Table 1

Baseline patient demographics and disease characteristics

Patient demographicsTotal (n=13, %)
Median age, years (range)57 (22–79)
Sex
 Female7 (53.8)
 Male6 (46.2)
Race
 Caucasian9 (69.2)
 Asian2 (15.4)
 Unknown2 (15.4)
ECOG Performance Status
 012 (92.3)
 11 (7.7)
Primary Tumor Diagnosis
 Non-small cell Lung Cancer*3 (23.1)
 Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma1 (7.6)
 Cutaneous Squamous Carcinoma of Skin1 (7.6)
 Breast carcinoma†5 (38.4)
 High-grade Glioma3 (23.1)
Presence of Extracranial Disease
 Yes4 (30.7)
 No9 (69.3)
Neurologic Symptoms of LMM
 Yes13 (100)
 No0 (0)
Baseline CSF cytology
 Positive6 (46.2)
 Negative7 (53.8)
Median CSF White Cell Count (range)6 (1–131)
Median Serum Absolute Lymphocyte count (range)0.91 (0.3–2.4)
Disease Characteristics
Prior Chemotherapy
 Yes10 (76.9)
 No3 (23.1)
Prior Brain/Spine Radiotherapy
 Yes‡10 (76.9)
 No3 (23.1)
No. of Prior Lines of Systemic Therapy
 03 (23.1)
 11 (7.7)
 2+9 (69.2)
Any corticosteroids at the time of study enrollment
 Yes5 (38.4)
 No8 (61.5)
  • *Two NSCLCs were PD-L1 <1%, 1 harbored a MET-exon14 skipping alteration; 1 had no oncogenic driver mutation; 1 NSCLC harbored an NRAS mutation and was PD-L1 30%.

  • †3 patients had HER2-positive breast cancers; and 2 patients had ER-positive/PR-negative/HER-2-negative breast cancers.

  • ‡Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy= 4; Stereotactic Radiosurgery= 1; Focal RT to LMM= 5; all received > 3months before study enrollment.

  • ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.