Keck School Faculty

Exposure-response analysis for nivolumab plus ipilimumab combination therapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (CheckMate 040) Clin Transl Sci. 2023 May 11. . View in PubMed

Adjuvant Chemoradiation in Patients with Lymph Node-Positive Biliary Tract Cancers: Secondary Analysis of a Single-Arm Clinical Trial (SWOG 0809) Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Mar; 30(3):1354-1363. . View in PubMed

Phase 1 study of GSK3368715, a type I PRMT inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid tumors Br J Cancer. 2023 08; 129(2):309-317. . View in PubMed

Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells for Screening of Selective Inhibitors of Tumor-Initiating Stem-Like Cells Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 05; 10(14):e2206812. . View in PubMed

ASO Visual Abstract: Adjuvant Chemoradiation in Patients with Lymph Node-Positive Biliary Tract Cancers - Secondary Analysis of a Single-Arm Clinical Trial (SWOG 0809) Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 03; 30(3):1364-1365. . View in PubMed

Nivolumab Plus Cabozantinib With or Without Ipilimumab for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results From Cohort 6 of the CheckMate 040 Trial J Clin Oncol. 2023 03 20; 41(9):1747-1757. . View in PubMed

Association of Body Mass Index With the Safety Profile of Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab JAMA Oncol. 2023 01 01; 9(1):102-111. . View in PubMed

Zanidatamab, a novel bispecific antibody, for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic HER2-expressing or HER2-amplified cancers: a phase 1, dose-escalation and expansion study Lancet Oncol. 2022 Dec; 23(12):1558-1570. . View in PubMed

Safety and efficacy of cabozantinib for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who advanced to Child-Pugh B liver function at study week 8: a retrospective analysis of the CELESTIAL randomised controlled trial BMC Cancer. 2022 Apr 09; 22(1):377. . View in PubMed

First-in-human study of an OX40 (ivuxolimab) and 4-1BB (utomilumab) agonistic antibody combination in patients with advanced solid tumors J Immunother Cancer. 2022 10; 10(10). . View in PubMed

Quality of life assessment of cabozantinib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in the CELESTIAL trial Eur J Cancer. 2022 06; 168:91-98. . View in PubMed

Molecular pathogenesis and systemic therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma Nat Cancer. 2022 04; 3(4):386-401. . View in PubMed

Efficacy and safety of cabozantinib for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma based on albumin-bilirubin grade Br J Cancer. 2022 03; 126(4):569-575. . View in PubMed

Nivolumab versus sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (CheckMate 459): a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial Lancet Oncol. 2022 01; 23(1):77-90. . View in PubMed

Outcomes Based on Plasma Biomarkers for the Phase 3 CELESTIAL Trial of Cabozantinib versus Placebo in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Cancer. 2022 Jan; 11(1):38-47. . View in PubMed

DNMT and EZH2 inhibitors synergize to activate therapeutic targets in hepatocellular carcinoma Cancer Lett. 2022 11 01; 548:215899. . View in PubMed

A Phase I, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of the OX40 Agonist Ivuxolimab in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers Clin Cancer Res. 2022 01 01; 28(1):71-83. . View in PubMed

Final Overall Survival Efficacy Results of Ivosidenib for Patients With Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma With IDH1 Mutation: The Phase 3 Randomized Clinical ClarIDHy Trial JAMA Oncol. 2021 Nov 01; 7(11):1669-1677. . View in PubMed

Etiology and Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in an Ethnically Diverse Population: The Multiethnic Cohort Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 12; 13(14). . View in PubMed

Cabozantinib: An evolving therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma Cancer Treat Rev. 2021 Jul; 98:102221. . View in PubMed

Comparative Efficacy of Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab and Other Treatment Options for Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Network Meta-Analysis Liver Cancer. 2021 Jun; 10(3):240-248. . View in PubMed

Pharmacokinetics and safety of niraparib in patients with moderate hepatic impairment Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2021 11; 88(5):825-836. . View in PubMed

Infigratinib (BGJ398) in previously treated patients with advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma with FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements: mature results from a multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase 2 study Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 10; 6(10):803-815. . View in PubMed

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma J Immunother Cancer. 2021 09; 9(9). . View in PubMed

CheckMate 040 cohort 5: A phase I/II study of nivolumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and Child-Pugh B cirrhosis J Hepatol. 2021 09; 75(3):600-609. . View in PubMed

A phase I study of intravenous fenretinide (4-HPR) for patients with malignant solid tumors Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2021 04; 87(4):525-532. . View in PubMed

Presentation, Management, and Outcomes Across the Rural-Urban Continuum for Hepatocellular Carcinoma JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 02; 5(1). . View in PubMed

Liver Cancer Immunity Hepatology. 2021 01; 73 Suppl 1:86-103. . View in PubMed

IMbrave 151: a randomized phase II trial of atezolizumab combined with bevacizumab and chemotherapy in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2021; 13:17588359211036544. . View in PubMed

Phase I, First-in-Human Study of the Probody Therapeutic CX-2029 in Adults with Advanced Solid Tumor Malignancies Clin Cancer Res. 2021 08 15; 27(16):4521-4530. . View in PubMed

Efficacy and Safety of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Previously Treated With Sorafenib: The CheckMate 040 Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Oncol. 2020 Nov 01; 6(11):e204564. . View in PubMed

Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab Combination Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2020 Mar; 16(3):145-148. . View in PubMed

Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Bevacizumab with Modified FOLFOX7 in Patients with Stage II and III Rectal Cancer Oncologist. 2020 12; 25(12):e1879-e1885. . View in PubMed

Association of inflammatory biomarkers with clinical outcomes in nivolumab-treated patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma J Hepatol. 2020 12; 73(6):1460-1469. . View in PubMed

Second-line cabozantinib after sorafenib treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 CELESTIAL trial ESMO Open. 2020 08; 5(4). . View in PubMed

Ivosidenib in IDH1-mutant, chemotherapy-refractory cholangiocarcinoma (ClarIDHy): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study Lancet Oncol. 2020 06; 21(6):796-807. . View in PubMed

Randomised phase II trial (SWOG S1310) of single agent MEK inhibitor trametinib Versus 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine in refractory advanced biliary cancer Eur J Cancer. 2020 05; 130:219-227. . View in PubMed

Diagnosis and management of toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors in hepatocellular carcinoma J Hepatol. 2020 02; 72(2):320-341. . View in PubMed

Serum Alpha-fetoprotein Levels and Clinical Outcomes in the Phase III CELESTIAL Study of Cabozantinib versus Placebo in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Clin Cancer Res. 2020 09 15; 26(18):4795-4804. . View in PubMed

Phase I and Biomarker Study of the Wnt Pathway Modulator DKN-01 in Combination with Gemcitabine/Cisplatin in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer Clin Cancer Res. 2020 12 01; 26(23):6158-6167. . View in PubMed

Assessment of Treatment With Sorafenib Plus Doxorubicin vs Sorafenib Alone in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Phase 3 CALGB 80802 Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Oncol. 2019 Nov 01; 5(11):1582-1588. . View in PubMed

Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Biliary Tract Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline J Clin Oncol. 2019 04 20; 37(12):1015-1027. . View in PubMed

Mandatory Research Biopsy Requirements Delay Initiation of Clinical Trials Front Oncol. 2019; 9:968. . View in PubMed

Monitoring Twitter Conversations for Targeted Recruitment in Cancer Trials in Los Angeles County: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Sep 25; 7(9):e177. . View in PubMed

Cabozantinib in Patients with Advanced and Progressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 05; 379(1):54-63. . View in PubMed

A multi-arm phase I dose escalating study of an oral NOTCH inhibitor BMS-986115 in patients with advanced solid tumours Invest New Drugs. 2018 12; 36(6):1026-1036. . View in PubMed

Integrative Epigenetic Analysis Reveals Therapeutic Targets to the DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitor Guadecitabine (SGI-110) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepatology. 2018 10; 68(4):1412-1428. . View in PubMed

A phase 1, dose-escalation study of PF-06664178, an anti-Trop-2/Aur0101 antibody-drug conjugate in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors Invest New Drugs. 2018 10; 36(5):836-847. . View in PubMed

A phase I trial of escalating doses of cixutumumab (IMC-A12) and sorafenib in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2018 05; 81(5):957-963. . View in PubMed

Evaluation of hepatic impairment on pharmacokinetics and safety of crizotinib in patients with advanced cancer Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2018 04; 81(4):659-670. . View in PubMed

Clinical relevance of EMT and stem-like gene expression in circulating tumor cells of metastatic colorectal cancer patients Pharmacogenomics J. 2018 01; 18(1):29-34. . View in PubMed

Phase II Study of BGJ398 in Patients With FGFR-Altered Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma J Clin Oncol. 2018 01 20; 36(3):276-282. . View in PubMed

A Randomized Phase II Open-Label Multi-Institution Study of the Combination of Bevacizumab and Erlotinib Compared to Sorafenib in the First-Line Treatment of Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Oncology. 2018; 94(6):329-339. . View in PubMed

AKT Inhibition in Solid Tumors With AKT1 Mutations J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jul 10; 35(20):2251-2259. . View in PubMed

Nivolumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (CheckMate 040): an open-label, non-comparative, phase 1/2 dose escalation and expansion trial Lancet. 2017 Jun 24; 389(10088):2492-2502. . View in PubMed

Combination epigenetic therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with subcutaneous 5-azacitidine and entinostat: a phase 2 consortium/stand up 2 cancer study Oncotarget. 2017 May 23; 8(21):35326-35338. . View in PubMed

Effect of First-Line Chemotherapy Combined With Cetuximab or Bevacizumab on Overall Survival in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA. 2017 06 20; 317(23):2392-2401. . View in PubMed

The Promise of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2017; 37:311-317. . View in PubMed

A Phase I Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Combination Therapy with Refametinib plus Sorafenib in Patients with Advanced Cancer Clin Cancer Res. 2016 05 15; 22(10):2368-76. . View in PubMed

Guadecitabine (SGI-110) priming sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to oxaliplatin Mol Oncol. 2015 Nov; 9(9):1799-814. . View in PubMed

SWOG S0809: A Phase II Intergroup Trial of Adjuvant Capecitabine and Gemcitabine Followed by Radiotherapy and Concurrent Capecitabine in Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Carcinoma J Clin Oncol. 2015 Aug 20; 33(24):2617-22. . View in PubMed

Integrin genetic variants and stage-specific tumor recurrence in patients with stage II and III colon cancer Pharmacogenomics J. 2015 Jun; 15(3):226-34. . View in PubMed

Phase I trial of sorafenib following liver transplantation in patients with high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma Liver Cancer. 2015 Mar; 4(2):115-25. . View in PubMed

A phase I, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic evaluation of the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-fluoro-2'-deoxycytidine, administered with tetrahydrouridine Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2015 Mar; 75(3):537-46. . View in PubMed

A phase II trial of bevacizumab plus temsirolimus in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma Invest New Drugs. 2015 Feb; 33(1):241-6. . View in PubMed

A phase I study of PF-04449913, an oral hedgehog inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid tumors Clin Cancer Res. 2015 03 01; 21(5):1044-51. . View in PubMed

Phase I study of the halichondrin B analogue eribulin mesylate in combination with cisplatin in advanced solid tumors Br J Cancer. 2014 Dec 09; 111(12):2268-74. . View in PubMed

Phase I clinical trial of temsirolimus and vinorelbine in advanced solid tumors Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2014 Dec; 74(6):1227-34. . View in PubMed

Impact of sex on the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis Cancer. 2014 Dec 01; 120(23):3707-16. . View in PubMed

S0941: a phase 2 SWOG study of sorafenib and erlotinib in patients with advanced gallbladder carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma Br J Cancer. 2014 Feb 18; 110(4):882-7. . View in PubMed

Sustained inhibition of deacetylases is required for the antitumor activity of the histone deactylase inhibitors panobinostat and vorinostat in models of colorectal cancer Invest New Drugs. 2013 Aug; 31(4):845-57. . View in PubMed

The effects of liver impairment on the pharmacokinetics of brivanib, a dual inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2013 Jul; 72(1):53-64. . View in PubMed

Pharmacogenetic profiling of CD133 is associated with response rate (RR) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), treated with bevacizumab-based chemotherapy Pharmacogenomics J. 2013 Apr; 13(2):173-80. . View in PubMed

First-in-man phase I study of GC33, a novel recombinant humanized antibody against glypican-3, in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Feb 15; 19(4):920-8. . View in PubMed

SWOG 0514: a phase II study of sorafenib in patients with unresectable or metastatic gallbladder carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma Invest New Drugs. 2012 Aug; 30(4):1646-51. . View in PubMed

The Cyclin D1 (CCND1) A870G polymorphism predicts clinical outcome to lapatinib and capecitabine in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2012 Jun; 23(6):1455-64. . View in PubMed

A randomized phase II of gemcitabine and sorafenib versus sorafenib alone in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer Invest New Drugs. 2012 Jun; 30(3):1175-83. . View in PubMed

A phase II trial of gemcitabine and capecitabine in patients with unresectable or metastatic gallbladder cancer or cholangiocarcinoma: Southwest Oncology Group study S0202 Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2011 Dec; 68(6):1595-602. . View in PubMed

Common cancer stem cell gene variants predict colon cancer recurrence Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Nov 01; 17(21):6934-43. . View in PubMed

Pharmacogenetic angiogenesis profiling for first-line Bevacizumab plus oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Sep 01; 17(17):5783-92. . View in PubMed

Phase I dose-escalation study to determine the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of brivanib alaninate in combination with full-dose cetuximab in patients with advanced gastrointestinal malignancies who have failed prior therapy Br J Cancer. 2011 Jun 28; 105(1):44-52. . View in PubMed

The dual EGFR/HER2 inhibitor lapatinib synergistically enhances the antitumor activity of the histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat in colorectal cancer models Cancer Res. 2011 May 15; 71(10):3635-48. . View in PubMed

Phase I clinical trial of pegylated liposomal Doxorubicin and docetaxel in patients with advanced solid tumors Am J Clin Oncol. 2011 Feb; 34(1):27-31. . View in PubMed

A phase I/II trial of vorinostat in combination with 5-fluorouracil in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who previously failed 5-FU-based chemotherapy Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2010 Apr; 65(5):979-88. . View in PubMed

Genetic variations in angiogenesis pathway genes associated with clinical outcome in localized gastric adenocarcinoma Ann Oncol. 2010 Jan; 21(1):78-86. . View in PubMed

Accomplishments in 2008 in the management of hepatobiliary cancers Gastrointest Cancer Res. 2009 Sep; 3(5 Supplement 2):S28-36. . View in PubMed

Rates and predictors of chemotherapy use for stage III colon cancer: a systematic review Cancer. 2008 Dec 15; 113(12):3279-89. . View in PubMed

Polymorphisms in cyclooxygenase-2 and epidermal growth factor receptor are associated with progression-free survival independent of K-ras in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with single-agent cetuximab Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 01; 14(23):7884-95. . View in PubMed

Gender-related survival differences associated with EGFR polymorphisms in metastatic colon cancer Cancer Res. 2008 Apr 15; 68(8):3037-42. . View in PubMed

Thymidylate synthase haplotype is associated with tumor recurrence in stage II and stage III colon cancer Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2008 Feb; 18(2):161-8. . View in PubMed

Serum lactate dehydrogenase levels and glycolysis significantly correlate with tumor VEGFA and VEGFR expression in metastatic CRC patients Pharmacogenomics. 2007 Dec; 8(12):1705-13. . View in PubMed

Association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms and sex-specific survival in patients with metastatic colon cancer J Clin Oncol. 2007 Aug 20; 25(24):3726-31. . View in PubMed

Gene expression levels of epidermal growth factor receptor, survivin, and vascular endothelial growth factor as molecular markers of lymph node involvement in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2006 Nov; 6(4):305-11. . View in PubMed

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome induced by RAF kinase inhibitor BAY 43-9006 J Clin Oncol. 2006 Oct 01; 24(28):e48. . View in PubMed

Epidermal growth factor receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor variant III gene expression in metastatic colorectal cancer Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2006 Sep; 6(3):214-8. . View in PubMed

Gene expression in tumor-adjacent normal tissue is associated with recurrence in patients with rectal cancer treated with adjuvant chemoradiation Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2006 Aug; 16(8):555-63. . View in PubMed

Should continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil become the standard of care in the USA as it is in Europe? Cancer Invest. 2006 Feb; 24(1):50-5.. View in PubMed

Multiple modifications in cis elements of the long terminal repeat of retroviral vectors lead to increased expression and decreased DNA methylation in embryonic carcinoma cells J Virol. 1995 Feb; 69(2):748-55. . View in PubMed