Table 3

ORR according to tumor PD-L1 status (cut-off indicates percentage of tumor cells expressing PD-L1)

PD-L1 positivePD-L1 negativeP value
≥1% cut-off
 Patients, n8823
 ORR (95% CI), %19.3 (11.7 to 29.1)8.7 (1.1 to 28.0)0.353
 Median PFS (95% CI), months4.0 (2.7 to 6.0)1.5 (1.4 to 5.4)
 Median OS (95% CI), months14.1 (11.2 to 18.2)11.3 (1.6 to NE)
≥50% cut-off
 Patients, n5358
 ORR (95% CI), %22.6 (12.3 to 36.2)12.1 (5.0 to 23.3)0.207
 Median PFS (95% CI), months5.4 (2.8 to 9.6)2.4 (1.4 to 2.8)
 Median OS (95% CI), months14.2 (11.9 to NE)13.6 (6.8 to 18.2)
≥80% cut-off
 Patients, n3873
 ORR (95% CI), %26.3 (13.4 to 43.1)12.3 (5.8 to 22.1)0.109
 Median PFS (95% CI), months5.4 (2.7 to 11.1)2.7 (1.4 to 4.2)
 Median OS (95% CI), months14.2 (12.4 to 16.9)14.0 (8.4 to 19.7)
  • NE, not estimable (not reached); ORR, objective response rate; OS, overall survival; PD-L1, programmed death ligand 1 ; PFS, progression-free survival.