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Table 1 Patient demographics and characteristics at baseline

From: Safety and efficacy of apatinib in patients with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma after the failure of two or more lines of chemotherapy (AHEAD): a prospective, single-arm, multicenter, phase IV study

Characteristic

ITT population (n = 2004)

Age (years)

 Median age

59

 Range

19–85

Gender, n (%)

 Male

1438 (72%)

 Female

566 (28%)

ECOG performance status, n (%)

 0

309 (15%)

 1

1379 (69%)

 2

308 (15%)

 3

2 (< 1%)

Unknown

6 (< 1%)

Stage, n (%)

 III

70 (3%)

 IV

1931 (96%)

 Unknown

3 (< 1%)

Extra-gastric metastases, n (%)

 Yes

1979 (99%)

 No

22 (1%)

 Unknown

3 (< 1%)

Number of metastatic sites, n (%)

  ≤ 2

1293 (65%)

  > 2

686 (34%)

Prior lines of chemotherapy, n (%)

  ≤ 2

1514 (76%)

  > 2

486 (24%)

Unknown

4 (< 1%)

Prior gastrectomy, n (%)

 Yes

1491 (74%)

 No

510 (25%)

 Unknown

3 (< 1%)

Previous systemic anticancer agents

 Fluoropyrimidine

1976 (97%)

 Platinum

1884 (94%)

 Taxane

1554 (78%)

 Irinotecan

542 (27%)

 Anthracyclines

125 (6%)

 Anti-HER2 therapy

75 (4%)

 Ramucirumab

9 (< 1%)

 Immunotherapy (anti-PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4)

5 (< 1%)

 Other

266 (13%)

  1. ITT Intention-to-treat, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group