Table 1 Demographics and clinicopathological characteristics of patients (n = 111).

From: Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor rechallenge in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Number of patients (%)

Gender

 Male

89 (80.2%)

 Female

22 (19.8%)

Age

 ≤ 63

63 (56.8%)

 > 63

48 (43.2%)

Smoking status

 Never-smokers

68 (61.3%)

 Former or current smokers

43 (38.7%)

Histological subtype

 Adenocarcinoma

70 (63.1%)

 Squamous carcinoma

41 (36.9%)

Clinical stage at ICI rechallenge initiation

 IIIB–C

13 (11.7%)

 IV

98 (88.3%)

PD-L1 expression

 Number tested

47 (42.3%)

 TPS < 1%

20/47 (53.3%)

 1% ≤ TPS < 50%

9/47 (19.1%)

 TPS ≥ 50%

18/47 (38.3%)

 Unknown

64 (57.7%)

Driver genes

 Number tested

71 (64.0%)

 Negative

37/71 (52.1%)

 Sensitive mutations

28/71 (39.4%)

 Wildtype

6/71 (8.5%)

 Unknown

40 (36.0%)

M Staging at ICI rechallenge initiation

 0

16 (14.4%)

 1a

25 (22.5%)

 1b

33 (29.7%)

 1c

37 (33.3%)

Metastatic sites at ICI rechallenge initiation

 Brain

33(29.7%)

 Liver

15(13.5%)

 Bone

43(38.7%)