Table 3 Association between clinical features and SCP/UCP classification in patients with metastatic NSCLC. Analysis was performed in 84 patients undergoing NGS analysis in plasma according to clinical practice. SCP stable chromosomal profile, UCP unstable chromosomal profile.

From: Binary classification of copy number alteration profiles in liquid biopsy with potential clinical impact in advanced NSCLC

Characteristic

SCP, N = 671

UCP, N = 171

p-value2

Age—Median (Q1, Q3)

65 (58,72)

66 (61,71)

0.8

Sex

> 0.9

 Male

38 (57%)

10 (59%)

 

 Female

29 (43%)

7 (41%)

 

Smoking status

0.4

 Never

23 (34%)

3 (18%)

 

 Actual

15 (22%)

4 (24%)

 

 Former

29 (43%)

10 (59%)

 

Number of metastatic sites

0.009

 < 3

55 (82%)

8 (47%)

 

 ≥ 3

12 (18%)

9 (53%)

 

Liver mets

0.010

 Absent

59 (88%)

10 (59%)

 

 Present

8 (12%)

7 (41%)

 

Bone mets

0.3

 Absent

42 (63%)

8 (47%)

 

 Present

25 (37%)

9 (53%)

 

Brain mets

0.2

 Absent

57 (85%)

12 (71%)

 

 Present

10 (15%)

5 (29%)

 

Extrathoracic mets

0.095

 Absent

44 (66%)

7 (41%)

 

 Present

23 (34%)

10 (59%)

 

Histology

0.2

 Adenocarcinoma

55 (82%)

11 (65%)

 

 Squamous carcinoma

8 (12%)

3 (18%)

 

 Others

4 (6.0%)

3 (18%)

 

PD-L1 class

0.7

 < 1%

26 (46%)

9 (60%)

 

 1–49%

14 (25%)

3 (20%)

 

 > 50%

17 (30%)

3 (20%)

 

 Unknown

10

2

 

PD-L1 positivity

0.6

 < 1%

30 (53%)

6 (40%)

 

 > 1%

27 (47%)

9 (60%)

 

 Unknown

10

2

 

Known driver mutations

0.084

 Absent

34 (54%)

12 (80%)

 

 Present

29 (46%)

3 (20%)

 

 Unknown

4

2

 
  1. 1n (%), 2Wilcoxon rank sum test; Fisher’s exact test.