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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients

From: Validation of the Meet-URO score in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients receiving second or third-line tyrosine kinase inhibitors-immune checkpoint inhibitors combination therapy

Characteristics

Total

Meet-URO Group 1 (Score: 0–3)

Meet-URO Group 2 (Score: 4–5)

Meet-URO Group 3 (Score: 6–8)

p-value

Sample size (n)

72

47

17

8

 

ccRCC (%)

72 (100)

47 (100)

17 (100)

8 (100)

NA

Gender (%)

0.443

 Male

61 (15.28)

8 (17.02)

3 (17.65)

0 (0.00)

 

 Female

11 (84.72)

39 (82.98)

14 (82.35)

8 (100.00)

 

Age (median [IQR])

56.50 (52.00, 66.00)

56 (51.50, 66.00)

56.00 (54.00, 63)

62.00 (53.75, 67.50)

0.507

Nephrectomy (%)

0.004

 Yes

62 (86.11)

44 (93.62)

14 (82.35)

4 (50.00)

 

 No

10 (13.89)

3 (6.38)

3 (17.65)

4 (50.00)

 

ISUP (%)

0.248

 ISUP < 3

18 (25.00)

14 (29.79)

4 (23.53)

0 (0.00)

 

 ISUP ≥ 3

37 (51.39)

23 (48.94)

10 (58.82)

4 (50.00)

 

 NA

17 (23.61)

10 (21.28)

3 (17.65)

4 (80.00)

 

T stage ≥ 3 (%)

0.337

 Yes

24 (33.33)

17 (36.17)

4 (23.53)

3 (37.50)

 

 No

26 (36.11)

16 (34.04)

9 (52.94)

1 (12.50)

 

 NA

22 (30.56)

14 (29.79)

4 (23.53)

4 (50.00)

 

N stage (%)

0.611

 0

48 (66.67)

33 (70.21)

11 (64.71)

4 (50.00)

 

 1

11 (15.28)

5 (10.64)

4 (23.53)

2 (25.00)

 

 Nx

3 (4.17)

2 (4.26)

0 (0.00)

1 (12.50)

 

 NA

10 (13.89)

7 (14.89)

2 (11.76)

1 (12.50)

 

M stage (%)

 Synchronous

39 (54.17)

29 (61.70)

8 (47.06)

2 (25.00)

 

 Metachronous

33 (45.83)

18 (38.30)

9 (52.94)

6 (75.00)

 

IMDC group (%)

 < 0.001

 Favorable

16 (22.22)

16 (34.04)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

 

 Intermediate

48 (66.67)

31 (65.96)

17 (100.00)

0 (0.00)

 

 Poor

8 (11.11)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

8 (100.00)

 

Bone metastasis (%)

0.435

 Yes

13 (18.06)

3 (6.38)

8 (47.06)

2 (25.00)

 

 No

59 (81.94)

44 (93.62)

9 (52.94)

6 (75.00)

 

NLR ≥ 3.2 (%)

0.579

 Yes

14 (19.44)

2 (4.26)

9 (52.94)

3 (37.50)

 

 No

58 (80.56)

45 (95.74)

8 (47.06)

5 (62.50)

 

Prior treatment (%)

0.776

 TKI

66 (91.67)

44 (93.62)

15 (88.24)

7 (87.50)

 

 TKI + IO

4 (5.55)

2 (4.26)

1 (5.88)

1 (12.50)

 

 TKI + mTOR

2 (2.78)

1 (2.12)

1 (5.88)

0 (0.00)

 

2nd-line treatment (%)

 < 0.001

 Yes

64 (88.89)

44 (93.62)

13 (76.47)

7 (87.50)

 

 No

8 (11.11)

3 (6.38)

4 (23.53)

1 (12.50)

 

Based immunotherapy (%)

0.643

 NIV

2 (2.78)

2 (4.26)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

 

 PEM

7 (9.72)

4 (8.51)

2 (11.76)

1 (12.50)

 

 SIN

39 (54.17)

27 (57.45)

7 (41.18)

5 (62.50)

 

 TIS

3 (4.17)

3 (6.38)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

 

 TOR

21 (29.17)

11 (23.40)

8 (47.06)

2 (25.00)

 
  1. ccRCC clear cell renal cell carcinoma, IMDC International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor, IO immuno-oncology therapy, NIV nivolumab, PEM pembrolizumab, SIN sintilimab, TIS tislelizumab, TOR toripalimab, NA not applicable, IQR interquartile range