Table 1 Patient characteristics of sarcoma patients enrolled on phase I trials.

From: Evaluation of Novel Targeted Therapies in Aggressive Biology Sarcoma Patients after progression from US FDA approved Therapies

Characteristic

Total (N = 100)

Soft Tissue Sarcoma (N = 79)

Bone Sarcoma (N = 21)

Sex

 Male

46

35

11

 Female

54

44

10

Age (years)

 Median (range)

48 (14–80)

49 (16–80)

29 (14–70)

Ethnicity

 White

76

58

18

 Black

13

12

1

 Hispanic

8

6

2

 Asian

3

3

0

No. of metastatic sites

 <3

62

48

14

 ≥3

38

31

7

LDH

 ≤ULN

79

61

18

 >ULN

21

18

3

Albumin

 ≥3.5 g/dL

92

71

21

 <3.5 g/dL

8

8

0

No. of prior therapies

 <3

51

42

9

 ≥3

49

37

12

  1. Abbreviations: LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; ULN, upper limit of normal.