2023
Changes in Perception of Cure Among Patients With Genitourinary Cancers Initiating Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Longitudinal Study
Bergerot C, Philip E, Govindarajan A, Castro D, Malhotra J, Bergerot P, Salgia S, Salgia M, Salgia N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Liu S, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Tripathi A, Dorff T, Pal S. Changes in Perception of Cure Among Patients With Genitourinary Cancers Initiating Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Longitudinal Study. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2023, 21: 626-630.e3. PMID: 37391301, PMCID: PMC11225089, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerception of cureExpectation of cureGenitourinary cancersImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyCheckpoint inhibitor therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsProportion of patientsSevere side effectsLongitudinal studyChi-square testICI therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsInhibitor therapyECOG scoreGeneral linear modelingPatients' perceptionsMetastatic cancerPatientsSide effectsDecreased anxietyTherapyCancerCureLower ratesAnxiety ScaleUltrasensitive Circulating Tumor DNA Pilot Study Distinguishes Complete Response and Partial Response With Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Dizman N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Dorff T, Contente-Cuomo T, Dinwiddie D, McDonald B, McDaniel T, Trent J, Baehner F, Murtaza M, Pal S. Ultrasensitive Circulating Tumor DNA Pilot Study Distinguishes Complete Response and Partial Response With Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. JCO Precision Oncology 2023, 7: e2200543. PMID: 37027813, PMCID: PMC10309555, DOI: 10.1200/po.22.00543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPartial responseComplete responseVariant allele fractionRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaCtDNA analysisImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyCheckpoint inhibitor therapyDiscontinuation of immunotherapyDepth of responseICI therapyNivolumab monotherapyEligible patientsRadiographic progressionInhibitor therapyPeripheral bloodDisease progressionCtDNA assessmentSubsequent progressionPatientsMultiple indicationsSingle time pointPatient-specific mutationsSecondary objective
2022
Association between TERT promoter mutations and clinical outcome with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced urothelial cancer.
Chawla N, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Zengin Z, Meza L, Muddasani R, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Hsu J, Philip E, Bergerot C, Lyou Y, Swami U, Gupta S, Maughan B, Agarwal N, Pal S. Association between TERT promoter mutations and clinical outcome with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced urothelial cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 561-561. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalObjective response rateImmune checkpoint inhibitorsICI therapyOverall survivalTERT promoter mutationsBladder cancerFirst-line ICI therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyAdvanced urothelial cancerSubsequent-line therapyUpper tract diseaseCheckpoint inhibitor therapySuperior overall survivalMetastatic bladder cancerMuscle-invasive diseaseTertiary cancer centerRoutine clinical careCancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databaseLarge independent cohortsPromoter mutationsTERT mutation statusCheckpoint inhibitorsMetastatic settingVariant histologyAssociation of intra-tumoral microbiome and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Meza L, Choi Y, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Zengin Z, Hsu J, Salgia N, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Castro D, Chan A, Zhang G, Byron S, Highlander S, Schork N, Pal S. Association of intra-tumoral microbiome and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 372-372. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsClear cell histologyFirst-line treatmentRoutine clinical careRenal cell carcinomaT-testPaucity of dataStudent's t-testParaffin-embedded samplesICI respondersICI therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsCell histologyClinical responseOverall cohortLine treatmentImmunotherapeutic agentsCell carcinomaPoor riskSpecific bacteriaLarge cohortClinical careICI activityPrimary site
2020
645 Preclinical development of a novel colon-targeted therapeutic for the treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-colitis
Dizman N, Greenberg M, Newman A, Skupsky J, Hsu J, Zengin Z, Salgia N, Meza L, Chawla N, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Pal S. 645 Preclinical development of a novel colon-targeted therapeutic for the treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-colitis. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2020, 8: a682-a682. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchICI therapySide effectsSystemic inflammationT cellsImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyFrequent dose-limiting toxicityCandidate therapeuticsCenter Institutional Review BoardFavorable drug profileSigns of colitisCheckpoint inhibitor therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsDose-limiting toxicityMinimal systemic absorptionRegulatory T cellsAdoptive transfer modelAnti-inflammatory effectsSite of ulcerationT cell proliferationLife-threatening cancerRodent pharmacokinetic studyCancer-killing abilityInstitutional review boardActive colitisICI colitis