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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of advanced ovarian carcinomas with and without high-dose chemotherapy

From: Are there candidates for high-dose chemotherapy in ovarian carcinoma?

 

CCA

HDC

p -value

Odd or Hazard Ratio (95CI)

 

N

 

N (%)

N (%)

  
   

103

60

  

Follow-up (median, months)

163

 

46.7

48.2

0.08***

 

Median Age (years)

163

 

56,0

53,0 0

09***

 

Age

163

   

0.73****

1.15 [0.55-2.45]

  

≤50y

34 (33)

18 (30)

  
  

>50y

69 (67)

42 (70)

  

OMS

117

   

0.17****

0.35 [0.06-1.37]

  

0-1

63 (81)

36 (92)

  
  

2-3

15 (19)

3 (8)

  

FIGO

163

   

0.33****

1.47 [0.63-3.39]

  

IIIc

84 (82)

45 (75)

  
  

IV

19 (18)

15 (25)

  

Histological subtype

163

   

0.62****

0.82 [0.40-1.65]

  

Serous

62 (60)

39 (65)

  
  

Others

41 (40)

21 (35)

  

Grade

98

   

0.01****

0.32 [0.12-0.81]

  

1-2

19 (31)

21 (58)

  
  

3

43 (69)

15 (42)

  

Cytoreductive surgery

160

     
  

Complete

56 (56)

40 (67)

0.24****

0.64 [0.31-1.30]

  

residual disease

44 (44)

20 (33)

  

Clinical complete response*

161

     
  

Yes

63 (62)

50 (83)

0.007****

0.33 [0.14-0.77]

  

No

38 (38)

10 (17)

  

CA-125**

149

   

0.66****

0.75 [0.27-1.92]

  

Normal

73 (80)

49 (85)

  
  

>Normal

18 (20)

9 (15)

  

Time from end of initial CT to HDCT (median, months)

61

 

NA

2.8

NA

NA

Median PFS (months)

  

18.1

20.1

0.09*****

 

Median OS (months)

  

41.3

47.3

0.24*****

 
  1. CCA, conventional chemotherapy alone; HDC, high-dose chemotherapy; N, number of cases with data available; 95CI, 95% confidence interval; OMS, performance status; NA, not asssessable; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival. *Clinical and radiological complete response after platinum and taxane-based chemotherapy; **, CA-125 rate after platinum and taxane-based chemotherapy; ***, T-test; ****, Fisher's exact test; *****, Log-rank test.