2024
Surrogate Endpoints in p16-Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Gharzai L, Morris E, Nguyen-Tan P, Rosenthal D, Gillison M, Harari P, Garden A, Zanotti K, Caudell J, Jones C, Mitchell D, Krempl G, Ridge J, Gensheimer M, Bonner J, Le Q, Torres-Saavedra P, Mierzwa M, Schipper M. Surrogate Endpoints in p16-Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2024, 118: e14. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.01.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLocoregional progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalP16-positive oropharyngeal cancerOverall survivalOropharyngeal cancerIncreasing incidence of HPV-related cancersIncidence of HPV-related cancersP16-positive squamous cell carcinomaOptimal treatment paradigmMedian follow-upHPV-related cancersSquamous cell carcinomaMulticenter randomized trialClinical trial endpointsLocoregional progressionDistant metastasisLocal progressionCell carcinomaDefinitive treatmentTreatment paradigmDMFSFollow-upRandomized trialsIncreased incidenceTreatment effects
2021
Pilot Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced, Resectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Ferrarotto R, Amit M, Nagarajan P, Rubin M, Yuan Y, Bell D, El-Naggar A, Johnson J, Morrison W, Rosenthal D, Glisson B, Johnson F, Lu C, Mott F, Esmaeli B, Diaz E, Gidley P, Goepfert R, Lewis C, Weber R, Wargo J, Basu S, Duan F, Yadav S, Sharma P, Allison J, Myers J, Gross N. Pilot Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced, Resectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 4557-4565. PMID: 34187851, PMCID: PMC8711237, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous squamous cell carcinomaInflamed tumor microenvironmentSquamous cell carcinomaHead and neckCSCC-HNNeoadjuvant immunotherapyCell carcinomaTumor microenvironmentPathological responsePD-1 inhibitionCurative-intent surgeryPathological response rateBiomarkers of responseT cell clustersOS ratesNeoadjuvant treatmentPartial responseRecurrent diseaseExploratory endpointsPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsImmune biomarkersFollow-upCyTOF analysisPatients