Clinical Study

Real-World Evidence of Safety and Efficacy of Carboplatin plus Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Preexisting Interstitial Lung Disease: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

Age, years
 Median (range)69 (59–79)
Gender
 Male8
 Female1
Smoking status
 Current3
 Former6
Preexisting interstitial lung disease
 IPF5
 Non-IPF4
ECOG performance status score
 0-17
 22
Disease stage
 IIIB2
 IV7
Tumor histology
 Squamous cell carcinoma7
 Adenosquamous carcinoma1
 Pleomorphic carcinoma1
EGFR mutation status
 Wild type9
ALK fusion genes
 Negative4
 Unknown5
KL-6 (U/mL)
 Median (range)659 (317–3890)
SP-D (ng/mL)
 Median (range)80.9 (43–174)
%FVC (%)
 Median (range)112.4 (53.8–124.2)
FEV1/FVC (%)
 Median (range)77.1 (56.4–92.4)
%DLco (%)
 Median (range)55.8 (29.1–76.6)
ILD-GAP index
 Median (range)4 (1–5)

IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK: anaplastic lymphoma kinase; FVC: forced vital capacity; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; DLco: carbon monoxide diffusing capacity of the lung; ILD: interstitial lung disease; GAP: gender, age, and lung physiology variables.