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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients initiating palbociclib + letrozole

From: Real-world evidence analysis of palbociclib prescribing patterns for patients with advanced/metastatic breast cancer treated in community oncology practice in the USA one year post approval

 

All palbociclib + letrozole patients (N = 612)

Age (years)

  

At advanced breast cancer diagnosis (mean (SD))

61

(12)

At initiation of palbociclib (mean (SD))

64

(12)

 <65 (n (%))

304

(49.7)

 65–74 (n (%))

182

(29.7)

  ≥75 (n (%))

126

(20.6)

Weight (lbs) at initiation of palbociclib (mean (SD))

165

(37)

BMI (mean (SD))

28.2

(7.6)

Histology (n (%))

  

 Invasive ductal

190

(31.0)

 Invasive lobular

7

(3.7)

 Unknown

415

(67.8)

Stage recorded in EMRa (n (%))

  

 Recurrent

198

(38.4)

 De novo stage IV

278

(45.4)

 Unknown

99

(16.2)

ECOG at palbociclib treatment initiation (n (%))

  

 0/1

348

(56.9)

 2

77

(12.6)

  ≥3

18

(2.9)

Unknown

169

(27.6)

ER+/HER2 -

  

 Yes

428

(69.9)

 Unknown

184

(30.1)

ER status (n (%))

  

 Positive

505

(82.5)

 Negative

33

(5.4)

 Unknown

74

(12.1)

PR status (n (%))

  

 Positive

388

(63.4)

 Negative

123

(20.1)

 Unknown

101

(16.5)

HER2 status (n (%))

  

 Positive

38

(6.2)

 Negative

465

(76.0)

 Unknown

109

(17.8)

  1. BMI body mass index, EMR electronic medical record, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ER estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, PR progesterone
  2. aStage recorded in the EMR at the closest date to palbociclib initiation; restaging of patients does not typically occur