Principal Investigator

Ki Young
Chung
Awardee Organization

Prisma Health - Upstate
United States

Fiscal Year
2023
Activity Code
UG1
Early Stage Investigator Grants (ESI)
Not Applicable
Project End Date

NCORP of the Carolinas (Greenville Health System NCORP)

NCORP of the Carolinas is positioned to provide a sustained, powerful influence on cancer care through research in the community setting. The investigators commit to shift current research and clinical practice paradigms based on the outcomes of NCTN research. The goals of NCORP of the Carolinas are as follows: to engage community oncologists and other medical specialists in NCTN cancer control, prevention, and care delivery research, as well as quality-of-life studies embedded within treatment and imaging studies; to offer the adult and pediatric communities cancer control, prevention, treatment and care delivery trial opportunities; to engage, recruit and enroll participants from the community inclusive of minorities, underrepresented, and underserved populations; to ensure all eligible participants are offered the opportunity for biospecimen collections; to inform the community of advances made through research; to assure accurate and timely data submission and protocol compliance; to participate with the respective research bases in concept development and identification of study opportunities for disparities in the community; to enhance and improve involvement of patient advocates by including advocates in research concepts and recruitment strategies; and to mentor new investigators, partners, and research staff. The expansion of GHS (Upstate) and Palmetto Health System (Midlands) into the SC Health Company and the joint facilities and resources more than adequately support future growth and accruals through NCORP of the Carolinas cancer initiatives. More than 300 clinical trials are active at any given time at the GHS Cancer Institute and include Phase I, Phase II, Phase III treatment trials, prevention trials, symptom management trials, and quality of life trials, all of which provide patients with the latest technology throughout their cancer care continuum. Research offerings across the spectrum from prevention to palliative care ensure patients receive the best care possible. New research initiatives include state-of-the-art genetic mapping for molecular targets that enable patients to stay in the catchment area for cutting-edge treatment tailored specifically to them. Data management is important to both the clinical and business management of cancer services. NCORP of the Carolinas is poised to succeed in all aspects of the NCORP mission and contribute meaningfully to the NCORP goals by engaging patients and conducting the anticipated range of clinical trials and human subject studies.

Publications

  • Tsao AS, Miao J, Wistuba II, Vogelzang NJ, Heymach JV, Fossella FV, Lu C, Velasco MR, Box-Noriega B, Hueftle JG, Gadgeel S, Redman MW, Gandara DR, Kelly K. Phase II Trial of Cediranib in Combination With Cisplatin and Pemetrexed in Chemotherapy-Naïve Patients With Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (SWOG S0905). Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2019 Oct 1;37(28):2537-2547. Epub 2019 Aug 6. PMID: 31386610
  • Shadman M, Li H, Rimsza L, Leonard JP, Kaminski MS, Braziel RM, Spier CM, Gopal AK, Maloney DG, Cheson BD, Dakhil S, LeBlanc M, Smith SM, Fisher RI, Friedberg JW, Press OW. Continued Excellent Outcomes in Previously Untreated Patients With Follicular Lymphoma After Treatment With CHOP Plus Rituximab or CHOP Plus 131I-Tositumomab: Long-Term Follow-Up of Phase III Randomized Study SWOG-S0016. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2018 Mar 1;36(7):697-703. Epub 2018 Jan 22. PMID: 29356608
  • Yao JC, Guthrie KA, Moran C, Strosberg JR, Kulke MH, Chan JA, LoConte N, McWilliams RR, Wolin EM, Mattar B, McDonough S, Chen H, Blanke CD, Hochster HS. Phase III Prospective Randomized Comparison Trial of Depot Octreotide Plus Interferon Alfa-2b Versus Depot Octreotide Plus Bevacizumab in Patients With Advanced Carcinoid Tumors: SWOG S0518. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2017 May 20;35(15):1695-1703. Epub 2017 Apr 6. PMID: 28384065
  • Henry NL, Unger JM, Schott AF, Fehrenbacher L, Flynn PJ, Prow DM, Sharer CW, Burton GV, Kuzma CS, Moseley A, Lew DL, Fisch MJ, Moinpour CM, Hershman DL, Wade JL 3rd. Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Duloxetine Versus Placebo for Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Arthralgias in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: SWOG S1202. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2018 Feb 1;36(4):326-332. Epub 2017 Nov 14. PMID: 29136387
  • Greenlee H, Lew DL, Hershman DL, Newman VA, Hansen L, Hartman SJ, Korner J, Shi Z, Sardo Molmenti CL, Sayegh A, Fehrenbacher L, Lo S, Klemp J, Rinn K, Robertson JM, Unger J, Gralow J, Albain K, Krouse R, Fabian C. Phase II Feasibility Study of a Weight Loss Intervention in Female Breast and Colorectal Cancer Survivors (SWOG S1008). Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 2018 Oct;26(10):1539-1549. Epub 2018 Sep 11. PMID: 30272836
  • Unger JM, Hershman DL, Arnold KB, Loomba R, Chugh R, Hwang JP, O'Rourke MA, Bhadkamkar NA, Wang LX, Siegel AB, Cooley TP, Berenberg JL, Bridges BB, Ramsey SD. Stepwise development of a cancer care delivery research study to evaluate the prevalence of virus infections in cancer patients. Future oncology (London, England). 2016 May;12(10):1219-31. Epub 2016 Mar 8. PMID: 26952901
  • Barton DL, Atherton PJ, Satele DV, Qin R, Dakhil S, Pipe T, Hobday T, Fee-Schroeder K, Loprinzi CL. A randomized phase II trial evaluating two non-pharmacologic interventions in cancer survivors for the treatment of sleep-wake disturbances: NCCTG N07C4 (Alliance). Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 2020 Dec;28(12):6085-6094. Epub 2020 Apr 19. PMID: 32307658
  • Ahmad SA, Duong M, Sohal DPS, Gandhi NS, Beg MS, Wang-Gillam A, Wade JL 3rd, Chiorean EG, Guthrie KA, Lowy AM, Philip PA, Hochster HS. Surgical Outcome Results From SWOG S1505: A Randomized Clinical Trial of mFOLFIRINOX Versus Gemcitabine/Nab-paclitaxel for Perioperative Treatment of Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Annals of surgery. 2020 Sep 1;272(3):481-486. PMID: 32740235
  • Herbst RS, Redman MW, Kim ES, Semrad TJ, Bazhenova L, Masters G, Oettel K, Guaglianone P, Reynolds C, Karnad A, Arnold SM, Varella-Garcia M, Moon J, Mack PC, Blanke CD, Hirsch FR, Kelly K, Gandara DR. Cetuximab plus carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab versus carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab in advanced NSCLC (SWOG S0819): a randomised, phase 3 study. The Lancet. Oncology. 2018 Jan;19(1):101-114. Epub 2017 Nov 20. PMID: 29169877
  • Flaig TW, Tangen CM, Daneshmand S, Alva A, Lerner SP, Lucia MS, McConkey DJ, Theodorescu D, Goldkorn A, Milowsky MI, Bangs R, MacVicar GR, Bastos BR, Fowles JS, Gustafson DL, Plets M, Thompson IM Jr. A Randomized Phase II Study of Coexpression Extrapolation (COXEN) with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Bladder Cancer (SWOG S1314; NCT02177695). Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2021 May 1;27(9):2435-2441. Epub 2021 Feb 10. PMID: 33568346
  • Sekeres MA, Othus M, List AF, Odenike O, Stone RM, Gore SD, Litzow MR, Buckstein R, Fang M, Roulston D, Bloomfield CD, Moseley A, Nazha A, Zhang Y, Velasco MR, Gaur R, Atallah E, Attar EC, Cook EK, Cull AH, Rauh MJ, Appelbaum FR, Erba HP. Randomized Phase II Study of Azacitidine Alone or in Combination With Lenalidomide or With Vorinostat in Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia: North American Intergroup Study SWOG S1117. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2017 Aug 20;35(24):2745-2753. Epub 2017 May 9. PMID: 28486043
  • McLouth LE, Nightingale CL, Dressler EV, Snavely AC, Hudson MF, Unger JM, Kazak AE, Lee SJC, Edward J, Carlos R, Kamen CS, Neuman HB, Weaver KE. Current Practices for Screening and Addressing Financial Hardship within the NCI Community Oncology Research Program. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2021 Apr;30(4):669-675. Epub 2020 Dec 21. PMID: 33355237
  • Nightingale CL, Sterba KR, McLouth LE, Kent EE, Dressler EV, Dest A, Snavely AC, Adonizio CS, Wojtowicz M, Neuman HB, Kazak AE, Carlos RC, Hudson MF, Unger JM, Kamen CS, Weaver KE. Caregiver engagement practices in National Cancer Institute Clinical Oncology Research Program settings: Implications for research to advance the field. Cancer. 2021 Feb 15;127(4):639-647. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33136296
  • Owonikoko TK, Redman MW, Byers LA, Hirsch FR, Mack PC, Schwartz LH, Bradley JD, Stinchcombe TE, Leighl NB, Al Baghdadi T, Lara P Jr, Miao J, Kelly K, Ramalingam SS, Herbst RS, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Gandara DR. Phase 2 Study of Talazoparib in Patients With Homologous Recombination Repair-Deficient Squamous Cell Lung Cancer: Lung-MAP Substudy S1400G. Clinical lung cancer. 2021 May;22(3):187-194.e1. Epub 2021 Jan 10. PMID: 33583720
  • Moore HC, Unger JM, Phillips KA, Boyle F, Hitre E, Porter D, Francis PA, Goldstein LJ, Gomez HL, Vallejos CS, Partridge AH, Dakhil SR, Garcia AA, Gralow J, Lombard JM, Forbes JF, Martino S, Barlow WE, Fabian CJ, Minasian L, Meyskens FL Jr, Gelber RD, Hortobagyi GN, Albain KS, POEMS/S0230 Investigators. Goserelin for ovarian protection during breast-cancer adjuvant chemotherapy. The New England journal of medicine. 2015 Mar 5;372(10):923-32. PMID: 25738668
  • Aggarwal C, Redman MW, Lara PN Jr, Borghaei H, Hoffman P, Bradley JD, Newman AJ 3rd, Feldman MJ, Minichiello K, Miao J, Mack PC, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Herbst RS, Kelly K, Gandara DR. SWOG S1400D (NCT02965378), a Phase II Study of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor AZD4547 in Previously Treated Patients With Fibroblast Growth Factor Pathway-Activated Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-MAP Substudy). Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2019 Oct;14(10):1847-1852. Epub 2019 Jun 11. PMID: 31195180
  • Basch E, Dueck AC, Rogak LJ, Minasian LM, Kelly WK, O'Mara AM, Denicoff AM, Seisler D, Atherton PJ, Paskett E, Carey L, Dickler M, Heist RS, Himelstein A, Rugo HS, Sikov WM, Socinski MA, Venook AP, Weckstein DJ, Lake DE, Biggs DD, Freedman RA, Kuzma C, Kirshner JJ, Schrag D. Feasibility Assessment of Patient Reporting of Symptomatic Adverse Events in Multicenter Cancer Clinical Trials. JAMA oncology. 2017 Aug 1;3(8):1043-1050. PMID: 28208174
  • Goldberg SB, Redman MW, Lilenbaum R, Politi K, Stinchcombe TE, Horn L, Chen EH, Mashru SH, Gettinger SN, Melnick MA, Herbst RS, Baumgart MA, Miao J, Moon J, Kelly K, Gandara DR. Randomized Trial of Afatinib Plus Cetuximab Versus Afatinib Alone for First-Line Treatment of EGFR-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Final Results From SWOG S1403. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2020 Dec 1;38(34):4076-4085. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33021871
  • Chen RW, Li H, Bernstein SH, Kahwash S, Rimsza LM, Forman SJ, Constine L, Shea TC, Cashen AF, Blum KA, Fenske TS, Barr PM, Phillips T, Leblanc M, Fisher RI, Cheson BD, Smith SM, Faham M, Wilkins J, Leonard JP, Kahl BS, Friedberg JW. RB but not R-HCVAD is a feasible induction regimen prior to auto-HCT in frontline MCL: results of SWOG Study S1106. British journal of haematology. 2017 Mar;176(5):759-769. Epub 2016 Dec 19. PMID: 27992063
  • Allen CJ, Snyder RA, Horn DM, Hudson MF, Barber A, Smieliauskas F, Spears PA, Edge S, Greenup RA. Defining Priorities in Value-Based Cancer Care: Insights From the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology National Cooperative Group Survey. JCO oncology practice. 2023 Oct;19(10):932-938. Epub 2023 Aug 31. PMID: 37651652
  • Langer CJ, Redman MW, Wade JL 3rd, Aggarwal C, Bradley JD, Crawford J, Stella PJ, Knapp MH, Miao J, Minichiello K, Herbst RS, Kelly K, Gandara DR, Papadimitrakopoulou VA. SWOG S1400B (NCT02785913), a Phase II Study of GDC-0032 (Taselisib) for Previously Treated PI3K-Positive Patients with Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-MAP Sub-Study). Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2019 Oct;14(10):1839-1846. Epub 2019 May 31. PMID: 31158500
  • Iqbal S, McDonough S, Lenz HJ, Ilson D, Burtness B, Nangia CS, Barzi A, Schneider CJ, Liu JJ, Dotan E, Guthrie KA, Hochster HS. Randomized, Phase II Study Prospectively Evaluating Treatment of Metastatic Esophageal, Gastric, or Gastroesophageal Cancer by Gene Expression of ERCC1: SWOG S1201. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2020 Feb 10;38(5):472-479. Epub 2019 Dec 9. PMID: 31815582
  • Borghaei H, Redman MW, Kelly K, Waqar SN, Robert F, Kiefer GJ, Stella PJ, Minichiello K, Gandara DR, Herbst RS, Papadimitrakopoulou VA. SWOG S1400A (NCT02154490): A Phase II Study of Durvalumab for Patients With Previously Treated Stage IV or Recurrent Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-MAP Sub-study). Clinical lung cancer. 2021 May;22(3):178-186. Epub 2020 Nov 10. PMID: 33358401
  • Kopetz S, Guthrie KA, Morris VK, Lenz HJ, Magliocco AM, Maru D, Yan Y, Lanman R, Manyam G, Hong DS, Sorokin A, Atreya CE, Diaz LA, Allegra C, Raghav KP, Wang SE, Lieu CH, McDonough SL, Philip PA, Hochster HS. Randomized Trial of Irinotecan and Cetuximab With or Without Vemurafenib in BRAF-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (SWOG S1406). Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2021 Feb 1;39(4):285-294. Epub 2020 Dec 23. PMID: 33356422