2019
Residual Tumor Volume, Cell Volume Fraction, and Tumor Cell Kill During Fractionated Chemoradiation Therapy of Human Glioblastoma using Quantitative Sodium MR Imaging
Thulborn KR, Lu A, Atkinson IC, Pauliah M, Beal K, Chan TA, Omuro A, Yamada J, Bradbury MS. Residual Tumor Volume, Cell Volume Fraction, and Tumor Cell Kill During Fractionated Chemoradiation Therapy of Human Glioblastoma using Quantitative Sodium MR Imaging. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 1226-1232. PMID: 30487127, PMCID: PMC7462306, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-2079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual tumor volumeTumor cell killTissue sodium concentrationChemoradiation therapyOverall survivalHuman glioblastomaTumor volumeQuantitative sodium MR imagingCell killQuantitative sodium MRITumor cellsVariable tumor responseSodium MRITwo-compartment modelTumor resectionTumor responseDisease progressionSodium MR imagingTumor marginsMR imagingTherapyGlioblastomaTreatment volumeCancer cellsSodium concentrationTumor mutational load predicts survival after immunotherapy across multiple cancer types
Samstein RM, Lee CH, Shoushtari AN, Hellmann MD, Shen R, Janjigian YY, Barron DA, Zehir A, Jordan EJ, Omuro A, Kaley TJ, Kendall SM, Motzer RJ, Hakimi AA, Voss MH, Russo P, Rosenberg J, Iyer G, Bochner BH, Bajorin DF, Al-Ahmadie HA, Chaft JE, Rudin CM, Riely GJ, Baxi S, Ho AL, Wong RJ, Pfister DG, Wolchok JD, Barker CA, Gutin PH, Brennan CW, Tabar V, Mellinghoff IK, DeAngelis LM, Ariyan CE, Lee N, Tap WD, Gounder MM, D’Angelo S, Saltz L, Stadler ZK, Scher HI, Baselga J, Razavi P, Klebanoff CA, Yaeger R, Segal NH, Ku GY, DeMatteo RP, Ladanyi M, Rizvi NA, Berger MF, Riaz N, Solit DB, Chan TA, Morris LGT. Tumor mutational load predicts survival after immunotherapy across multiple cancer types. Nature Genetics 2019, 51: 202-206. PMID: 30643254, PMCID: PMC6365097, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0312-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic AgentsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunotherapyMutationNeoplasmsTumor BurdenConceptsTumor mutational burdenHigh tumor mutational burdenImproved survivalCancer typesImmune checkpoint inhibitor treatmentAdvanced cancer patientsBetter overall survivalCheckpoint inhibitor treatmentMultiple cancer typesClinical responseOverall survivalCancer patientsPredictive biomarkersCancer histologyMetastatic cancerMutational burdenPatientsInhibitor treatmentNext-generation sequencingSurvivalICIMutational loadUniversal definitionAssociationImmunotherapy
2017
Multicenter, Phase 1, Dose Escalation Study of Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy With Bevacizumab for Recurrent Glioblastoma and Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Clarke J, Neil E, Terziev R, Gutin P, Barani I, Kaley T, Lassman AB, Chan TA, Yamada J, DeAngelis L, Ballangrud A, Young R, Panageas KS, Beal K, Omuro A. Multicenter, Phase 1, Dose Escalation Study of Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy With Bevacizumab for Recurrent Glioblastoma and Anaplastic Astrocytoma. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 99: 797-804. PMID: 28870792, PMCID: PMC5654655, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.2466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngiogenesis InhibitorsAstrocytomaBevacizumabBrainBrain NeoplasmsFemaleGlioblastomaHumansIntention to Treat AnalysisKarnofsky Performance StatusMaleMaximum Tolerated DoseMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalOrgans at RiskProspective StudiesRadiation Dose HypofractionationRadiosurgeryRe-IrradiationTumor BurdenConceptsRecurrent high-grade gliomaDose-limiting toxicityHigh-grade gliomasStereotactic reirradiationHypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation TherapyCorpus callosum involvementDose level cohortsGrade 3 fatigueMedian overall survivalKarnofsky performance statusDose-escalation studyTreatment-related effectsBiological equivalent doseStereotactic radiation therapyWarrants further investigationAbsence of brainstemDose-escalation trial designBevacizumab dosesCallosum involvementConcomitant bevacizumabSymptomatic radionecrosisEscalation studyOverall survivalPerformance statusResected specimens
2015
Orally administered colony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor PLX3397 in recurrent glioblastoma: an Ivy Foundation Early Phase Clinical Trials Consortium phase II study
Butowski N, Colman H, De Groot JF, Omuro AM, Nayak L, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF, Marimuthu A, Haidar S, Perry A, Huse J, Phillips J, West BL, Nolop KB, Hsu HH, Ligon KL, Molinaro AM, Prados M. Orally administered colony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor PLX3397 in recurrent glioblastoma: an Ivy Foundation Early Phase Clinical Trials Consortium phase II study. Neuro-Oncology 2015, 18: 557-564. PMID: 26449250, PMCID: PMC4799682, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, OralAminopyridinesBiomarkers, TumorBlood-Brain BarrierBrain NeoplasmsCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlioblastomaHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingPrognosisPyrrolesReceptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorTissue DistributionTumor BurdenConceptsPhase II studyII studyRecurrent glioblastomaTumor tissueMedian drug levelsPrimary efficacy endpointProgression-free survivalBlood-brain barrierPretreatment baseline valuesBlood-tumor barrierExploratory endpointsInhibitor PLX3397Efficacy endpointPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsObjective responseSurgical resectionOral dosePharmacodynamic changesPharmacodynamic measuresTumor burdenDrug exposureTissue pharmacokineticsDrug levelsStem cell factor