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In this podcast, GI oncologists Prof. Tanios Bekaii-Saab and Prof. Shubham Pant discuss how to use data from real-world evidence studies alongside data from clinical trials to optimise the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. 

 

The medical experts review: 

 

  • Recent real-world evidence presented at ASCO GI 2024 from studies in later-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer 
  • What is meant by real-world evidence, and the types of information sources included 
  • The challenges and considerations when using real-world evidence 
  • How HCPs can use real-world evidence alongside data from clinical trials to inform patient management 

 

Clinical Takeaways

  • Randomised clinical trials are the gold standard to determine causal effect and help guide clinical practice, but do not represent patients in routine clinical practice 
  • Real-world evidence can augment traditional clinical data by providing useful efficacy and safety information of treatments in patients representative of those in clinical practice 
  • However, we need to be mindful of the limitations and potential biases that might arise from real-world data collection and analysis methods 

Interpreting real-world evidence in later-line mCRC: Educational objectives

  • Understand how real-world evidence can complement data obtained from randomised controlled trials
  • Know the benefits and limitations of real-world evidence
  • Review recent RWE data for mCRC and understand its implications for clinical practice 

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He is the Chair for Hematology and Medical Oncology for the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He is the leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancer for the Enterprise-wide Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Dr. Bekaii-Saab is currently the co-leader of the Hepatobiliary Cancer Sub-Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and the Co-Chair for the National Cancer Institute’s Hepatobiliary Task Force.

 

Dr. Bekaii-Saab earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and completed a residency in internal medicine at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He then completed fellowships in clinical pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and hematology/oncology at Tufts University/New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


Dr. Bekaii-Saab served as a reviewer for many high impact journals and sits on the editorial board of the prestigious Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Bekaii-Saab has authored or co-authored more than 500 peer reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters, including papers in such journals as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Annals of Oncology, and Clinical Cancer Research.

Prof. Tanios Bekaii-Saab has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Research Funding (to institution): Agios, Arys, Arcus, Atreca, Boston Biomedical, Bayer, Eisai, Celgene, Lilly, Ipsen, Clovis, Seattle Genetics, Genentech, Novartis, Mirati, Merus, Abgenomics, Incyte, Pfizer, BMS. Consulting (to institution): Servier, Ipsen, Arcus, Pfizer, Seattle Genetics, Bayer, Genentech, Incyte, Eisai, Merus, Merck KGaA and Merck. Consulting (to self): Stemline, AbbVie, Blueprint Medicines , Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Daiichi Sankyo, Natera, TreosBio, Celularity, Caladrius Biosciences, Exact Science, Sobi, Beigene, Kanaph, AstraZeneca, Deciphera, Zai Labs, Exelixis, MJH Life Sciences, Aptitude Health, Illumina, Foundation Medicine and Sanofi. Glaxo SmithKline , Xilio. IDMC/DSMB: The Valley Hospital, Fibrogen, Suzhou Kintor, AstraZeneca, Exelixis, Merck/Eisai, PanCan and 1Globe.  Scientific Advisory Board: Imugene, Immuneering, Xilis, Replimune, Artiva and Sun Biopharma. Royalties: Uptodate. Inventions/Patents: WO/2018/183488: HUMAN PD1 PEPTIDE VACCINES AND USES THEREOF – Licensed to Imugene, WO/2019/055687: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER CACHEXIA – Licensed to Recursion

Dr. Shubham Pant is a Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology with a joint appointment in the Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Center) at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Pant is recognised as an international expert in GI cancers with an emphasis on pancreatic and biliary cancers and Phase 1 trials.

 

Dr. Pant's research focuses on novel immunotherapeutic approaches and targeted therapies in GI cancers, including devising novel ways to target the KRAS mutation. He has been the lead/co-lead of several global practice-changing studies, including 'Zanidatamab for HER2-amplified, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (HERIZON-BTC-01): a multicenter, single-arm, phase 2b study'; 'Adagrasib in advanced solid tumors harboring a KRASG12C mutation' and 'Erdafitinib in patients with advanced solid tumors with FGFR alterations (RAGNAR): an international, single-arm, phase 2 study'; amongst others. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has published in high-impact journals, including The Lancet, Lancet Oncology, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He is frequently invited to present his research at national and international meetings. He collaborates on numerous grants, including R01 and SPORE grants funded by the National Institute of Health. Dr. Pant serves on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Pancreas Task Force and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's (PanCan) Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. He also helped draft the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Guidelines, which provide evidence-based recommendations for physicians. He is also the editor of the book Pancreatic Cancer: Current Therapeutics and Future Directions (Publisher: Springer).

Prof. Shubham Pant has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Alligator Bioscience, Amal Therapeutics, Arcus, AskGene Pharma, Astellas, AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Boehringer Ingelheim, BPGBio, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Elicio, Framewave, Immuneering, ImmunoMET, Ipsen, Janssen, Jazz, Lilly, Mirati Therapeutics, NGM Pharmaceuticals, Nihon Medi-Physics Co, Ltd, Novartis, Pfizer, Revolution Medicine, Theriva Biosciences, USWorldmeds, Zymeworks

Listen and follow our podcasts on:

Bayer.

In this podcast, GI oncologists Prof. Tanios Bekaii-Saab and Prof. Shubham Pant discuss how to use data from real-world evidence studies alongside data from clinical trials to optimise the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. 

 

The medical experts review: 

 

  • Recent real-world evidence presented at ASCO GI 2024 from studies in later-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer 
  • What is meant by real-world evidence, and the types of information sources included 
  • The challenges and considerations when using real-world evidence 
  • How HCPs can use real-world evidence alongside data from clinical trials to inform patient management 

 

Clinical Takeaways

  • Randomised clinical trials are the gold standard to determine causal effect and help guide clinical practice, but do not represent patients in routine clinical practice 
  • Real-world evidence can augment traditional clinical data by providing useful efficacy and safety information of treatments in patients representative of those in clinical practice 
  • However, we need to be mindful of the limitations and potential biases that might arise from real-world data collection and analysis methods 

Interpreting real-world evidence in later-line mCRC: Educational objectives

  • Understand how real-world evidence can complement data obtained from randomised controlled trials
  • Know the benefits and limitations of real-world evidence
  • Review recent RWE data for mCRC and understand its implications for clinical practice 

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He is the Chair for Hematology and Medical Oncology for the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He is the leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancer for the Enterprise-wide Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Dr. Bekaii-Saab is currently the co-leader of the Hepatobiliary Cancer Sub-Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and the Co-Chair for the National Cancer Institute’s Hepatobiliary Task Force.

 

Dr. Bekaii-Saab earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and completed a residency in internal medicine at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He then completed fellowships in clinical pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and hematology/oncology at Tufts University/New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


Dr. Bekaii-Saab served as a reviewer for many high impact journals and sits on the editorial board of the prestigious Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Bekaii-Saab has authored or co-authored more than 500 peer reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters, including papers in such journals as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Annals of Oncology, and Clinical Cancer Research.

Prof. Tanios Bekaii-Saab has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Research Funding (to institution): Agios, Arys, Arcus, Atreca, Boston Biomedical, Bayer, Eisai, Celgene, Lilly, Ipsen, Clovis, Seattle Genetics, Genentech, Novartis, Mirati, Merus, Abgenomics, Incyte, Pfizer, BMS. Consulting (to institution): Servier, Ipsen, Arcus, Pfizer, Seattle Genetics, Bayer, Genentech, Incyte, Eisai, Merus, Merck KGaA and Merck. Consulting (to self): Stemline, AbbVie, Blueprint Medicines , Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Daiichi Sankyo, Natera, TreosBio, Celularity, Caladrius Biosciences, Exact Science, Sobi, Beigene, Kanaph, AstraZeneca, Deciphera, Zai Labs, Exelixis, MJH Life Sciences, Aptitude Health, Illumina, Foundation Medicine and Sanofi. Glaxo SmithKline , Xilio. IDMC/DSMB: The Valley Hospital, Fibrogen, Suzhou Kintor, AstraZeneca, Exelixis, Merck/Eisai, PanCan and 1Globe.  Scientific Advisory Board: Imugene, Immuneering, Xilis, Replimune, Artiva and Sun Biopharma. Royalties: Uptodate. Inventions/Patents: WO/2018/183488: HUMAN PD1 PEPTIDE VACCINES AND USES THEREOF – Licensed to Imugene, WO/2019/055687: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER CACHEXIA – Licensed to Recursion

Dr. Shubham Pant is a Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology with a joint appointment in the Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Center) at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Pant is recognised as an international expert in GI cancers with an emphasis on pancreatic and biliary cancers and Phase 1 trials.

 

Dr. Pant's research focuses on novel immunotherapeutic approaches and targeted therapies in GI cancers, including devising novel ways to target the KRAS mutation. He has been the lead/co-lead of several global practice-changing studies, including 'Zanidatamab for HER2-amplified, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (HERIZON-BTC-01): a multicenter, single-arm, phase 2b study'; 'Adagrasib in advanced solid tumors harboring a KRASG12C mutation' and 'Erdafitinib in patients with advanced solid tumors with FGFR alterations (RAGNAR): an international, single-arm, phase 2 study'; amongst others. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has published in high-impact journals, including The Lancet, Lancet Oncology, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He is frequently invited to present his research at national and international meetings. He collaborates on numerous grants, including R01 and SPORE grants funded by the National Institute of Health. Dr. Pant serves on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Pancreas Task Force and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's (PanCan) Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. He also helped draft the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Guidelines, which provide evidence-based recommendations for physicians. He is also the editor of the book Pancreatic Cancer: Current Therapeutics and Future Directions (Publisher: Springer).

Prof. Shubham Pant has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Alligator Bioscience, Amal Therapeutics, Arcus, AskGene Pharma, Astellas, AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Boehringer Ingelheim, BPGBio, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Elicio, Framewave, Immuneering, ImmunoMET, Ipsen, Janssen, Jazz, Lilly, Mirati Therapeutics, NGM Pharmaceuticals, Nihon Medi-Physics Co, Ltd, Novartis, Pfizer, Revolution Medicine, Theriva Biosciences, USWorldmeds, Zymeworks

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