Research Article

[Retracted] Osimertinib Improves Overall Survival in Patients with Leptomeningeal Metastases Associated with EGFR-Mutated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Regardless of Cerebrospinal Fluid T790M Mutational Status

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analyses of OS from LM diagnosis.

VariablesnUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Age, year
≤60381.00
>60400.85 (0.50–1.42)0.525

Sex
Male371.00
Female410.95 (0.56–1.61)0.859

Smoking
No581.00
Yes201.58 (0.85–2.96)0.147

ECOG PS
0–2491.001.00
≥3293.95 (2.19–7.10)≤0.0013.22 (1.74–5.95)≤0.001

Concurrent BM
No381.00
Yes331.07 (0.62–1.85)0.807

Initial EGFR mutation
19DEL421.00
21L8585R331.06 (0.63–1.80)0.823
Other31.16 (0.56–2.40)0.685

EGFR T790M mutation
Present281.00
Absent381.60 (0.89–2.90)0.118

CSF pressure, mmH2O
≤180251.00
>180490.94 (0.53–1.65)0.828

CSF protein, mg/dl
≤50231.00
>50440.99 (0.53–1.87)0.987

CSF glucose, mmol/L
≥2.5251.00
<2.5431.08 (0.60–1.94)0.808

Cytotoxic chemotherapy
No351.00
Yes400.87 (0.50–1.51)0.625

IT chemotherapy
No591.00
Yes140.63 (0.30–1.34)0.227

WBRT
No631.001.00
Yes130.45 (0.23–0.96)0.0380.77 (0.34–1.75)0.539

VPS insertion
No661.00
Yes100.79 (0.39–1.58)0.498

Osimertinib treatment
No341.001.00
Yes440.59 (0.45–0.78)≤0.0010.65 (0.49–0.87)0.004

Note. HR: hazard ratio, CI: confidence interval, ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, BM: brain metastases, IT: intrathecal, WBRT: whole-brain radiation therapy, and VPS: ventriculoperitoneal shunt.