Table 1 Characteristics of the ITT population (n = 231) at baseline, according to neoadjuvant regimen.

From: Efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy and survival surrogate analysis of neoadjuvant treatment in IB–IIIB lung squamous cell carcinoma

Characteristic

Total, n = 231

Chemotherapy, n = 78

Immunochemotherapy, n = 153

P-value

Median age (IQR), years

65.7 (60.0–71.0)

63.1 (58.8–68.3)

67.1 (62.0–72.0)

0.402

Sex, n (%)

   

0.510

 Male

226 (97.8)

77 (98.7)

149 (97.4)

 

 Female

5 (2.2)

1 (1.3)

4 (2.6)

 

ECOG performance status, n (%)

   

0.490

 0

156 (67.5)

55 (70.5)

101 (66.0)

 

 1

75 (32.5)

23 (29.5)

52 (34.0)

 

Smoking status, n (%)

   

0.121

 Never

62 (26.8)

16 (20.5)

46 (30.1)

 

 Ever

169 (73.2)

62 (79.5)

107 (69.9)

 

Drinking status, n (%)

   

0.433

 Never

153 (66.2)

49 (62.8)

104 (68.0)

 

 Ever

78 (33.8)

29 (37.2)

49 (32.0)

 

Comorbidities, n (%)

    

 Pulmonary disease

32 (13.9)

8 (10.3)

24 (15.7)

0.463

 Cardiac disease

18 (7.8)

5 (6.4)

13 (8.5)

0.576

 Diabetes mellitus

23 (10.0)

11 (14.1)

12 (7.8)

0.133

 Hypertension

66 (28.6)

22 (28.2)

44 (28.8)

0.930

Tumor location, n (%)

   

0.878

 Mediastinum

3 (1.3)

1 (1.3)

2 (1.3)

 

 Hilum of left lung

6 (2.6)

1 (1.3)

5 (3.3)

 

 Hilum of right lung

2 (0.9)

1 (1.3)

1 (0.7)

 

 Inferior lobe of left lung

34 (14.7)

13 (16.7)

21 (13.7)

 

 Inferior lobe of right lung

46 (19.9)

18 (23.1)

28 (18.3)

 

 Middle lobe of right lung

14 (6.1)

3 (3.8)

11 (7.2)

 

 Superior lobe of left lung

71 (30.7)

24 (30.8)

47 (30.7)

 

 Superior lobe of right lung

55 (23.8)

17 (21.8)

38 (24.8)

 

Clinical stage, n (%)

   

0.699

 IB

5 (2.2)

1 (1.3)

4 (2.6)

 

 IIA

3 (1.3)

1 (1.3)

2 (1.3)

 

 IIB

26 (11.3)

9 (11.5)

17 (11.1)

 

 IIIA

107 (46.3)

32 (41.0)

75 (49.0)

 

 IIIB

90 (39.0)

35 (44.9)

55 (35.9)

 

Treatment cycle, n (%)

   

0.324

 2

86 (37.2)

34 (43.6)

52 (34.0)

 

 3

39 (16.9)

13 (16.7)

26 (17.0)

 

 4

106 (45.9)

31 (39.7)

75 (49.0)

 

Immunotherapy regimes, n (%)

   

NA

 Camrelizumab, 200 mg

49 (21.2)

0 (0.0)

49 (32.0)

 

 Durvalumab, 1000 mg

2 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.3)

 

 Nivolumab, 200 mg

22 (9.5)

0 (0.0)

22 (14.4)

 

 Sintilimab, 200 mg

17 (7.4)

0 (0.0)

17 (11.1)

 

 Tislelizumab, 200 mg

32 (13.9)

0 (0.0)

32 (20.9)

 

 Pembrolizumab, 200 mg

31 (13.4)

0 (0.0)

31 (20.3)

 
  1. ITT, intention-to-treat; IQR, interquartile range; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.