2024
Neoadjuvant Cisplatin, Gemcitabine, and Docetaxel in Sarcomatoid Bladder Cancer: Clinical Activity and Whole Transcriptome Analysis
Johnson B, Teply B, Kagemann C, McGuire B, Lombardo K, Jing Y, Langbo W, Epstein J, Netto G, Baras A, Matoso A, McConkey D, Gupta A, Ahuja N, Ross A, Pierorazio P, Comperat E, Hoffman-Censits J, Singla N, Patel S, Kates M, Choi W, Bivalacqua T, Hahn N. Neoadjuvant Cisplatin, Gemcitabine, and Docetaxel in Sarcomatoid Bladder Cancer: Clinical Activity and Whole Transcriptome Analysis. Bladder Cancer 2024, 10: 133-143. PMID: 39131872, PMCID: PMC11308648, DOI: 10.3233/blc-240008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExpression of immune checkpointsClinical activityNeoadjuvant cisplatinImmune checkpointsT cellsIncreased expression of immune checkpointsTranscriptome RNA sequencingMuscle-invasive patientsPegfilgrastim 6 mgAggressive histologic subtypePathological complete responseUrothelial bladder cancerT cell genesBasal-squamousYpCR rateNeoadjuvant therapyComplete responseHistological subtypesSingle-institutionUrothelial cancerPrimary endpointUrothelial tumorsTumor biologyBladder cancerGrade 3
2017
Combination epigenetic therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with subcutaneous 5-azacitidine and entinostat; a phase 2 consortium/stand Up 2 cancer study
Azad NS, el-Khoueiry A, Yin J, Oberg AL, Flynn P, Adkins D, Sharma A, Weisenberger DJ, Brown T, Medvari P, Jones PA, Easwaran H, Kamel I, Bahary N, Kim G, Picus J, Pitot HC, Erlichman C, Donehower R, Shen H, Laird PW, Piekarz R, Baylin S, Ahuja N. Combination epigenetic therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with subcutaneous 5-azacitidine and entinostat; a phase 2 consortium/stand Up 2 cancer study. Oncotarget 2017, 5: 35326-35338. PMID: 28186961, PMCID: PMC5471058, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination epigenetic therapyMetastatic colorectal cancerRECIST responseCRC patientsMedian progression-free survivalCycles of therapySignificant clinical activityMetastatic CRC patientsProgression-free survivalSubset of patientsM2 days 1Serial tumor biopsiesMulti-institutional studyHistone deacetylase inhibitor entinostatEpigenetic therapyColorectal cell linesSubcutaneous azacitidinePrimary endpointPrior therapyLiver involvementOverall survivalTolerable therapySerial biopsiesColorectal cancerClinical activity