Table 1 Baseline characteristics of evaluable patients in the per protocol population

From: PD-L1 blockade in combination with carboplatin as immune induction in metastatic lobular breast cancer: the GELATO trial

n = 23 evaluable patients

 

No. (%)

Age at inclusion, years

Median (range)

60 (45–69)

WHO performance status

WHO 0

WHO 1

12 (52)

11 (48)

Histological subtype (assessed on metastatic lesion)a

ER+HER2

TNBC

HER2+

18 (78)

5 (22)

0 (0)

ILC subtype (assessed on metastatic lesion)

Classic

Pleiomorphicb

Alveolar

17 (74)

4 (17)

2 (9)

Germline BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations

gBRCA1 mutation

No mutation

Unknown

1 (4)

4 (17)

18 (78)

Visceral metastasis

 

18 (78)

Liver metastasis

 

12 (52)

No. of metastatic sites

1–2 metastatic sites

≥3 metastatic sites

12 (52)

11 (48)

LDH

LDH ≤ ULN

LDH ≤ 2× ULN

15 (65)

8 (35)

Previous chemotherapy exposure

Chemotherapy naive

(Neo)adjuvant

Palliative

5 (22)

15 (65)

12 (52)

Previous platinum treatment

ER+

TNBC

0 (0)

2 (40% of TNBC)

Previous exposure to CDK4/CDK6 inhibitors

ER+

TNBC

17 (94% of ER+)

0 (0)

Disease-free interval (DFI)

De novo M1

DFI ≤ 5 years

DFI > 5 years

5 (22)

12 (52)

6 (26)

No. of cycles carboplatin

Median (range)

9 (3–12)

No. of cycles atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1)

Median (range)

5 (1–16)

  1. WHO, World Health Organization; ULN, upper limit of normal.
  2. aER+ ≥ 10% expression, TNBC defined as having ER and PR < 10% and HER2. Four of five patients with a TN metastasis had a primary ER+ tumor.
  3. bTwo patients had TNBC.