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Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) is a novel oral formulation of two drugs with promising results in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).1 Trifluridine is a thymidine-based nucleoside analogue that, after intracellular phosphorylation, gets incorporated into DNA, causing DNA dysfunction.2 It was first identified by Callahan et al. in 1996 as an active impurity in the herbicide trifluralin, which […]

Rahul Aggarwal, ESMO 2021: Ceralasertib in ARID1A-deficient and ARID1A-intact Advanced Solid Tumour Malignancies

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Published Online: Oct 11th 2021

touchONCOLOGY joins Prof Rahul Aggarwal (UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA), to discuss the interim results from a phase II study of the ATR inhibitor ceralasertib in ARID1A-deficient and ARID1A-intact advanced solid tumour malignancies.

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1. Could you tell us a little about ARID1A alterations in solid tumours and potential therapeutic targets in ARID1A-mutated tumours? (00:15-01:12)
2. What is the rationale for the use of ceralasertib in patients harbouring ARID1A-deficient solid tumours? (01:12-02:10)
3. What were the aims and design of the study you are presenting? (02:10-03:20)
4. How well were the clinical endpoints achieved? (03:20-04:10)
5. What will stage 2 of the study entail and which patients will be eligible? (04:10-04:45)

Disclosures: UCSF School of Medicine has received research funding from AstraZeneca.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the ESMO 2021 Annual Meeting.

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