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Trial reportCancer immunology research2021

TMB and Inflammatory Gene Expression Associated with Clinical Outcomes following Immunotherapy in Advanced Melanoma.

F Stephen Hodi, Jedd D Wolchok, Dirk Schadendorf, James Larkin, Georgina V Long, Xiaozhong Qian, Abdel Saci, Tina C Young, Sujaya Srinivasan, Han Chang and 5 more

Open access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Cancer immunology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
101citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
10.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy for Solid Tumors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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41 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

F Stephen HodiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. stephen_hodi@dfci.harvard.edu.
Jedd D WolchokDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0001-6718-2222
Dirk SchadendorfDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen and German Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3524-7858
James LarkinDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Georgina V LongMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8894-3545
Xiaozhong QianDepartment of Translational Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.
Abdel SaciDepartment of Translational Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.
Tina C YoungGlobal Biometrics and Data Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.
Sujaya SrinivasanDepartment of Translational Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.ORCID 0000-0003-1415-2868
Han ChangDepartment of Informatics and Predictive Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.
Hao TangDepartment of Informatics and Predictive Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.
Megan Wind-RotoloDepartment of Translational Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.ORCID 0000-0001-8063-9928
Jasmine I RizzoOncology Clinical Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.
Donald G Jackson *Department of Translational Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey.ORCID 0000-0002-0863-9031
Paolo A Ascierto *Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8322-475X
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Sweden) · SEBristol-Myers Squibb (Germany) · DEDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USEssen University Hospital · DEIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · GBThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outcomes for patients with melanoma have improved over the past decade as a result of the development and FDA approval of immunotherapies targeting cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), programmed death-1 (PD-1), and programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1). However, these therapies do not benefit all patients, and an area of intensive research investigation is identifying biomarkers that can predict which patients are most likely to benefit from them. Here, we report exploratory analyses of the associations of tumor mutational burden (TMB), a 4-gene inflammatory gene expression signature, and

Indexed as

MutationAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorHumansImmunotherapyIpilimumabMelanomaNivolumabProgression-Free SurvivalSkin NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanIpilimumabNivolumab

Identifiers

PMID34389558
PMCPMC9414280
OpenAlexW3189025068

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