Clinical Studies
Recent submissions
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Getting our ducks in a row: The need for data utility comparisons of healthcare systems data for clinical trials.
(Elsevier BV, 2024-03-25)BACKGROUND: Better use of healthcare systems data, collected as part of interactions between patients and the healthcare system, could transform planning and conduct of randomised controlled trials. Multiple challenges to ... -
Exploring the barriers to, and importance of, participant diversity in early-phase clinical trials: an interview-based qualitative study of professionals and patient and public representatives.
(BMJ, 2024-03-19)OBJECTIVES: To explore the importance of, and barriers to achieving, diversity in early-phase clinical trials. DESIGN: Qualitative interviews analysed using thematic analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Five professionals ... -
Molecular subtypes of cancer-associated fibroblasts and their regulation of the tumour microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2024-03-21)Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 10 % in Western countries. Transcriptomic analysis of PDAC in the last decade has unearthed ... -
Germline sequencing in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer from the BARCODE2 study reveals a wide range of pathogenic variants in DNA repair genes
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-02-15)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>The presence of germline mutations plays an increasingly important role in risk assessment and treatment ... -
A hypoxia biomarker does not predict benefit from giving chemotherapy with radiotherapy in the BC2001 randomised controlled trial.
(ELSEVIER, 2024-02-21)BACKGROUND: BC2001 showed combining chemotherapy (5-FU + mitomycin-C) with radiotherapy improves loco-regional disease-free survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). We previously showed a 24-gene ... -
The Capacity of Drug-Metabolising Enzymes in Modulating the Therapeutic Efficacy of Drugs to Treat Rhabdomyosarcoma.
(MDPI, 2024-02-29)Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma (STS) that predominantly affects children and teenagers. It is the most common STS in children (40%) and accounts for 5-8% of total childhood malignancies. Apart from ... -
Frontline and Relapsed Rhabdomyosarcoma (FAR-RMS) Clinical Trial: A Report from the European Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG).
(MDPI, 2024-02-29)The Frontline and Relapsed Rhabdomyosarcoma (FaR-RMS) clinical trial is an overarching, multinational study for children and adults with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). The trial, developed by the European Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study ... -
Reappraisal of prognostic factors used in the European Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group RMS 2005 study for localized rhabdomyosarcoma to optimize risk stratification and generate a prognostic nomogram.
(WILEY, 2024-02-24)BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the role of clinical factors together with FOXO1 fusion status in patients with nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) to develop a predictive model for event-free ... -
Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy Yields Superior Outcomes Compared to Laparoscopic Technique: A Single Surgeon Experience of 123 Consecutive Cases.
(MDPI, 2023-11-20)Technical limitations of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP), in comparison to robotic distal pancreatectomy (RDP), may translate to high conversion rates and morbidity. LDP and RDP procedures performed between December ... -
A tailored approach to horizon scanning for cancer medicines.
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2023-12-01)BACKGROUND: Horizon scanning (HS) is the systematic identification of emerging therapies to inform policy and decision-makers. We developed an agile and tailored HS methodology that combined multi-criteria decision analysis ... -
"Tell me what is 'better'!" How medical students experience feedback, through the lens of self-regulatory learning.
(BMC, 2023-11-22)INTRODUCTION: While feedback aims to support learning, students frequently struggle to use it. In studying feedback responses there is a gap in explaining them in relation to learning theory. This study explores how feedback ... -
Olaparib for the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and Alterations in BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 in the PROfound Trial.
(American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2024-02-10)Olaparib improved PFS and OS across subgroups of BRCA1/2mut #prostatecancer patients in the PROFOUND phase III trial. -
Amivantamab Compared with Real-World Physician's Choice after Platinum-Based Therapy from a Pan-European Chart Review of Patients with Lung Cancer and Activating EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations.
(MDPI, 2023-11-08)Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) Exon 20 insertions (Exon20ins) at the second line and beyond (2L+) have an unmet need for new treatment. Amivantamab, ... -
Complete Primary Pathological Response Following Neoadjuvant Treatment and Radical Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
(MDPI, 2024-01-20)INTRODUCTION: Neoadjuvant treatment (NAT) for borderline (BD) or locally advanced (LA) primary pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is now a widely adopted approach. We present a case series of patients who have achieved a complete ... -
Results and lessons learnt from the WISTERIA phase I trial combining AZD1775 with cisplatin pre- or post-operatively in head and neck cancer
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-01-29)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Pre-clinical studies suggest AZD1775, a WEE1 kinase inhibitor, potentiates the activity of various ... -
A CT-based radiomics classification model for the prediction of histological type and tumour grade in retroperitoneal sarcoma (RADSARC-R): a retrospective multicohort analysis.
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2023-11-01)BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal sarcomas are tumours with a poor prognosis. Upfront characterisation of the tumour is difficult, and under-grading is common. Radiomics has the potential to non-invasively characterise the ... -
Discarded livers tested by normothermic machine perfusion in the VITTAL trial: Secondary end points and 5-year outcomes.
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2024-01-01)Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) enables pretransplant assessment of high-risk donor livers. The VITTAL trial demonstrated that 71% of the currently discarded organs could be transplanted with 100% 90-day patient and ...