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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: Multicenter phase II study of matured dendritic cells pulsed with melanoma cell line lysates in patients with advanced melanoma

Characteristic

Number

%

Number of patients

38

100%

Sex

  

   Male

22

58%

   Female

16

42%

Age (years)

  

   Median

60

 

   Range

27-85

 

ECOG PS at inclusion

  

   0

28

74%

   1

10

26%

   2

0

0%

   3

0

0%

ECOG PS at treatment initiation

  

   0

23

70%

   1

8

24%

   2

1

3%

   3

1

3%

Staging at study entry

  

   IIIB - N2c

5

13%

   IIIC - N3

6

16%

   IV - M1a

16

42%

   IV - M1b

10

26%

   IV - M1c

1

3%

Number of organs involved at baseline

  

Median (range)

1 (1-4)

 

   1

27

71%

   2

8

21%

   > 2

3

8%

Organs involved

  

   Local recurrence

2

5%

   Skin metastasis

18

47%

   Lymph node

11

29%

   Lung metastasis

17

45%

Prior therapies

  

   Prior radiotherapy

7

18%

   Prior immunotherapy

20

53%

   Prior immunotherapy and chemotherapy

7

18%

   Prior systemic chemotherapy

17

45%

   Number of prior chemotherapy lines; Median (range)

1 (0-4)

 

   Prior Isolated Limb Perfusion

6

16%

  1. Abbreviations: ECOG-PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status;