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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

Cancer immunotherapy clinical trials to support urgently needed access in low- and middle-income countries: a report from the SITC global access and impact committee.

Jennifer Dent, Micaella Jorge, Nora Sobrevilla, Thomas S Uldrick, Innocent Adoubi, Jyoti Bajpai, Mauricio Burotto, Huwaida Bulhan, Gideon T Dosunmu, Lilian Ekpo and 16 more

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Emerging trends in the global burden of colorectal cancer.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026
    Review
  3. Alohomora! A Letter to the Keeper of the Key.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2026
    Article
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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

26 authors.

Jennifer DentBIO Ventures for Global Health, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Micaella JorgeBIO Ventures for Global Health, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Nora SobrevillaInstituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico.
Thomas S UldrickRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York, USA.
Innocent AdoubiUniversity Teaching Hospital of Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Jyoti BajpaiApollo Hospital Navi Mumbai and Maharashtra, Navi Mumbai, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7657-3460
Mauricio BurottoBradford Hill Clinical Research Center, Santiago, Chile.
Huwaida BulhanRoche, Nairobi, Kenya.
Gideon T DosunmuThe University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2071-0216
Lilian EkpoNSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre, Lagos, Nigeria.
Satish GopalNCI Center for Global Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Manuel R Espinoza-GutarraThe University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
N'da Marcelin HomianUniversity Hospital Medical Center at Treichville (CHU Treichville), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
T Peter KinghamMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Clarissa MathiasOC Oncoclínicas NOB Ondina, Salvador, Brazil.
Wilfred NgwaJohns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Nixon NiyonzimaUganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-6813
Blaise NkegoumUniversity Hospital Center Yaounde, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Olufunmilayo I OlopadeThe University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Thomas A OdenyWashington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1644-2378
Avery D PoseyUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8711-629X
Solmaz SahebjamJohns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9930-9937
Regina SwitzerBeOne Medicines, Ltd, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ahmad A TarhiniCutaneous Oncology and Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3193-9702
Verna VanderpuyeNational Center for Radiotherapy, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Korlebu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
David R KaufmanThird Rock Ventures LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, USA dkaufman@thirdrockventures.com.

Funding

The Patient-Reported Outcomes, Community-Engagement and Language (PRO-CEL) CoreP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · 1985 to 2025
$88.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is rapidly on the rise as a cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, despite the increasing importance of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as a pillar of cancer therapy, access in these settings lags well behind that in high-income countries (HICs). Increasing the evaluation of ICIs through local clinical trials and demonstration projects, and inclusion in multinational clinical trials is the first step to improving access. In particular, the epidemiology and clinical presentation of cancer in LMICs is often distinct from that in HICs, and the impact of immune checkpoint blockade in these settings is understudied. Moreover, unique patterns of comorbidities, environmental factors, genetic diversity, and paucity of supportive infrastructure may all impact the risk-benefit and outcomes of cancer immunotherapy treatment. Local clinical trials not only directly impact the strengthening of infrastructure but also provide local authorities with better insight into the health economic benefit of cancer immunotherapy, giving impetus to adoption and reimbursement efforts. More local, regional, and multinational collaborative efforts are needed to speed up the evaluation, access, and adoption of ICIs throughout the developing world.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicHealth Services AccessibilityImmunotherapyNeoplasmsDeveloping CountriesHumansEducationImmune Checkpoint InhibitorImmune related adverse event - irAEInfection

Identifiers

PMID40550565
PMCPMC12184393

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