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Table 2 Characteristics of patients treated with talimogene laherparepvec in OPTiM by complete response and partial response (per investigator assessment)a

From: Final analyses of OPTiM: a randomized phase III trial of talimogene laherparepvec versus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in unresectable stage III–IV melanoma

Characteristic

Complete response (n = 50)

Partial response (n = 43)

Median (IQR) age, years

70 (60–78)

63 (53–77)

Female

20 (40)

21 (49)

ECOG performance status = 0

42 (84)

31 (72)

AJCC stage

 IIIB/C

31 (62)

15 (35)

 IVM1a

15 (30)

14 (33)

 IIIB–IVM1a

46 (92)

29 (67)

 IVM1b

2 (4)

7 (16)

 IVM1c

2 (4)

7 (16)

In-transit or distant skin metastases

 IIIB–IVM1a

42 (84)

20 (47)

 IIIB–IVM1c

44 (88)

26 (60)

Elevated LDH (>ULN)

0

0

Line of treatment

 1st

33 (66)

27 (63)

  ≥ 2nd

17 (34)

16 (37)

Median baseline tumor burden (range), cm2

4.6 (0.3–38.3)

10.9 (0.6–280.6)

BRAF status

 Mutation

5 (10)

9 (21)

 Wild type

5 (10)

9 (21)

 Unknown/missing

40 (80)

25 (58)

HSV-1 seropositive at baseline

32 (64)

28 (65)

  1. Data presented are number (%) of patients, unless otherwise indicated
  2. aAmong 295 patients randomized to talimogene laherparepvec, 291 received treatment and 287 were evaluable for response assessment per investigator assessment
  3. AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, HSV herpes simplex virus, IQR interquartile range, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, ULN upper limit of normal