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Patricia LoRusso, DO

Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Chief, Experimental Therapeutics; Associate Cancer Center Director, Experimental Therapeutics

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Patricia LoRusso, DO

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  • Yale Cancer Center

    333 Cedar Street, WWW217

    New Haven, CT 06520

    United States

Yale Medicine

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Research Summary

LoRusso has served as co-chair of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) Investigational Drug Steering Committee. She also served on the scientific committee of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the education and scientific committees of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), numerous peer-reviewed study sections, and NCI committees. She has garnered numerous awards, including the 1999 Heroes of Breast Cancer Award; 2004 Bennett J. Cohen Educational Leadership Award for Medical Research, 2008 NCI Michaele C. Christian Oncology Development Lectureship and Award; the 2014 Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) Honorary Award; and will receive the 2014 Michigan State University Distinguished Alumni Award. She was recently honored as one of the 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center’s “One Hundred” individuals and organizations recognized for their dedication in making a difference in the fight against cancer. LoRusso is a former editor of Investigational New Drugs, is currently on the editorial board for Clinical Cancer Research, and is a reviewer for several journals. She has authored more than 200 articles on cancer research in peer-reviewed journals, and written multiple book chapters.

Extensive Research Description

LoRusso has served as co-chair of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) Investigational Drug Steering Committee. She also served on the scientific committee of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the education and scientific committees of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), numerous peer-reviewed study sections, and NCI committees. She has garnered numerous awards, including the 1999 Heroes of Breast Cancer Award; 2004 Bennett J. Cohen Educational Leadership Award for Medical Research, 2008 NCI Michaele C. Christian Oncology Development Lectureship and Award; the 2014 Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) Honorary Award; and will receive the 2014 Michigan State University Distinguished Alumni Award. She was recently honored as one of the 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center’s “One Hundred” individuals and organizations recognized for their dedication in making a difference in the fight against cancer. LoRusso is a former editor of Investigational New Drugs, is currently on the editorial board for Clinical Cancer Research, and is a reviewer for several journals. She has authored more than 200 articles on cancer research in peer-reviewed journals, and written multiple book chapters.

Interventional oncology; Liver cancer

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Research Interests

Clinical Trial, Phase I; Regenerative Medicine

Selected Publications

Clinical Trials

ConditionsStudy Title
Phase IA Phase 1 Study of ASP3082 in Participants With Previously Treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies With KRAS G12D Mutation
Phase IOpen Label, Multicenter, Phase 1 Study to Evaluate the Maximum Tolerated Dose of Orally Administered CB-03-10 With Dose Expansion Phase, in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1 Study of HMBD-002-V4C26 (HMBD-002), a Monoclonal Antibody Targeting VISTA, as Monotherapy and Combined With Pembrolizumab, in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies
Phase IA Phase 1B, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of the Safety of and Antigen-specific Immune Responses Elicited by VB10.NEO in Combination With Atezolizumab in Patients With Locally Advanced and Metastatic Tumors
Phase IPhase Ib/II Study of ZEN003694 and Entinostat in Advanced and Refractory Solid Tumors and Lymphomas
Phase IA Phase 1a/1b Study of LY3537982 in Patients With KRAS G12C-Mutant Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1/2, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Anti-tumor Activity of BND-22 Administered Alone and in Combination With Pembrolizumab or With Cetuximab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1/2, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation, Safety and Tolerability Study of NC762 in Subjects With Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1/2 Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Efficacy of CM24 in Combination With Nivolumab in Adults With Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation and Dose-Expansion Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Antitumor Activity of ADCT-901 as Monotherapy in Patients With Selected Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1, Multicenter, Single Agent Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Preliminary Evidence of Antitumor Activity of CPO-100 in Adult Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1 Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of ABL503, a Bispecific Antibody of 4-1BB and PD-L1, as a Single Agent in Subjects With Any Progressive Locally Advanced (Unresectable) or Metastatic Solid Tumors
Phase IPhase 1 Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Preliminary Clinical Activity of RP-6306 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors (MYTHIC Study)
Phase IPhase 1b/2 Study of ATR InhibiTor RP-3500 and PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Patients With Molecularly Selected Cancers (ATTACC)
LungBAY1895344 Plus Topoisomerase-1 (Top1) Inhibitors in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors, Phase I Studies With Expansion Cohorts in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (SCLC), Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (PD-NEC) and Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PDA)
Phase IPhase I, First-in-human, Open-label, Dose Escalation Trial to Evaluate Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Anti-tumor Activity of BNT152+153 in Patients With Solid Tumors
Phase IA Phase 1, Multi-center, Open Label First-in-Human Study With ABBV-CLS-579 Alone and in Combination With Anti-PD-1 in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Tumors
Phase IPhase I/IIa, First-in-human, Open-label, Dose Escalation Trial With Expansion Cohorts to Evaluate Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Preliminary Efficacy of BNT151 as a Monotherapy and in Combination With Other Anti-cancer Agents in Patients With Solid Tumors
Phase IA First-In-Human, Phase 1/2 Study Of CFI-402411, a Hematopoietic Progenitor Kinase-1 (HPK1) Inhibitor, as a Single Agent and in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Advanced Solid Malignancies
Phase IA Phase I Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of TST001 in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
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