Table 1 Patient and tumour characteristics according to age categories and treatment arm.

From: Efficacy of FOLFIRI plus cetuximab vs FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab in 1st-line treatment of older patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer: an analysis of the randomised trial FIRE-3

Characteristic

Age analysis set

<65 years, n = 201 (50.2%)

≥65 years, n = 199 (49.8%)

FOLFIRI + cetuximab

FOLFIRI + bevacizumab

FOLFIRI + cetuximab

FOLFIRI + bevacizumab

Treatment arm, n (%)

100 (49.8)

101 (50.2)

99 (49.7)

100 (50.3)

Gender, n (%)

  Male

79 (79)

62 (61.4)

67 (67.7)

71 (71)

  Female

21 (21)

39 (38.6)

32 (32.3)

29 (29)

ECOGa performance status, n (%)

  0

60 (60)

59 (58.4)

46 (46.5)

50 (50)

  1

39 (39)

40 (39.6)

51 (51.5)

49 (49)

  2

1 (1)

2 (2)

2 (2.0)

1 (1)

BRAF status, n (%)

  RAS wt/BRAF wt

89 (89)

86 (85.1)

86 (86.9)

91 (91)

  RAS wt/BRAF mut

11 (11)

15 (14.9)

11 (11.1)

9(9)

  Unknown

  

2 (2)

 

Molecular pathology

n = 158

n = 156

 dMMR n (%)

2 (1.3)

2 (1.3)

Molecular pathology

n = 201

n = 199

 BRAFV600E

26 (12.9)

20 (10.3)

Molecular pathology

n = 197

n = 195

 PIK3CA

8 (4.1)

17 (9.2)

Side of primary tumour, n (%)

  Left (splenic flexure-rectum)

85 (85)

79 (78.2)

74 (74.7)

70 (70)

  Right (transverse colon-caecum)

14 (14)

22 (21.8)

24 (24.2)

30 (30)

  Unknown

1 (1)

 

1 (1)

 

Site of primary tumour, n (%)

  Colon

57 (57)

59 (58.4)

62 (62.6)

67 (67)

  Rectosimgoid

5 (5)

3 (3)

3 (3)

4 (4)

  Rectum

37 (37)

39 (38.6)

34 (34.3)

29 (29)

  Unknown

1 (1)

   

Grading, n (%)

  G1

4 (4)

1 (1)

 

1 (1)

  G2

59 (59)

71 (71)

68 (68.7)

63 (63)

  G2–3

1 (1)

 

2 (2)

3 (3)

  G3

30 (30)

26 (26)

25 (25.3)

30(30)

  GX

6 (6)

3 (3)

4 (4)

3(3)

Number of metastatic sites, No. (%)

  1 site

43 (43)

42 (42)

42 (42.4)

41 (41)

  ≥2 sites

56 (56)

57 (57)

56 (56.6)

59 (59)

  Unknown

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

 

Metastatic sites (selected), No. (%)

  Liver limited

36 (36)

30 (30)

35 (35.4)

32 (32)

  Lung

34 (34)

33 (33)

38 (38.4)

42 (42)

  1. Data are number (%).
  2. FOLFIRI fluoururacil, folinic acid and irinotecan.
  3. aEastern cooperation of performance status.