2022
Clinical Trial Development in TP53-Mutated Locally Advanced and Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Rodriguez CP, Kang H, Geiger JL, Burtness B, Chung CH, Pickering CR, Fakhry C, Le QT, Yom SS, Galloway TJ, Golemis E, Li A, Shoop J, Wong S, Mehra R, Skinner H, Saba NF, Flores ER, Myers JN, Ford JM, Karchin R, Ferris RL, Kunos C, Lynn JM, Malik S. Clinical Trial Development in TP53-Mutated Locally Advanced and Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2022, 114: 1619-1627. PMID: 36053203, PMCID: PMC9745425, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaClinical trialsCell carcinomaTrial designTP53 mutationsNational Clinical Trials NetworkMetastatic disease settingsClinical trial developmentClinical Trials NetworkNovel therapeutic approachesNational Cancer InstituteMetastatic headTP53-mutated tumorsWorse outcomesClinical studiesFrequent genetic eventTherapeutic approachesCancer InstituteTrial developmentBreakout groupsPatientsDisease settingsBiomarker integrationTrials Network
2020
Synthetic Lethal Targeting of Mitotic Checkpoints in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer
Deneka AY, Einarson MB, Bennett J, Nikonova AS, Elmekawy M, Zhou Y, Lee JW, Burtness BA, Golemis EA. Synthetic Lethal Targeting of Mitotic Checkpoints in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer. Cancers 2020, 12: 306. PMID: 32012873, PMCID: PMC7072436, DOI: 10.3390/cancers12020306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchG1/S checkpointNeck squamous cell carcinomaSingle-agent activitySquamous cell carcinomaHPV-negative headHPV-negative HNSCCHNSCC cell linesWEE1 inhibitor AZD1775S checkpointNegative HNSCCCell carcinomaHuman papillomavirusHNSCC cancerNeck cancerWorse outcomesSubset of drugsCommon mutational eventsDNA damageAnchorage-independent growthDual inhibitionClonogenic capacityClinical agentsSynthetic lethal targetingReduced activationHNSCC