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  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To assess whether participants with early stage TNBC randomized to receive
      anthracycline-free, taxane-platinum neoadjuvant chemotherapy with
      pembrolizumab have non-inferior breast cancer event-free survival (BC-EFS)
      compared to participants randomized to taxane-platinum-anthracycline
      neoadjuvant chemotherapy with pembrolizumab.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare pathological complete response (pCR) and residual cancer burden
      (RCB) rates by randomized arm.
    • To compare pCR and RCB rates between randomized arms by tumor infiltrating
      lymphocytes (TIL) status.
    • To compare BC-EFS between randomized arms in the TIL-enriched and non-TIL
      enriched subgroups.
    • To compare distant relapse-free survival and overall survival by randomized arm.
    • To compare invasive breast cancer-free survival after surgery between
      randomized arms in pCR and residual disease groups.
    • To compare the safety and tolerability by randomized arm among those that initiate
      therapy.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast
    Principal Investigator:
    • Arjyal, Lubina
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • S2212
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To determine if ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) shows better progression-free survival (PFS) when compared to docetaxel plus trastuzumab (TH) in recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) HER2-positive salivary gland cancer (SGC) patients who have not previously received HER2 therapy for unresectable or recurrent and/or metastatic disease, as determined by local assessment.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare the overall response rate (ORR) by RECIST v1.1 criteria between arms;
    • To compare overall survival (OS) between arms;
    • To compare toxicity using CTCAE v5.0 criteria between arms;
    • To assess patient-reported toxicity, as measured by the PRO-CTCAE, between arms, and explore patient-reported symptomatic adverse events (AEs) for tolerability of each treatment arm as measured by the PRO-CTCAE.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-HN010
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To compare the non-inferiority of bilateral salpingectomy (BLS) with delayed oophorectomy to bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer among women with deleterious BRCA1 germ-line mutations.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To prospectively assess estrogen deprivation symptoms in BLS patients as measured by the FACTES sub-scale compared to women in the BSO arm.
    • To determine if health-related QOL (FACT) is negatively impacted by menopausal symptoms (menopausal symptom checklist-MSCL), sexual dysfunction (FSFI), and cancer distress (IES) in women who have undergone BLS, in comparison to normative data (MSCL/FACT-ES) and data from BSO patients.
    • To assess medical decision making, as measured by the Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) and Decision Regret Scale (DRS), and determine factors associated with the risk of reducing surgical treatment choice.
    • To assess adverse events, graded using CTCAE v5.0.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gynecologic
    Principal Investigator:
    • Winer, Ira
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-CC008
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • N/A
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To investigate the safety of monotherapy and T- Plex combination TCR-Ts
    • To determine the recommended phase 2 dose of monotherapy and T- Plex combination TCR-Ts

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To investigate preliminary anti-tumor activity of monotherapy and T- Plex combination TCR-Ts
    • To investigate the feasibility of repeat dosing of monotherapy and T- Plex combination TCR-Ts
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gynecologic,Hematologic (Blood Cancers),Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Winer, Ira
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-086
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    BGB-16673 Monotherapy Dose Finding (Phase 1)

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of BGB-16673 monotherapy
    • To define the maximum tolerated dose (or maximum assessed dose) and the
      recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of BGB-16673

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of BGB-16673 as monotherapy
    • To characterize the pharmacodynamic profile of BGB-16673 in peripheral blood
    • To characterize the preliminary antitumor activity of BGB-16673 monotherapy

    BGB-16673 Monotherapy (Phase 2)

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of BGB-16673 monotherapy in patients with
      relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) based on overall response
      rate (ORR) as assessed by an Independent Review Committee (IRC)
    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of BGB-16673 monotherapy in patients with R/R
      CLL/SLL based on ORR as assessed by investigators

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of BGB-16673 monotherapy
    • To further characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of BGB-16673
    • To further characterize the pharmacodynamic profile of BGB-16673 in peripheral
      blood
    • Patients with R/R MCL:
      • To evaluate the antitumor activity of BGB-16673 monotherapy based on ORR as
        assessed by investigators
      • To evaluate the antitumor activity of BGB-16673 monotherapy based on best
        overall response (BOR), time to response (TTR), duration of response (DOR), and
        progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by the IRC and investigators
      • To characterize overall survival
      • To measure patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in R/R MCL patients via National
        Comprehensive Cancer Network Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy –
        Lymphoma System Index-18 (NFLymSI-18)
    • Patients with R/R CLL/SLL:
      • To evaluate the antitumor activity of BGB-16673 monotherapy based on ORR,
        DOR, TTR, and PFS as assessed by investigators
      • To characterize overall survival
    Cancer Categories:
    • Hematologic (Blood Cancers)
    Principal Investigator:
    • Modi, Dipenkumar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-094
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Phase 1 Dose Escalation

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of CA-4948 in patients with R/R AML and
      hrMDS
    • To identify the MTD and RP2D

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the PK parameters of CA-4948 using non-compartmental analysis
      and appropriate PK modelling
    • To assess anti-cancer activity

    Phase 2a Dose Expansion

    Primary Objective:

    • To assess anti-cancer activity of CA-4948 at RP2D in patients with R/R AML with
      FLT-3 mutations, and patients with R/R hrMDS or R/R AML with spliceosome
      mutations of SF3B1 or U2AF1

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess tolerability and long-term safety
    • To further assess anti-cancer activity of CA-4948 at RP2D
    Cancer Categories:
    • Hematologic (Blood Cancers)
    Principal Investigator:
    • Yang, Jay
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-095
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of nemvaleukin alfa (‘nemvaleukin’, ALKS 4230)in combination with pembrolizumab as compared with chemotherapy in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of nemvaleukin in combination with pembrolizumab as compared with chemotherapy
    • To evaluate the safety of nemvaleukin in combination with pembrolizumab as compared with chemotherapy
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gynecologic
    Principal Investigator:
    • Morris, Robert
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • GOG-3063
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the efficacy of selinexor compared to placebo as maintenance therapy

    Key Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare overall OS in selinexor and placebo arms

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of selinexor
    • To compare selinexor and placebo for time to first subsequent therapy
    • To compare selinexor and placebo for time to second subsequent therapy
    • To compare selinexor and placebo for time until second progression
    • To assess the efficacy of selinexor compared to placebo, as assessed by a blinded independent central review (BICR)
    • To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gynecologic
    Principal Investigator:
    • Gogoi, Radhika
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • GOG-3083
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective(s):

    • To compare progression-free survival in participants with metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma (mPRCC) randomized to cabozantinib with atezolizumab versus cabozantinib alone.
       

    Secondary Objective(s):

    • To compare overall survival in participants with mPRCC randomized to cabozantinib with atezolizumab versus cabozantinib alone.
    • To compare RECIST objective response rate (confirmed and unconfirmed, complete and partial response) in participants with mPRCC randomized to cabozantinib with atezolizumab versus cabozantinib alone.
    • To evaluate the quantitative & qualitive adverse events observed in each treatment arm.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Genitourinary (GU)
    Principal Investigator:
    • Heath, Elisabeth
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • S2200
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • Phase II: To assess the efficacy of concurrent definitive therapy followed by nivolumab compared with concurrent definitive therapy followed by observation in terms of progression-free survival (PFS).
    • Phase III: To assess the efficacy of concurrent definitive therapy followed by nivolumab compared with concurrent definitive therapy followed by observation in terms of overall survival (OS).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To further assess the efficacy of nivolumab compared with observation in terms of the relationship of baseline PD-L1 expression to clinical outcome.
    • To evaluate the predictive value of HPV16 E6 and E7 DNA in saliva and plasma, at baseline, 12 weeks and 9 months after completion of radiation on PFS and OS in both arms of the study.
    • To evaluate the tumor mutation burden by whole exome sequencing of the initial pretreatment tissue sample as well as samples obtained at the time of progression.
    • To evaluate the association of 12 week post therapy FDG PET/CT with PFS and OS.
    • To establish the prognostic value of SUVmax of primary tumor or neck nodal metastasis of baseline FDG PET/CT for OS (and/or PFS).
    • To correlate SUVmax of primary tumor or nodal metastasis of baseline FDG PET/CT with PD-L1 expression (positive vs. negative).
    • To correlate the post therapy (cisplatin + RT) FDG PET/CT with saliva or plasma levels of HPV DNA collected at the time of the standard 3 months PET/CT scan as well as 6 months later (i.e. 9 months post therapy) for both the observation and Nivolumab groups.
    • To compare the PET based therapy response assessment (Hopkins criteria) to the RECIST 1.1 assessment at 12 week post chemoradiation therapy, for patients who have a PET/CT scan at 12 weeks.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • EA3161
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II/III