Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Efficacy and safety of taxane plus ramucirumab for advanced gastric cancer after chemotherapy plus nivolumab

  

All (n = 51)

PTX + RAM (n = 41)

Nab-PTX + RAM (n = 10)

Age

Median (range)

70 (41–83)

69 (41–81)

74.5 (48–82)

Sex

Male

30 (59%)

24 (59%)

6 (60%)

PS

0

11 (22%)

9 (22%)

2 (20%)

1

34 (67%)

27 (66%)

7 (70%)

2 or 3

6 (12%)

5 (12%)

1 (10%)

Location

Esophago-gastric junction

5 (10%)

5 (12%)

0

Gastric

46 (90%)

36 (88%)

10 (100%)

Gastrectomy

Yes

14 (27%)

11 (27%)

3 (30%)

Pathology

Diffuse

32 (63%)

26 (63%)

6 (60%)

Number of metastatic organs

 ≥ 2

31 (61%)

24 (59%)

7 (70%)

Liver metastasis

Yes

14 (27%)

12 (29%)

2 (20%)

Peritoneum dissemination

Yes

30 (59%)

24 (59%)

6 (60%)

Ascites

Yes

25 (49%)

20 (50%)

5 (50%)

Regimen

Paclitaxel

41 (80%)

41 (100%)

0

Nab-paclitaxel

10 (20%)

0

10 (100%)

PD-L1

Unknown

15 (29%)

13 (32%)

2 (20%)

 

 < 1

7 (14%)

5 (12%)

2 (20%)

 

 ≥ 1

29 (57%)

23 (56%)

6 (60%)

 

 ≥ 5

18 (35%)

14 (34%)

4 (40%)

MSI

MSI-high

2 (4%)

2 (5%)

0

MSS

25 (50%)

18 (44%)

7 (70%)

Unknown

24 (47%)

21 (51%)

3 (30%)

1st-line regimen

SOX + nivolumab

38 (75%)

29 (71%)

9 (90%)

FOLFOX + nivolumab

9 (18%)

8 (20%)

1 (10%)

CapeOX + nivolumab

4 (8%)

4 (10%)

0

Efficacy of 1st line therapy

CR/PR

23 (45%)

19 (46%)

4 (40%)

PFS of 1st line

Median (range)

7.1 months (1.4–40.1)

6.6 (1.4–40.1)

9.6 (2.1–28.4)

Reason of 1st line therapy discontinuation

Disease progression

49 (96%)

39 (95%)

10 (100%)

Adverse events

2 (4%)

2 (5%)

0

  1. Values are n (%) unless otherwise specified. PTX Paclitaxel; RAM Ramucirumab; CPS Combined positive score; MSI Micro satellite instability; MSS Microsatellite stable; CR Complete response; PR Partial response; PFS progression-free survival.