Tamar Melkadze

ORCID: 0000-0003-0800-6514
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  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy

Tbilisi State Medical University
2022-2023

Institute of Clinical Research
2021

Athens Medical Center
2021

Cabozantinib has shown clinical activity in combination with checkpoint inhibitors solid tumours. The COSMIC-312 trial assessed cabozantinib plus atezolizumab versus sorafenib as first-line systemic treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

10.1016/s1470-2045(22)00326-6 article EN cc-by-nc-nd The Lancet Oncology 2022-07-04

Importance Programmed cell death ligand 1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy has changed the approach to first-line treatment in patients extensive-stage small lung cancer (SCLC). It remained unknown whether adding a programmed (PD-1) inhibitor provided similar or better benefits SCLC, which would add evidence on efficacy of checkpoint SCLC. Objective To evaluate and adverse event profile PD-1 serplulimab plus compared placebo as Design, Setting, Participants This international,...

10.1001/jama.2022.16464 article EN JAMA 2022-09-27

Abstract First-line cemiplimab (anti-programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)) monotherapy has previously shown significant improvement in overall survival (OS) and progression-free (PFS) versus chemotherapy patients with advanced non-small lung cancer (aNSCLC) PD-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression ≥50%. EMPOWER-Lung 3 ( NCT03409614 ), a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase study, examined plus platinum-doublet as first-line treatment for aNSCLC, irrespective of PD-L1 or histology. In this 466 stage...

10.1038/s41591-022-01977-y article EN cc-by Nature Medicine 2022-08-25

Abstract Background Camizestrant (C), a next-generation oral selective estrogen receptor (ER) antagonist and degrader (ngSERD) has shown promising clinical activity in ER+ breast cancer (BC) the Phase 1 SERENA-1 study1,2 with dose-dependent safety profile. The 2 randomized SERENA-2 study (NCT04214288) initially assessed three doses of C vs fulvestrant (F) post-menopausal women HER2˗ BC disease recurrence or progression after ≤1 endocrine therapy (ET) advanced setting. Methods evaluated...

10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs22-gs3-02 article EN Cancer Research 2023-03-01

EMPOWER-Lung 3 part 2 (NCT03409614), a double-blind, placebo-controlled phase study, investigated cemiplimab (antiprogrammed cell death protein 1) plus chemotherapy versus placebo in patients with advanced NSCLC without EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 aberrations, either squamous nonsquamous histology, irrespective of programmed death-ligand 1 levels. At primary analysis, after 16.4 months follow-up, improved median overall survival (OS) alone (21.9 13.0 mo, hazard ratio [HR] = 0.71, 95% confidence...

10.1016/j.jtho.2023.03.008 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2023-03-29

Balstilimab (antiprogrammed death-1) and zalifrelimab (anticytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4) are two new checkpoint inhibitors emerging as promising investigational agents for the treatment of advanced cervical cancer. This phase II trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03495882) evaluated combination balstilimab plus in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic cancer who relapsed after prior platinum-based therapy.

10.1200/jco.21.02067 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Clinical Oncology 2021-12-21

8505 Background: Monoclonal antibodies against programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) have been approved for the first-line treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) in combination with chemotherapy. However, whether a death (PD-1) inhibitor provides similar survival benefit this patient population remains unclear. In study, efficacy and safety serplulimab, novel humanized monoclonal anti-PD-1 antibody, were assessed chemotherapy previously untreated ES-SCLC patients. Methods:...

10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.8505 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022-06-01

1066 Background: Camizestrant, a next-generation oral selective estrogen receptor antagonist and degrader (ngSERD), was compared at two dose levels to fulvestrant 500 mg (F) in post-menopausal women with advanced ER+, HER2˗ breast cancer disease recurrence or progression after ≤1 endocrine therapy the setting Phase 2 randomized SERENA-2 study (NCT04214288). Camizestrant demonstrated statistically significant clinically meaningful benefit vs F progression-free survival (PFS) overall...

10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.1066 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023-06-01
Dmytro Trukhin Elena Poddubskaya Zoran Andrić Tamta Makharadze Ravi Shankar Bellala and 93 more Chaiyut Charoentum Eduardo Patricio Yanez Ruiz Andrea Fülöp Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali Kostas Syrigos Nuran Katgı Yamil Alonso Lopez Chuken Ilieva Rumyana Jasmin Reyes-Igama Rita de Cassia Costamilan Ana Del Campo García Amalia Florez Alexandra Paravisini Susana Millán Luiz H. Araujo Carla Maria de Oliveira Ferreira Hélio Pinczowski Maria Marcela Fernandes Monteiro Assen Dudov Janeta Syrova Francisco Javier Orlandi Jorquera Carlos Eduardo Gallardo Arenada Christian Lorenzo Caglevic Medina Davit Giorgadze Nino Mchedlidze Vladimer Kuchava Tamar Melkadze Amiran Matitashvili Nana Chikhladze E Samantas Theodoros Kontakiotis Beatrix Bálint Balazs Medgyasszay Eszter Csánky Shailesh Bondarde Lovenish Goyal Ajay Sharma Baijumon Balan Prabrajya Narayan Mohapatra Kaushalkumar Babubhai Patel Sachin Sharadchandra Hingmire Mithun Satish Shah Kartikeya Jain Ashish Agrawal Prashant Kumbhaj Asis Mukhopadhyay Paul Khoueiry Suhana Yusak Yong Kek Pang V. Pei Jye Prathepamalar Yehgambaram Fuad Ismail Gokula Kumar Appalanaido Feliciano Barrón Ma. Noemi Uy Felycette Gay Martinez-Lapus Maria Belen Tamayo Jennifer Sandoval-Tan Jamela Anne Osorio Sanchez Christina G. Galvez Josephine Contreras-Tolentino Evgeny Ledin Daniil Stroyakovskiy I. V. Kudryavtsev Vladimir Vladimirov Evgeniy Gotovkin М. В. Шомова Guzel Mukhametshina Igor Lifirenko Nina Karaseva M. Nechaeva Anna V. Tarasova Alexander Luft Lyudmila Kuzina Marina Petrović Milan Rančić Borjan Zaric Manoch Buranachokphaisan Sarayut Lucien Geater Ekkapong Tharavichitkul Mahmut Gümüş Igor Bondarenko Yaroslav Shparyk Serhii Shevnia Iryna Lytvyn Oleksii Kolesnik Yevhen Hotko Ivan Sinielnikov Hryhoriy Adamchuk Grygorii Ursol О. І. Іващук Yuriy Ostapenko Tetiana Popovska

MB02 (bevacizumab biosimilar) showed similar structural, functional, and pharmacokinetic properties to reference bevacizumab (Avastin®; EU-bevacizumab). To confirm clinical similarity between EU-bevacizumab, a comparability study was undertaken in the first-line treatment of stage IIIB/IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This multinational, double-blind, randomized, phase III (STELLA) compared or EU-bevacizumab (15 mg/kg) administered with chemotherapy (paclitaxel 200 mg/m2...

10.1007/s40259-021-00483-w article EN cc-by-nc BioDrugs 2021-04-29

TPS8663 Background: Fianlimab (anti–lymphocyte activation gene 3 [LAG-3]) and cemiplimab (anti–programmed cell death-1 [PD-1]) are high-affinity, fully human, IgG4 monoclonal antibodies. In patients (pts) with advanced non-small lung cancer (aNSCLC) programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression ≥50% no actionable mutations, first-line monotherapy showed significantly prolonged overall survival (OS) progression-free (PFS) versus chemotherapy, a safety profile consistent previous reports for...

10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.tps8663 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024-06-01

Abstract Background EMPOWER‐Lung 3, a randomized 2:1 phase 3 trial, showed clinically meaningful and statistically significant overall survival improvement with cemiplimab plus platinum‐doublet chemotherapy versus placebo for first‐line treatment of advanced non–small cell lung cancer. This study evaluated patient‐reported outcomes (PROs). Methods PROs were assessed at day 1 (baseline), the start each cycle (every weeks) first six doses, then every three cycles, using European Organisation...

10.1002/cncr.34687 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cancer 2023-05-08

e23172 Background: Ovarian function suppression (OFS) is recommended for premenopausal patients with hormone (HR) positive early breast cancer at higher risk of recurrence. This achieved the use luteinizing hormone–releasing agonist (LHRH) or oophorectomy. Sexual health an important aspect women cancer, although unfortunately this issue often not addressed. The aim study was to explore sexual issues in HR-positive LHRH vs. Oophorectomy. Methods: A prospective observational conducted during...

10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e23172 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024-06-01

TPS8660 Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of cancer. Anti–programmed death-1 (PD-1) therapies have improved outcomes in patients with NSCLC; however, do not respond or only for a limited time. The combination cemiplimab (anti–PD-1) and chemotherapy has been studied first-line treatment advanced NSCLC (aNSCLC), regardless programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) status. While standard care continues to evolve NSCLC, one approach potentially improve checkpoint...

10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.tps8660 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024-06-01

8100 Background: ASTRUM-005 is a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 trial comparing efficacy and safety of serplulimab (a novel anti-PD-1 antibody) plus chemotherapy (chemo) vs. placebo chemo as first-line therapy for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Interim analysis presented at 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting showed significantly prolonged overall survival (OS) in the arm. Continuing improvements were seen all endpoints an updated reported ESMO Asia Congress 2022. Here we present...

10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.8100 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024-06-01

TPS9602 Background: Fianlimab (anti-lymphocyte activation gene 3 [LAG-3]) and cemiplimab (anti- programmed cell death-1 [PD-1]) are both high-affinity, fully human, IgG4 monoclonal antibodies (Abs). Concurrent blockade of anti-LAG-3 anti-PD-1 has shown enhanced efficacy (increase in progression free survival [PFS]) advanced melanoma (Mel). We previously presented data from a phase 1 study showing 63.8% objective response rate (ORR) across two separate cohorts PD-(L)1 naïve metastatic Mel...

10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.tps9602 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023-06-01

In EMPOWER-Lung 3 (NCT03409614) Part 1, patients with aNSCLC and PD-L1 <50% were randomized to treatment arms: CHEMO, CEMI+CHEMO or CEMI+IPI+CHEMO. Clinical outcomes for CEMI+IPI+CHEMO vs CHEMO (including OS [HR: 0.615 (95% CI, 0.441–0.857)]) previously reported; safety profile was generally consistent the known CEMI, IPI. PROs evaluated reported here. assessed at day 1 (baseline), start of each cycle (every weeks) first 6 doses, then every cycles, using EORTC QLQ-C30 QLQ-LC13...

10.1016/j.esmoop.2024.102643 article EN cc-by-nc-nd ESMO Open 2024-03-01

EMPOWER-Lung 3 part 2 (NCT03409614), a double-blind, placebo-controlled phase study, assessed cemiplimab (anti-programmed cell death protein 1) plus chemotherapy versus alone in patients with advanced non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) without EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 aberrations, regardless of histology PD-L1 expression levels. We report results from subgroup analysis ≥ 1 %.

10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.107821 article EN cc-by Lung Cancer 2024-05-13

e13512 Background: The efficacy of curative-intent chemoradiation in treating cervical cancer is intricately tied to patient adherence treatment protocols, often influenced by quality life. In many areas the world, centers are located far from where patients live. We sought evaluate impact distance hospital and life on radiation adherence, especially for Country Georgia. Methods: A prospective study conducted at Todua Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia, May 2023 - January 2024, involved locally...

10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e13512 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024-05-29

Esophageal carcinoma is the seventh most common cancer and sixth lethal worldwide. There are two main histological types of esophageal carcinoma: adenocarcinoma (AC) squamous cell (SCC). Both more in males than females. Menopause an independent risk factor for while usage hormonal therapy (estrogen plus progesterone) associated with a lower SCC postmenopausal women. Gender differences have impact on incidence, however, it unclear if gender has prognostic value survival. The present case...

10.7759/cureus.15255 article EN Cureus 2021-05-26
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