Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the intent-to-treat polulation and the patients who continued chemotherapy at 24 weeks
Intent-to-treat population (n = 199) | Patients who continued cytotoxic chemotherapy at 24 weeks (n = 69) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Intervention | Pa | Control | Intervention | Pa | |
Total, n | 99 | 100 | 38 | 31 | ||
Age, years | 0.427 | 0.044 | ||||
Median | 60 | 57 | 62 | 53 | ||
Range | 33–83 | 28–77 | 33–82 | 28–73 | ||
Sex, n (%) | 0.450 | 0.328 | ||||
Male | 21 (21%) | 17 (17%) | 14 (37%) | 8 (26%) | ||
Female | 78 (79%) | 83 (83%) | 24 (63%) | 23 (74%) | ||
Primary site, n (%) | 0.909 | 0.444 | ||||
Breast | 66 (67%) | 70 (70%) | 16 (42%) | 17 (55%) | ||
Colorectal | 24 (24%) | 21 (21%) | 15 (39%) | 12 (39%) | ||
Gastric | 6 (6%) | 5 (5%) | 5 (13%) | 1 (3%) | ||
Lung | 3 (3%) | 4 (4%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (3%) | ||
Metastatic disease, n (%) | 0.807 | 0.059 | ||||
Yes | 65 (66%) | 64 (64%) | 32 (84%) | 20 (65%) | ||
No | 34 (34%) | 36 (36%) | 6 (16%) | 11 (35%) | ||
Prior chemotherapy, n (%) | 0.251 | 0.061 | ||||
Yes | 80 (81%) | 74 (74%) | 31 (82%) | 19 (61%) | ||
No | 19 (19%) | 26 (26%) | 7 (18%) | 12 (39%) | ||
Employment status, n (%) | 0.817 | 0.458 | ||||
Employed | 39 (39%) | 41 (41%) | 15 (39%) | 15 (48%) | ||
Not employed | 60 (61%) | 59 (59%) | 23 (61%) | 16 (52%) | ||
Marital status, n (%)b | 0.799 | 0.669 | ||||
Married | 81 (82%) | 84 (84%) | 31 (82%) | 24 (77%) | ||
Not married | 17 (17%) | 16 (16%) | 7 (18%) | 7 (23%) | ||
Education level, n (%)c | 0.545 | 0.952 | ||||
High school | 34 (34%) | 31 (31%) | 12 (32%) | 10 (32%) | ||
College or more | 63 (64%) | 69 (69%) | 26 (68%) | 21 (68%) | ||