2023
Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care
Smalley I, Boire A, Brastianos P, Kluger H, Hernando‐Monge E, Forsyth P, Ahmed K, Smalley K, Ferguson S, Davies M, Oliva I. Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2023, 37: 51-67. PMID: 37622466, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.13116.Peer-Reviewed Original Research290 Response to Lifileucel Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) Cell Therapy after ICI Resistance Regardless of Definition: An Analysis of the C-144-01 Trial in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
Sarnaik A, Chesney J, Medina T, Hamid O, Thomas S, Wermke M, Gontcharova V, Damirchi B, Dean J, Mastellar E, Wu X, Shi W, Kluger H. 290 Response to Lifileucel Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) Cell Therapy after ICI Resistance Regardless of Definition: An Analysis of the C-144-01 Trial in Patients with Advanced Melanoma. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2023, 29: s223-s224. DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(23)00359-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
35MO Number of IL-2 doses and clinical outcomes of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapy: Post hoc analysis of the C-144-01 trial of lifileucel in patients with advanced melanoma
Hassel J, Sarnaik A, Chesney J, Medina T, Hamid O, Thomas S, Wermke M, Domingo-Musibay E, Kirkwood J, Larkin J, Weber J, Fernandez A, Rodriguez J, Thomas I, Corrie P, Gontcharova V, Wu X, Shi W, Kluger H. 35MO Number of IL-2 doses and clinical outcomes of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapy: Post hoc analysis of the C-144-01 trial of lifileucel in patients with advanced melanoma. Immuno-Oncology Technology 2022, 16: 100140. DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2022.100140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMelanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities
Karz A, Dimitrova M, Kleffman K, Alvarez‐Breckenridge C, Atkins MB, Boire A, Bosenberg M, Brastianos P, Cahill DP, Chen Q, Ferguson S, Forsyth P, Oliva I, Goldberg SB, Holmen SL, Knisely JPS, Merlino G, Nguyen DX, Pacold ME, Perez‐Guijarro E, Smalley KSM, Tawbi HA, Wen PY, Davies MA, Kluger HM, Mehnert JM, Hernando E. Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2022, 35: 554-572. PMID: 35912544, PMCID: PMC10171356, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.13059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMelanoma brain metastasesMBM patientsBrain metastasesCheckpoint inhibitor trialsCommon brain malignancyMelanoma Research FoundationDedicated clinical trialsRole of astrocytesNovel treatment approachesImmunotherapy trialsInhibitor trialsBrain malignanciesClinical trialsPatient outcomesBrain microenvironmentTreatment approachesPatient advocatesPatientsTrialsTherapeutic purposesMetabolic adaptationMetastasisCurrent standardTherapyRecent reports
2018
Final Results of a Phase I Prospective Trial Evaluating the Combination of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) with Concurrent Pembrolizumab in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) or Melanoma
Campbell A, Herbst R, Gettinger S, Goldberg S, Kluger H, Chiang A, Lilenbaum R, Schalper K, Sowell R, Kaech S, Decker R. Final Results of a Phase I Prospective Trial Evaluating the Combination of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) with Concurrent Pembrolizumab in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) or Melanoma. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2018, 102: s18-s19. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.06.134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFinal results of a phase I prospective trial evaluating the combination of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) with concurrent pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or melanoma.
Campbell A, Herbst R, Gettinger S, Goldberg S, Kluger H, Chiang A, Lilenbaum R, Schalper K, Sowell R, Kaech S, Decker R. Final results of a phase I prospective trial evaluating the combination of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) with concurrent pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or melanoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 9099-9099. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.9099.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Immunomodulatory activity of nivolumab in previously treated and untreated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC): Biomarker-based results from a randomized clinical trial.
Choueiri T, Fishman M, Escudier B, Kim J, Kluger H, Stadler W, Perez-Gracia J, McNeel D, Curti B, Harrison M, Plimack E, Appleman L, Fong L, Drake C, Cohen L, Srivastava S, Jure-Kunkel M, Hong Q, Kurland J, Sznol M. Immunomodulatory activity of nivolumab in previously treated and untreated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC): Biomarker-based results from a randomized clinical trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 5012-5012. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.32.15_suppl.5012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term survival of ipilimumab-naive patients (pts) with advanced melanoma (MEL) treated with nivolumab (anti-PD-1, BMS-936558, ONO-4538) in a phase I trial.
Hodi F, Sznol M, Kluger H, McDermott D, Carvajal R, Lawrence D, Topalian S, Atkins M, Powderly J, Sharfman W, Puzanov I, Smith D, Leming P, Lipson E, Taube J, Anders R, Horak C, Kollia G, Gupta A, Sosman J. Long-term survival of ipilimumab-naive patients (pts) with advanced melanoma (MEL) treated with nivolumab (anti-PD-1, BMS-936558, ONO-4538) in a phase I trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 9002-9002. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.32.15_suppl.9002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Survival and long-term follow-up of safety and response in patients (pts) with advanced melanoma (MEL) in a phase I trial of nivolumab (anti-PD-1; BMS-936558; ONO-4538).
Sznol M, Kluger H, Hodi F, McDermott D, Carvajal R, Lawrence D, Topalian S, Atkins M, Powderly J, Sharfman W, Puzanov I, Smith D, Wigginton J, Kollia G, Gupta A, Sosman J. Survival and long-term follow-up of safety and response in patients (pts) with advanced melanoma (MEL) in a phase I trial of nivolumab (anti-PD-1; BMS-936558; ONO-4538). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 31: cra9006-cra9006. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.cra9006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Ipilimumab: a promising immunotherapy for melanoma.
Thumar JR, Kluger HM. Ipilimumab: a promising immunotherapy for melanoma. Oncology 2010, 24: 1280-8. PMID: 21294471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic melanomaClinical trialsCytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4Recent phase III trialsT-lymphocyte antigen-4Overall survival benefitPhase III trialsDrug-related toxicityAntibody-based targetingIII trialsSurvival benefitPromising immunotherapyAntigen-4Immune modulationTreatment responseTherapeutic benefitMelanomaIpilimumabTrialsImmunotherapyUnique challengesCancerCliniciansIncidence of the V600K mutation among melanoma patients with BRAF mutations, and potential therapeutic response to the specific BRAF inhibitor PLX4032
Rubinstein JC, Sznol M, Pavlick AC, Ariyan S, Cheng E, Bacchiocchi A, Kluger HM, Narayan D, Halaban R. Incidence of the V600K mutation among melanoma patients with BRAF mutations, and potential therapeutic response to the specific BRAF inhibitor PLX4032. Journal Of Translational Medicine 2010, 8: 67. PMID: 20630094, PMCID: PMC2917408, DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-8-67.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsV600K mutationsClinical trialsBRAF V600E/K mutationK mutationPotential therapeutic responseMutant BRAF inhibitorsBRAF inhibitor PLX4032BRAF V600K mutationMelanoma patientsTherapeutic responseBRAF mutationsPatientsV600E mutationInhibitor PLX4032BRAF kinasePLX4032TrialsCommon mutationsMutationsMelanomaIncidence