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ReviewBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2020

Novel strategies in immune checkpoint inhibitor drug development: How far are we from the paradigm shift?

Geoffrey Alan Watson, Jeffrey Doi, Aaron Richard Hansen, Anna Spreafico

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Review in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2020. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Emerging Immunotherapy Targets in Early Drug Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  5. Nucleolar protein TAAP1/Life science alliance · 2024
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  8. Molecular imaging of tumor-specific markers and their expression in other organs.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Geoffrey Alan WatsonBras Drug Development Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1962-7893
Jeffrey DoiBras Drug Development Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2221-0730
Aaron Richard HansenBras Drug Development Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2363-8707
Anna SpreaficoBras Drug Development Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3034-3042

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) represents a major milestone in immune-oncology. Over the years these agents have demonstrated efficacy in an increasing array of malignancies. Despite this success however, significant challenges remain. Novel approaches to both drug development and trial design are required to incorporate the unique pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of ICIs. Further, it has also been established that the benefit of ICIs is limited to only a subset of patients. The molecular interactions between native immune cells and tumorigenesis and progression represent an active area of biomarker research, and elucidating the mechanisms of response and resistance is crucial to develop rational trial designs for the next wave of immune-oncology (IO) clinical trials, particularly in patients with primary and/or acquired resistance. Efforts are now being made to integrate both biological and clinical information using novel multi-omic approaches which are now being developed to further elucidate the molecular signatures associated with IO treatment response and resistance and enable rational drug development and trial design processes. As such, precision IO and the ability to deliver patient-specific choices for ICI monotherapies or combination therapies has become an increasingly tangible goal. We herein describe the current landscape in ICI drug development and discuss the challenges and future directions in this exciting and evolving era in immune-oncology.

Indexed as

Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyMedical OncologyPharmaceutical PreparationsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPharmaceutical Preparationsbiomarkersclinical trialsdrug developmentimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmuno-oncology

Identifiers

PMID32394468
PMCPMC7444803

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