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Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2020

PD-L1 Protein Expression on Both Tumor Cells and Macrophages are Associated with Response to Neoadjuvant Durvalumab with Chemotherapy in Triple-negative Breast Cancer.

Fahad Shabbir Ahmed, Patricia Gaule, John McGuire, Katir Patel, Kim Blenman, Lajos Pusztai, David L Rimm

Open access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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60citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fahad Shabbir AhmedDepartment of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.ORCID 0000-0002-5857-5478
Patricia GauleSpecialized Translational Services Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
John McGuireSpecialized Translational Services Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Katir PatelUltivue Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-0879-0919
Kim BlenmanDepartment of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.ORCID 0000-0001-6070-0728
Lajos PusztaiDepartment of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.ORCID 0000-0001-9632-6686
David L RimmDepartment of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. david.rimm@yale.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5820-4397
Yale University · USPoultry Research Institute · CN

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Yale Pathology Tissue Services Shared ResourceP30CA016359 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MEGAN C KING · 1985 to 2026
$85.0M
Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer (YSILC): The Biology and Personalized Treatment of Lung CancerP50CA196530 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kurt A Schalper · 2015 to 2026
$31.1M
Immune biological differences between Triple Negative Breast Cancer in African American and non-African American women and potential immunotherapy opportunities to improve treatment outcomeR01CA219647 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PUSZTAI, LAJOS · 2017 to 2020
$2.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016359NCI NIH HHS P50 CA196530NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219647
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn both the IMpassion 130 trial in the metastatic setting and in Keynote 522 in the neoadjuvant setting, patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) showed benefit from PD-1 axis immunotherapy. Here, we assess PD-L1 expression on both tumor and immune cells using quantitative immunofluorescence to assess association with benefit from neoadjuvant durvalumab concurrent with chemotherapy in TNBC. EXPERIMENTAL

designPretreatment core needle biopsies (

resultsIn patients with pCR, PD-L1 expression was significantly higher in tumor cells, in CD68

conclusionsExpression of PD-L1 in tumor cells, immune cells in stroma, and colocalized with CD68

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD68 MoleculeCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMacrophagesMiddle AgedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanCD68 antigen, humanCD68 MoleculedurvalumabPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

Identifiers

PMID32709714
PMCPMC7572612
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