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Table 2 Clinical characteristics according to baseline eGFR

From: Impact of lenvatinib on renal function: long-term analysis of differentiated thyroid cancer patients

Patient

Group H

6 (15%)

Group M

26 (65%)

Group L

8 (20%)

p-value

[background factors]

 Age, median [range]

53.5 [40–70]

66.5 [33–78]

73 [67–78]

0.0055

 Sex, male (%)

0 (0)

8 (30.8)

5 (62.5)

0.0206

 BW (kg), median [range]

50.5 [41.6–61]

58.0 [38.5–97.1]

61.5 [35.3–79.2]

0.1810

 Histopathology, follicular (%)

3 (50.0)

8 (30.8)

4 (50.0)

0.4916

 Performance status, ≥ 1

3 (50.0)

11 (42.3)

3 (37.5)

0.8959

 eGFR at baseline (mL/min/1.73 m2), median [range]

104.5 [92.8–119.1]

73.3 [60.4–88.7]

49.9 [43.6–58.3]

< 0.0001

 Proteinuria grade 1 at baseline, yes (%)

0 (0)

2 (7.7)

0 (0)

0.4108

 Past hypertension history (%)

1 (16.7)

16 (61.5)

7 (87.5)

0.0207

 Past diabetes mellitus history (%)

1 (16.7)

1 (3.9)

1 (12.5)

0.4970

 Past renal history (%)

0 (0)

3 (11.5)

0 (0)

0.2574

 Renal metastasis, (%)

0 (0)

3 (11.5)

0 (0)

0.4108

 Liver metastasis, (%)

0 (0)

6 (23.1)

1 (12.5)

0.2255

[treatment factors]

 Treatment period (months), [average]

38.1 ± 16.3

31.3 ± 16.8

29.1 ± 17.7

0.5434

 Observation period (months), [average]

46.2 ± 11.8

31.8 ± 15.2

25.7 ± 15.0

0.0431

 Dose Intensity, median [average]

10.2 ± 2.0

9.4 ± 3.0

10.4 ± 3.5

0.6515

 Best response in RECIST criteria, PR (%)

6 (100)

20 (77)

3 (38)

0.0463

 Proteinuria grade 3, yes (%)

5 (83)

14 (54)

2 (25)

0.0914

 Treatment continuation, yes (%)

3 (50)

10 (38)

4 (50)

0.7812

 Treatment termination due to renal problem *, yes (%)

1 (17)

5 (19)

1 (13)

0.9020

  1. *: decline of eGFR or uncontrollable proteinuria