Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline Characteristics

From: Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio and duration of prior anti-angiogenic therapy as biomarkers in metastatic RCC receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

 

Pre NLR < 3 (N = 19)

Pre NLR ≥ 3 (N = 23)

All (N = 42)

p-value

Median, Age – median (range)

61 (45-85)

61 (24-82)

61 (24-85)

0.859

 Race– no. (%)

   

0.339

 Caucasian

14 (74)

16 (70)

30 (71)

 

 African-American

5 (26)

4 (17)

9 (21)

 

 Asian

0 (0)

3 (13)

3 (7)

 

 Histology– no. (%)

   

0.330

 Clear Cell

17 (89)

16 (70)

33 (79)

 

 Non-Clear cell

2 (11)

9 (30)

9 (21)

 

Smoking Status– no. (%)

   

>0.99

 No

10 (53)

11 (48)

21 (50)

 

 Yes

9 (47)

12 (52)

21 (50)

 

Number of Prior anti-VEGF Therapies– no. (%)

   

0.093

 ≤1

16 (84)

13 (57)

29 (69)

 

 > 1

3 (16)

10 (43)

13 (31)

 

Duration of prior anti-VEGF Therapies– no. (%)

   

>0.99

 < 6 Months

8 (42)

10 (43)

18 (43)

 

 ≥ 6 Months

11 (58)

13 (57)

24 (57)

 

NLR at Day 15– no. (%)

   

<0.001

 < 3

15 (79)

2 (9)

17 (40)

 

 ≥ 3

4 (21)

20 (87)

24 (57)

 

NLR at Cycle 3– no. (%)a

   

0.001

 < 3

13 (68)

3 (13)

16 (38)

 

 ≥ 3

4 (21)

16 (70)

20 (48)

 

Types of anti-VEGF Therapies – no. (%)

    

 Pazopanib

10 (34)

10 (77)

20 (48)

0.019

 Sunitinib

6 (21)

9 (69)

15 (36)

0.005

 Axitinib

0 (0)

9 (69)

9 (21)

<0.001

 Sorafenib

0 (0)

6 (46)

6 (14)

<0.001

 Bevacizumab

2 (7)

5 (38)

7 (17)

0.021

 Everolimus

2 (7)

5 (38)

7 (17)

0.021

 IL2

10 (34)

10 (77)

20 (48)

0.019

Histology – no. (%)

   

0.330

 Clear

17 (89)

16 (70)

33 (79)

 

 Clear Cell W/ Sarcamatoid Features

0 (0)

3 (13)

3 (7)

 

 Clear Cell W/ Papillary Features

2 (1)

3 (13)

5 (12)

 

 Medullary

0 (0)

1 (4)

1 (2)

 

Heng Prognostic Score– no. (%)

   

0.509

 Low

4 (21)

8 (35)

12 (29)

 

 Intermediate

10 (53)

12 (52)

22 (52)

 

 High

5 (26)

3 (13)

8 (19)

 

MSKCC Prognostic Score– no. (%)

   

0.317

 Low

4 (21)

9 (39)

13 (31)

 

 Intermediate

15 (79)

14 (61)

29 (69)

 

Type of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy– no. (%)

   

0.220

 Nivolumab

19 (66)

10 (77)

29 (69)

 

 Nivolumab plus Nexavar

0 (0)

1 (8)

1 (2)

 

 Nivolumab plus Votrient

1 (3)

2 (15)

3 (7)

 

 Nivolumab + Ipilimumab

1 (3)

0 (0)

1 (2)

 

 Ipilimumab

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Avelumab

1 (3)

0 (0)

1 (2)

 

 Pembrolizumab and Axitinib

5 (17)

0 (0)

5 (12)

 

 Atezolizumab and Avastin

2 (7)

0 (0)

2 (5)

 
  1. aData are not available for 6 patients