2023
Racial and ethnic differences in perceptions of germline or somatic DNA sequencing among patients with advanced prostate, urothelial, or kidney cancer
Bergerot C, Philip E, Malhotra J, Bergerot P, Castro D, Govindarajan A, Salgia S, Salgia M, Salgia N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Liu S, Chehrazi‐Raffle A, Tripathi A, Dorff T, Pal S. Racial and ethnic differences in perceptions of germline or somatic DNA sequencing among patients with advanced prostate, urothelial, or kidney cancer. Journal Of Genetic Counseling 2023, 33: 911-915. PMID: 37697864, DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic profilingKidney cancerEthnic differencesType of treatmentChi-square testGermline testingAdvanced prostateConsecutive patientsMost patientsWhite patientsMean ageSomatic testingPatients' perceptionsTreatment responsePatient decisionPatientsCancerSignificant differencesDNA sequencingProstateDescriptive statisticsEthnic groupsDifferencesProfilingThe impact of insurance status on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC)
Castro D, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Gebrael G, Li X, Meza L, Zengin Z, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Ebrahimi H, Chawla N, Mercier B, BS J, Shi J, Philip E, Bergerot C, Barragan-Carrillo R, Pal S. The impact of insurance status on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). The Oncologist 2023, 28: s5-s6. PMCID: PMC10445577, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad216.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaMedian progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalLog-rank testMedian overall survivalOverall survivalMedicaid/Insurance statusSecondary insurancePrivate insurancePrimary insuranceSystemic therapyClinical outcomesEntire cohortInferior median progression-free survivalSuperior median progression-free survivalSignificant differencesCox proportional hazards regression modelFirst-line systemic therapyMedicaid/uninsured patientsSuperior progression-free survivalProportional hazards regression modelsLine systemic therapyFirst-line treatmentKaplan-Meier methodCharacterization of papillary and clear cell renal cell carcinoma through imaging mass cytometry reveals distinct immunologic profiles
Govindarajan A, Salgia N, Li H, Castro D, Mirzapoiazova T, Armstrong B, Zhao D, Mercier B, Dizman N, Chawla N, Zengin Z, Meza L, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Tripathi A, Pal S. Characterization of papillary and clear cell renal cell carcinoma through imaging mass cytometry reveals distinct immunologic profiles. Frontiers In Immunology 2023, 14: 1182581. PMID: 37638025, PMCID: PMC10457014, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1182581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClear cell renal cell carcinomaPapillary renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaCell renal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaT cellsTumor microenvironmentPRCC cohortCcRCC cohortCcRCC patientsMain immune cell typesDistinct immunologic profileRCC histological subtypesMedian overall survivalProportion of CD4Baseline tumor tissueImmune cell populationsSubtypes of RCCImmune cell typesMass cytometry analysisCross-validate findingsSignificant differencesFFPE samplesMacrophage compositionTME compartments
2022
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial
Dizman N, Meza L, Bergerot P, Alcantara M, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Frankel P, Cui Y, Mira V, Llamas M, Hsu J, Zengin Z, Salgia N, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Gillece J, Reining L, Trent J, Takahashi M, Oka K, Higashi S, Kortylewski M, Highlander SK, Pal SK. Nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 704-712. PMID: 35228755, PMCID: PMC9018425, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01694-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaProgression-free survivalRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaCheckpoint inhibitorsResponse rateGut microbiomePoor-risk diseaseTreatment-naive patientsSingle-center studyPhase 1 trialRandomized phase 1 trialSignificant differencesBifidobacterium sppMechanism of actionNivolumab-ipilimumabSarcomatoid histologyPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsImmune compartmentStudy armsClinical outcomesClear cellsClinical observationsPatients