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Table 1 Patient and disease characteristics at baseline in the safety analysis set and full analysis set

From: A phase II study of first-line afatinib for patients aged ≥75 years with EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer: North East Japan Study Group trial NEJ027

Characteristic

Safety analysis set

N = 38

Full analysis set

N = 37

Sex

 Male

15 (39.5)

15 (40.5)

 Female

23 (60.5)

22 (59.5)

Age, years

 Median (range)

77.5 (75–91)

77.0 (75–91)

Weight, kg

 Median (range)

50.2 (30.8–72.2)

50.5 (30.8–72.2)

BMI, kg/m2

 Median (range)

21.0 (16.5–26.0)

21.2 (16.5–26.0)

Smoking status

 Never

26 (68.4)

25 (67.6)

 Former/current

12 (31.6)

12 (32.4)

ECOG PS

 0

21 (55.3)

20 (54.1)

 1

17 (44.7)

17 (45.9)

Histological classification

 Adenocarcinoma

38 (100)

37 (100)

Clinical stage at study entry

 IIIB

1 (2.6)

1 (2.7)

 IV

28 (73.7)

28 (75.7)

 Postoperative recurrence

9 (23.7)

8 (21.6)

Comorbidities

 Yes

32 (84.2)

31 (83.8)

 No

6 (15.8)

6 (16.2)

Metastases at study entry

 No distant metastases

4 (10.5)

4 (10.8)

 Lung

10 (26.3)

10 (27.0)

 Bone

13 (34.2)

13 (35.1)

  Post palliative RT

1 (2.6)

1 (2.7)

 Brain

13 (34.2)

13 (35.1)

  Post palliative SRS

3 (7.9)

3 (8.1)

 Liver

4 (10.5)

4 (10.8)

 Pleural

11 (28.9)

11 (29.7)

EGFR mutation categories

 Del19

23 (60.5)

22 (59.5)

 L858R

15 (39.5)

15 (40.5)

  1. Data are n (%) unless otherwise stated
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, RT radiotherapy, SRS stereotactic radiosurgery