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Topalian SL, Forde PM, Emens LA, Yarchoan M, Smith KN, Pardoll DM. Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade: A window of opportunity to advance cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Cell 2023; 41:1551-1566. [PMID: 37595586 PMCID: PMC10548441 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
Abstract
Among new treatment approaches for patients with cancer, few have accelerated as quickly as neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Neoadjuvant cancer therapy is administered before curative-intent surgery in treatment-naïve patients. Conventional neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy are primarily intended to reduce tumor size, improving surgical resectability. However, recent scientific evidence outlined here suggests that neoadjuvant immunotherapy can expand and transcriptionally modify tumor-specific T cell clones to enhance both intratumoral and systemic anti-tumor immunity. It further offers a unique "window of opportunity" to explore mechanisms and identify novel biomarkers of ICB response and resistance, opening possibilities for refining long-term clinical outcome predictions and developing new, more highly effective ICB combination therapies. Here, we examine advances in clinical and scientific knowledge gleaned from studies in select cancers and describe emerging key principles relevant to neoadjuvant ICB across many cancer types.
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- Suzanne L Topalian
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Robertson DS, Lee KM, López-Kolkovska BC, Villar SS. Response-adaptive randomization in clinical trials: from myths to practical considerations. Stat Sci 2023; 38:185-208. [PMID: 37324576 PMCID: PMC7614644 DOI: 10.1214/22-sts865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Response-Adaptive Randomization (RAR) is part of a wider class of data-dependent sampling algorithms, for which clinical trials are typically used as a motivating application. In that context, patient allocation to treatments is determined by randomization probabilities that change based on the accrued response data in order to achieve experimental goals. RAR has received abundant theoretical attention from the biostatistical literature since the 1930's and has been the subject of numerous debates. In the last decade, it has received renewed consideration from the applied and methodological communities, driven by well-known practical examples and its widespread use in machine learning. Papers on the subject present different views on its usefulness, and these are not easy to reconcile. This work aims to address this gap by providing a unified, broad and fresh review of methodological and practical issues to consider when debating the use of RAR in clinical trials.
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- David S. Robertson
- MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, United Kingdom
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Recently, advances in wearable technologies, data science and machine learning have begun to transform evidence-based medicine, offering a tantalizing glimpse into a future of next-generation 'deep' medicine. Despite stunning advances in basic science and technology, clinical translations in major areas of medicine are lagging. While the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inherent systemic limitations of the clinical trial landscape, it also spurred some positive changes, including new trial designs and a shift toward a more patient-centric and intuitive evidence-generation system. In this Perspective, I share my heuristic vision of the future of clinical trials and evidence-based medicine.
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Pel E, Engelberts I, Schermer M. Diversity of interpretations of the concept "patient-centered care for breast cancer patients"; a scoping review of current literature. J Eval Clin Pract 2022; 28:773-793. [PMID: 34002460 PMCID: PMC9788211 DOI: 10.1111/jep.13584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Patient-centered care is considered a vital component of good quality care for breast cancer patients. Nevertheless, the implementation of this valuable concept in clinical practice appears to be difficult. The goal of this study is to bridge the gap between theoretical elaboration of "patient-centered care" and clinical practice. To that purpose, a scoping analysis was performed of the application of the term "patient-centered care in breast cancer treatment" in present-day literature. METHOD For data-extraction, a literature search was performed extracting references that were published in 2018 and included the terms "patient-centered care" and "breast cancer". The articles were systematically traced for answers to the following three questions: "What is patient-centered care?", "Why perform patient-centered care?", and "How to realize patient-centered care?". For the content analysis, these answers were coded and assembled into meaningful clusters until separate themes arose which concur with various interpretations of the term "patient-centered care". RESULTS A total of 60 publications were retained for analysis. Traced answers to the three questions "what", "why", and "how" varied considerably in recent literature concerning breast cancer treatment. Despite the inconsistent use of the term "patient-centered care," we did not find any critical consideration about the nature of the concept, regardless of the applied interpretation. Interventions that are supposed to contribute to the heterogeneous concept of patient-centered care as such, seem to be judged desirable, virtually without empirical justification. CONCLUSIONS We propose, contrary to previous efforts to define "patient-centered care" more accurately, to embrace the heterogeneity of the concept and apply "patient-centered care" as an umbrella-term for all healthcare that intends to contribute to the acknowledgement of the person in the patient. For the justification of measures to realize patient-centered care for breast cancer patients, instead of a mere contribution to the abstract concept, we insist on the demonstration of desirable real-world effects.
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- Elise Pel
- Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,The Franciscus Breast Clinic, Department of Surgery, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Schiedam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Schreiber S, Irving PM, Sharara AI, Martín-Arranz MD, Hébuterne X, Penchev P, Danese S, Anthopoulos P, Akhundova-Unadkat G, Baert F. Review article: randomised controlled trials in inflammatory bowel disease-common challenges and potential solutions. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022; 55:658-669. [PMID: 35132657 DOI: 10.1111/apt.16781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recruitment rates for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis clinical trials continue to decrease annually. The inability to reach recruitment targets and complete trials has serious implications for stakeholders in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) community. Action is required to ensure patients with an unmet medical need have access to new therapies to improve the management of their IBD. AIMS Identify challenges contributing to recruitment decline in IBD clinical trials and propose potential solutions. METHODS PubMed and Google were used to identify literature, regulatory guidelines and conference proceedings related to IBD clinical trials and related concepts. Data on IBD clinical trials conducted between 1989 and 2020 were extracted from the Trialtrove database. RESULTS Key aspects that may improve recruitment rates were identified. An increasingly patient-centric approach should be taken to study design including improvements to the readability of key trial documentation and inclusion of patient representatives in trial planning. Placebo is unappealing to patients; approaches including platform trials should be explored to minimise placebo exposure. Non-invasive imaging, biomarkers and novel digital endpoints should continue to be examined to reduce the burden on patients. Reducing the administrative burden associated with trials via the use of electronic signatures, for example, may benefit study sites and investigators. Changes implemented to IBD trials during the COVID-19 pandemic provided examples of how trial conduct can be rapidly and constructively adapted. CONCLUSIONS To improve recruitment in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis trials, the IBD community should address a broad range of issues related to clinical trial conduct.
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- Stefan Schreiber
- Department Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Alrechts-Unversity, Kiel, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Gastroenterology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.,School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Institute for Health Research, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, CHU of Nice and University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
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Puri P, Cortese D, Baliga S. A time series analysis of immune checkpoint inhibitor use in the United States Medicare population: 2014-2019. J DERMATOL TREAT 2021; 33:2004-2007. [PMID: 34314297 DOI: 10.1080/09546634.2021.1962002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The adoption of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has dramatically transformed the treatment of numerous cancers. Medicare is the largest payer in the US and pays for physician-administered drugs through its medical Part B benefit. The aim of this study was to describe trends in ICI utilization and corresponding government expenditures within the US Medicare population. METHODS We analyzed Medicare data to describe trends in total number of claims, total annual expenditures, expenditures per patient, and expenditures per claim for ICIs from January 2014 to December 2019. RESULTS From 2014 to 2019, utilization rates for each of the seven market approved ICIs in the US increased. Over this time period, total Medicare expenditure on ICIs increased 1916% from $285,506,498 to $5,755,319,571. Concurrently, overall Medicare Part B drug expenditure increased 57% from $23,679,547,748 to $37,271,080,631. Expenditures on ICIs accounted for 40% of the increase in total Medicare Part B drug spending over this time period. CONCLUSIONS The rapid increase in utilization of ICIs has accounted for a disproportionate share of government drug spending growth in the United States. Policymakers can potentially curb spending growth by linking payments to patient outcomes.
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- Pranav Puri
- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.,Center for Healthcare Delivery and Policy, Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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Perillat L, Baigrie BS. COVID-19 and the generation of novel scientific knowledge: Research questions and study designs. J Eval Clin Pract 2021; 27:694-707. [PMID: 33590660 PMCID: PMC8014661 DOI: 10.1111/jep.13550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES One of the sectors challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic is medical research. COVID-19 originates from a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the scientific community is faced with the daunting task of creating a novel model for this pandemic or, in other words, creating novel science. This paper is the first part of a series of two papers that explore the intricate relationship between the different challenges that have hindered biomedical research and the generation of scientific knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS During the early stages of the pandemic, research conducted on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was chaotic and sparked several heated debates with respect to the scientific methods used and the quality of knowledge generated. Research on HCQ is used as a case study in both papers. The authors explored biomedical databases, peer-reviewed journals, pre-print servers, and media articles to identify relevant literature on HCQ and COVID-19, and examined philosophical perspectives on medical research in the context of this pandemic and previous global health challenges. RESULTS This paper demonstrates that a lack of prioritization among research questions and therapeutics was responsible for the duplication of clinical trials and the dispersion of precious resources. Study designs, aimed at minimising biases and increasing objectivity, were, instead, the subject of fruitless oppositions. The duplication of research works, combined with poor-quality research, has greatly contributed to slowing down the creation of novel scientific knowledge. CONCLUSIONS The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges in terms of (1) finding and prioritising relevant research questions and (2) choosing study designs that are appropriate for a time of emergency.
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- Lucie Perillat
- Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mateo L, Duran-Frigola M, Gris-Oliver A, Palafox M, Scaltriti M, Razavi P, Chandarlapaty S, Arribas J, Bellet M, Serra V, Aloy P. Personalized cancer therapy prioritization based on driver alteration co-occurrence patterns. Genome Med 2020; 12:78. [PMID: 32907621 PMCID: PMC7488324 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-020-00774-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Identification of actionable genomic vulnerabilities is key to precision oncology. Utilizing a large-scale drug screening in patient-derived xenografts, we uncover driver gene alteration connections, derive driver co-occurrence (DCO) networks, and relate these to drug sensitivity. Our collection of 53 drug-response predictors attains an average balanced accuracy of 58% in a cross-validation setting, rising to 66% for a subset of high-confidence predictions. We experimentally validated 12 out of 14 predictions in mice and adapted our strategy to obtain drug-response models from patients’ progression-free survival data. Our strategy reveals links between oncogenic alterations, increasing the clinical impact of genomic profiling.
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- Lidia Mateo
- Joint IRB-BSC-CRG Program in Computational Biology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Joint IRB-BSC-CRG Program in Computational Biology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Experimental Therapeutics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Experimental Therapeutics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, 10065, USA.,Department of Pathology, MSKCC, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, 10065, USA.,Breast Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, MSKCC and Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, 10065, USA.,Breast Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, MSKCC and Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Growth Factors Laboratory, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Breast Cancer Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Experimental Therapeutics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Joint IRB-BSC-CRG Program in Computational Biology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. .,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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The Evolution of Master Protocol Clinical Trial Designs: A Systematic Literature Review. Clin Ther 2020; 42:1330-1360. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ho D, Quake SR, McCabe ERB, Chng WJ, Chow EK, Ding X, Gelb BD, Ginsburg GS, Hassenstab J, Ho CM, Mobley WC, Nolan GP, Rosen ST, Tan P, Yen Y, Zarrinpar A. Enabling Technologies for Personalized and Precision Medicine. Trends Biotechnol 2020; 38:497-518. [PMID: 31980301 PMCID: PMC7924935 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Individualizing patient treatment is a core objective of the medical field. Reaching this objective has been elusive owing to the complex set of factors contributing to both disease and health; many factors, from genes to proteins, remain unknown in their role in human physiology. Accurately diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disorders requires advances in biomarker discovery, the subsequent development of accurate signatures that correspond with dynamic disease states, as well as therapeutic interventions that can be continuously optimized and modulated for dose and drug selection. This work highlights key breakthroughs in the development of enabling technologies that further the goal of personalized and precision medicine, and remaining challenges that, when addressed, may forge unprecedented capabilities in realizing truly individualized patient care.
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- Dean Ho
- The N.1 Institute for Health (N.1), National University of Singapore, Singapore; The Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM), National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Engineering, NUS Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, CA, USA; Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, CA, USA; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, National University Health System, Singapore; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute for Personalized Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Duke University, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA; Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, CA, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, CA, USA
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- College of Medical Technology, Center of Cancer Translational Research, Taipei Cancer Center of Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Florida, FL, USA
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Menetski JP, Hoffmann SC, Cush SS, Kamphaus TN, Austin CP, Herrling PL, Wagner JA. The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium: Past Accomplishments and New Strategic Direction. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2020; 105:829-843. [PMID: 30648736 PMCID: PMC6593617 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.1362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Biomarkers Consortium (BC) is a public–private partnership that aims to facilitate drug development with biomarkers across a range of therapeutic areas. The BC is organized to address specific precompetitive biomarker projects, giving participating stakeholders a role in the design and conduct of projects and making the results freely public. Ultimately, the goals of the BC are to accelerate the development of new medicines, inform regulatory decision making, and improve patient care. Here, we describe how the BC works and briefly highlight its accomplishments. The BC has had many notable successful biomarker projects in the past 12 years, including I‐SPY2, which has improved clinical trials and biomarker use for breast cancer, and an evidentiary framework for biomarker qualification. Recently, the BC has undergone a strategic expansion of its scope to include related drug development tools along the lines of the Biomarkers, Endpoints, and other Tools (BEST) resource.
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- Joseph P Menetski
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Wang H, Yee D. I-SPY 2: a Neoadjuvant Adaptive Clinical Trial Designed to Improve Outcomes in High-Risk Breast Cancer. CURRENT BREAST CANCER REPORTS 2019; 11:303-310. [PMID: 33312344 DOI: 10.1007/s12609-019-00334-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Purpose of Review The I-SPY 2 trial is an adaptive clinical trial platform designed to improve outcomes in high-risk breast cancer patients by testing new drugs in the neoadjuvant setting. The intent of this review is to discuss background, study structure, innovation, and outcomes of the I-SPY 2 trial. Recent Findings I-SPY 2 evaluates new agents combined with standard therapy with pathologic complete response (pCR) as the primary endpoint. I-SPY-2 uses clinical biomarkers to classify breast cancer into 10 subtypes, with Bayesian adaptive randomization to allow individualized patient assignment to therapy arms to maximize treatment effects. A total of 7 drugs have graduated from I-SPY 2. Multiple new agents are currently in active enrollment in I-SPY 2. Summary I-SPY 2 uses an individualized approach in clinical trial design to improve high-risk breast cancer outcomes. The purpose of this review is to encourage further research and innovation in this area and bring more precise treatment options to breast cancer patients.
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- Haiyun Wang
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, MMC 806, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, MMC 806, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Kamran SC, Lennerz JK, Margolis CA, Liu D, Reardon B, Wankowicz SA, Van Seventer EE, Tracy A, Wo JY, Carter SL, Willers H, Corcoran RB, Hong TS, Van Allen EM. Integrative Molecular Characterization of Resistance to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Rectal Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:5561-5571. [PMID: 31253631 PMCID: PMC6744983 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-0908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Molecular properties associated with complete response or acquired resistance to concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy (CRT) are incompletely characterized.Experimental Design: We performed integrated whole-exome/transcriptome sequencing and immune infiltrate analysis on rectal adenocarcinoma tumors prior to neoadjuvant CRT (pre-CRT) and at time of resection (post-CRT) in 17 patients [8 complete/partial responders, 9 nonresponders (NR)]. RESULTS CRT was not associated with increased tumor mutational burden or neoantigen load and did not alter the distribution of established somatic tumor mutations in rectal cancer. Concurrent KRAS/TP53 mutations (KP) associated with NR tumors and were enriched for an epithelial-mesenchymal transition transcriptional program. Furthermore, NR was associated with reduced CD4/CD8 T-cell infiltrates and a post-CRT M2 macrophage phenotype. Absence of any local tumor recurrences, KP/NR status predicted worse progression-free survival, suggesting that local immune escape during or after CRT with specific genomic features contributes to distant progression. CONCLUSIONS Overall, while CRT did not impact genomic profiles, CRT impacted the tumor immune microenvironment, particularly in resistant cases.
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- Sophia C Kamran
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Integrated Diagnostics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Joint Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Brody DL, Chan L, Cizza G. How do you treat traumatic brain injury? One symptom at a time. Ann Neurol 2019; 86:329-331. [PMID: 31206780 PMCID: PMC9808892 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- David L. Brody
- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Bethesda, MD
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Cummings J, Feldman HH, Scheltens P. The "rights" of precision drug development for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther 2019; 11:76. [PMID: 31470905 PMCID: PMC6717388 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-019-0529-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
There is a high rate of failure in Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug development with 99% of trials showing no drug-placebo difference. This low rate of success delays new treatments for patients and discourages investment in AD drug development. Studies across drug development programs in multiple disorders have identified important strategies for decreasing the risk and increasing the likelihood of success in drug development programs. These experiences provide guidance for the optimization of AD drug development. The "rights" of AD drug development include the right target, right drug, right biomarker, right participant, and right trial. The right target identifies the appropriate biologic process for an AD therapeutic intervention. The right drug must have well-understood pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic features, ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, efficacy demonstrated in animals, maximum tolerated dose established in phase I, and acceptable toxicity. The right biomarkers include participant selection biomarkers, target engagement biomarkers, biomarkers supportive of disease modification, and biomarkers for side effect monitoring. The right participant hinges on the identification of the phase of AD (preclinical, prodromal, dementia). Severity of disease and drug mechanism both have a role in defining the right participant. The right trial is a well-conducted trial with appropriate clinical and biomarker outcomes collected over an appropriate period of time, powered to detect a clinically meaningful drug-placebo difference, and anticipating variability introduced by globalization. We lack understanding of some critical aspects of disease biology and drug action that may affect the success of development programs even when the "rights" are adhered to. Attention to disciplined drug development will increase the likelihood of success, decrease the risks associated with AD drug development, enhance the ability to attract investment, and make it more likely that new therapies will become available to those with or vulnerable to the emergence of AD.
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- Jeffrey Cummings
- Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences, UNLV and Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 West Bonneville Ave, Las Vegas, NV, 89106, USA.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Adaptive platform trials: definition, design, conduct and reporting considerations. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2019; 18:797-807. [DOI: 10.1038/s41573-019-0034-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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London AJ, Kimmelman J. Clinical Trial Portfolios: A Critical Oversight in Human Research Ethics, Drug Regulation, and Policy. Hastings Cent Rep 2019; 49:31-41. [DOI: 10.1002/hast.1034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kurozumi S, Yamaguchi Y, Matsumoto H, Kurosumi M, Hayashi SI, Fujii T, Horiguchi J, Shirabe K, Inoue K. Utility of Ki67 labeling index, cyclin D1 expression, and ER-activity level in postmenopausal ER-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer with neoadjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217279. [PMID: 31112577 PMCID: PMC6528995 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the relationships of pathological response after neoadjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy with alterations in the Ki67 labeling index (LI), expression of cyclin D1 (CCND1) and progesterone receptor (PgR), and estrogen receptor (ER) activity in breast cancer. A total of 43 Japanese post-menopausal ER-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative invasive breast cancer patients with tumors >2 cm or positive lymph nodes were enrolled. Exemestane alone was administered for 2 months. Neoadjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy included four cycles of doxorubicin plus paclitaxel followed by weekly paclitaxel. The immunohistochemical expression of Ki67 LI, CCND1, and PgR, and ER activity were evaluated using core needle biopsy samples at the pretreatment and post-exemestane alone stages. ER activity was evaluated through transfection of an adenovirus vector carrying an estrogen-response element-green fluorescent protein gene. In current study, marked pathological responses (including 4.7% with pathological complete response) were obtained in 34.9% of patients. Ki67 LI and PgR expression were significantly decreased after treatment. High Ki67 LI at pretreatment was a significant predictive factor of marked pathological response. At the stage of post-exemestane alone, Ki67 LI was not significantly associated with pathological response; however, high CCND1 expression was significantly correlated with high Ki67 LI. Moreover, low-level ER activity at the post-exemestane alone stage was significantly associated with marked pathological response. In conclusions, pretreatment Ki67 LI was a predictor of response to neoadjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy. CCND1 expression and ER activity at the post-endocrine therapy alone stage may be useful in determining further treatments.
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- Sasagu Kurozumi
- Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
- Division of Breast Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
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- Division of Breast Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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Zanders ED, Svensson F, Bailey DS. Therapy for glioblastoma: is it working? Drug Discov Today 2019; 24:1193-1201. [PMID: 30878561 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2019.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Glioblastoma (GBM) remains one of the most intransigent of cancers, with a median overall survival of only 15 months after diagnosis. Drug treatments have largely proven ineffective; it is thought that this is related to the heterogeneous nature and plasticity of GBM-initiating stem cell lineages. Although many combination drug therapies are being positioned to address tumour heterogeneity, the most promising therapeutic approaches for GBM to date appear to be those targeting GBM by vaccination or antibody- and cell-based immunotherapy. We review the most recent clinical trials for GBM and discuss the role of adaptive clinical trials in developing personalised treatment strategies to address intra- and inter-tumoral heterogeneity.
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- Edward D Zanders
- IOTA Pharmaceuticals Ltd, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS, UK
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- IOTA Pharmaceuticals Ltd, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS, UK
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- IOTA Pharmaceuticals Ltd, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS, UK.
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Lu TY, Chung KP, Poon WY, Cheung SH. Response-adaptive treatment allocation for clinical studies with ordinal responses. Stat Methods Med Res 2019; 29:359-373. [PMID: 30841791 DOI: 10.1177/0962280219834061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ordinal responses are common in clinical studies. Although the proportional odds model is a popular option for analyzing ordered-categorical data, it cannot control the type I error rate when the proportional odds assumption fails to hold. The latent Weibull model was recently shown to be a superior candidate for modeling ordinal data, with remarkably better performance than the latent normal model when the data are highly skewed. In clinical trials with ordinal responses, a balanced design is common, with equal sample allocation for each treatment. However, a more ethical approach is to adopt a response-adaptive allocation scheme in which more patients receive the better treatment. In this paper, we propose the use of the doubly adaptive biased coin design to generate treatment allocations that benefit the trial participants. The proposed treatment allocation scheme not only allows more patients to receive the better treatment, it also maintains compatible test power for the comparison of treatment efficiencies. A clinical example is used to illustrate the proposed procedure.
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- Tong-Yu Lu
- College of Economics and Management, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.,Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan
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Garralda E, Dienstmann R, Piris-Giménez A, Braña I, Rodon J, Tabernero J. New clinical trial designs in the era of precision medicine. Mol Oncol 2019; 13:549-557. [PMID: 30698321 PMCID: PMC6396357 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer treatment has made significant strides towards the promise of personalized medicine. Recent scientific advances have shown that there are numerous genetic deregulations that are common in multiple cancer types, raising the possibility of developing drugs targeting those deregulations irrespective of the tumour type. Precision Cancer Medicine (PCM) was born out of accumulated evidence matching targeted agents with these tumour molecular deregulations. At the same time, the therapeutic armamentarium is rapidly increasing and the number of new drugs (including immune-oncology agents) entering drug development continues to rise. These factors, added to strong collaboration with regulatory agencies, which have approved novel agents based on data obtained from phase 1/2 trials, have led to unprecedented evolution in the design of early-stage clinical trials. Currently, we have seen rapid phase 1 dose-escalation trials followed by remarkably large expansion cohorts, and are witnessing the emergence of new trials, such as adaptive studies with basket and umbrella designs aimed at optimizing the biomarker-drug co-development process. Alongside the growing complexity of these clinical trials, new frameworks for stronger and faster collaboration between all stakeholders in drug development, including academic institutions and frameworks, clinicians, pharma companies and regulatory agencies, have been established. In this review article, we describe the main challenges and opportunities that these new trial designs may provide for a more efficient drug development process, which may ultimately help ensure that PCM becomes a reality for patients.
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- Elena Garralda
- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.,Early Drug Development Unit (UITM), Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.,Oncology Data Science (ODysSey) Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.,Early Drug Development Unit (UITM), Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.,MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Uteng M, Urban L, Brees D, Muller PY, Kullak-Ublick GA, Bouchard P, Tougas G, Chibout SD. Safety differentiation: emerging competitive edge in drug development. Drug Discov Today 2018; 24:285-292. [PMID: 30244081 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
With increasing expectations to provide evidence of drug efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness, best-in-class drugs are a major value driver for the pharmaceutical industry. Superior safety is a key differentiation criterion that could be achieved through better risk:benefit profiles, safety margins, fewer contraindications, and improved patient compliance. To accomplish this, comparative safety assessments using innovative and adaptive nonclinical and clinical outcome-based approaches should be undertaken, and continuous strategic adjustments must be made as the risk:benefit profiles evolve. Key success criteria include scientific expertise and integration between all disciplines during the full extent of the drug development process.
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- Marianne Uteng
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Translational Medicine, Pre-Clinical Safety, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Translational Medicine, Pre-Clinical Safety, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Translational Medicine, Pre-Clinical Safety, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Global Drug Development, Chief Medical Office and Patient Safety, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Translational Medicine, Pre-Clinical Safety, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Global Drug Development, Chief Medical Office and Patient Safety, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Translational Medicine, Pre-Clinical Safety, Basel, Switzerland
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Cortopassi WA, Celmar Costa Franca T, Krettli AU. A systems biology approach to antimalarial drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2018; 13:617-626. [DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2018.1471056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Wilian Augusto Cortopassi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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Slosberg ED, Kang BP, Peguero J, Taylor M, Bauer TM, Berry DA, Braiteh F, Spira A, Meric-Bernstam F, Stein S, Piha-Paul SA, Salvado A. Signature program: a platform of basket trials. Oncotarget 2018; 9:21383-21395. [PMID: 29765547 PMCID: PMC5940401 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Investigating targeted therapies can be challenging due to diverse tumor mutations and slow patient accrual for clinical studies. The Signature Program is a series of 8 phase 2, agent-specific basket protocols using a rapid study start-up approach involving no predetermined study sites. Each protocol evaluated 1 agent (buparlisib, dovitinib, binimetinib, encorafenib, sonidegib, BGJ398, ceritinib, or ribociclib) in patients with solid or hematologic malignancies and an actionable mutation. The primary endpoint of each study was the clinical benefit rate (ie, complete or partial response, or stable disease) at 16 weeks. A total of 192 individual sites were opened in the United States, with a median start-up time of 3.6 weeks. The most common tumor types among the 595 treated patients were colorectal (9.2%), non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma (9.1%), and ovarian (8.4%). Frequent genetic alterations were in PIK3CA, RAS, p16, and PTEN. Overall, 30 partial or complete responses were observed with 6 compounds in 16 tumor types. The Signature Program presents a unique and successful approach for rapid signal finding across multiple tumors and allowed various agents to be evaluated in patients with rare alterations. Incorporating these program features in conventional studies could lead to improved trial efficiencies and patient outcomes.
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- Eric D. Slosberg
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
- Current affiliation: Daiichi Sankyo, Inc, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute/Tennessee Oncology, PLLC, Nashville, TN, USA
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
- Berry Consultants, Austin, TX, USA
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- US Oncology Research and Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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