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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Comparative survival benefit of currently licensed second or third line treatments for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) negative advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and secondary analysis of trials

Variables n % unless stated

REVEL

LUME-LUNG 1

CHECKMATE 017

CHECKMATE 057

Hanna

KEYNOTE-010

POPLAR

TAILOR

OAK

Lux-Lung 8

HORG

RAM + DOC n = 628

PBO + DOC n = 625

NIN + DOC n = 655

PBO + DOC n = 659

NIVO n = 135

DOC n = 137

NIVO n = 292

DOC n = 290

PEME n = 283

DOC n = 288

PEMB n = 344

DOC n = 343

ATEZ n = 144

DOC n = 143

ERLO n = 109

DOC n = 110

ATEZ n = 425

DOC n = 425

AFA n = 398

ERL n = 397

PEME n = 166

ERL n = 166

Age, years median, range

62 21–85

61 25–86

60 53–67

60 54–66

62 39–85

64 42–84

61 37–84

64 21–85

59 22–81

57 28–87

63 56–69

62 56–69

62 42–82

62 36–84

66 40–81

67 35–83

63 33–82

64 34–85

65 36–84

64 35–88

66 42 86

65 37–83

Male sex

419 67

415 66

476 73

479 73

111 82

97 71

151 52

168 58

194 68.6

217 75.3

212 62

209 61

93 65

76 53

77 71

73 66

261 61

259 61

335 84

331 83

138 83.1

135 81.3

White

526 84

503 81

533 81

530 80

122 90

130 95

267 91

266 92

NA

NA

246 72

251 73

NR

NR

108 99

109 99

302 71

296 70

312 78

311 78

NR

NR

Asian

74 12

86 14

116 18

123 19

4 3

2 1

9 3

8 3

73 21

72 21

NR

NR

1 1

1 1

85 20

95 22

86 22

86 22

NR

NR

Black

17 3

16 3

4 < 1

5 < 1

6 4

2 1

7 2

9 3

13 4

7 2

NR

NR

0

0

5 1

11 3

NR

NR

NR

NR

PS 0

207 33

199 32

187 29

189 29

27 20

37 27

84 29

95 33

251 88.6

252 87.6

112 33

116 34

46 32

45 32

52 48

53 48

155 36

160 38

126 32

134 34

37 22.3

44 26.5

PS 1

420 67

425 68

467 71

470 71

106 79

100 73

208 71

194 67

229 67

224 65

96 68

97 68

48 44

50 45

270 64

265 62

269 68

262 66

98 59

104 62.7

Current & former smoker

518 82

483 77

490 75

498 76

121 90

129 94

231 79

227 78

NA

NA

279 81

269 78

117 81

114 80

90 83

80 73

341 80

353 83

361 91

367 92

128 77.1

124 74.7

Never smoker

109 17

141 23

165 25

161 24

10 7

7 5

58 20

60 21

63 18

67 20

27 19

29 20

19 17

30 27

84 20

72 17

26 7

18 5

24 14.5

29 17.5

Stage IIIB at inclusion

0

0

148 23

146 22

29 21

24 18

20 7

24 8

71 25.1

73 25.3

na

na

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

48 12

48 12

19 11.4

12 7.2

Stage IV at inclusion

628,100

625,100

399 61

408 62

105 78

112 82

272 93

266 92

212 74.9

215 74.7

na

na

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

349 88

345 87

147 88.6

154 92.8

Non-squamous

465 74

447 72

347 53

352 53

0

0

292,100

290,100

154 54.4

142 49.3

240 70

240 70

95 66

95 66

78 71.5

87 79

313 74

315 74

17 4

15 4

130 79.3

127 76.5

Squamous

157 25

171 27

276 42

279 42

135,100

137,100

0

0

78 27.6

93 32.3

76 22

66 19

49 34

48 34

31 28.4

23 21

112 26

110 26

381 96

382 96

36 21.7

39 23.5

Prior platinum-based therapy

623 99

622 99

628 97

636 98

135,100

138,100

292,100

290,100

262 92.6

259 89.9

na

na

NR

NR

109,100

110,100

425,100

425,100

398,100

397,100

166,100

166,100

First-line bevacizumab

88 14

92 15

27 4

23 4

1 1

2 1

na

na

0

0

na

na

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Prior maintenance treatment

135 21

143 23

NA

NA

NA

NA

122 42

111 38

NA

NA

na

na

144,100

143,100

109,100

109 99

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Previous taxane

153 24

152 24

NA

NA

46 34

46 34

na

na

73 25.8

80 27.8

na

na

NR

NR

0

0

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

EGFR Wild type

207 33

197 32

NA

NA

NA

NA

na

na

NA

NA

293 85

294 86

NR

NR

109,100

110,100

318 75

310 73

NR

NR

57 / 62

55 / 61

EGFR Mutant

15 2

18 3

NA

NA

NA

NA

44 15

38 13

28 8

26 8

10 12

8 10

0

0

42 10

43 10

NR

NR

5 / 62

6 / 61

Unknown or missing

406 65

410 66

NA

NA

NA

NA

na

na

23 7

23 7

NR

NR

0

0

65 15

72 17

NR

NR

NR

NR

1 prior therapy

628,100

625,100

655,100

659,100

135,100

137,100

292,100

290,100

283,100

288,100

243 71

235 69

93 65

96 67

unclear

unclear

320 75

320 75

398,100

397,100

101 60.8

89 53.6

2 prior therapies

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

66 19

75 22

51 35

47 33

  

105 25

105 25

0

0

65 39.2

77 46.4

  1. Bold italicised numbers refer to a range or a percentage