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Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline

From: Clinical experience with ipilimumab 10 mg/kg in patients with melanoma treated at Italian centres as part of a European expanded access programme

Characteristic

 

Patients, N

74

Gender, n (%)

 

 Male

46 (62.2)

 Female

28 (37.8)

Age, years, median (range)

56 (23–79)

Time from diagnosis, months, median (range)

31 (5–206)

Melanoma diagnosis, n (%)

 

 Cutaneous

57 (77.0)

 Uveal

9 (12.2)

 Mucosal

2 (2.7)

 Unknown

6 (8.1)

Presence of brain metastases

11 (14.9)

M stage, n (%)

 

 M0 (unresectable stage III)

2 (2.7)

 M1a

16 (21.6)

 M1b

2 (2.7)

 M1c

53 (71.6)

 Unknown

1 (1.4)

ECOG PS

 

 0

43 (58.1)

 1

29 (39.2)

 2

2 (2.7)

LDH

 

 Median (range), units/L

466 (139–4416)

 >Upper limit of normal (480 units/L), n (%)

37 (50)

Number of prior therapies for metastatic disease, median (range)

2 (1–5)

  1. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, PS performance status.