Publications by authors named "K T Flaherty"
Background: We sought consensus among practising respiratory physicians on the prediction, identification and monitoring of progression in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (ILD) using a modified Delphi process.
Methods: Following a literature review, statements on the prediction, identification and monitoring of progression of ILD were developed by a panel of physicians with specialist expertise. Practising respiratory physicians were sent a survey asking them to indicate their level of agreement with these statements on a binary scale or 7-point Likert scale (- 3 to 3), or to select answers from a list.
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- FGFR inhibitors have shown promise in treating FGFR-altered cholangiocarcinoma, but acquired resistance poses a challenge to their effectiveness.
- The study utilized diverse investigative methods, including DNA analysis and tissue biopsies, to explore resistance mechanisms in a cohort of patients.
- Results indicated that a significant number of patients with clinical benefits had specific FGFR2 mutations, but polyclonal resistance was influenced by low drug concentrations and specific mutation types affecting drug efficacy.
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are debilitating diseases associated with divergent histopathological changes in the lungs. At present, due to cost and technical limitations, profiling cell types is not practical in large epidemiology cohorts (n > 1000). Here, we used computational deconvolution to identify cell types in COPD and IPF lungs whose abundances and cell type-specific gene expression are associated with disease diagnosis and severity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The NCI-MATCH trial assigned patients with solid tumors, lymphomas, or multiple myeloma to targeted therapies on the basis of identified genetic alterations from tumor biopsies. In preclinical models, ()-inactivated tumors display sensitivity to focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibition. The EAY131-U subprotocol evaluated the efficacy of defactinib, a FAK inhibitor, in patients with -altered tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The NCI-MATCH study is a tumor-agnostic platform trial enrolling patients to targeted therapies on the basis of genomic alterations. Subprotocol V investigated sunitinib in patients with tumors harboring - mutations.
Methods: EAY131-V, is an open-label, single-arm, phase II study.