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Rachel McCaffrey, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

Rachel McCaffrey, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

rachel.mccaffrey@Vanderbilt.Edu

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Ryan Merrell, MD

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology

Ryan Merrell, MD

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology

ryan.merrell@vumc.org

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Douglas Kojetin, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry

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douglas.kojetin@Vanderbilt.Edu
2200 Pierce Avenue, 842/846 RRB
Nashville, TN 37232

Douglas Kojetin, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry

douglas.kojetin@Vanderbilt.Edu

2200 Pierce Avenue, 842/846 RRB
Nashville, TN 37232

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Gary Smith, MD

  • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
  • Chief, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center

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gary.t.smith@vumc.org
1161 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37232

Gary Smith, MD

  • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
  • Chief, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center

gary.t.smith@vumc.org

1161 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37232

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Marcus Dillender, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society

Marcus Dillender, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society

marcus.o.dillender@Vanderbilt.Edu

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Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a cancer of the blood's plasma cells ( blood cell). The cancer is typically found in the bones and bone marrow (the spongy tissue inside of the bones) and can cause bone pain, fractures, infections, weaker bones, and kidney failure. Treatments are available, but MM can come back (relapsed) or may not get better (refractory) with treatment. This is a study to determine adverse events and change in disease symptoms of ABBV-383 in adult participants with relapsed/refractory (R/R) MM. ABBV-383 is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of R/R Multiple Myeloma (MM). This study is broken into 2 Arms; Arm A (Parts 1 and 2) and Arm B. Arm A includes 2 parts: step-up dose optimization (Part 1) and dose expansion (Part 2). In Part 1, different level of step-up doses are tested followed by the target dose of ABBV-383. In Part 2, the step-up dose identified in Part 1 (Dose A) will be used followed by the target dose A of ABBV-383. In Arm B a flat dose of ABBV-383 will be tested. Around 120 adult participants with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma will be enrolled at approximately 30 sites across the world. Participants will receive ABBV-383 as an infusion into the vein in 28 day cycles for approximately 3 years. There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects and questionnaires.
The investigational drug to be studied in this protocol, BCA101, is a first-in-class compound that targets both EGFR with TGF. Based on preclinical data, this bifunctional antibody may exert synergistic activity in patients with EGFR-driven tumors.
This phase II trial compares the effect of usual treatment of docetaxel chemotherapy plus trastuzumab, to ado-emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-positive salivary gland cancer that has come back (recurrent), that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body, or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Trastuzumab is a form of targeted therapy because it works by attaching itself to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as HER2 receptors. When trastuzumab attaches to HER2 receptors, the signals that tell the cells to grow are blocked and the cancer cell may be marked for destruction by body's immune system. Trastuzumab emtansine contains trastuzumab, linked to a chemotherapy drug called emtansine. Trastuzumab attaches to HER2 positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers emtansine to kill them. Docetaxel is in a class of medications called taxanes. It stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Trastuzumab emtansine may work better compared to usual treatment of chemotherapy with docetaxel and trastuzumab in treating patients with recurrent, metastatic or unresectable salivary gland cancer.
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