 Yes

13 (46.4%)

22 (55.0%)

 

13 (56.5%)

20 (55.6%)

 

 No

15 (53.6%)

18 (45.0%)

 

10 (43.5%)

16 (44.4%)

 

CNS metastases

  

0.80

  

0.75

 Yes

1 (3.6%)

1 (2.5%)

 

1 (4.3%)

1 (2.8%)

 

 No

27 (96.4%)

39 (97.5%)

 

22 (95.7%)

35 (97.2%)

 

Number of metastatic sites

  

0.24

  

0.12

 ≤2

15 (53.6%)

27 (67.5%)

 

12 (52.2%)

26 (72.2%)

 

 >2

13 (46.4%)

13 (32.5%)

 

11 (47.8%)

10 (27.8%)

 

 >3

3 (10.7%)

7 (17.5%)

 

3 (13.0%)

5 (13.9%)

 

Line of chemotherapy

  

0.81

  

0.37

 1st

16 (57.1%)

24 (60.0%)

 

12 (52.2%)

23 (63.9%)

 

 2nd

12 (42.9%)

16 (40.0%)

 

11 (47.8%)

13 (36.1%)

 

Previous anthracycline treatment

  

0.90

  

0.71

 Yes

20 (71.4%)

28 (70.0%)

 

17 (73.9%)

25 (69.4%)

 

 No

8 (28.6%)

12 (30.0%)

 

6 (26.1%)

11 (30.6%)

 

PD-L1 status

  

0.22

  

0.22

 Negative

17 (60.7%)

19 (47.5%)

 

14 (60.9%)

17 (47.2%)

 

 Positive

10 (35.7%)

21 (52.5%)

 

8 (34.8%)

19 (52.8%)

 

 Missing

1 (3.6%)

0 (0%)

 

1 (4.3%)

0 (0%)

 

Intrinsic breast cancer subtype

  

0.44

  

0.48

 Luminal A

2 (7.1%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (8.7%)

0 (0%)

 

 Luminal B

1 (3.6%)

1 (2.5%)

 

1 (4.3%)

1 (2.8%)

 

 HER2-enriched

2 (7.1%)

4 (10.0%)

 

2 (8.7%)

4 (11.1%)

 

 Basal

12 (42.9%)

22 (55.0%)

 

11 (47.8%)

20 (55.6%)

 

 Missing

11 (39.3%)

13 (32.5%)

 

7 (30.4%)

11 (30.6%)

 

BRCA mutation status

  

0.54

  

0.54

BRCA1 mutation

1 (3.6%)

2 (5.0%)

 

1 (4.3%)

2 (5.6%)

 

 Normal variant

12 (42.9%)

22 (55.0%)

 

11 (47.8%)

22 (61.1%)

 

 Missing

15 (53.6%)

16 (40.0%)

 

11 (47.8%)

12 (33.3%)

 
  1. Two-sided P values were calculated using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test to compare age distributions and the chi-square test for all other variables. In comparison of the number of metastatic sites, only the first two groups were included in the chi-square test owing to the overlap between the two latter groups.