Table 1 Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics

From: A phase 3 study (PATHWAY) of palbociclib plus tamoxifen in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer

Characteristic

Palbociclib–Tamoxifen Group (n = 91)

Placebo–Tamoxifen Group (n = 93)

Age, median (range), years

60 (33–82)

61 (35–83)

Weight, median (range), kg

53.9 (32.5–89.7)

56.0 (31.7–96.0)

BMI, median (range), kg/m2

21.9 (14.3–38.8)

23.2 (13.1–35.3)

Geographical region, n (%)

 Japan

69 (75.8)

49 (52.7)

 Republic of Korea

12 (13.2)

19 (20.4)

 Taiwan

6 (6.6)

18 (19.4)

 Singapore

4 (4.4)

7 (7.5)

ECOG performance status, n (%)

 0

72 (79.1)

61 (65.6)

 1

19 (20.9)

32 (34.4)

Endocrine therapya, n (%)

 First-line endocrine therapy

56 (61.5)

56 (60.2)

 Second-line endocrine therapy

35 (38.5)

37 (39.8)

Menopausal statusa, n (%)

 Pre/perimenopausal

25 (27.5)

27 (29.0)

 Postmenopausal

66 (72.5)

66 (71.0)

Visceral metastases, n (%)

 Yes

40 (44.0)

50 (53.8)

 No

51 (56.0)

43 (46.2)

Bone-only metastasis, n (%)

 Yes

9 (9.9)

7 (7.5)

 No

82 (90.1)

86 (92.5)

Prior cancer-related radiotherapy, n (%)

 Yes

34 (37.4)

44 (47.3)

 No

57 (62.6)

49 (52.7)

Prior primary diagnosis cancer-related surgery, n (%)

 Yes

48 (52.7)

53 (57.0)

 No

43 (47.3)

40 (43.0)

Recurrence type, n (%)

 Locoregional

4 (4.4)

3 (3.2)

 Local

3 (3.3)

3 (3.2)

 Regional

1 (1.1)

5 (5.4)

 Distant

51 (56.0)

55 (59.1)

 Newly diagnosed

32 (35.2)

27 (29.0)

Biomarker status, n (%)b

 PIK3CA mutation

  Positive

28 (30.8)

24 (25.8)

  Negative

62 (68.1)

66 (71.0)

 ESR1 mutation

  Positive

12 (13.2)

9 (9.7)

  Negative

78 (85.7)

81 (87.1)

 BRCA1/2 mutation

  Positive

5 (5.5)

3 (3.2)

  Negative

85 (93.4)

87 (93.5)

  1. BMI body mass index, BRCA1/2 breast cancer 1 or 2 gene, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ESR1 estrogen receptor 1 gene, PIK3CA phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha gene.
  2. aBased on the registration system.
  3. bBiomarkers were assessed in 90 patients each in Palbociclib-Tamoxifen and Placebo-Tamoxifen groups.