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Table 3 Median time to progression (TTP) and overall survival (OS) in patients stratified by above/below median baseline, and by above/below median ratio to baseline, soluble protein level.

From: Mechanism-related circulating proteins as biomarkers for clinical outcome in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma receiving sunitinib

Endpoint and soluble protein

Median baseline level, pg/mL

(N = 37)

Median time to event, weeks

Log-rank

P-value

Hazard ratio

(95% CI)

  

Patients with

≤ median baseline level

(n = 19)

Patients with

> median baseline level

(n = 18)

  

TTP

     

   VEGF-A

54.9

21.0

34.0

0.0941

2.15 (0.88, 5.25)

   VEGF-C

822.2

7.93

34.00

0.0096*

4.12 (1.41, 12.02)

   sVEGFR-2

7068

11.71

34.00

0.1641

1.84 (0.78, 4.33)

OS

     

   VEGF-C

822.2

18.57

45.00

0.0165*

2.53 (1.19, 5.41)

   sVEGFR-3

48,700

57.00

24.64

0.0673

0.50 (0.24, 1.05)

Endpoint, soluble protein, and time point

Median ratio to baseline

Median time to event, weeks

Log-rank

P -value

Hazard ratio

(95% CI)

  

Patients with

≤ median ratio to baseline †

Patients with

> median ratio to baseline †

  

TTP

     

VEGF-A

     

   C1D14:D1

2.2269

34.0

11.7

0.0225*

0.30 (0.11, 0.84)

   C2D1:D1

0.9153

42.9

32.4

0.1341

0.44 (0.15, 1.29)

   C2D28:D1

2.0923

42.9

21.0

0.0034*

0.15 (0.04, 0.53)

VEGF-C

     

   C2D1:D1

0.6596

32.43

11.71

0.0347*

0.29 (0.09, 0.92)

   C5D28:D1

0.6385

48.43

34.07

0.0192*

0.16 (0.04, 0.74)

sVEGFR-3

     

   C1D28:D1

0.2195

16.14

46.29

0.0028*

5.54 (1.80, 17.02)

sKIT

     

   C1D14:D1

0.8221

34.14

16.14

0.0476*

0.33 (0.11, 0.99)

   C2D28:D1

0.4067

22.00

42.86

0.1182

2.35 (0.80, 6.84)

OS

VEGF-A

     

   C1D14:D1

2.2269

69.00

18.79

0.0142*

0.36 (0.16, 0.82)

   C2D1:D1

0.9153

57.00

22.21

0.0862

0.45 (0.18, 1.12)

VEGF-C

     

   C1D28:D1

0.7388

45.00

21.21

0.0291*

0.37 (0.15, 0.90)

   C2D1:D1

0.6596

57.00

18.57

0.0452*

0.38 (0.15, 0.98)

sVEGFR-2

     

   C1D28:D1

0.4558

20.50

71.21

0.0041*

3.96 (1.55, 10.12)

sKIT

     

   C1D14:D1

0.8221

45.00

27.50

0.1356

0.55 (0.25, 1.21)

   C2D28:D1

0.4067

40.79

73.43

0.0218*

0.37 (1.21, 11.48)

  1. Only results where P ≤ 0.2 are shown
  2. *Significant at the 0.05 level
  3. †Number of patients included in ≤ median and > median stratification groups, respectively, at each time point: C1D14:D1: n = 17, n = 16; C1D28:D1: n = 14, n = 14; C2D1:D1: n = 13, n = 12; C2D28:D1: n = 10, n = 9; C5D28:D1: n = 6, n = 6
  4. C, cycle; D, day