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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: High-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) for advanced melanoma: a single center experience from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

 

N = 243

Median Age (range) – yr.

48 (14–77)

Sex – no. (%)

  Male

133 (55)

  Female

110 (45)

Primary Site – no. (%)

 Cutaneous

188 (77)

  H&N

34 (14)

  LE

38 (16)

  UE

29 (12)

  Breast

1 (<1)

  Trunk – anterior/posterior

74 (30)

  Unknown

12 (5)

 Mucosal

14 (6)

  GI - anorectal

3 (1)

  Aerodigestive

3 (1)

  Urethral

1 (<1)

  Vulva

7 (3)

 Unknown

24 (10)

 Uveal (choroid)

16 (7)

 Other (orbit)

1 (<1)

Metastatic status prior to HD IL-2 – no. (%)

 Skin, subcutaneous, LN (M1a)

43 (18)

 Lung (M1b)

58 (24)

 Non-lung visceral (M1c non-CNS)

99 (41)

 CNS (M1c CNS)

43 (18)

LDH – no. (%)

 Normal

106 (44)

 Abnormal

137 (56)

  1xULN-2xULN

74 (30)

   > 2xULN

63 (26)

Protocol – no. (%)

 Standard of care (SOC)

193 (79)

 HD IL-2/temozolomide

30 (12)

 HD IL-2+/− ziv-aflibercept (HD IL-2 alone)

20 (8)

Line of therapy – no. (%)

 1st line

114 (47)

 2nd line

83 (34)

 3rd line or subsequent line

46 (19)

Pre-HD IL-2 therapies* – no. (%)

 CTLA-4 inhibitor

20 (8)

 PD-1 inhibitor

2 (1)

 Other immunotherapies (including biochemotherapy)

73 (30)

 BRAFi/MEKi target therapy

3 (1)

 Other targeted therapy

13 (5)

 Chemotherapy

54 (22)

Post-progression therapies* – no. (%)

 CTLA-4 inhibitor

29 (12)

 PD-1 inhibitor

11 (5)

 Other immunotherapies (including biochemotherapy)

29 (12)

 BRAFi/MEKi target therapy

12 (5)

 Other targeted therapy

5 (2)

 Chemotherapy

43 (18)

  1. *These categories are not mutually exclusive or exhaustive