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Challenges and Opportunities in Adapting Clinical Trial Design for Immunotherapies.


ABSTRACT: Immunotherapy adds an exciting new dimension to the treatment of cancer, joining other approaches as a key pillar in the oncotherapeutics armamentarium. Immuno-oncology agents harbor unique mechanisms of antitumor activity by leveraging the host immune system, which may result in response patterns, resistance kinetics, and toxicity profiles that differ from other systemic therapies. These features have led to many discussions on ways to optimally integrate immunotherapy into cancer clinical trials. This overview provides an introduction to the four CCR Focus articles that ensue, with special thoughts paid to clinical trial endpoints, biomarker development and validation, combination strategies, and limitations that arise with increasing use of these agents. In addition, this overview examines design concepts that may be applied to invigorate clinical trials and to maximize their impact in the immuno-oncology era.

SUBMITTER: Siu LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5669041 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Challenges and Opportunities in Adapting Clinical Trial Design for Immunotherapies.

Siu Lillian L LL   Ivy S Percy SP   Dixon Erica L EL   Gravell Amy E AE   Reeves Steven A SA   Rosner Gary L GL  

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20170901 17


Immunotherapy adds an exciting new dimension to the treatment of cancer, joining other approaches as a key pillar in the oncotherapeutics armamentarium. Immuno-oncology agents harbor unique mechanisms of antitumor activity by leveraging the host immune system, which may result in response patterns, resistance kinetics, and toxicity profiles that differ from other systemic therapies. These features have led to many discussions on ways to optimally integrate immunotherapy into cancer clinical tria  ...[more]

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