Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients at the initiation of first-line EGFR-TKIs.

From: Impact of minocycline on outcomes of EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with EGFR-TKIs

Variables

All (N = 138)

MINO + (N = 32)

MINO – (N = 106)

P value

Age, years

70 (23–88)

68 (39–85)

71 (23–88)

0.078

Male

36 (26.1)

10 (31.2)

26 (24.5)

0.49

Smoker

37 (26.8)

11 (35.5)

26 (24.8)

0.26

Adenocarcinoma

135 (97.8)

31 (96.9)

104 (98.1)

0.55

EGFR mutation

 Ex19 deletion

62 (44.9)

16 (50)

46 (43.4)

0.64

 Ex21 L858R

62 (44.9)

12 (37.5)

50 (47.2)

 Minor mutation

14 (10.1)

4 (12.5)

10 (9.4)

First-line EGFR-TKIs

 Gefitinib

49 (35.5)

6 (18.8)

43 (40.6)

 < 0.001

 Erlotinib

34 (24.6)

12 (37.5)

22 (20.8)

 Afatinib

17 (12.3)

12 (37.5)

5 (4.7)

 Osimertinib

38 (27.5)

2 (6.2)

36 (34.0)

Combination of first-line EGFR-TKI and VEGF or VEGFR inhibitor

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.0

High expression of PD-L1

7 (5.1)

2 (6.2)

5 (4.7)

0.14

Recurrence after surgery

56 (40.6)

11 (34.4)

45 (42.5)

0.14

Days from 1st EGFR-TKI administration to minocycline administration, days

  

14.5 (0–1133)

 

Duration of minocycline administration, days

  

388.5 (33–2396)

 
  1. Data are presented as medians (range) or N (%).
  2. MINO minocycline, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGFR vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, PD-L1 programmed death ligand 1.