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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)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

They are both approved and used widely in lung cancer, and combining two existing agents is logistically and clinically simpler. S1800A was a Phase II randomized study of ramucirumab plus pembrolizumab versus standard of care for NSCLC patients previously treated with immunotherapy performed within the Lung-MAP platform.

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Grand Rounds February 9, 2024: Pragmatic Recruitment of Underrepresented Groups – Experience From the Diuretic Comparison Project (Cynthia Hau, MPH)

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The study started in June 2016 and ended in June 2022 and ultimately found no difference between the 2 drugs in preventing major CV outcomes and non-cancer death among hypertensive VA patients. The VA IRB determined DCP was a minimal risk study, with less restrictive eligibility criteria and EHR-based safety and outcome monitoring.

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Grand Rounds September 29, 2023: Navigating the Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Research and Practice: The PROTEUS Consortium (Claire Snyder, PhD; Norah Crossnohere, PhD; Anne Schuster, PhD)

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PROTEUS and Pfizer partnered to form an Advisory Group that aimed to improve understanding of the facilitators and barriers of implementing routine PRO assessments in vulnerable and underserved populations and build capacity for PRO implementation to improve care for cancer patients who are vulnerable or underserved.

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Grand Rounds October 20, 2023: A National Initiative to Eliminate Hepatitis C in the United States – Why This Matters to Clinical Trialists (Rachael L. Fleurence, PhD, MSc; Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Untreated, chronic Hepatitis C infection leads to liver damage, liver cancer, and death. with the rate of reported acute Hepatitis C cases increasing 400% during 2010-2020. with the rate of reported acute Hepatitis C cases increasing 400% during 2010-2020. Rates are the highest among 20-39-year-olds.

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What HCPs think about medical tweetorials

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There are also a number of medical Twitter chats during which HCPs collaborate on issues more broadly than medical journals, such as #PancChat – a Twitter chat “ developed to provide relevant , credible, and timely information to the [pancreatic cancer] community”. Threads: healthcare community embraces new Twitter feature.

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Prominent Reasons Behind The Failure Of NAMPT inhibitors And Key Strategies Adopted By Developers To Overcome Such Challenges

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One of the main challenges is the development of drug resistance, as cancer cells can develop mechanisms to bypass the inhibition of NAMPT. As a starting point, the information on terminated, suspended and withdrawn trials was collated from clinicaltrials.gov and PubMed using relevant search keywords.

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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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Goldberg Distinguished Professor and Chief of Oncology Physician-in-Chief, North Carolina Cancer Hospital Director, Cancer Outcomes Research Program University of North Carolina Slides Keywords Patient-reported outcomes, Oncology, Clinical Trials Key Points Symptoms are common in cancer care.