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Table 1 Patient characteristics by group

From: Efficacy and safety of eribulin in patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer not meeting trial eligibility criteria: a retrospective study

Characteristic

 

Ineligible (n = 34)

Eligible (n = 169)

Total (n = 203)

P-value*

Median age

Median [range]

54.0 [31–77]

58.0 [30–81]

58.0 [30–81]

0.179

Performance status (%)

0

18 (52.9)

88 (52.1)

106 (52.2)

0.231

 

1

13 (38.2)

74 (43.8)

87 (42.9)

 
 

2

2 (5.9)

7 (4.1)

9 (4.4)

 
 

3

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

 

Hormone receptor positive (%)

 

20 (58.8)

134 (79.3)

154 (75.9)

0.024

Her2+ (%)a

 

4 (11.8)

23 (13.6)

27 (13.3)

1.000

Metastatic sites ≥3 (%)

 

13 (38.2)

56 (33.1)

69 (34.0)

0.559

 Liver metastasis (%)

 

24 (70.6)

93 (55.0)

117 (57.6)

0.128

 Lung metastasis (%)

 

17 (50.0)

69 (40.8)

86 (42.4)

0.346

 Bone only (%)

 

1 (2.9)

2 (1.2)

3 (1.5)

0.425

Target lesion present (%)

 

32 (94.1)

144 (85.2)

26 (12.8)

0.387

Prior surgery (%)

 

30 (88.2)

139 (82.2)

169 (83.3)

0.462

No. of prior chemotherapy lines

Median [range]

3 [2–8]

3 [1–11]b

3 [1–11]

0.294

No. of prior chemotherapy lines for advanced disease

Median [range]

2 [0–7]

2 [0–9]

2 [0–9]

0.204

  1. Nominal values and continuous values were compared using Fisher’s exact test and Mann-Whitney U test, respectively
  2. *Ineligible vs. eligible
  3. aTwo patients in the eligible group had decreased ejection fraction. The rest of the patients had received multiple lines of Her2-targeted regimens
  4. bThree patients with cardiac dysfunction had received only one prior chemotherapy regimen (a taxane)