Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics for the evaluable population (n = 198)

From: Evaluating progesterone receptor agonist megestrol plus letrozole for women with early-stage estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer: the window-of-opportunity, randomized, phase 2b, PIONEER trial

 

Arm A (n = 51)

Arm B (n = 74)

Arm C (n = 73)

Arms B + C (n = 147)

Age, median (IQR)

67.2 (10.3)

67.9 (12.1)

68.4 (11.0)

68.1 (11.9)

ECOG performance status

 0

43 (84%)

66 (89%)

60 (82%)

126 (86%)

 1

7 (14%)

7 (9%)

12 (16%)

19 (13%)

 2

1 (2%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

Histological grade

 1

5 (10%)

9 (12%)

4 (5%)

13 (9%)

 2

32 (63%)

52 (70%)

56 (77%)

108 (73%)

 3

14 (27%)

13 (18%)

13 (18%)

26 (18%)

Histological subtype

 Ductal

38 (75%)

60 (81%)

51 (70%)

111 (76%)

 Lobular

10 (20%)

9 (12%)

14 (19%)

23 (16%)

 Other

3 (6%)

5 (7%)

8 (11%)

13 (9%)

ER Allred score

 3–6

1 (2%)

1 (1%)

2 (3%)

3 (2%)

 7–8

50 (98%)

73 (99%)

71 (97%)

144 (98%)

T stage

 1C

24 (47%)

48 (65%)

46 (63%)

94 (64%)

 2

24 (47%)

22 (30%)

26 (36%)

48 (33%)

 3

3 (6%)

4 (5%)

1 (1%)

5 (3%)

N stage

 0

45 (88%)

61 (82%)

65 (89%)

126 (86%)

 1

4 (8%)

11 (15%)

5 (7%)

16 (11%)

 2

1 (2%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

 3

-

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

 X

1 (2%)

-

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

PR Allred score*

 0–3

10 (20%)

14 (19%)

20 (28%)

34 (23%)

 4–6

11 (22%)

12 (16%)

12 (17%)

24 (17%)

 7–8

30 (59%)

47 (64%)

40 (56%)

87 (60%)

PR status

 Negative

7 (14%)

5 (7%)

10 (14%)

15 (10%)

 Positive (>1%)

44 (86%)

69 (93%)

63 (86%)

132 (90%)

AR status

 Negative

1 (2%)

 

2 (3%)

2 (1%)

 Positive (>1%)

48 (98%)

73 (100%)

71 (97%)

144 (99%)

Ki67 status

 <10%

10 (20%)

5 (7%)

19 (26%)

24 (16%)

 >10%

41 (80%)

69 (93%)

54 (74%)

123 (84%)

Mean baseline Ki67

18.9 (2.0)

20.2 (1.6)

18.1 (2.0)

19.1 (1.8)

  1. *Two participants, one in arm B and one in arm C, had missing PR Allred scores. Three participants, two in arm A and one in arm B, had missing AR status. The geometric mean and s.d. are reported. IQR, interquartile range.