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The purpose of phase I clinical trials are to evaluate the safety, dosage and potential side effects of a new drug or treatment in humans for the first time. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Vivek Subbiah (University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX, USA) to discuss the purpose and details […]
Precision medicine aims to tailor medical treatments to individual patients based on their characteristics and genetic makeup. Phase I clinical trials are seeing changes in their objectives and designs in the era of precision medicine. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Vivek Subbiah (University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX, USA) […]
The STARBOARD trial will investigate encorafenib, binimetinib and pembrolizumab as a combination therapy for BRAF V600 mutant melanoma. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Ryan Sullivan (Mass General Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA) to discuss the mechanisms of encorafenib, binimetinib and pembrolizumab, as well as details on the STARBOARD trial. The presentation entitled […]
Multiple therapies that have been approved for the treatment of BRAF V600 mutated melanoma. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Ryan Sullivan (Mass General Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA) to discuss the current treatment paradigm and its limitations. Ryan Sullivan presented an abstract entitled ‘Randomized phase 3 study (STARBOARD) evaluating encorafenib (enco) + […]
Intraoperative molecular imaging enables surgeons to utilise a cancer specific fluorescent dye to improve cancer removal. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Sunil Singhal (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA) to discuss intraoperative molecular imaging, with focus on its application in lung cancer. The presentation entitled ‘Intraoperative molecular imaging of lung cancer: The […]
Treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer has really primarily consisted of systemic intravenous chemotherapy. The TIGeR-PaC trial is aiming to assess if an alternative treatment mode, intra-arterial delivery of gemcitabine, improves overall survival. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Michael Pishvaian (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA) to discuss the […]
Locally advanced pancreatic cancer represents around 30% of all newly diagnosed pancreatic cancers and can be challenging to treat. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Michael Pishvaian (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA) to discuss the challenges in the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Dr Pishvaian presented an abstract […]
We were delighted to speak with Dr. Ruth Perets (Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel) about the efficacy and safety findings of the phase 1 study comparing vibostolimab (vibo) plus pembrolizumab (pembro) given sequentially to the coformulation of vibo/pembro in ovarian cancer naive to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. The abstract ‘Safety and efficacy of vibostolimab (vibo) plus […]
It was a pleasure to talk with Prof. Nicolas Girard (Institut Curie; Versailles Saint Quentin University, Paris, France) to discuss the findings from his analysis of event-free survival in the CheckMate-816 trial, investigating neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy for resectable (IB-IIIA) non-small cell lung cancer. The abstract ‘Nivolumab (NIVO) + platinum-doublet chemotherapy (chemo) vs chemo as […]
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