Table 1 Cohort characteristics at study entry

From: Longitudinal gut microbiome changes in immune checkpoint blockade-treated advanced melanoma

 

PRIMM–UK (n = 54)

PRIMM–NL (n = 74)

Manchester (n = 17)

Leeds (n = 19)

Barcelona (n = 11)

All cohorts (n = 175)

P value

Age (years), median (range)

64 (19–94)

60 (21–85)

66 (38–87)

57 (35–88)

64 (37–88)

63 (19–94)

0.127

Sex (female), n (%)

19 (35)

37 (50)

7 (41)

7 (37)

5 (45)

75 (43)

0.530

BMI (kg m2), mean (range)

28.6 (18.83–47.66)

27.02 (15.43–40.74)

26.92 (18.99–40.40)

28.46 (20.90–38.57)

26.27 (20.96–36.08)

27.63 (15.43–47.66)

0.075

Metastatic stage, n (%)

      

0.006

 Stage 3 unresectable

5 (9)

2 (3)

0 (0)

1 (5)

0 (0)

8 (5)

 

 Stage 4 M1a

12 (22)

7 (9)

5 (29)

3 (16)

4 (36)

31 (18)

 

 Stage 4 M1b

12 (22)

14 (19)

2 (12)

5 (26)

5 (45)

38 (22)

 

 Stage 4 M1c

20 (37)

23 (31)

8 (47)

7 (37)

2 (18)

60 (34)

 

 Stage 4 M1d

5 (9)

28 (38)

2 (12)

3 (16)

0 (0)

38 (22)

 

BRAF mutant, n (%)

18 (33)

42 (57)

2 (12)

9 (47)

3 (27)

74 (42)

0.004

ECOG performance status ≥1, n (%)

36 (67)

17 (23)

8 (47)

2 (11)

1 (9)

64 (37)

1.729×10−6*

Outcomes following ICB

       

PFS ≥12 months, n (%)

27 (50)

32 (43)

8 (47)

11 (58)

5 (45)

83 (47)

0.824

irAEs, n (%)

38 (70)

44 (59)

9 (53)

9 (47)

7 (64)

107 (61)

0.399

Colitis, n (%)

13 (24)

10 (14)

3 (18)

4 (21)

3 (27)

33 (19)

0.570

Treatment details

       

ICB combination therapy (anti-CTLA-4/anti-PD-1), n (%)

29 (54)

15 (20)

2 (12)

11 (58)

1 (9)

58 (33)

1.60×10−5*

Previous BRAF or MEK inhibition, n (%)

10 (19)

28 (38)

2 (12)

0 (0)

1 (9)

41 (23)

0.001*

PPI use at baseline, n (%)

13 (24)

24 (32)

4 (24)

6 (32)

1 (9)

48 (27)

0.495

Antibiotics use at baseline, n (%)

9 (17)

11 (15)

2 (12)

3 (16)

0 (0)

25 (14)

0.694

  1. Baseline characteristics are presented as mean and s.d. or median (range) for continuous variables and as counts and percentages for categorical variables. χ2 tests for categorical variables and two-sided Wilcoxon tests for continuous data were performed to calculate differences between cohorts. P values written in bold indicate nominally significant differences between cohorts (P < 0.05). *Statistical significance under a false discovery rate of 5%. UK, United Kingdom; NL, the Netherlands.