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Table 1 Patient characteristics of the German compassionate-use-program (CUP) for FTD/TPIP

From: Safety profile of trifluridine/tipiracil monotherapy in clinical practice: results of the German compassionate-use program for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Characteristics

Number of Patients in the German FTD/TPI CUP

% of Patients in the German FTD/TPI CUP

Patients (application by medical practitioner)

254

Non-eligible patients

6

Eligible patients without treatment onset

22

Eligible patients with Lonsurf treatment onset

226

100%

Mean age (years)

63.15

 

<  60 years

83

36.7%

<  70 years

75

33.2%

>  70 years

68

30.1%

Sex

 Male

132

58.4%

 Female

94

41.6%

ECOG performance statusa

 0

63

28%

 1

140

62.2%

 ≥ 2

22

9.8%

Vital signs

 Mean height (cm)

172.1

 Mean weight (kg)

74.2

 Mean body mass index (kg/m2) (range)

25 (14.7–43.6)

 Mean body surface area (m2)c

1.87

 

 Mean daily dose of FTD/TPI

130 mg

 

Colorectal surgery

 Yes

201

88.9%

 No

25

11.1%

KRAS statusa

 Wild type

103

46.4%

 Mutant

119

53.6%

Time from diagnosis of metastatic disease

 < 24 months

55

24.3%

 ≥24 months

171

75.7%

Prior use of Regorafenib

 Yes

76

33.6%

 No

150

66.4%

Adjuvant chemotherapyd

 Yes

82

36.9%

 No

140

63.1%

  1. a4 mCRC patients without KRAS status assessment
  2. bThis information is missing for 1 patient
  3. cThe BSA was calculated using the following DuBois formula (all BSA calculations were rounded to 2 decimal places): BSA (m2) = ([Body Weight (kg)]0.425 x [Height (cm)]0.725) × 0.007184
  4. dThe information for 4 mCRC patients is not available
  5. Abbreviation: not available, n.a