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ReviewCPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology2017

Pembrolizumab: Role of Modeling and Simulation in Bringing a Novel Immunotherapy to Patients With Melanoma.

R de Greef, J Elassaiss-Schaap, M Chatterjee, D C Turner, M Ahamadi, M Forman, D Cutler, D P de Alwis, A Kondic, J Stone

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Review in CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Dosage of anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies: a cardinal open question.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2021
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  4. Mechanistic models for hematological toxicities: Small is beautiful.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2021
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  11. Commentary on Pharmacometrics for Immunotherapy.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

R de GreefMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
J Elassaiss-SchaapMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
M ChatterjeeMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
D C TurnerMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
M AhamadiMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
M FormanMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
D CutlerMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
D P de AlwisMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
A KondicMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
J StoneMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, immunotherapy has yielded promising results in several cancer types. Contrary to the established classical chemotherapy-dosing paradigm, a maximum tolerated dose approach does not always produce better clinical outcomes for novel targeted therapies, as their efficacy is frequently robust at pharmacologically active doses below the maximum tolerated dose. Integrated safety and efficacy assessments are needed to inform clinical dose and trial design, and to support an early identification of potentially safe and efficacious combination treatments.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsClinical Trials, Phase I as TopicComputer SimulationHumansImmunotherapyMelanomaMulticenter Studies as TopicSkin NeoplasmsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agentspembrolizumab

Identifiers

PMID27653180
PMCPMC5270292

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