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Table 1 Patient demographics and baseline characteristics (safety population)

From: Phase I/II dose-finding study of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab®-Paclitaxel) plus Cisplatin as Treatment for Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Characteristic

Cohort 1 (n = 23)

Cohort 2 (n = 22)

Cohort 3 (n = 24)

P a

Mean age, years (SD)

47 (10)

50 (10)

45 (12)

0.27

Male, n (%)

22 (96)

19 (86)

20 (83)

0.39

WHO histopathological grade, n (%)

   

0.77

 Grade I

2 (9)

2 (9)

1 (4)

 

 Grade II

0

0

0

 

 Grade III

21 (91)

20 (91)

23 (96)

 

Current or past smoker, n (%)

13 (57)

15 (68)

14 (58)

0.69

Alcohol use, n (%)

19 (83)

18 (82)

19 (79)

0.95

Metastatic sites, n (%)

    

 Lung

8 (35)

5 (22)

7 (29)

0.67

 Liver

8 (35)

10 (45)

13 (54)

0.41

 Bone

13 (57)

12 (55)

12 (50)

0.90

 Distant lymph nodes

7 (30)

7 (32)

4 (17)

0.43

 Multiple sites

10 (44)

10 (46)

10 (42)

0.97

Prior chemotherapy, n (%)

    

 Any chemotherapy

16 (70)

15 (68)

20 (83)

0.43

 Paclitaxel

5 (21)

4 (27)

9 (45)

0.49

Treatment history, n (%)

   

0.07

 Failed 1st-line chemotherapy

15 (65)

10 (46)

12 (50)

 

 Recurrence after curative treatment

1 (4)

6 (27)

9 (38)

 

 Treatment-naïve

7 (30)

6 (27)

3 (13)

 

 Median cycles of prior lines of chemotherapy (range)

5 (1 to 14)

5 (2 to 8)

4 (1 to 10)

0.75

 Mean time since last chemotherapy, months (SD)

4 (4)

7 (11)

7 (8)

0.40

 Prior radiotherapy, n (%)

10 (44)

11 (50)

17 (71)

0.143

  1. Cohort 1, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 day 1 + nab-paclitaxel 260 mg/m2 day 1 Q3W; Cohort 2, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 day 1 + nab-paclitaxel 140 mg/m2 day 1, 8 Q3W; Cohort 3, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 day 1 + nab-paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 day 1, 8, 15 Q3W
  2. a P value for the inter-cohort difference
  3. Q3W, every 3 weeks; SD, standard deviation; WHO, World Health Organization