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Table 4 Baseline charateristics in NSCLC (N = 131)

From: The effect of antibiotics on the clinical outcomes of patients with solid cancers undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment: a retrospective study

 

Total (%)

No Antibiotics (%)

Antibiotics (%)

p value

Age

 < 65

56 (42.7)

28 (39.4)

28 (46.7)

0.405

 ≥ 65

75 (57.3)

43 (60.6)

32 (53.3)

 

Sex

 Male

99 (75.6)

54 (76.1)

45 (75)

0.889

 Female

32 (24.4)

17 (23.9)

15 (25)

 

ECOG

 0–1

116 (89.9)

66 (95.7)

50 (83.3)

0.02

 2–3

13 (10.1)

3 (4.3)

10 (16.7)

 

 Unkown

2

2

0

 

Stage

 III

4 (3.1)

3 (4.2)

1 (1.7)

0.625

 IV

127 (96.9)

68 (95.8)

59 (98.3)

 

Number of metastatic organ

 0 or 1

85 (64.9)

47 (66.2)

38 (63.3)

0.732

 ≥ 2

46 (35.1)

24 (33.8)

22 (36.7)

 

Brain metastasis

 No

106 (80.9)

57 (80.3)

49 (81.7)

0.841

 Yes

25 (19.1)

14 (19.7)

11 (18.3)

 

Number of treatment line

 1st

39 (29.8)

25 (35.2)

14 (23.3)

0.304

 2nd

56 (42.7)

29 (40.8)

27 (45)

 

 ≥ 3rd

36 (27.5)

17 (23.9)

19 (31.7)

 

ICI

 Nivolumab

71 (54.2)

44 (62)

27 (45)

0.024

 Pembrolizumab

41 (31.3)

15 (21.1)

26 (43.3)

 

Othersa

19 (14.5)

12 (16.9)

7 (11.7)

 

Treatment combination

 ICI alone

104 (79.4)

53 (74.6)

51 (85)

0.117

 ICI with ICI

7 (5.3)

3 (4.2)

4 (6.7)

 

 ICI with chemotherapy

20 (15.3)

15 (21.1)

5 (8.3)

 

Clinical trial

 Yes

65 (49.6)

46 (64.8)

19 (31.7)

< 0.001

 No

66 (50.4)

25 (35.2)

41 (68.3)

 

Hisotologic subtype

 Adenocarcinoma

83 (63.4)

46 (64.8)

37 (61.7)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

44 (33.6)

24 (33.8)

20 (33.3)

 

 Othersb

4 (3.1)

1 (1.4)

3 (5)

 

PD-L1

 Negative

14 (13.6)

11 (20.4)

3 (6.1)

0.058

 Low

30 (29.1)

17 (31.5)

13 (26.5)

 

 High

59 (57.3)

26 (48.1)

33 (67.3)

 

 Unkown

28

17

11

 

EGFR

 Negative

92 (88.5)

53 (89.8)

39 (86.7)

0.617

 Positive

12 (11.5)

6 (10.2)

6 (13.3)

 

 Unkown

27

12

15

 

Antibiotics type

 No Antibiotics

71 (54.2)

   

 Antibiotics

60 (45.8)

Cephalosporins

17 (28.3)

 

Fluoroquinolones

16 (26.7)

 

Beta-lactam/Betalactamase inhibitors

9 (15)

 

Othersc

18 (30)

 

Administration Route

 Oral

37

 

37 (61.7)

 

 Intravenous

23

 

23 (38.3)

 
  1. aAvelumab, N = 6; Durvalumab, N = 5; Ipilimumab, N = 8
  2. bSarcomatoid carcinoma, N = 2, Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, N = 1; Poorly differentiated carcinoma, N = 1
  3. cCarbapenem, Glycopeptides, Macrolides and etc.