Choosing wisely first line immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): what to add and what to leave out

C Proto, R Ferrara, D Signorelli, GL Russo… - Cancer Treatment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has dramatically changed the therapeutic scenario in treatment naïve
advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While single agent pembrolizumab has …

Safety, efficacy, and pharmacodynamics of tremelimumab plus durvalumab for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: randomized expansion of a phase …

RK Kelley, B Sangro, W Harris, M Ikeda… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE This phase I/II study evaluated tremelimumab (anticytotoxic T-lymphocyte–
associated antigen-4 monoclonal antibody) and durvalumab (antiprogrammed death ligand …

A longitudinal circulating tumor DNA-based model associated with survival in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer

ZJF Assaf, W Zou, AD Fine, MA Socinski, A Young… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
One of the great challenges in therapeutic oncology is determining who might achieve
survival benefits from a particular therapy. Studies on longitudinal circulating tumor DNA …

Adding PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors to chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of extensive stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC): a meta-analysis of randomized trials

F Facchinetti, M Di Maio, M Tiseo - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Treatment strategies in advanced, metastatic small cell lung cancer have
been recently implemented by the combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy …

Axitinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced sarcomas including alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a single-centre, single-arm, phase 2 trial

BA Wilky, MM Trucco, TK Subhawong, V Florou… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background VEGF promotes an immunosuppressive microenvironment and contributes to
immune checkpoint inhibitor resistance in cancer. We aimed to assess the activity of the …

Circulating tumor DNA monitoring on chemo-immunotherapy for risk stratification in advanced non–small cell lung cancer

B Pellini, RW Madison, MA Childress, ST Miller… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: Chemoimmunotherapy (chemoIO) is a prevalent first-line treatment for advanced
driver-negative non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with maintenance therapy given after …

Classical mathematical models for prediction of response to chemotherapy and immunotherapy

N Ghaffari Laleh, CML Loeffler, J Grajek… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Classical mathematical models of tumor growth have shaped our understanding of cancer
and have broad practical implications for treatment scheduling and dosage. However, even …

Cancer patient survival can be parametrized to improve trial precision and reveal time-dependent therapeutic effects

D Plana, G Fell, BM Alexander, AC Palmer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Individual participant data (IPD) from oncology clinical trials is invaluable for identifying
factors that influence trial success and failure, improving trial design and interpretation, and …

Tremelimumab and durvalumab in the treatment of unresectable, advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

TB de Castria, DN Khalil, JJ Harding, EM O'Reilly… - Future …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Liver cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with over
780,000 deaths in 2018. About 90% of liver cancer cases are hepatocellular carcinoma …

Facts and hopes for gut microbiota interventions in cancer immunotherapy

D Davar, HM Zarour - Clinical Cancer Research, 2022 - AACR
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4
(CTLA-4) and programmed death 1 (PD-1) proteins transformed the management of …