2024
Pragmaticism in Cancer Clinical Trials.
Sankar K, Redman M, Dragnev K, Henick B, Iams W, Blanke C, Herbst R, Gray J, Reckamp K. Pragmaticism in Cancer Clinical Trials. American Society Of Clinical Oncology Educational Book 2024, 44: e100040. PMID: 38771997, DOI: 10.1200/edbk_100040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer clinical trialsTraditional explanatory trialsCancer mortality ratesPatient care scenariosGoal of improving patient outcomesPragmatic trial designTrial designRepresentative patient populationPragmatic trialIntervention effectsIntervention efficacyCare scenariosExplanatory trialsTrial generalizabilityPragmatic designPatient outcomesClinical trialsReal-world practiceOncologyEscalating costsCancer clinical trial designPatient populationMortality rateDuration of trialsOncology research
2023
Interplay of Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy Among Patients With Cancer and COVID-19
Bakouny Z, Labaki C, Grover P, Awosika J, Gulati S, Hsu C, Alimohamed S, Bashir B, Berg S, Bilen M, Bowles D, Castellano C, Desai A, Elkrief A, Eton O, Fecher L, Flora D, Galsky M, Gatti-Mays M, Gesenhues A, Glover M, Gopalakrishnan D, Gupta S, Halfdanarson T, Hayes-Lattin B, Hendawi M, Hsu E, Hwang C, Jandarov R, Jani C, Johnson D, Joshi M, Khan H, Khan S, Knox N, Koshkin V, Kulkarni A, Kwon D, Matar S, McKay R, Mishra S, Moria F, Nizam A, Nock N, Nonato T, Panasci J, Pomerantz L, Portuguese A, Provenzano D, Puc M, Rao Y, Rhodes T, Riely G, Ripp J, Rivera A, Ruiz-Garcia E, Schmidt A, Schoenfeld A, Schwartz G, Shah S, Shaya J, Subbiah S, Tachiki L, Tucker M, Valdez-Reyes M, Weissmann L, Wotman M, Wulff-Burchfield E, Xie Z, Yang Y, Thompson M, Shah D, Warner J, Shyr Y, Choueiri T, Wise-Draper T, Fromowitz A, Gandhi R, Gartrell B, Goel S, Halmos B, Makower D, O' Sullivan D, Ohri N, Portes M, Shapiro L, Shastri A, Sica R, Verma A, Butt O, Campian J, Fiala M, Henderson J, Monahan R, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Zhou A, Bitran J, Hallmeyer S, Mundt D, Pandravada S, Papaioannou P, Patel M, Streckfuss M, Tadesse E, Gatson N, Kundranda M, Lammers P, Loree J, Yu I, Bindal P, Lam B, Peters M, Piper-Vallillo A, Egan P, Farmakiotis D, Arvanitis P, Klein E, Olszewski A, Vieira K, Angevine A, Bar M, Del Prete S, Fiebach M, Gulati A, Hatton E, Houston K, Rose S, Steve Lo K, Stratton J, Weinstein P, Garcia J, Routy B, Hoyo-Ulloa I, Dawsey S, Lemmon C, Pennell N, Sharifi N, Painter C, Granada C, Hoppenot C, Li A, Bitterman D, Connors J, Demetri G, Florez (Duma) N, Freeman D, Giordano A, Morgans A, Nohria A, Saliby R, Tolaney S, Van Allen E, Xu W, Zon R, Halabi S, Zhang T, Dzimitrowicz H, Leighton J, Graber J, Grivas P, Hawley J, Loggers E, Lyman G, Lynch R, Nakasone E, Schweizer M, Vinayak S, Wagner M, Yeh A, Dansoa Y, Makary M, Manikowski J, Vadakara J, Yossef K, Beckerman J, Goyal S, Messing I, Rosenstein L, Steffes D, Alsamarai S, Clement J, Cosin J, Daher A, Dailey M, Elias R, Fein J, Hosmer W, Jayaraj A, Mather J, Menendez A, Nadkarni R, Serrano O, Yu P, Balanchivadze N, Gadgeel S, Accordino M, Bhutani D, Bodin B, Hershman D, Masson C, Alexander M, Mushtaq S, Reuben D, Bernicker E, Deeken J, Jeffords K, Shafer D, Cárdenas A, Cuervo Campos R, De-la-Rosa-Martinez D, Ramirez A, Vilar-Compte D, Gill D, Lewis M, Low C, Jones M, Mansoor A, Mashru S, Werner M, Cohen A, McWeeney S, Nemecek E, Williamson S, Peters S, Smith S, Lewis G, Zaren H, Akhtari M, Castillo D, Cortez K, Lau E, Nagaraj G, Park K, Reeves M, O'Connor T, Altman J, Gurley M, Mulcahy M, Wehbe F, Durbin E, Nelson H, Ramesh V, Sachs Z, Wilson G, Bardia A, Boland G, Gainor J, Peppercorn J, Reynolds K, Rosovsky R, Zubiri L, Bekaii-Saab T, Joyner M, Riaz I, Senefeld J, Shah S, Ayre S, Bonnen M, Mahadevan D, McKeown C, Mesa R, Ramirez A, Salazar M, Shah P, Wang C, Bouganim N, Papenburg J, Sabbah A, Tagalakis V, Vinh D, Nanchal R, Singh H, Bahadur N, Bao T, Belenkaya R, Nambiar P, O’Cearbhaill R, Papadopoulos E, Philip J, Robson M, Rosenberg J, Wilkins C, Tamimi R, Cerrone K, Dill J, Faller B, Alomar M, Chandrasekhar S, Hume E, Islam J, Ajmera A, Brouha S, Cabal A, Choi S, Hsiao A, Jiang J, Kligerman S, Park J, Razavi P, Reid E, Bhatt P, Mariano M, Thomson C, Glace M, Knoble J, Rink C, Zacks R, Blau S, Brown C, Cantrell A, Namburi S, Polimera H, Rovito M, Edwin N, Herz K, Kennecke H, Monfared A, Sautter R, Cronin T, Elshoury A, Fleissner B, Griffiths E, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Jain P, Kariapper A, Levine E, Moffitt M, O'Connor T, Smith L, Wicher C, Zsiros E, Jabbour S, Misdary C, Shah M, Batist G, Cook E, Ferrario C, Lau S, Miller W, Rudski L, Santos Dutra M, Wilchesky M, Mahmood S, McNair C, Mico V, Dixon B, Kloecker G, Logan B, Mandapakala C, Cabebe E, Jha A, Khaki A, Nagpal S, Schapira L, Wu J, Whaley D, Lopes G, de Cardenas K, Russell K, Stith B, Taylor S, Klamerus J, Revankar S, Addison D, Chen J, Haynam M, Jhawar S, Karivedu V, Palmer J, Pillainayagam C, Stover D, Wall S, Williams N, Abbasi S, Annis S, Balmaceda N, Greenland S, Kasi A, Rock C, Luders M, Smits M, Weiss M, Chism D, Owenby S, Ang C, Doroshow D, Metzger M, Berenberg J, Uyehara C, Fazio A, Huber K, Lashley L, Sueyoshi M, Patel K, Riess J, Borno H, Small E, Zhang S, Andermann T, Jensen C, Rubinstein S, Wood W, Ahmad S, Brownfield L, Heilman H, Kharofa J, Latif T, Marcum M, Shaikh H, Sohal D, Abidi M, Geiger C, Markham M, Russ A, Saker H, Acoba J, Choi H, Rho Y, Feldman L, Gantt G, Hoskins K, Khan M, Liu L, Nguyen R, Pasquinelli M, Schwartz C, Venepalli N, Vikas P, Zakharia Y, Friese C, Boldt A, Gonzalez C, Su C, Su C, Yoon J, Bijjula R, Mavromatis B, Seletyn M, Wood B, Zaman Q, Kaklamani V, Beeghly A, Brown A, Charles L, Cheng A, Crispens M, Croessmann S, Davis E, Ding T, Duda S, Enriquez K, French B, Gillaspie E, Hausrath D, Hennessy C, Lewis J, Li X, Prescott L, Reid S, Saif S, Slosky D, Solorzano C, Sun T, Vega-Luna K, Wang L, Aboulafia D, Carducci T, Goldsmith K, Van Loon S, Topaloglu U, Moore J, Rice R, Cabalona W, Cyr S, Barrow McCollough B, Peddi P, Rosen L, Ravindranathan D, Hafez N, Herbst R, LoRusso P, Lustberg M, Masters T, Stratton C. Interplay of Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy Among Patients With Cancer and COVID-19. JAMA Oncology 2023, 9: 128-134. PMID: 36326731, PMCID: PMC9634600, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 severitySystemic anticancer therapyWorse COVID-19 severityCytokine stormBaseline immunosuppressionCohort studyAnticancer therapyCOVID-19Registry-based retrospective cohort studyIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionRetrospective cohort studyMulti-institutional registryLaboratory-confirmed infectionSevere clinical outcomesImmune system activationSARS-CoV-2Non-Hispanic whitesCOVID-19 diagnosisIO therapyPrevious cancerUnit admissionSecondary outcomesMedian agePrimary outcome
2022
Proceedings From the ASCO/College of American Pathologists Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Predictive Biomarker Summit.
Hayes D, Herbst R, Myles J, Topalian S, Yohe S, Aronson N, Bellizzi A, Basu Roy U, Bradshaw G, Edwards R, El-Gabry E, Elvin J, Gajewski T, McShane L, Oberley M, Philip R, Rimm D, Rosenbaum J, Rubin E, Schlager L, Sherwood S, Stewart M, Taube J, Thurin M, Vasalos P, Laser J. Proceedings From the ASCO/College of American Pathologists Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Predictive Biomarker Summit. JCO Precision Oncology 2022, 6: e2200454. PMID: 36446042, PMCID: PMC10530621, DOI: 10.1200/po.22.00454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICI therapyImmune checkpoint inhibition therapyDeath ligand 1 (PD-L1) expressionMultiple predictive biomarkersTumor biomarker testsCheckpoint inhibition therapyLigand 1 expressionDeath ligand 1Field of oncologyICI benefitPredictive factorsPredictive biomarkersInhibition therapyNeoantigen expressionBiomarker testsHealth insurance organizationsUS FoodDrug AdministrationAmerican PathologistsMedicaid ServicesTherapyBiomarker developmentNational InstituteLigand 1Clinical applicationElectronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: An Updated Policy Statement From the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Herbst RS, Hatsukami D, Acton D, Giuliani M, Moushey A, Phillips J, Sherwood S, Toll BA, Viswanath K, Warren NJH, Warren GW, Alberg AJ. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: An Updated Policy Statement From the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 4144-4155. PMID: 36287017, DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.01749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic nicotine delivery systemsTobacco useENDS useCombustible tobaccoLong-term health risksEvidence-based treatmentsSurgeon General's ReportPublic healthNicotine delivery systemsTobacco-related disparitiesCombustible tobacco useBlood pressureSmoking cessationTobacco cessationCancer incidenceSmoking relapseClinical OncologyEpidemiological studiesImmune systemPotential efficacyE-cigarettesBrain developmentCancer developmentTobacco productsLongitudinal studyElectronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: An Updated Policy Statement from the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Herbst RS, Hatsukami D, Acton D, Giuliani M, Moushey A, Phillips J, Sherwood S, Toll BA, Viswanath K, Warren NJH, Warren GW, Alberg AJ. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: An Updated Policy Statement from the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: of1-of10. PMID: 36287033, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-2429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic nicotine delivery systemsTobacco useENDS useCombustible tobaccoLong-term health risksEvidence-based treatmentsSurgeon General's ReportPublic healthNicotine delivery systemsTobacco-related disparitiesCombustible tobacco useBlood pressureSmoking cessationTobacco cessationCancer incidenceSmoking relapseClinical OncologyEpidemiological studiesImmune systemPotential efficacyE-cigarettesBrain developmentCancer developmentTobacco productsLongitudinal studyMaximizing the value of phase III trials in immuno-oncology: A checklist from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
Atkins MB, Abu-Sbeih H, Ascierto PA, Bishop MR, Chen DS, Dhodapkar M, Emens LA, Ernstoff MS, Ferris RL, Greten TF, Gulley JL, Herbst RS, Humphrey RW, Larkin J, Margolin KA, Mazzarella L, Ramalingam SS, Regan MM, Rini BI, Sznol M. Maximizing the value of phase III trials in immuno-oncology: A checklist from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC). Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2022, 10: e005413. PMID: 36175037, PMCID: PMC9528604, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhase III trialsImmunotherapy of cancerIII trialsCurative responseImmune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapyCell death protein 1Checkpoint inhibitor monotherapyDefinitive predictive biomarkersDurable clinical benefitProgression-free survivalMinority of patientsDeath protein 1Variety of indicationsClinical trial designAnimal tumor modelsLimited Phase IDrug development programsImmunotherapy combinationsInvestigational chemotherapyImmunotherapy fieldInhibitor monotherapyOverall survivalDismal prognosisClinical benefitSurvival outcomesAdaptive immune resistance at the tumour site: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities
Kim TK, Vandsemb EN, Herbst RS, Chen L. Adaptive immune resistance at the tumour site: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2022, 21: 529-540. PMID: 35701637, DOI: 10.1038/s41573-022-00493-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive immune resistanceImmune resistanceCell death 1 ligand 1Tumor siteDeath 1 ligand 1Anti-PD therapyBlockade of PDL1Advanced-stage cancerFraction of patientsStrong mechanistic rationaleFuture drug developmentCurrent cancer therapiesImmune attackClinical trialsSolid tumorsTherapeutic opportunitiesTumorsCancer therapySelective inductionAntitumour drugsLigand 1Drug developmentTherapyAdditive effectMechanistic rationaleRacial Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Black and White Patients With Cancer
Fu J, Reid S, French B, Hennessy C, Hwang C, Gatson N, Duma N, Mishra S, Nguyen R, Hawley J, Singh S, Chism D, Venepalli N, Warner J, Choueiri T, Schmidt A, Fecher L, Girard J, Bilen M, Ravindranathan D, Goyal S, Wise-Draper T, Park C, Painter C, McGlown S, de Lima Lopes G, Serrano O, Shah D, Halmos B, Verma A, Gartrell B, Goel S, Ohri N, Sica R, Thakkar A, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Butt O, Campian J, Fiala M, Monahan R, Zhou A, Patel J, Piper-Vallillo A, Bindal P, Thompson M, Bohachek P, Mundt D, Streckfuss M, Tadesse E, Lammers P, Panagiotou O, Egan P, Farmakiotis D, Khan H, Olszewski A, Loaiza-Bonilla A, Del Prete S, Angevine A, Bar M, Gulati A, Steve Lo K, Stratton J, Weinstein P, Caimi P, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Garcia J, Nakayama J, Gupta S, Pennell N, Ahluwalia M, Dawsey S, Lemmon C, Nizam A, Hoppenot C, Li A, Bakouny Z, Bouchard G, Busser F, Connors J, Curran C, Demetri G, Giordano A, Kelleher K, Nohria A, Shaw G, Van Allen E, Nuzzo P, Xu V, Zon R, Zhang T, Halabi S, Leighton J, Lyman G, Graber J, Grivas P, Khaki A, Loggers E, Lynch R, Nakasone E, Schweizer M, Tachiki L, Vinayak S, Wagner M, Yeh A, Huynh-Le M, Rosenstein L, Yu P, Clement J, Daher A, Dailey M, Elias R, Jayaraj A, Hsu E, Menendez A, Rathmann J, Gadgeel S, Hershman D, Accordino M, Bhutani D, Schwartz G, Reuben D, Mushtaq S, Bernicker E, Deeken J, Shafer D, Lewis M, Rhodes T, Gill D, Low C, Mashru S, Mansoor A, Zaren H, Smith S, Nagaraj G, Akhtari M, Lau E, Reeves M, Berg S, Elms D, Morgans A, Wehbe F, Altman J, Gurley M, Mulcahy M, Durbin E, Kulkarni A, Nelson H, Shah S, Rosovsky R, Reynolds K, Bardia A, Boland G, Gainor J, Zubiri L, Halfdanarson T, Bekaii-Saab T, Desai A, Xie Z, Mesa R, Bonnen M, Mahadevan D, Ramirez A, Salazar M, Shah P, Faller B, McKay R, Ajmera A, Cabal A, Shaya J, Weissmann L, Jani C, Knoble J, Glace M, Rink C, Stauffer K, Zacks R, Joshi M, Menon H, Rovito M, Griffiths E, Elshoury A, Jabbour S, Shah M, Bashir B, McNair C, Mahmood S, Mico V, Miller C, Rivera A, Flora D, Logan B, Kloecker G, Mandapakala C, Shah S, Cabebe E, Glover M, Jha A, Schapira L, Wu J, Subbiah S, Revankar S, Stover D, Addison D, Chen J, Gatti-Mays M, Jhawar S, Karivedu V, Lustberg M, Palmer J, Pillainayagam C, Wall S, Williams N, Wulff-Burchfield E, Kasi A, Edwin N, Smits M, Owenby S, Doroshow D, Galsky M, Wotman M, Zhu H, Fazio A, Riess J, Patel K, Rubinstein S, Wood W, Islam J, Kumar V, Ahmad S, Grover P, Gulati S, Kharofa J, Marcum M, Bowles D, Geiger C, Markham M, Bishnoi R, Russ A, Shah C, Acoba J, Rho Y, Feldman L, Hoskins K, Gantt G, Khan M, Pasquinelli M, Schwartz C, Vikas P, Friese C, Mavromatis B, Bijjula R, Zaman Q, Cheng A, Davis E, Duda S, Enriquez K, Gillaspie E, Hausrath D, Hsu C, Johnson D, Li X, Rini B, Slosky D, Shyr Y, Solorzano C, Sun T, Tucker M, Vega-Luna K, Wang L, Puc M, Carducci T, Goldsmith K, Van Loon S, Topaloglu U, Alimohamed S, Rice R, Cabalona W, Pilar C, Peddi P, Rosen L, McCollough B, Hafez N, Herbst R, LoRusso P, Masters T, Stratton C, Koshkin V, Kwon D, Peters S. Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Black and White Patients With Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e224304. PMID: 35344045, PMCID: PMC8961318, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack patientsWhite patientsCOVID-19 outcomesElectronic health recordsCOVID-19Intensive care unit admissionNon-Hispanic white patientsWorse COVID-19 severityWorse COVID-19 outcomesNon-Hispanic Black individualsRacial disparitiesCare unit admissionRetrospective cohort studyCOVID-19 presentationUnique clinical courseCOVID-19 severityPatients' electronic health recordsCOVID-19 diagnosisCause deathUnit admissionClinical characteristicsCohort studyClinical courseMechanical ventilationClinical complicationsAssessment of Regional Variability in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer in the United States
Hawley J, Sun T, Chism D, Duma N, Fu J, Gatson N, Mishra S, Nguyen R, Reid S, Serrano O, Singh S, Venepalli N, Bakouny Z, Bashir B, Bilen M, Caimi P, Choueiri T, Dawsey S, Fecher L, Flora D, Friese C, Glover M, Gonzalez C, Goyal S, Halfdanarson T, Hershman D, Khan H, Labaki C, Lewis M, McKay R, Messing I, Pennell N, Puc M, Ravindranathan D, Rhodes T, Rivera A, Roller J, Schwartz G, Shah S, Shaya J, Streckfuss M, Thompson M, Wulff-Burchfield E, Xie Z, Yu P, Warner J, Shah D, French B, Hwang C, Halmos B, Verma A, Gartrell B, Goel S, Ohri N, Sica R, Thakkar A, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Butt O, Campian J, Fiala M, Henderson J, Monahan R, Zhou A, Thompson M, Bohachek P, Mundt D, Streckfuss M, Tadesse E, Lammers P, Panagiotou O, Egan P, Farmakiotis D, Khan H, Olszewski A, Loaiza-Bonilla A, Del Prete S, Bar M, Gulati A, Steve Lo K, Rose S, Stratton J, Weinstein P, Caimi P, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Garcia J, Nakayama J, Gupta S, Pennell N, Ahluwalia M, Dawsey S, Lemmon C, Nizam A, Hoppenot C, Li A, Choueiri T, Bakouny Z, Bouchard G, Busser F, Connors J, Curran C, Demetri G, Giordano A, Kelleher K, Nohria A, Schmidt A, Shaw G, Van Allen E, Nuzzo P, Xu V, Zon R, Zhang T, Halabi S, Leighton J, Lyman G, Graber J, Grivas P, Khaki A, Loggers E, Lynch R, Nakasone E, Schweizer M, Tachiki L, Vinayak S, Wagner M, Yeh A, Gatson N, Goyal S, Huynh-Le M, Rosenstein L, Yu P, Clement J, Daher A, Dailey M, Elias R, Jayaraj A, Hsu E, Menendez A, Rathmann J, Serrano O, Hwang C, Gadgeel S, Singh S, Hawley J, Hershman D, Accordino M, Bhutani D, Schwartz G, Reuben D, Alexander M, Mushtaq S, Bernicker E, Deeken J, Shafer D, Lewis M, Rhodes T, Gill D, Low C, Mashru S, Mansoor A, Zaren H, Smith S, Nagaraj G, Akhtari M, Lau E, Reeves M, Berg S, Elms D, Morgans A, Wehbe F, Altman J, Gurley M, Mulcahy M, Durbin E, Kulkarni A, Nelson H, Sachs Z, Shah S, Rosovsky R, Reynolds K, Bardia A, Boland G, Gainor J, Zubiri L, Halfdanarson T, Bekaii-Saab T, Desai A, Xie Z, Mesa R, Bonnen M, Mahadevan D, Ramirez A, Salazar M, Shah D, Shah P, Faller B, McKay R, Ajmera A, Brouha S, Cabal A, Hsiao A, Kligerman S, Shaya J, Weissmann L, Jani C, Thomson C, Knoble J, Glace M, Rink C, Stauffer K, Zacks R, Blau S, Joshi M, Menon H, Rovito M, Griffiths E, Elshoury A, Jabbour S, Misdary C, Shah M, Bashir B, McNair C, Mahmood S, Mico V, Rivera A, Flora D, Logan B, Kloecker G, Mandapakala C, Shah S, Cabebe E, Glover M, Jha A, Schapira L, Wu J, Subbiah S, Lopes G, Revankar S, Stover D, Addison D, Chen J, Gatti-Mays M, Jhawar S, Karivedu V, Lustberg M, Palmer J, Wall S, Williams N, Wulff-Burchfield E, Kasi A, Edwin N, Smits M, Chism D, Owenby S, Doroshow D, Galsky M, Wotman M, Zhu H, Fu J, Fazio A, Sueyoshi M, Huber K, Riess J, Patel K, Rubinstein S, Wood W, Jensen C, Kumar V, Wise-Draper T, Ahmad S, Grover P, Gulati S, Kharofa J, Latif T, Marcum M, Park C, Shaikh H, Bowles D, Geiger C, Markham M, Bishnoi R, Russ A, Shah C, Acoba J, Rho Y, Feldman L, Hoskins K, Gantt G, Liu L, Khan M, Nguyen R, Pasquinelli M, Schwartz C, Venepalli N, Vikas P, Friese C, Fecher L, Mavromatis B, Bijjula R, Zaman Q, Warner J, Cheng A, Davis E, Duda S, Enriquez K, French B, Gillaspie E, Hennessy C, Hausrath D, Hsu C, Johnson D, Li X, Mishra S, Reid S, Rini B, Slosky D, Shyr Y, Solorzano C, Sun T, Tucker M, Vega-Luna K, Wang L, Kennecke H, Aboulafia D, Schroeder B, Puc M, Carducci T, Goldsmith K, Van Loon S, Topaloglu U, Alimohamed S, Rice R, Cabalona W, Pilar C, Peddi P, Rosen L, McCollough B, Bilen M, Ravindranathan D, Hafez N, Herbst R, LoRusso P, Masters T, Stratton C. Assessment of Regional Variability in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer in the United States. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2142046. PMID: 34982158, PMCID: PMC8728628, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCause of DeathCensusesCOVID-19FemaleHealth FacilitiesHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsOdds RatioPandemicsRegistriesRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsRural PopulationSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexSocial VulnerabilitySpatial AnalysisUnited StatesUrban PopulationConceptsCOVID-19 outcomesRural-Urban Continuum CodesCohort studyLaboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infectionMortality rateUS census divisionsRegistry-based retrospective cohort studyIntensive care unit admissionRegistry-based cohort studySARS-CoV-2 infectionPatient-level risk factorsSecondary composite outcomeCare unit admissionRetrospective cohort studyCare of patientsCensus divisionsInvasive malignant neoplasmCOVID-19Significant differencesCOVID-19 diagnosisCause deathUnit admissionCause mortalityComposite outcomePatient characteristics
2021
Clearing the Haze: What Do We Still Need to Learn about Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems?
Fucito LM, Malinosky H, Baldassarri SR, Herbst RS. Clearing the Haze: What Do We Still Need to Learn about Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems? Cancer Prevention Research 2021, 14: 5-10. PMID: 33148678, PMCID: PMC8324047, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-20-0394.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Challenges and approaches to implementing master/basket trials in oncology
Burd A, Schilsky RL, Byrd JC, Levine RL, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Herbst RS, Redman MW, Druker BJ, Gandara DR. Challenges and approaches to implementing master/basket trials in oncology. Blood Advances 2019, 3: 2237-2243. PMID: 31337605, PMCID: PMC6650731, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019031229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasket trialsClinical trial designHealth care providersDifferent tumor typesTherapeutic optionsImmunologic reactionsCare providersDrug development effortsTrial designTumor typesPatientsMost cancersClinical researchNew therapeuticsCancer communityTherapy todayMedical institutionsCancerCancer researchTrialsRare mutationsEpigenetic changesHistologyOncologyAppetiteLarotrectinib in NTRK-Rearranged Solid Tumors
Wilson FH, Herbst RS. Larotrectinib in NTRK-Rearranged Solid Tumors. Biochemistry 2019, 58: 1555-1557. PMID: 30865435, PMCID: PMC7356829, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSiglec-15 as an immune suppressor and potential target for normalization cancer immunotherapy
Wang J, Sun J, Liu LN, Flies DB, Nie X, Toki M, Zhang J, Song C, Zarr M, Zhou X, Han X, Archer KA, O’Neill T, Herbst RS, Boto AN, Sanmamed MF, Langermann S, Rimm DL, Chen L. Siglec-15 as an immune suppressor and potential target for normalization cancer immunotherapy. Nature Medicine 2019, 25: 656-666. PMID: 30833750, PMCID: PMC7175920, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0374-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormalization cancer immunotherapyTumor microenvironmentSiglec-15Antibody blockadeCancer immunotherapyImmune suppressorMyeloid cellsAntigen-specific T cell responsesB7-H1/PDTumor-infiltrating myeloid cellsB7-H1 moleculesAnti-tumor immunityT cell responsesPotential targetImmune evasion mechanismsInhibits tumor growthMacrophage colony-stimulating factorColony-stimulating factorB7-H1Evasion mechanismsMouse modelHuman cancer cellsTumor growthCell responsesGenetic ablationConvergent Identification and Interrogation of Tumor-Intrinsic Factors that Modulate Cancer Immunity In Vivo
Codina A, Renauer PA, Wang G, Chow RD, Park JJ, Ye H, Zhang K, Dong MB, Gassaway B, Ye L, Errami Y, Shen L, Chang A, Jain D, Herbst RS, Bosenberg M, Rinehart J, Fan R, Chen S. Convergent Identification and Interrogation of Tumor-Intrinsic Factors that Modulate Cancer Immunity In Vivo. Cell Systems 2019, 8: 136-151.e7. PMID: 30797773, PMCID: PMC6592847, DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2019.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene Expression ProfilingNeoplasmsConceptsSingle-cell transcriptomic profilingExtracellular protein productionCancer cellsMutant cellsFunctional interrogationGenetic programCRISPR screensTranscriptomic profilingTumor-intrinsic mutationsTranscriptomic alterationsTumor microenvironmentProtein productionPRKAR1A lossGenetic makeupHost myeloid cellsTumor-intrinsic factorsDrastic alterationsCytometry analysisConvergent identificationMyeloid cellsCellsImmunocompetent hostsCancer immunityMutant tumorsHost
2018
Defining and Understanding Adaptive Resistance in Cancer Immunotherapy
Kim TK, Herbst RS, Chen L. Defining and Understanding Adaptive Resistance in Cancer Immunotherapy. Trends In Immunology 2018, 39: 624-631. PMID: 29802087, PMCID: PMC6066429, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2018.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-PD therapyLong-term survival benefitAvailable treatment regimensFraction of respondersSurvival benefitTumor immunityTumor-immune interactionsAdvanced cancerTreatment regimensCancer immunotherapyTumor regressionTherapyAccurate tissueSuch treatmentAdaptive resistancePatientsMolecular mechanismsTrue resistanceImmunotherapyRegimensRight targetCancerRespondersImmunityAppropriate interpretation
2017
Immuno-thermal ablations – boosting the anticancer immune response
Slovak R, Ludwig JM, Gettinger SN, Herbst RS, Kim HS. Immuno-thermal ablations – boosting the anticancer immune response. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2017, 5: 78. PMID: 29037259, PMCID: PMC5644150, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-017-0284-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responseImmune effectsRobust antitumor responseAnticancer immune responseImmune modulating drugsUse of immunomodulationSystemic antitumor activityCheckpoint blockadeAntitumor responseAblative therapyCombination therapyRadiofrequency ablationAblative techniquesModulating drugsAnimal modelsAntitumor activityThermal ablationTherapeutic appealImmunomodulationTherapyAblationResponseMonotherapyImmunomodulatorsCryoablation
2016
Predictive Biomarkers for PD-1 Axis Therapies: The Hidden Treasure or a Call for Research
Schalper KA, Kaftan E, Herbst RS. Predictive Biomarkers for PD-1 Axis Therapies: The Hidden Treasure or a Call for Research. Clinical Cancer Research 2016, 22: 2102-2104. PMID: 26957559, PMCID: PMC4940186, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-0169.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Policy Statement From the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Brandon TH, Goniewicz ML, Hanna NH, Hatsukami DK, Herbst RS, Hobin JA, Ostroff JS, Shields PG, Toll BA, Tyne CA, Viswanath K, Warren GW. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Policy Statement From the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 952-963. PMID: 25572671, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.59.4465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic nicotine delivery systemsClinical OncologyTobacco useAmerican SocietyCancer researchHarm-reduction devicesNumber one preventable causeAmerican AssociationJoint writing groupCombustible tobacco productsClinical cancer researchNicotine delivery systemsCombustible tobacco useAdverse health effectsChildproof capsFormer smokersCigarette smokingPreventable causeTobacco cessationSmoking ratesUS FoodDrug AdministrationENDS useDefinitive dataElectronic cigarettes
2014
Predictive correlates of response to the anti-PD-L1 antibody MPDL3280A in cancer patients
Herbst RS, Soria JC, Kowanetz M, Fine GD, Hamid O, Gordon MS, Sosman JA, McDermott DF, Powderly JD, Gettinger SN, Kohrt HE, Horn L, Lawrence DP, Rost S, Leabman M, Xiao Y, Mokatrin A, Koeppen H, Hegde PS, Mellman I, Chen DS, Hodi FS. Predictive correlates of response to the anti-PD-L1 antibody MPDL3280A in cancer patients. Nature 2014, 515: 563-567. PMID: 25428504, PMCID: PMC4836193, DOI: 10.1038/nature14011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkersChemokine CX3CL1Clinical ProtocolsCTLA-4 AntigenDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultThe PD-1 pathway as a therapeutic target to overcome immune escape mechanisms in cancer
Henick BS, Herbst RS, Goldberg SB. The PD-1 pathway as a therapeutic target to overcome immune escape mechanisms in cancer. Expert Opinion On Therapeutic Targets 2014, 18: 1407-1420. PMID: 25331677, DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2014.955794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-1 pathwayEarly clinical trialsClinical trialsTumor typesDeath-1 pathway inhibitorsPD-1 pathway inhibitionImmune escape mechanismsOngoing clinical trialsEarly-stage cancerTreatment of cancerCure rateLikely respondersCancer immunotherapyPreclinical dataAntineoplastic effectsTherapeutic targetPathway inhibitionPathway inhibitorCancer typesBiological rationaleCancer treatmentMonoclonal antibodiesEscape mechanismsUpcoming trialsTrials