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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients and by treatment arm

From: Randomized phase II trial of autologous dendritic cell vaccines versus autologous tumor cell vaccines in metastatic melanoma: 5-year follow up and additional analyses

Characteristic

All (n = 42)

TCV (n = 24)

DCV (N = 18)

P-value

Age ≥ 60 years

20 (48%)

12 (50%)

8 (44%)

0.72

# Male

27 (64%)

16 (67%)

11 (61%)

0.71

# from out of state

16 (38%)

9 (38%)

7 (39%)

0.93

KPS = 100%

21 (50%)

12 (50%)

9 (50%)

1.00

↑LDH at randomization

11 (26%)

4 (17%)

7 (39%)

0.16

Highest stage =4

33 (79%)

17 (71%)

16 (89%)

0.16

Prior brain metastases

10 (24%)

6 (25%)

4 (22%)

1.00

Prior visceral metastases (non-CNS)

22 (52%)

14 (58%)

8 (44%)

0.45

Measurable Disease

17 (40%)

9 (38%)

8 (44%)

0.65

Detectable (not measurable)

10 (24%)

4 (17%)

6 (33%)

0.28

NED at randomization

15 (36%)

11 (46%)

4 (22%)

0.19

Stage 4 M1a at randomization

3 (7%)

1 (4%)

2 (11%)

0.57

Stage 4 M1b at randomization

9 (21%)

6 (25%)

3 (17%)

0.71

Stage 4 M1c at randomization

15 (36%)

6 (25%)

9 (50%)

0.094

  1. TCV tumor cell vaccine, DCV dendritic cell vaccine, KPS Karnofsky Performance Status, LDH serum lactate dehydrogenase, CNS central nervous system, NED no evidence of disease, M1a metastatic disease soft tissue metastases only and normal LDH, M1b metastatic lung with or without soft tissue metastases, but no other visceral metastases and normal LDH, M1c metastases to visceral organs and/or elevated LDH