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Grand Rounds February 24, 2023: S2302 Pragmatica-Lung: New Directions for Decreasing Burden and Increasing Inclusion in NCTN Clinical Trials (Konstantin Dragnev, MD; Karen Reckamp, MD, MS)

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When we started working on this the discussions with NCI and FDA were about stripping away eligibility, we realized the population would be less controlled than previous studies. We kept coming back to the one thing we want to know, which is the overall survival.

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Grand Rounds March 17, 2023: Remote Symptom Monitoring with Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes (ePROs) in Oncology (Ethan Basch, MD, MSc)

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The intervention arm had to complete weekly PRO survey items from NCI PRO-CTCAE (pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, dyspnea, insomnia, depression, oral intake). In this study adherence with week ePROs was 91.5%. When patients didn’t report, they received a phone call to make sure they were OK.

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

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According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it is estimated that approximately 8,000 people die from melanoma every year in the US. Addressing the high price tag, Iovance’s commercial chief Jim Ziegler said, “Payers have expressed their appreciation for the value proposition for Amtagvi.”

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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

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Steven Rosenberg and James Yang at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it has been shown that in adoptive cell therapies, T cells that react to this epitope can have a marked effect on tumor regression and patient benefit, says Dr. Suri. “So Through early work by Drs.

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How data is crucial to the relaunch of the Cancer Moonshot

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During the first stage of the initiative, more than 2,000 research papers were published, 49 clinical trials were carried out, and more than 30 patents were filed through the support of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI). As part of the relaunch, a goal was set to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years.