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ArticleInternational journal of medical informatics2020

Rate of change in investigational treatment options: An analysis of reports from a large precision oncology decision support effort.

Alejandro Araya, Jia Zeng, Amber Johnson, Md Abu Shufean, Jordi Rodon, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Elmer V Bernstam

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Article in International journal of medical informatics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Alejandro ArayaThe University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics, Houston, TX, USA.
Jia ZengInstitute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Amber JohnsonInstitute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Md Abu ShufeanInstitute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jordi RodonInstitute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Funda Meric-BernstamInstitute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Elmer V BernstamThe University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics, Houston, TX, USA; Division of General Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: Elmer.V.Bernstam@uth.tmc.edu.

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Convalescent Plasma to Limit Coronavirus Associated ComplicationsUL1TR003167 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KARP, DANIEL D, MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2019 to 2023
$45.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003167NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeGenomic analysis of individual patients is now affordable, and therapies targeting specific molecular aberrations are being tested in clinical trials. Genomically-informed therapy is relevant to many clinical domains, but is particularly applicable to cancer treatment. However, even specialized clinicians need help to interpret genomic data, to navigate the complicated space of clinical trials, and to keep up with the rapidly expanding biomedical literature. To quantitate the cognitive load on treating clinicians, we attempt to quantitate the rate of change in potential treatment options for patients considering genomically-relevant and genomically-selected therapy for cancer. MATERIALS AND

methodsTo this end, we analyzed patient-specific reports generated by a precision oncology decision support team (PODS) at a large academic cancer center. Two types of potential treatment options were analyzed: FDA-approved genomically-relevant and genomically-selected therapies and therapies available via clinical trials. We focused on two clinically-actionable alterations: ERBB2 (Her2/neu; amplified vs. non-amplified) and BRAF mutation (V600 vs. non-V600). To determine changes in available treatment options, we grouped patients into similar groups by disease site (ERBB2: breast, gastric and "other"; BRAF: melanoma, non-melanoma).

resultsA total of 2927 reports for 2366 unique patients were generated 8/2016-12/2018. Reports included 9902 gene variants and 150 disease classifications. BRAF mutation and ERBB2 amplification were annotated with therapeutic options in 270 reports (225 unique patients). The median survival time of a therapeutic option was nine months.

conclusionWhen compared to "traditional" clinical practice guideline recommendations, treatment options for personalized cancer therapy change seven times more rapidly; partly due to change in knowledge and partly due to logistics such as clinical trial availability.

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Medical OncologyPrecision MedicineGenomicsHumansMutationTherapies, Investigationalclinical trialsMedical decision makingoncologyprecision medicine

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PMID32889387
PMCPMC9131704

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