2021
Emerging Role of Immune Therapy in HCC
Stein S. Emerging Role of Immune Therapy in HCC. Digestive Disease Interventions 2021, 05: 277-282. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1722932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTyrosine kinase inhibitorsHepatocellular carcinomaImmune therapySingle-agent PD-1 inhibitionVascular endothelial growth factor inhibitionMultiple tyrosine kinase inhibitorAbstract Hepatocellular carcinomaPrevalent cancer diagnosesUnprecedented response ratesPD-1 inhibitionAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaGrowth factor inhibitionAdvanced diseaseDurable responsesPD-1Combination therapyTreatment optionsFactor inhibitionResponse rateTherapy drugsPatientsKinase inhibitorsTherapyCancer diagnosisModest improvementA phase II study of atezolizumab (ATEZO) and bevacizumab (Bev) in combination with Y90 TARE in patients (Pts) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
He A, Kim A, Toskich B, Mody K, Kim K, Stein S, Goyal L, Abrams T, Brown D, Goff L, Kim R, Parikh N, Sandow T, Johnson D, Iyer R, Petroziello M, Krishnamurthi S, Martin C, Jiang Y, Akhter N. A phase II study of atezolizumab (ATEZO) and bevacizumab (Bev) in combination with Y90 TARE in patients (Pts) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: tps358-tps358. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.3_suppl.tps358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhase II studyProgression-free survivalHepatocellular carcinomaII studyArm BTARE treatmentBCLC stage B hepatocellular carcinomaAntitumor T-cell activityStage B hepatocellular carcinomaRandomized phase II studyMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsPD-L1 expression levelsIntermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinomaT cell receptor repertoireB hepatocellular carcinomaIntermediate-stage HCCMain secondary objectivesFirst-line treatmentPretreatment liver biopsyRegulatory T cellsT cell infiltrationAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaDendritic cell maturationT cell activityPatient-reported outcomes
2020
PD-1 targeted immunotherapy for advanced hepatocellular cancer: Current utilization and outcomes in the United States.
Uhlig J, Stein S, Kim K. PD-1 targeted immunotherapy for advanced hepatocellular cancer: Current utilization and outcomes in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e16647-e16647. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e16647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaOverall survivalPD-1Multivariable analysisLiver disease risk factorsCox proportional hazards modelBilirubin resultsAdvanced hepatocellular cancerClinical performance statusLiver disease complicationsOverall survival benefitDisease risk factorsDeath protein 1Longer overall survivalOncological treatment strategiesProportional hazards modelDe-identified databaseSystemic sorafenibAdult patientsHCC resectionPatient demographicsPerformance statusSurvival benefitIndependent prognosticator