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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Prognostic model for overall survival that includes the combination of platelet count and neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio within the first six weeks of sunitinib treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Characteristics (n = 102)

N

%

Characteristics

N

%

Patient characteristics

AST

 Sex

 ≤ 30 U/L

83

81.4

  Male

83

81.4

 > 30 U/L

19

18.6

 Age

Alb

  Median (range), years

67.5 (28–83)

 

 < 3.5 g/dL

33

32.4

 ECOG-PS

 ≥ 3.5 g/dL

69

67.6

 0

64

62.7

CRP

 1

23

22.6

 ≤ 0.5 g/dL

44

43.1

  ≥ 2

15

14.7

 > 0.5 g/dL

58

56.9

 Histology type

ALP

  Clear cell

76

96.2

 ≤ 322 U/L

61

61.6

  Non-clear cell

3

3.8

 > 322 U/L

38

38.4

 Prior nephrectomy

75

73.5

mGPS

 Metastatic sites

0

42

41.2

  Lung

69

67.6

1

28

27.5

  Bone

25

24.5

2

32

31.3

  Lymph node

30

29.4

NLR

  Liver

15

14.7

 ≤ 3.5

64

64

  Other

23

22.5

 > 3.5

36

36

 Number of metastatic sites

PLT

  0

3

2.9

 ≤ 310 × 109/L

71

69.6

  1

45

44.2

 > 310 × 109/L

31

30.4

   ≥ 2

54

52.9

COP-NLR

 MSKCC risk group

0

49

49

  Favorable

13

12.8

1

36

36

  intermediate

70

68.6

2

15

15

  poor

19

18.6

Laboratory data within the first 6 weeks of sunitinib

Treatment characteristics

Hb

 Prior immunotherapy

21

20.6

 < 12 g/dL

55

53.9

 Prior targeted therapy

13

12.7

 ≥ 12 g/dL

47

46.1

 Treatment

Ca

  1st line

75

73.5

 < 10 g/dL

80

83.3

  2st line

18

17.7

 ≥ 10 g/dL

16

16.7

  3st line

9

8.8

LDH

 Initial dose

 ≤ 333 U/L

76

76

  50 mg

47

46

 > 333 U/L

24

24

  37.5 mg

42

41.2

AST

  25 mg

12

11.8

 ≤ 30 U/L

62

60.8

  12.5 mg

1

1

 > 30 U/L

40

39.2

 Treatment schedule

CRP

  4-week on / 2-week off

35

34.3

 ≤ 0.5 g/dL

26

25.7

  2-week on / 1-week off

64

62.7

 > 0.5 g/dL

75

74.3

  Other

3

3

mGPS

RDI during the first 6 weeks of sunitinib

0

24

24.2

 Median (range), %

62.5 (17.9–100)

 

1

26

26.3

Duration of therapy

2

49

49.5

 Median (range), days

140 (5–2012)

 

NLR

Laboratory data at start of sunitinib

 ≤ 3.5

71

74

 Hb

 > 3.5

25

26

   < 12 g/dL

55

53.9

PLT

   ≥ 12 g/dL

47

46.1

 ≤ 310×109/L

97

95.1

 Ca

 > 310×109/L

5

4.9

   < 10 g/dL

82

83.7

COP-NLR

   ≥ 10 g/dL

16

16.3

0

71

74

 LDH

1

22

22.9

   ≤ 333 U/L

91

90.1

2

3

3.1

   > 333 U/L

10

9.9

   
  1. ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, MSKCC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, RDI Relative Dose Intensity, Hb Hemoglobin, Ca Calcium, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, Alb Albumin, CRP C-reactive protein, ALP Alkaline phosphatase, mGPS Modified Glasgow Prognostic Score, NLR Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, PLT Platelet count, COP-NLR Combination of platelet count and neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio