Search Results - "Meade, Angela"
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KRAS and BRAF Mutations in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Are Associated With Poor Prognosis but Do Not Preclude Benefit From Oxaliplatin or Irinotecan: Results From the MRC FOCUS Trial
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (10-12-2009)“…Activating mutation of the KRAS oncogene is an established predictive biomarker for resistance to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (anti-EGFR) therapies…”
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Addition of cetuximab to oxaliplatin-based first-line combination chemotherapy for treatment of advanced colorectal cancer: results of the randomised phase 3 MRC COIN trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (18-06-2011)“…Summary Background In the Medical Research Council (MRC) COIN trial, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted antibody cetuximab was added to…”
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Intermittent chemotherapy plus either intermittent or continuous cetuximab for first-line treatment of patients with KRAS wild-type advanced colorectal cancer (COIN-B): a randomised phase 2 trial
Published in The lancet oncology (01-05-2014)“…Summary Background Advanced colorectal cancer is treated with a combination of cytotoxic drugs and targeted treatments. However, how best to minimise the time…”
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Intermittent versus continuous oxaliplatin and fluoropyrimidine combination chemotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer: results of the randomised phase 3 MRC COIN trial
Published in The lancet oncology (01-07-2011)“…Summary Background When cure is impossible, cancer treatment should focus on both length and quality of life. Maximisation of time without toxic effects could…”
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Different strategies of sequential and combination chemotherapy for patients with poor prognosis advanced colorectal cancer (MRC FOCUS): a randomised controlled trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (14-07-2007)“…Summary Background In the non-curative setting, the sequence in which anticancer agents are used, singly or in combination, may be important if patients are to…”
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Randomized controlled pilot trial of naloxone‐on‐release to prevent post‐prison opioid overdose deaths
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England) (01-03-2017)“…Background and Aims Naloxone is an opioid antagonist used for emergency resuscitation following opioid overdose. Prisoners with a history of heroin injection…”
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Optimal maintenance strategy following FOLFOX plus anti-EGFR induction therapy in patients with RAS wild type metastatic colorectal cancer: An individual patient data pooled analysis of randomised clinical trials
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-09-2023)“…Anti-EGFR antibodies plus doublet chemotherapy is the standard of care in RAS/BRAF wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). No phase-3 level of evidence…”
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Predictive Biomarkers of Chemotherapy Efficacy in Colorectal Cancer: Results From the UK MRC FOCUS Trial
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-06-2008)“…Candidate predictive biomarkers for irinotecan and oxaliplatin were assessed in 1,628 patients in Fluorouracil, Oxaliplatin, CPT-11: Use and Sequencing…”
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Adding new experimental arms to randomised clinical trials: Impact on error rates
Published in Clinical trials (London, England) (01-06-2020)“…Background: Experimental treatments pass through various stages of development. If a treatment passes through early-phase experiments, the investigators may…”
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Pharmacogenetic analyses of 2183 patients with advanced colorectal cancer; potential role for common dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase variants in toxicity to chemotherapy
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-10-2018)“…Inherited genetic variants may influence response to, and side-effects from, chemotherapy. We sought to generate a comprehensive inherited pharmacogenetic…”
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Clarification re naloxone administered to study subject versus other overdose victim in the N‐ALIVE pilot randomized trial
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Association of Molecular Markers With Toxicity Outcomes in a Randomized Trial of Chemotherapy for Advanced Colorectal Cancer: The FOCUS Trial
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (20-11-2009)“…Predicting efficacy and toxicity could potentially allow individualization of cancer therapy. We investigated putative pharmacogenetic markers of chemotherapy…”
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Does anti-EGFR therapy improve outcome in advanced colorectal cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in Cancer treatment reviews (01-10-2012)“…Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (MAb) in patients with advanced colorectal cancer (aCRC) have…”
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Choosing the right strategy based on individualized treatment effect predictions: combination versus sequential chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Published in Acta oncologica (04-03-2019)“…Translating results from randomized trials to individual patients is challenging, since treatment effects may vary due to heterogeneous prognostic…”
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Comprehensive pharmacogenetic profiling of the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway for biomarkers of response to, and toxicity from, cetuximab
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-08-2017)“…Somatic mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) intracellular signalling pathways predict non-response to cetuximab in the treatment of…”
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Common variation at 2q22.3 (ZEB2) influences the risk of renal cancer
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-02-2013)“…Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of renal cell cancer (RCC) have identified four susceptibility loci thus far. To identify an additional RCC common…”
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Adapting the design of the ongoing RAMPART trial in response to external evidence: An example for trials which take many years to run and report
Published in Contemporary clinical trials communications (01-12-2024)“…Clinical trials to establish the efficacy of new agents in the adjuvant cancer setting typically take many years to complete. During that time, external…”
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Common variation at 1q24.1 (ALDH9A1) is a potential risk factor for renal cancer
Published in PloS one (31-03-2015)“…So far six susceptibility loci for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have been discovered by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). To identify additional RCC common…”
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External data required timely response by the Trial Steering-Data Monitoring Committee for the NALoxone InVEstigation (N-ALIVE) pilot trial
Published in Contemporary clinical trials communications (01-03-2017)“…Abstract The prison-based N-ALIVE pilot trial had undertaken to notify the Research Ethics Committee and participants if we had reason to believe that the…”
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Different Chemotherapy Strategies for Patients with Poor Prognosis Advanced Colorectal Cancer (MRC FOCUS)
Published in Value in health (2012)“…Abstract Objectives To assess the value for money of alternative chemotherapy strategies for managing advanced colorectal cancer using irinotecan or…”
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