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ArticleCancer research2019

Imaging of Activated T Cells as an Early Predictor of Immune Response to Anti-PD-1 Therapy.

Jelena Levi, Tina Lam, Samuel R Goth, Shahriar Yaghoubi, Jennifer Bates, Gang Ren, Salma Jivan, Tony L Huynh, Joseph E Blecha, Roli Khattri and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Cancer research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04052412 (Biodistribution and Kinetics of 18F-AraG in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Before and After Immunotherapy With and Without Radiation), which is not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT04052412 phase1unknown statusnot on this map

Biodistribution and Kinetics of 18F-AraG in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Before and After Immunotherapy With and Without Radiation

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of TennesseeRan2019 to 2023Enrolled2ConditionsNon-small Cell Lung CancerArms18F-AraG
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jelena LeviCellSight Technologies Incorporated, San Francisco, California. jlevi@cellsighttech.com.
Tina LamCellSight Technologies Incorporated, San Francisco, California.
Samuel R GothCellSight Technologies Incorporated, San Francisco, California.
Shahriar YaghoubiCellSight Technologies Incorporated, San Francisco, California.
Jennifer BatesCellSight Technologies Incorporated, San Francisco, California.
Gang RenCellSight Technologies Incorporated, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-3338-5643
Salma JivanDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Tony L HuynhDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0003-2964-1795
Joseph E BlechaDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Roli KhattriCelgene, Summit, New Jersey.
Karl F SchmidtCelgene, Summit, New Jersey.
Dominique JenningsCelgene, Summit, New Jersey.
Henry VanBrocklinDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0003-2849-0841
Keysight Technologies (United States) · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USBristol-Myers Squibb (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

Monitoring immune response to immunotherapies in cancer patients with VisAcT PET tracerR44CA221624 · NCI · CELLSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · PI GOTH, SAMUEL RAY, LEVI, JELENA · 2017 to 2018
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201100119CNCI NIH HHS R44 CA221624
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Compelling evidence points to immune cell infiltration as a critical component of successful immunotherapy. However, there are currently no clinically available, noninvasive methods capable of evaluating immune contexture prior to or during immunotherapy. In this study, we evaluate a T-cell-specific PET agent, [18F]F-AraG, as an imaging biomarker predictive of response to checkpoint inhibitor therapy. We determined the specificity of the tracer for activated T cells

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLymphocyte ActivationLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPositron-Emission TomographyProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorRhabdomyosarcomaTumor Cells, CulturedAntibodies, MonoclonalProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

Identifiers

PMID31064845
PMCPMC6606349
OpenAlexW2943956625

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