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In Vitro Measurement of Center of Pressure Changes of Selected Muscles Acting About the Ankle Joint Under Weight-Bearing
Kim, Kyu Jung, Kitaoka, Harold B. , Uchiyama, Eiichi, An, Kai , Kaufman, Kenton R.

Advances in Bioengineering | January 31, 2022 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: 383-384

10.1115/imece1998-0185 Get It

Abstract Electromyography (EMG) measurement has been the one of the major sources of information to understand the neuromuscular control of human locomotion, while a limited amount of knowledge is available due to its complicate signal structure. Other measurable parameters may be of little value in extracting the neuromuscular information without having a precise mechanical relationship.
Kidney Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology
Alva, Ajjai , Carlo, Maria I. , Choueiri, Toni K. , Costello, Brian A. , Derweesh, Ithaar , Desai, Arpita, Ged, Yasser , Kyriakopoulos, Christos E. , Lara, Primo N. , Lau, Clayton, Lewis, Bryan , Michaelson, M. Dror , Mortazavi, Amir , Nandagopal, Lakshminarayanan , Ponsky, Lee , Ramalingam, Sundhar, Shuch, Brian , Smith, Zachary L. , Sosman, Jeffrey A. , Dwyer, Mary A., Gurski, Lisa A., Motter, Angela D., Anderson, Larry D. , Choueiri, Toni K , Anderson, Larry D , Motzer, Robert J. , Jonasch, Eric W. , Agarwal, Neeraj , Baine, Michael J. , Beckermann, Kathryn E. , George, Saby , Gore, John L. , Haas, Naomi B , Hancock, Steven Lee , Kapur, Payal , Lam, Elaine T. , Madoff, David C. , Manley, Brandon J. , Plimack, Elizabeth R.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network | January 28, 2022 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 71-90

10.6004/jnccn.2022.0001 | PMID 34991070 Get It

The NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer focus on the screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment, and management of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Patients with relapsed or stage IV RCC typically undergo surgery and/or receive systemic therapy. Tumor histology and risk stratification of patients is important in therapy selection. The NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer stratify treatment recommendations by histology; recommendations for first-line treatment of ccRCC are also stratified by risk group. To further guide management of advanced RCC, the NCCN Kidney Cancer Panel has categorized all systemic kidney cancer therapy regimens as “Preferred,” “Other Recommended Regimens,” or “Useful in Certain Circumstances.” This categorization provides guidance on treatment selection by considering the efficacy, safety, evidence, and other factors that play a role in treatment selection. These factors include pre-existing comorbidities, nature of the disease, and in some cases consideration of access to agents. This article summarizes surgical and systemic therapy recommendations for patients with relapsed or stage IV RCC.
NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Multiple Myeloma, Version 3.2022
Adekola, Kehinde , Anderson, Larry D. , Costello, Caitlin , Elsedawy, Noura, Faiman, Matthew , Godby, Kelly, Hillengaß, Jens , Holmberg, Leona , Htut, Myo , Huff, Carol Ann , Hultcrantz, Malin , Larson, Sarah , Liedtke, Michaela , Omel, James, Sborov, Douglas W. , Shain, Kenneth H. , Weber, Donna, Berardi, Ryan A., Kumar, Shaji , Holmberg, Leona , Anderson, Larry D , Callander, Natalie S. , Baljević, Muhamed , Campagnaro, Erica , Castillo, Jorge J. , Devarakonda, Srinivas , Garfall, Alfred L. , Kang, Yubin , Martin, Thomas G. , Stockerl‐Goldstein, Keith , Kumar, Rashmi

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network | January 28, 2022 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 8-19

10.6004/jnccn.2022.0002 | PMID 34991075 Get It

The NCCN Guidelines for Multiple Myeloma provide recommendations for diagnosis, initial workup, treatment, follow-up, and supportive care for patients with various plasma cell neoplasms, including multiple myeloma. These NCCN Guidelines Insights highlight some of the important updates/changes specific to the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma in the 2022 version of the guidelines.
Treatment Exposure and Discontinuation in the PALbociclib CoLlaborative Adjuvant Study of Palbociclib With Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Hormone Receptor–Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Negative Early Breast Cancer (PALLAS/AFT-05/ABCSG-4
Mayer, Erica L. , Fesl, Christian , Hlauschek, Dominik, Garcia-Estevez, Laura, Burstein, Harold J., Wette, Viktor, Miller, Kathy D., Balic, Marija, Mayer, Ingrid A. , Cameron, David , Winer, Eric P., Lorenzo, José Juan Ponce , Lake, Diana, Pristauz-Telsnigg, Gunda, Haddad, Tufia C. , Shepherd, Lois, Cardoso, Fátima , Sabanathan, Dhanusha, Breitenstein, Urs, Ackerl, Kerstin, Zehetner, Karin, Solomon, Kadine, El-Abed, Sarra , Theall, Kathy Puyana, Lu, Dongrui R. , Dueck, Amylou C. , Miller, Kathy D. , Hlauschek, Dominik , Zdenkowski, Nicholas , Mayer, IA , Cameron, David , Ponce Lorenzo, José Juan , Haddad, Tufia C , Iwata, Hiroji , Goetz, Matthew P , Cardoso, Fatima , Traina, Tiffany A , Metzger Filho, Otto , El-Abed, Sarra , Lu, Dongrui R , Dueck, A. C. , Gnant, Michael , DeMichele, Angela , Mayer, Erica L , Miller, Kathy D , Fesl, Christian , Garcia-Estevez, Laura, Burstein, Harold J., Wette, Viktor, Miller, Kathy D., Balic, Marija, Winer, Eric P., Lake, Diana, Pristauz-Telsnigg, Gunda, Shepherd, Lois, Sabanathan, Dhanusha, Breitenstein, Urs, Ackerl, Kerstin, Zehetner, Karin, Solomon, Kadine, Theall, Kathy Puyana

Journal of Clinical Oncology | January 7, 2022 | Volume: 40 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 449-458

10.1200/jco.21.01918 | PMID 34995105 Get It

PURPOSE The PALLAS study investigated whether the addition of palbociclib, an oral CDK4/6 inhibitor, to adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) improves invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) in early hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2–) breast cancer. In this analysis, we evaluated palbociclib exposure and discontinuation in PALLAS. METHODS Patients with stage II-III HR+, HER2– disease were randomly assigned to 2 years of palbociclib with adjuvant ET versus ET alone. The primary objective was to compare iDFS between arms. Continuous monitoring of toxicity, dose modifications, and early discontinuation was performed. Association of baseline covariates with time to palbociclib reduction and discontinuation was analyzed with multivariable competing risk models. Landmark and inverse probability weighted per-protocol analyses were performed to assess the impact of drug persistence and exposure on iDFS. RESULTS Of the 5,743 patient analysis population (2,840 initiating palbociclib), 1,199 (42.2%) stopped palbociclib before 2 years, the majority (772, 27.2%) for adverse effects, most commonly neutropenia and fatigue. Discontinuation of ET did not differ between arms. Discontinuations for non–protocol-defined reasons were greater in the first 3 months of palbociclib, and in the first calendar year of accrual, and declined over time. No significant relationship was seen between longer palbociclib duration or ≥ 70% exposure intensity and improved iDFS. In the weighted per-protocol analysis, no improvement in iDFS was observed in patients receiving palbociclib versus not (hazard ratio 0.89; 95% CI, 0.72 to 1.11). CONCLUSION Despite observed rates of discontinuation in PALLAS, analyses suggest that the lack of significant iDFS difference between arms was not directly related to inadequate palbociclib exposure. However, the discontinuation rate illustrates the challenge of introducing novel adjuvant treatments, and the need for interventions to improve persistence with oral cancer therapies.
Assessment of Regional Variability in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer in the United States
Hawley, Jessica E. , Sun, Tianyi , Chism, David D. , Duma, Narjust , Fu, Julie , Gatson, Na Tosha , Mishra, Sanjay , Nguyen, Ryan H., Reid, Sonya , Serrano, Oscar K. , Singh, Sunny , Venepalli, Neeta K. , Bakouny, Ziad , Bilen, Mehmet Asım , Choueiri, Toni K. , Dawsey, Scott J. , Fecher, Leslie A. , Flora, Daniel , Friese, Christopher R. , Glover, Michael , Gonzalez, Cyndi J, Goyal, Sharad , Khan, Hina, Lewis, Mark A. , McKay, Rana R. , Messing, Ian , Puc, Matthew , Ravindranathan, Deepak , Rhodes, Terence D., Rivera, Andrea Verghese, Roller, John , Shah, Sumit , Shaya, Justin , Streckfuss, Mitrianna, Wulff‐Burchfield, Elizabeth , Xie, Zhuoer , Shah, Dimpy P. , French, Benjamin , Verma, Amit , Gartrell, Benjamin A. , Ohri, Nitin , Butt, Omar H. , Campian, Jian , Fiala, Mark A. , Monahan, Ryan, Bohachek, Pamela, Mundt, Daniel , Tadesse, Eyob, Lammers, Philip E. , Prete, Salvatore A. Del , Bär, Michael , Gulati, Anthony P., Lo, K. M. Steve, Stratton, Jamie , Weinstein, Paul L., García, Jorge A. , Nakayama, John , Gupta, Shilpa , Ahluwalia, Manmeet S. , Lemmon, Christopher A. , Nizam, Amanda , Hoppenot, Claire , Bouchard, Gabrielle, Busser, Fiona, Connors, Jean M. , Curran, Catherine , Demetri, George D., Kelleher, Kaitlin M. , Shaw, Grace, Allen, Eli Van, Nuzzo, Pier Vitale , Zon, Rebecca L. , Zhang, Tian , Leighton, John, Grivas, Petros , Lynch, Ryan C. , Schweizer, Michael T. , Vinayak, Shaveta , Wagner, Michael J. , Clément, Jessica , Daher, Ahmad , Dailey, Mark, Jayaraj, Asha, Hsu, Emily , Menendez, Alvaro G. , Rathmann, Joerg, Accordino, Melissa , Alexander, Mariam P., Mushtaq, Sarah, Bernicker, Eric , Deeken, John F. , Shafer, Danielle , Gill, David , Low, Clarke A., Mashru, Sandeep H., Mansoor, Abdul-Hai, Zaren, Howard A. , Smith, Stephanie J., Akhtari, Mojtaba, Lau, Eric , Reeves, Mark E. , Elms, Destry, Altman, Jessica K. , Gurley, Michael, Mulcahy, Mary F. , Kulkarni, Amit , Shah, Surbhi , Rosovsky, Rachel , Reynolds, Kerry L. , Bardia, Aditya , Gainor, Justin F. , Zubiri, Leyre , Bonnen, Mark , Mahadevan, Daruka , Salazar, Mary, Faller, Bryan A. , Ajmera, Archana , Brouha, Sharon S. , Cabal, Angelo , Kligerman, Seth , Weissmann, Lisa B., Jani, Chinmay , Thomson, Carey C. , Knoble, Jeanna, Glace, Mary Grace, Stauffer, Karen, Zacks, Rosemary, Blau, Sibel , Menon, Harry, Rovito, Marc A., Elshoury, Amro, Misdary, Christian, Shah, Mansi , Mahmood, Sana , Mico, Vasil, Logan, Barbara, Mandapakala, Chaitanya, Cabebe, Elwyn C., Jha, Alokkumar , Schapira, Lidia , Wu, Julie , Subbiah, Suki , Lopes, Gilberto , Revankar, Sanjay G. , Addison, Daniel , Chen, James L. , Karivedu, Vidhya , Lustberg, Maryam B. , Wall, Sarah , Williams, Nicole , Kasi, Anup , Edwin, Natasha, Smits, Melissa, Owenby, Susie, Doroshow, Deborah B. , Galsky, Matthew D. , Zhu, Huili , Sueyoshi, Mark, Riess, Jonathan W. , Patel, Kanishka G. , Rubinstein, Samuel M. , Ahmad, Syed A. , Grover, Punita , Kharofa, Jordan , Marcum, Michelle, Park, Cathleen, Geiger, Christoper L., Bishnoi, Rohit , Russ, Atlantis Dawn, Rho, Young Soo , Feldman, Lawrence , Hoskins, Kent , Gantt, Gerald, Liu, Li , Khan, Mahir, Nguyen, Ryan H., Schwartz, Candice, Mavromatis, Blanche H., Bijjula, Ragneel R., Cheng, Alex , Duda, Stephany N. , Enriquez, Kyle T. , Gillaspie, Erin A. , Hennessy, Cassandra , Johnson, Douglas B. , Slosky, David, Solórzano, Carmen C. , Vega-Luna, Karen, Kennecke, Hagen F. , Schroeder, Brett A., Carducci, Theresa M., Goldsmith, Karen J., Loon, Susan Van, Topaloĝlu, Ümit , Alimohamed, Saif, Rice, Robert, Cabalona, Wilhelmina D., Pilar, Christine, Peddi, Prakash , Rosen, L, McCollough, Briana Barrow, LoRusso, Patricia , Masters, Tyler, Choueiri, Toni K , Bakouny, Ziad , Hawley, Jessica E , Mishra, Sanjay , Wu, Julie T , Xie, Zhuoer , Zubiri, Leyre , Gatson, Na Tosha N , Fiala, Mark A , Ahluwalia, Manmeet S , Lustberg, Maryam , Nguyen, Ryan H., Bashir, Babar , Caimi, Paolo F. , Hálfdánarson, Þorvarður R. , Hershman, Dawn L. , Labaki, Chris , Pennell, Nathan A , Schwartz, Gary K. , Thompson, Michael A. , Yu, Peter Paul , Warner, Jeremy L. , Hwang, Clara , Halmos, Balázs , Goel, Sanjay , Sica, Roberto Alejandro , Thakkar, Astha , Stockerl‐Goldstein, Keith , Henderson, Jeffrey P. , Zhou, Alice Y. , Panagiotou, Orestis A. , Egan, Pamela , Farmakiotis, Dimitrios , Olszewski, Adam J. , Loaiza‐Bonilla, Arturo , Bar, Michael H., Rose, Suzanne J. , Barnholtz‐Sloan, Jill S. , Li, Ang , Giordano, Antonio , Nohria, Anju , Schmidt, Andrew , Xu, Vincent Eric , Halabi, Susan , Lyman, Gary H , Graber, Jerome J. , Khaki, Ali Raza , Loggers, Elizabeth T , Nakasone, Elizabeth S. , Tachiki, Lisa , Yeh, Albert C. , Huynh‐Le, Minh‐Phuong , Rosenstein, Lori J. , Dailey, Mark, Elias, Rawad , Gadgeel, Shirish M. , Bhutani, Divaya , Reuben, Daniel Y. , Alexander, Mariam, Nagaraj, Gayathri , Berg, Stephanie , Morgans, Alicia K. , Wehbe, Firas , Durbin, Eric B. , Nelson, Heather H. , Sachs, Zohar , Boland, Genevieve M. , Bekaii‐Saab, Tanios , Desai, Aakash , Mesa, Ruben A. , Ramirez, Amelie G , Shah, Pankil , Hsiao, Albert , Rink, Cameron L. , Joshi, Monika , Griffiths, Elizabeth A. , Jabbour, Salma K , McNair, Christopher M. , Kloecker, Goetz Hans , Stover, Daniel G. , Gatti-Mays, Margaret Elena , Jhawar, Sachin R. , Palmer, Joshua D. , Wotman, Michael T. , Fazio, Alyson, Huber, Kathryn E. , Wood, William A. , Jensen, Christopher Edward , Kumar, Vaibhav , Wise-Draper, Trisha Michel , Gulati, Shuchi , Latif, Tahir , Shaikh, Hira , Bowles, Daniel W. , Markham, Merry Jennifer , Shah, Chintan , Acoba, Jared David , Nguyen, Ryan H., Pasquinelli, Mary M. , Vikas, Praveen , Zaman, Qamar U., Davis, Elizabeth J. , Hausrath, Daniel J. , Hsu, Chih–Yuan , Li, Xuanyi , Rini, Brian I. , Shyr, Yu , Tucker, Matthew D. , Wang, Lucy Lu , Aboulafia, David M. , Schroeder, Brett , Hafez, Navid , Herbst, Roy S. , Stratton, Catherine

JAMA Network Open | January 4, 2022 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: e2142046

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42046 | PMID 34982158 Get It

Prone Versus Lateral Decubitus Positioning for Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion
Salmons, Harold I., Baird, Michael D., Dearden, Marissa E., Wagner, Scott C., Sebastian, Arjun S., Baird, M. , Baird, Michael D , Salmons, Harold I., Baird, Michael D., Dearden, Marissa E., Wagner, Scott C., Sebastian, Arjun S.

Clinical Spine Surgery | December 30, 2021 | Volume: 35 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 351-353

10.1097/bsd.0000000000001293 | PMID 34966037 Get It

Women Oncologists’ Perceptions and Factors Associated With Decisions to Pursue Academic vs Nonacademic Careers in Oncology
Merfeld, Emily , Blitzer, Grace C. , Kuczmarska‐Haas, Aleksandra , Chino, Fumiko , Lе, Trаng , Allen‐Rhoades, Wendy , Cole, Suzanne , Marshall, Ariela L. , Carnes, Molly , Duma, Narjust , Marshall, Ariela , Allen-Rhoades, Wendy A , Pitt, Susan C. , Jagsi, Reshma , Cole, Suzanne

JAMA Network Open | December 30, 2021 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 12 | Pages: e2141344

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41344 | PMID 34967880 Get It

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2021
Gradishar, William J. , Moran, Meena S. , Abraham, Jame , Aft, Rebecca , Allison, Kimberly H. , Blair, Sarah L. , Burstein, Harold J. , Dang, Chau T. , Goldstein, Lori J. , Hurvitz, Sara A. , Isakoff, Steven J. , Jankowitz, Rachel C. , Javid, Sara H. , Leitch, Marilyn , Lyons, Janice A., Matro, Jennifer M. , Patel, Sameer A. , Pierce, Lori J. , Sitapati, Amy M. , Smith, Mary Lou , Stringer-Reasor, Erica , Telli, Melinda L. , Wisinski, Kari B. , Burns, Jennifer L. , Agnese, Doreen Marie , Elias, Anthony , Giordano, Sharon H. , Goetz, Matthew P. , Krishnamurthy, Jairam , Mayer, Ingrid A. , Mortimer, Joanne , O'Regan, Ruth M , Rugo, Hope S. , Smith, Karen L. , Soliman, Hatem Hussein , Ward, John Headley , Young, Jessica S. , Kumar, Rashmi , Telli, Melinda L

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network | November 26, 2021 | Volume: 19 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 484-493

10.6004/jnccn.2021.0023 | PMID 34794122 Get It

The NCCN Guidelines for Breast Cancer include up-to-date guidelines for clinical management of patients with carcinoma in situ, invasive breast cancer, Paget disease, phyllodes tumor, inflammatory breast cancer, male breast cancer, and breast cancer during pregnancy. These guidelines are developed by a multidisciplinary panel of representatives from NCCN Member Institutions with breast cancer–focused expertise in the fields of medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, pathology, reconstructive surgery, and patient advocacy. These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on the most recent updates to recommendations for adjuvant systemic therapy in patients with nonmetastatic, early-stage, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
Preliminary Efficacy and Safety of MK-1026, a Non-Covalent Inhibitor of Wild-Type and C481S Mutated Bruton Tyrosine Kinase, in B-Cell Malignancies: A Phase 2 Dose Expansion Study
Woyach, Jennifer A. , Eradat, Herbert, Brander, Danielle M. , Tees, Michael, Wang, Wayne , Reddy, Nishitha , Farooqui, Mohammed Z.H. , Byrd, John C. , Byrd, John C. , Flinn, Ian W. , Awan, Farrukh T. , Parikh, Sameer A. , Phillips, Tycel , Stephens, Deborah M. , Byrd, John C

Blood | November 24, 2021 | Volume: 138 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 392-392

10.1182/blood-2021-148672 Get It

Abstract Introduction: Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKi) have revolutionized the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) and certain B-cell neoplasms. However, resistance to BTKi develops primarily through mutations at the cysteine binding site (C481) or PLCγ2 mutations. MK-1026 (formerly ARQ-531) is a non-covalent, potent inhibitor of both wild type and C481- mutated BTK. In the phase 1/2 dose escalation and dose expansion study NCT03162536, the preliminary recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of MK-1026 was determined to be 65 mg once daily. The efficacy and safety of MK-1026 in participants with CLL/SLL and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) were also evaluated at a higher dose during the dose expansion phase. Methods: In this open-label, single-arm phase 2 study, 9 expansion cohorts were initiated following determination of preliminary MK-1026 RP2D. Approximately 10-25 eligible participants were enrolled into Cohort A (relapsed/refractory (r/r) CLL/SLL, with ≥2 prior therapies including covalent BTKi, with documented C481 mutation), Cohort B (r/r CLL/SLL progressed on/intolerant to a BTKi, with ≥2 prior therapies without C481 mutation), Cohort C (participants with Richter transformation [RT] with ≥1 prior therapy), Cohort D-H (participants with follicular lymphoma (FL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), high-grade B cell lymphoma (BCL) with known MYC, BCL-2 or BCL-6 translocations, and Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), respectively, who received ≥2 prior therapies), Cohort I (food effect cohort including participants with B-cell NHL, CLL/SLL, and WM). Treatment continued until unacceptable toxicity, clinical or radiological progression, participant/physician withdrawal. Primary endpoint was overall response rate (per iwCLL criteria, by investigator) for participants with CLL/SLL. Secondary endpoints included duration of response and safety and tolerability. The data cut-off date for this analysis was April 7, 2021. Results: Among 118 participants enrolled, 44 had B-cell NHL (including 6 with DLBCL, 11 with FL, 3 with high-grade BCL, 6 with MCL, 2 with MZL, 16 with RT), 68 CLL/SLL, and 4 WM. Of these, 94 (79.6%) were treated at the preliminary RP2D, including 51 (54.3%) participants with CLL/SLL. Participants with CLL/SLL had a median (range) number of prior therapies of 4 (1-18), 43 (84%) had prior BTKi therapy, 12 (23%) had del17p, 26 (51%) had IGHV unmutated status, and 32 (63%) had C481S BTK mutation. At data cut-off, median (range) follow-up was 4.56 months (0.1-26.7) for all treated participants. ORR was 57.9% (N = 22 of 38; 1 CR, 21 PR/PRL) per iwCLL criteria in the efficacy evaluable population of participants with CLL/SLL treated at preliminary RP2D. The median duration of response in these participants was not estimable [NE] (range, 8.3 months-NE). At data cut-off, the median duration of treatment exposure was 3.2 months (range, 0-35.9). Among all treated participants, 114 (97%) had a treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE), with 78 (66%) having a drug-related TEAE, and 9 (8%) having a drug-related TEAE that led to discontinuation. Common TEAEs (≥ 20%) included fatigue (33%), constipation (31%), dysgeusia (28%), cough (25%), nausea (25%), pyrexia (25%), dizziness (23%), hypertension (23%), peripheral edema (22%), arthralgia (20%), and diarrhea (21%). Grade ≥3 TEAEs occurred in 80 (68%) participants. Grade 5 TEAEs occurred in 7 (6%) participants and included death following disease progression in 3 (3%), sepsis 1 (1%), dyspnea 1 (1%), and respiratory failure 2 (2%) participants. Common drug-related TEAEs (≥10%) included dysgeusia (15%), nausea (11%), fatigue (11%), and decreased neutrophil count (10%). Grade 3-4 drug-related TEAEs occurred in 31 (26%) participants. No drug-related TEAEs led to death. Conclusion: MK-1026 has promising antitumor activity with a manageable safety profile in participants with CLL/SLL exposed to multiple lines of therapy, including in those who had progression of disease on prior covalent BTKi. Further evaluation of MK-1026 in B-cell malignancies is ongoing. Disclosures Woyach: AbbVie Inc, ArQule Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, AstraZeneca, Beigene: Other: Advisory Committee; AbbVie Inc, ArQule Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Janssen Biotech Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company,: Consultancy; AbbVie Inc, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company: Research Funding; Gilead Sciences Inc: Other: Data & Safety. Flinn: Verastem: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; IGM Biosciences: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Gilead Sciences: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Juno Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Yingli Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Constellation Pharmaceuticals: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Loxo: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Other: All Consultancy and Research Funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Great Point Partners: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Iksuda Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; BeiGene: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Forty Seven: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Calithera Biosciences: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Roche: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Unum Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; MorphoSys: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Merck: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; TG Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Teva: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Takeda: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Seagen: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy and research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Karyopharm Therapeutics: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Celgene: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Incyte: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Infinity Pharmaceuticals: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Agios: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Curis: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Acerta Pharma: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; ArQule: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Pfizer: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Forma Therapeutics: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Nurix Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Portola Pharmaceuticals: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Rhizen Pharmaceuticals: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Trillium Therapeutics: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Triphase Research & Development Corp.: Other: All research funding payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Century Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Hutchison MediPharma: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Vincerx Pharma: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Sarah Cannon Research Institute: Current Employment; Servier Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Yingli Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Seagen: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Servier Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Unum Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: All consultancy payments made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Research Funding; Johnson & Johnson: Current holder of individual stocks in a privately-held company; Seattle Genetics: Research Funding. Awan: Verastem: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy; Dava Oncology: Consultancy; MEI Pharma: Consultancy; Beigene: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; Johnson and Johnson: Consultancy; Karyopharm: Consultancy; Kite pharma: Consultancy; Gilead sciences: Consultancy; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy; Merck: Consultancy; Cardinal Health: Consultancy; ADCT therapeutics: Consultancy; Abbvie: Consultancy; Astrazeneca: Consultancy; Genentech: Consultancy. Eradat: AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Beigene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Incyte: Speakers Bureau; Juno: Research Funding; Kite: Research Funding; Genentech: Research Funding. Brander: Pfizer: Consultancy, Other: Biosimilars outcomes research panel; Juno Therapeutics/Celgene/Bristol Myers Squibb: Research Funding; ArQule: Research Funding; Ascentage: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Research Funding; BeiGene: Research Funding; DTRM: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company: Consultancy, Research Funding; MEI Pharma: Research Funding; TG Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; LOXO: Research Funding; Verastem: Consultancy; ArQule/Merck: Consultancy; Genentech: Consultancy, Research Funding; NCCN: Other: panel member; AbbVie: Consultancy, Other: informCLL registry steering committee, Research Funding. Parikh: Pharmacyclics, MorphoSys, Janssen, AstraZeneca, TG Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, AbbVie, and Ascentage Pharma: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics, AstraZeneca, Genentech, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Verastem Oncology, and AbbVie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Phillips: BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy, Other: received travel expenses from Incyte, Research Funding; Genentech: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Research Funding; ADCT, BeiGene, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cardinal Health, Incyte, Karyopharm, Morphosys, Pharmacyclics, Seattle Genetics: Consultancy; Bayer: Consultancy, Research Funding. Reddy: Merck & Co., Inc.: Current Employment. Farooqui: Merck & Co., Inc.: Current Employment, Other: Current Stockholder. Byrd: Vincerx Pharmaceuticals: Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis, Trillium, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Pharmacyclics, Syndax: Consultancy, Honoraria; Newave: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Stephens: CSL Behring: Consultancy; Innate Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Beigene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Epizyme: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; TG Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Adaptive: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Arqule: Research Funding; Mingsight: Research Funding; JUNO: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; Karyopharm: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding.
Efficacy of Oral Decitabine/Cedazuridine (ASTX727) in the CMML Subgroup from the Ascertain Phase 3 Study
McCloskey, James, Yee, Karen , Al‐Kali, Aref , Deeg, H. Joachim , Patel, Prapti A. , Keating, Mary‐Margaret, Dao, Kim‐Hien, Zhu, Nancy , Gabrail, Nashat , Fazal, Salman, Maly, Joseph, Odenike, Olatoyosi , Busque, Lambert , Wells, Richard A. , Amin, Harshad, Randhawa, Jasleen K., Azab, Mohammad , Garcia‐Manero, Guillermo , Savona, Michael R. , Griffiths, Elizabeth A. , Zeidan, Amer M. , Sabloff, Mitchell , Kantarjian, Hagop M. , Dezern, Amy Elizabeth , O'Connell, Casey Lee , Roboz, Gail J. , Leber, Brian F. , Hao, Yong , Keer, Harold N

Blood | November 23, 2021 | Volume: 138 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 3682-3682

10.1182/blood-2021-154179 Get It

Abstract Abstract text: Background/Introduction: Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) is an uncommon MDS/MPN overlap syndrome that has historically been included under the umbrella of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) for clinical trial and treatment. As a result, DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DNMTi) such as decitabine or azacitidine have been the established standard of care for the treatment of CMML. The oral bioavailability of these agents has been limited due to rapid degradation by cytidine deaminase (CDA) in the gut and liver so treatment has required intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injections daily for 5-7 days every month (m) adding significant burden to older cancer patients due to daily time commitment and travel to treatment centers. In the context of pandemic SARS-CoV-2, parenteral therapy also increases contact with medical settings with increased infection risk. Oral decitabine 35 mg/cedazuridine 100 mg (ASTX727) is an oral fixed dose combination of decitabine and the CDA inhibitor cedazuridine that produced equivalent exposure (99%; 90% CI 93% to 106%) to IV decitabine 20 mg/m 2 in a randomized cross-over study (Garcia-Manero et al, ASH 2019), and Median overall survival (mOS) for the entire study population in the ASCERTAIN study was approximately 32 months (Savona, 2021). Here, we present outcome data for this study for the enrolled subpopulation of patients with CMML. Methods: We used a randomized cross over design in which patients were randomized in the first 2 cycles 1:1 to either Sequence A: (decitabine 35 mg/ cedazuridine 100 mg in Cycle 1 followed by IV decitabine at 20 mg/m 2 in Cycle 2), or Sequence B: (IV decitabine in Cycle 1 followed by oral decitabine/cedazuridine in Cycle 2). We conducted an intra-patient comparison of decitabine PK (primary PK endpoint: decitabine AUC equivalence over 5 days of dosing). Cycles were repeated every 28 days (unless delays were needed). All patients received oral decitabine/cedazuridine in Cycles 3 and above until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients were eligible per the FDA-approved label of IV decitabine (MDS patients by FAB classification including CMML, or MDS IPSS Intermediate-1, 2 or high-risk patients). Clinical endpoints were best response according to International Working Group (IWG) 2006 response criteria, transfusion independence for at least 8 or 16 consecutive weeks, overall survival, and safety. Adverse events (AEs) were graded by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 4.03. Results: Of the 133 patients enrolled and treated in ASCERTAIN, 16 (12%) had a diagnosis of CMML with demographics and as follows: median age 71.5 years, 69% Male/31% Female, median weight 87kg (range 65-124), 25% ECOG 0, 75% ECOG 1. Population disease characteristics were: 19% poor or intermediate risk cytogenetics, with median baseline hemoglobin 90 g/L, neutrophils 1.27 X 10 9/L, platelets 84 x 10 9/L, bone marrow blasts 5%, with 38% RBC transfusion dependent. Patients received a median of 7 cycles of therapy (range 3-24). Treatment-emergent adverse events of CTCAE Grade 3 or higher in > 10% of patients, independent of relationship to ASTX727, were cytopenias (neutropenia [69%], thrombocytopenia [63%], anemia [56%], leukopenia [19%]), febrile neutropenia (31%), fatigue (13%). Two patients (12.5%) had Complete Responses (CR), 8 (50%) had marrow CR ([mCR], including 3 (19%) with hematologic improvement (HI); Overall Response rate (ORR) [CR + PR+ mCR + HI] was 75%. Of six patients with baseline RBC transfusion dependence 3 (50%) became transfusion independent. Leukemia-free survival was 28.2 months and after a median follow up of more than 33 months, median overall survival had not been reached. Two patients (13%) went on to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HCT). Conclusions: In the overall study, oral decitabine/cedazuridine delivered equivalent PK exposure to 5 days of IV decitabine 20mg/m 2 with a resultant clinical activity safety and efficacy profile in CMML patients consistent with the published literature (e.g Zeidan, et al 2017) and the Phase 2 experience. The use of oral decitabine/cedazuridine is a reasonable approach in CMML patients. References: Garcia-Manero, et al ASH 2019 Savona, et al, Int. MDS Symposium, 2021 Zeidan, et al, Cancer 2017: 3754-3762. Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures Savona: Geron: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; CTI: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Karyopharm: Consultancy, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BMS-Celgene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; NOVARTIS: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Ryvu: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sierra Oncology: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Taiho: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; TG Therapeutics: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Takeda: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; ALX Oncology: Research Funding; Astex: Research Funding; Incyte: Research Funding. McCloskey: Pfizer: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy; COTA: Other: Equity Ownership; BMS: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Speakers Bureau; Jazz: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Griffiths: Boston Biomedical: Consultancy; Celgene/Bristol-Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria; Taiho Oncology: Consultancy, Honoraria; Genentech: Research Funding; Astex Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria, Research Funding; Takeda Oncology: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Apellis Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Alexion Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Research Funding. Yee: Novartis: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Forma Therapeutics: Research Funding; Geron: Research Funding; Shattuck Labs: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol-Myers Squibb/Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; F. Hoffmann La Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; AbbVie: Honoraria; Janssen: Research Funding; Onconova: Research Funding; Genentech: Research Funding; Otsuka: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; MedImmune: Research Funding; Jazz: Research Funding; Astex: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Tolero: Research Funding; Takeda: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; TaiHo: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Paladin: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Zeidan: BeyondSpring: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Boehringer Ingelheim: Consultancy, Research Funding; BioCryst: Other: Clinical Trial Committees; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Pfizer: Other: Travel support, Research Funding; Kura: Consultancy, Other: Clinical Trial Committees; Incyte: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ionis: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Epizyme: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy, Other: Clinical Trial Committees, Travel support, Research Funding; Loxo Oncology: Consultancy, Other: Clinical Trial Committees; Genentech: Consultancy; Geron: Other: Clinical Trial Committees; Cardiff Oncology: Consultancy, Other: Travel support, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Other: Clinical Trial Committees, Research Funding; Gilead: Consultancy, Other: Clinical Trial Committees; Aprea: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy; Astex: Research Funding; Jazz: Consultancy; Jasper: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Agios: Consultancy; ADC Therapeutics: Research Funding; Acceleron: Consultancy, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Other: Clinical Trial Committees, Research Funding. Al-Kali: Novartis: Research Funding; Astex: Other: Research support to institution. Patel: Agios: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene-BMS: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; PVI: Honoraria. Sabloff: Takeda: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BMS: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; TaiHo: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jaxx: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; ROCHE: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Dao: Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Current Employment. Fazal: Janssen Oncology: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Taiho Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Gilead Sciences: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Agios: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi Genzyme: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Glaxo Smith Kline: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; AMGEN: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Stemline Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Karyopharm Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. Odenike: Celgene, Incyte, AstraZeneca, Astex, NS Pharma, AbbVie, Gilead, Janssen, Oncotherapy, Agios, CTI/Baxalta, Aprea: Research Funding; AbbVie, Celgene, Impact Biomedicines, Novartis, Taiho Oncology, Takeda: Consultancy. Kantarjian: Ipsen Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria; Astra Zeneca: Honoraria; Astellas Health: Honoraria; Aptitude Health: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; Jazz: Research Funding; Immunogen: Research Funding; Daiichi-Sankyo: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Ascentage: Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Research Funding; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; KAHR Medical Ltd: Honoraria; NOVA Research: Honoraria; Precision Biosciences: Honoraria; Taiho Pharmaceutical Canada: Honoraria. DeZern: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Taiho: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Takeda: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Roboz: Janssen: Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy; Actinium: Consultancy; Agios: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy; Astex: Consultancy; Astellas: Consultancy; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Bayer: Consultancy; Blueprint Medicines: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Glaxo SmithKline: Consultancy; Helsinn: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Jasper Therapeutics: Consultancy; Jazz: Consultancy; MEI Pharma - IDMC Chair: Consultancy; Mesoblast: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy; Otsuka: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Roche/Genentech: Consultancy. Busque: Novartis: Consultancy. Leber: Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; BMS: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; AMGEN: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; TaiHo: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Otsuka: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Jazz: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau. Hao: Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Current Employment. Keer: Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Current Employment. Azab: Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.