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Latest from Moffitt Cancer Center


Dr. Shah on the Use of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric ALL

September 21, 2019

Bijal D. Shah, MD, associate professor, Department of Malignant Hematology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the use of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Dr. Khushalani on Goals for the CA045-001 Trial in Melanoma

July 25, 2019

Nikhil Khushalani, MD, vice chair, Department of Cutaneous Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the plans for the CA045-001 trial, an international, multicenter study that is comparing bempegaldesleukin plus nivolumab versus nivolumab monotherapy in patients with previously untreated, unresectable, or metastatic melanoma.

Dr. Khushalani on Reasoning for the CA045-001 Trial

July 09, 2019

Nikhil Khushalani, MD, discusses the CA045-001 study, a phase III, randomized study that compared bempegaldesleukin plus nivolumab versus nivolumab monotherapy in patients with previously untreated, unresectable, or metastatic melanoma.

Dr. Shah on Results of ZUMA-3 Study for ALL

June 26, 2019

Bijal Shah, MD, discusses the results of the phase I/II ZUMA-3 study, which looked at using KTE-X19, an anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, to treat patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Dr. Mehta on Rationale for a Phase II Trial of TAS-102/Ramucirumab in Gastric/GEJ Cancer

June 19, 2019

Rutika Mehta, MD, MPH, gastrointestinal medical oncologist, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the rationale and design of a phase II study of TAS-102 (trifluridine/tipiracil; Lonsurf) in combination with ramucirumab (Cyramza) in patients with advanced, refractory gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma (NCT03686488).

Dr. Kim on the Potential of Ramucirumab in Advanced HCC

April 26, 2019

Richard Kim, MD, assistant professor of oncology at University of South Florida College of Medicine, medical oncologist in the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the potential of ramucirumab in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.