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Program Official
Principal Investigator
Nicholas Dibella Md
Awardee Organization

Western States Cancer Research Ncorp
United States

Fiscal Year
2025
Activity Code
UG1
Early Stage Investigator Grants (ESI)
Not Applicable
Project End Date

NCORP: Colorado Cancer Research Program

By serving as a dedicated NCORP, Western States Cancer Research (WSCR) seeks to advance cancer research for patients, local communities, healthcare providers and hospitals in the western mountain state region. The goal is to provide and maintain access to NCI research and trials focused on cancer control (CC), cancer prevention (CP), cancer disparities, cancer care delivery research (CCDR), as well as provide access to NCTN treatment and imaging trials. Over the current funding cycle, WSCR has developed strategic partnerships with regionally focused mid-sized healthcare systems whose organizations have a common ethos of patient-centered high-value care and a shared commitment to implementing NCI trials in the community setting. The consortium is diverse in its membership, not only from a regional perspective, but also in regards to the makeup of its providers of healthcare services, ranging from healthcare systems, to independent hospitals, to private practice physician offices. This diversity of recruitment sites will allow for broader participation in NCORP projects, so as to achieve WSCR’s main goal of providing patients and communities within its catchment area the opportunity to participate in and potentially benefit from the innovative and scientifically rigorous research projects of the NCI.

Publications

  • Bhatia AK, Lee JW, Pinto HA, Jacobs CD, Limburg PJ, Rubin P, Arusell RM, Dunphy EP, Khandekar JD, Reiner SA, Baez-Diaz L, Celano P, Li S, Li Y, Burtness BA, Adams GL, Pandya KJ. Double-blind, randomized phase 3 trial of low-dose 13-cis retinoic acid in the prevention of second primaries in head and neck cancer: Long-term follow-up of a trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (C0590). Cancer. 2017 Dec 1;123(23):4653-4662. Epub 2017 Aug 7. PMID: 28786105
  • Mezzanotte-Sharpe J, ONeill A, Mayer IA, Arteaga CL, Yang XJ, Wagner LI, Cella D, Meropol NJ, Alpaugh RK, Saphner TJ, Swaney RE, Hoelzer KL, Gradishar WJ, Abramson VG, Sundaram PK, Jilani SZ, Perez EA, Lin NU, Jahanzeb M, Wolff AC, Sledge GW, Reid SA. A randomized phase III double-blind placebo-controlled trial of first line chemotherapy and trastuzumab with or without bevacizumab for patients with HER2/neu-positive metastatic breast cancer: a trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (E1105). Research square. 2024 Apr 29. PMID: 38746356
  • Lonial S, Jacobus S, Fonseca R, Weiss M, Kumar S, Orlowski RZ, Kaufman JL, Yacoub AM, Buadi FK, O'Brien T, Matous JV, Anderson DM, Emmons RV, Mahindra A, Wagner LI, Dhodapkar MV, Rajkumar SV. Randomized Trial of Lenalidomide Versus Observation in Smoldering Multiple Myeloma. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2020 Apr 10;38(11):1126-1137. Epub 2019 Oct 25. PMID: 31652094
  • Marur S, Li S, Cmelak AJ, Gillison ML, Zhao WJ, Ferris RL, Westra WH, Gilbert J, Bauman JE, Wagner LI, Trevarthen DR, Balkrishna J, Murphy BA, Agrawal N, Colevas AD, Chung CH, Burtness B. E1308: Phase II Trial of Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Reduced-Dose Radiation and Weekly Cetuximab in Patients With HPV-Associated Resectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2017 Feb 10;35(5):490-497. Epub 2016 Dec 28. PMID: 28029303
  • Mezzanotte-Sharpe J, ONeill A, Mayer IA, Arteaga CL, Yang XJ, Wagner LI, Cella D, Meropol NJ, Alpaugh RK, Saphner TJ, Swaney RE, Hoelzer KL, Gradishar WJ, Abramson VG, Sundaram PK, Jilani SZ, Perez EA, Lin NU, Jahanzeb M, Wolff AC, Sledge GW, Reid SA. A randomized phase III double-blind placebo-controlled trial of first-line chemotherapy and trastuzumab with or without bevacizumab for patients with HER2/neu-positive metastatic breast cancer: a trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (E1105). Breast cancer research and treatment. 2024 Sep;207(2):275-282. Epub 2024 Jul 5. PMID: 38967884