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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2015

Randomized Phase Ib/II Study of Gemcitabine Plus Placebo or Vismodegib, a Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor, in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.

Daniel V T Catenacci, Melissa R Junttila, Theodore Karrison, Nathan Bahary, Margit N Horiba, Sreenivasa R Nattam, Robert Marsh, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Lakshmi Rajdev and 14 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase IIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 334 papers.

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334citing papers in PubMed
18.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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334 citing papers in PubMed, 532 citations in OpenAlex.

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Daniel V T CatenacciDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. dcatenac@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
Melissa R JunttilaDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Theodore KarrisonDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Nathan BaharyDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Margit N HoribaDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Sreenivasa R NattamDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Robert MarshDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
James WallaceDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Mark KozloffDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Lakshmi RajdevDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Deirdre CohenDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
James WadeDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Bethany SleckmanDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Heinz-Josef LenzDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Patrick StiffDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Pankaj KumarDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Peng XuDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Les HendersonDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Naoko TakebeDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Ravi SalgiaDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Xi WangDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Walter M StadlerDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Frederic J de SauvageDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Hedy L KindlerDaniel V.T. Catenacci, Theodore Karrison, James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Peng Xu, Les Henderson, Ravi Salgia, Walter M. Stadler, Hedy L. Kindler, University of Chicago Medical Center; Patrick Stiff, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago; Robert Marsh, Northshore University Health System, Evanston; James Wallace, Mark Kozloff, Ingalls Hospital, Harvey; James Wade, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur; Pankaj Kumar, Oncology/Hematology Associates, Peoria, IL; Melissa R. Junttila, Xi Wang, and Frederic J. de Sauvage, Genentech, South San Francisco; Heinz-Josef Lenz, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Margit N. Horiba, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Ft Wayne Medical Oncology/Hematology, Ft Wayne, IN; Lakshmi Rajdev, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Deirdre Cohen, New York University Cancer Center, New York, NY; Bethany Sleckman, St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO; and Naoko Takebe, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Ingalls Memorial Hospital · US

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Re-Engineering Translational Research at the University of ChicagoUL1TR000430 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2012 to 2016
$20.2M
NKLAM--A NOVEL GENE REQUIRED FOR NK FUNCTIONR01CA062201 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MED SCIS LTL ROCK · PI KORNBLUTH, JACKI · 1994 to 1996
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NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000430NCI NIH HHS N01 CM062201NCI NIH HHS N01-CM-62201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSonic hedgehog (SHH), an activating ligand of smoothened (SMO), is overexpressed in > 70% of pancreatic cancers (PCs). We investigated the impact of vismodegib, an SHH antagonist, plus gemcitabine (GV) or gemcitabine plus placebo (GP) in a multicenter phase Ib/randomized phase II trial and preclinical PC models. PATIENTS AND

methodsPatients with PC not amenable to curative therapy who had received no prior therapy for metastatic disease and had Karnofsky performance score ≥ 80 were enrolled. Patients were randomly assigned in a one-to-one ratio to GV or GP. The primary end point was progression-free-survival (PFS). Exploratory correlative studies included serial SHH serum levels and contrast perfusion computed tomography imaging. To further investigate putative biologic mechanisms of SMO inhibition, two autochthonous pancreatic cancer models (Kras(G12D); p16/p19(fl/fl); Pdx1-Cre and Kras(G12D); p53(R270H/wt); Pdx1-Cre) were studied.

resultsNo safety issues were identified in the phase Ib portion (n = 7), and the phase II study enrolled 106 evaluable patients (n = 53 in each arm). Median PFS was 4.0 and 2.5 months for GV and GP arms, respectively (95% CI, 2.5 to 5.3 and 1.9 to 3.8, respectively; adjusted hazard ratio, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.54 to 1.21; P = .30). Median overall survival (OS) was 6.9 and 6.1 months for GV and GP arms, respectively (95% CI, 5.8 to 8.0 and 5.0 to 8.0, respectively; adjusted hazard ratio, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.69 to 1.58; P = .84). Response rates were not significantly different. There were no significant associations between correlative markers and overall response rate, PFS, or OS. Preclinical trials revealed no significant differences with vismodegib in drug delivery, tumor growth rate, or OS in either model.

conclusionThe addition of vismodegib to gemcitabine in an unselected cohort did not improve overall response rate, PFS, or OS in patients with metastatic PC. Our preclinical and clinical results revealed no statistically significant differences with respect to drug delivery or treatment efficacy using vismodegib.

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AdultAgedAnilidesAnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDeoxycytidineDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGemcitabineHedgehog ProteinsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateKarnofsky Performance StatusMaleMiceMiddle AgedAnilidesDeoxycytidineGemcitabineHedgehog ProteinsHhAntag691PyridinesSHH protein, human

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