Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Apatorsen plus docetaxel versus docetaxel alone in platinum-resistant metastatic urothelial carcinoma (Borealis-2)

 

Treatment assignment

Characteristic, n (%)

Apatorsen and docetaxel

(n = 99)

Docetaxel (n = 101)

Age, median years (range)

68 (43–90)

67 (35–92)

Sex

  Male

74 (74.7%)

75 (74.3%)

  Female

25 (25.3%)

26 (25.6%)

Race

  Caucasian

89 (89.9%)

92 (91.1%)

  African American

3 (3%)

4 (4%)

  Asian

5 (5.1%)

3 (3%)

  Unknown

2 (2%)

2 (2%)

ECOG performance statusa

  0

43 (43.4%)

41 (40.6%)

  1

56 (56.6%)

59 (58.4%)

Urothelial carcinoma (at study entry)

  Metastatic

85 (85.9%)

87 (86.1%)

  Locally advanced

6 (6.1%)

10 (9.9%)

  Unknown

8 (8.1%)

4 (4%)

Primary surgery

  Yes

40 (40.4%)

36 (35.6%)

Prior cisplatin use

  Yes

70 (70.7%)

72 (71.3%)

Prior carboplatin use

  Yes

38 (38.4%)

41 (40.6%)

Primary disease site(s)

  Bladder

64 (64.6%)

72 (71.3%)

  Renal pelvis

27 (27.3%)

13 (12.9%)

  Ureter

13 (13.1%)

14 (13.9%)

  Urethra

7 (7.1%)

9 (8.9%)

Metastatic sites

  Liver

28 (28.3%)

25 (24.8%)

  Lung

34 (34.3%)

35 (34.7%)

  Bone

19 (19.2%)

21 (20.8%)

  Lymph nodes

56 (56.6%)

52 (51.5%)

Bellmunt prognostic factorsb

  0

27 (27.3%)

32 (31.7%)

  1

42 (42.4%)

35 (34.7%)

  2

23 (23.2%)

26 (25.7%)

  3

7 (7.1%)

7 (6.9%)

  1. Prior paclitaxel use was balanced between both arms (n = 10 arm A and n = 12 arm B).
  2. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
  3. aOne patient in the docetaxel arm had ECOG performance status of 2.
  4. bOne patient in the docetaxel arm had unknown Bellmunt prognostic factors