Publications by authors named "Sandy Ferber"

Article Synopsis
  • A phase IIb trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment combining GVAX, cyclophosphamide, and CRS-207 for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who had undergone prior therapies, compared to standard chemotherapy.
  • The study included patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma and assessed overall survival (OS) across three treatment arms: combination therapy, CRS-207 alone, and standard chemotherapy.
  • Results showed that the combination therapy did not significantly improve median OS compared to standard chemotherapy, indicating no added benefit of the experimental treatment.
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The systemic bioavailability of free fatty acid (FFA) forms of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) compared with ethyl ester (EE) forms is dependent on the presence of intestinal lipases and is highest during consumption of high-fat meals. Given that patients with cardiovascular disease are advised to reduce dietary fat intake, potentially lowering the bioavailability and therapeutic benefit, the hypothesis that FFA forms provide for higher bioavailability compared with EE forms under low-fat diet conditions was tested where the pharmacokinetics of the FFA form (Epanova™) were compared with those of an ethyl ester form (Lovaza®) following repeat dosing. Fifty-two healthy male and female subjects were equally allocated to one of two open-label, parallel-group cohorts.

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Data from the International Lamotrigine Pregnancy Registry were analyzed to examine the effect of maximal first-trimester maternal dose of lamotrigine monotherapy on the risk of major birth defects (MBDs). Among 802 exposures, the frequency of MBDs was 2.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.

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Background: Therapeutic options for renal cell cancer are inadequate. Depsipeptide is a histone deacetylase inhibitor with promising preclinical and early clinical activity.

Patients And Methods: Patients with refractory renal cell cancer with normal organ function and no history of significant cardiovascular disease were enrolled on a multi-institutional, single-arm, phase II study.

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