Table 3.

Summary of comparative performance of the new PIRT score for patients with R/R MTCL and MNKCL (0-6) against conventional IPI and PIT score across the global (training and test data sets) and the combined TCP 2.0 and MGH cohorts (external validation data set)

Prognostic indexIPIPITPIRT
Risk group (score) LR (0-2) HR (3-5) LR (0-1) HR (2-4) LR (0-1) IR (2-3) HR (4-6) 
Training set  
n (%) 191 (48) 208 (52) 204 (47) 229 (53) 14 (7) 106 (54) 76 (39) 
Median OS since second-line Tx (95% CI)  2.53 (1.71-4.22) 1.01 (0.65-1.21) 2.62 (1.65-4.30) 1.08 (0.87-1.30) inf (2.31 to inf) 3.05 (1.65-6.08) 0.65 (0.40-1.07) 
P value <.005 <.005 <.005 
AIC 2437.55 2628.41 1057.53 
Training C-index 0.58 0.57 0.65 
Test set  
n (%) 40 (43) 54 (57) 50 (48) 55 (52) 7 (13) 27 (52) 18 (35) 
Median OS since second-line Tx (95% CI)  1.13 (0.77-3.03) 0.64 (0.32-1.41) 1.46 (0.96-3.40) 0.59 (0.28-1.20) inf (0.96 to inf) 1.30 (0.54-2.36) 0.28 (0.16-0.68) 
Bootstrap testing, C-index average (95% CI)  0.56 (0.50-0.63) 0.59 (0.52-0.65) 0.70 (0.63-0.76) 
 C-indextest, IPI < C-indextest, PIRT (paired t test P value <.001)
C-indextest, PIT < C-indextest, PIRT (paired t test P value <.001) 
External validation set  
n (%) 95 (65) 52 (35) 80 (54) 67 (46) 7 (5) 60 (41) 80 (54) 
Median OS since second-line Tx (95% CI)  1.06 (0.66-2.35) 0.67 (0.48-1.08) 1.90 (0.77 to inf) 0.65 (0.38- 0.94) NR (0.07 to inf) 1.59 (0.70 to inf) 0.50 (0.23-0.83) 
Bootstrap external validation C-index average (95% CI)  0.51 (0.46-0.57) 0.55 (0.50-0.61) 0.62 (0.57-0.67) 
 C- indexexternal validation, IPI < C- indexexternal validation PIRT (paired t test P value <.001)
C- indexexternal validation, PIT < C- indexexternal validation, PIRT (paired t test P value <.001) 
Prognostic indexIPIPITPIRT
Risk group (score) LR (0-2) HR (3-5) LR (0-1) HR (2-4) LR (0-1) IR (2-3) HR (4-6) 
Training set  
n (%) 191 (48) 208 (52) 204 (47) 229 (53) 14 (7) 106 (54) 76 (39) 
Median OS since second-line Tx (95% CI)  2.53 (1.71-4.22) 1.01 (0.65-1.21) 2.62 (1.65-4.30) 1.08 (0.87-1.30) inf (2.31 to inf) 3.05 (1.65-6.08) 0.65 (0.40-1.07) 
P value <.005 <.005 <.005 
AIC 2437.55 2628.41 1057.53 
Training C-index 0.58 0.57 0.65 
Test set  
n (%) 40 (43) 54 (57) 50 (48) 55 (52) 7 (13) 27 (52) 18 (35) 
Median OS since second-line Tx (95% CI)  1.13 (0.77-3.03) 0.64 (0.32-1.41) 1.46 (0.96-3.40) 0.59 (0.28-1.20) inf (0.96 to inf) 1.30 (0.54-2.36) 0.28 (0.16-0.68) 
Bootstrap testing, C-index average (95% CI)  0.56 (0.50-0.63) 0.59 (0.52-0.65) 0.70 (0.63-0.76) 
 C-indextest, IPI < C-indextest, PIRT (paired t test P value <.001)
C-indextest, PIT < C-indextest, PIRT (paired t test P value <.001) 
External validation set  
n (%) 95 (65) 52 (35) 80 (54) 67 (46) 7 (5) 60 (41) 80 (54) 
Median OS since second-line Tx (95% CI)  1.06 (0.66-2.35) 0.67 (0.48-1.08) 1.90 (0.77 to inf) 0.65 (0.38- 0.94) NR (0.07 to inf) 1.59 (0.70 to inf) 0.50 (0.23-0.83) 
Bootstrap external validation C-index average (95% CI)  0.51 (0.46-0.57) 0.55 (0.50-0.61) 0.62 (0.57-0.67) 
 C- indexexternal validation, IPI < C- indexexternal validation PIRT (paired t test P value <.001)
C- indexexternal validation, PIT < C- indexexternal validation, PIRT (paired t test P value <.001) 

PIRT score, for the number of selected adverse factors, ranged from 0 to 6. PIRT score was developed after selecting the final MVC model based on 80% (training data set) of 763 patients for whom information on the start of second-line treatment and complete data for the selected risk factors of the final MVC model was available. We tested the final model on 1000 bootstraps of 20% (test data set) of the global data set and used an external validation/independent cohort of 147 patients (T-Cell Project (TCP) 2.0 and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) cohorts pooled) to confirm the performance of the PIRT score. The C-index is a widely used metric for the global evaluation of prognostic models in survival analysis.

AIC, Akaike information criterion; MVC, multivariable Cox; NR, not reached; Tx, treatment.

OS estimates calculated from the start of second-line treatment to death or loss of follow-up.

Average = 1000 times bootstrapped.

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