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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of patients with GC/GEJC/EAC, HER2 status negative/unknown, on first-line treatment

From: Global retrospective analysis of clinician- and patient-reported clinical characteristics and humanistic burden of patients with gastroesophageal cancers on first-line treatment

Disease status

Total

France

Germany

UK

US

Japan

China

n = 682

n = 168

n = 146

n = 145

n = 99

n = 36

n = 88

Time since initial diagnosis, months

625

156

135

129

86

31

88

 Mean (SD)

6.3 (13.0)

6.2 (10.0)

5.3 (6.2)

3.3 (3.4)

6.4 (13.2)

10.3 (12.4)

11.3 (26.3)

 Median (IQR)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

2 (2–4)

3 (2–5)

6 (2–11)

6 (3–14)

Time since advanced diagnosis, months

629

155

139

129

87

31

88

 Mean (SD)

4.8 (7.6)

4.5 (7.1)

4.8 (5.6)

3.1 (3.1)

6.0 (13.1)

8.5 (9.6)

5.0 (7.1)

 Median (IQR)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–5)

2 (2–3)

3 (2–5)

6 (2–10)

3 (2–5)

ECOG at advanced diagnosis, n (%)

679

168

143

145

99

36

88

 0

98 (14.4)

21 (12.5)

8 (5.6)

31 (21.4)

11 (11.1)

15 (41.7)

12 (13.6)

 1

421 (62.0)

101 (60.1)

100 (69.9)

102 (70.3)

58 (58.6)

15 (41.7)

45 (51.1)

 2

152 (22.4)

45 (26.8)

35 (24.5)

12 (8.3)

23 (23.2)

6 (16.7)

31 (35.2)

Current ECOGa, n (%)

682

168

146

145

99

36

88

 0

73 (10.7)

13 (7.7)

6 (4.1)

27 (18.6)

12 (12.1)

9 (25.0)

6 (6.8)

 1

388 (56.9)

92 (54.9)

76 (52.1)

105 (72.4)

58 (58.6)

19 (52.8)

38 (43.2)

 2

221 (32.4)

63 (37.5)

64 (43.8)

13 (9.0)

29 (29.3)

8 (22.2)

44 (50.0)

ECOG changeb, n (%)

672

167

138

145

99

36

87

 Unchanged

510 (75.9)

132 (79.0)

96 (69.6)

129 (89.0)

80 (80.8)

24 (66.7)

49 (56.3)

 Changed

162 (24.1)

35 (21.0)

42 (30.4)

16 (11.0)

19 (19.2)

12 (33.3)

38 (43.7)

TNM staging at advanced diagnosis, n (%)

682

168

146

145

99

36

88

 Stage IIIA

74 (10.9)

6 (3.6)

28 (19.2)

3 (2.1)

10 (10.1)

1 (2.8)

26 (29.6)

 Stage IIIB

79 (11.6)

8 (4.8)

28 (19.2)

2 (1.4)

9 (9.1)

1 (2.8)

31 (35.2)

 Stage IIIC

72 (10.6)

19 (11.3)

16 (11.0)

12 (8.3)

11 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

14 (15.9)

 Stage IV

457 (67.0)

135 (80.4)

74 (50.7)

128 (88.3)

69 (69.7)

34 (94.4)

17 (19.3)

Current TNM staging, n (%)

682

168

146

145

99

36

88

 Stage IIIA

37 (5.4)

1 (0.6)

15 (10.3)

1 (0.7)

8 (8.1)

0 (0.0)

12 (13.6)

 Stage IIIB

68 (10.0)

8 (4.8)

21 (14.4)

1 (0.7)

8 (8.1)

0 (0.0)

30 (34.1)

 Stage IIIC

78 (11.4)

19 (11.3)

15 (10.3)

11 (7.6)

10 (10.1)

1 (2.8)

22 (25.0)

 Stage IV

499 (73.2)

140 (83.3)

95 (65.1)

132 (91.0)

73 (73.7)

35 (97.2)

24 (27.3)

De novo vs recurrent disease, n (%)

682

168

146

145

99

36

88

 De novo

552 (80.9)

151 (89.9)

107 (73.3)

138 (95.2)

87 (87.9)

32 (88.9)

37 (42.1)

 Recurrent

130 (19.1)

17 (10.1)

39 (26.7)

7 (4.8)

12 (12.1)

4 (11.1)

51 (58.0)

  1. EAC Esophageal adenocarcinoma, ECOG Eastern cooperative oncology group, GC Gastric cancer, GEJC Gastroesophageal junction cancer, HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation, TNM Tumor, Nodes, Metastases, UK United Kingdom, US United States
  2. ano patients had an ECOG status of 3 or 4
  3. brelating to change in ECOG status from advanced diagnosis to current