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Tip Sheet: Celebrate holidays safely, COVID-19 vaccines, challenges in HIV vaccine trials — and new insights on evolution
Summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news, plus resources for the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting
New Scientific Publications
Each week, Fred Hutch librarians search PubMed and Web of Science to discover new papers published by Fred Hutch authors
Week of November 29, 2020
Cancer clinical trials: Creativity in the face of COVID-19
Faced with a global pandemic, scientists prioritize safety, patient benefit
Experts discuss navigating cancer and cancer research during the pandemic
Hutch panelists offer their insights on how COVID-19 has impacted patients as well as their efforts to develop cancer treatments
Fred Hutch opens COVID-19 Clinical Research Center
Newly renovated facility is among the first stand-alone centers specifically designed to test novel interventions such as monoclonal antibodies and antivirals to treat and prevent COVID-19
Survival of cancer patients who did not meet standard trial eligibility
From the Percival Group, Public Health Sciences Division
Making clinical trial information more accessible
Dr. Heather Cheng wins NCI award to develop new ways to translate and educate patients and providers
Dr. Martin 'Mac' Cheever, cancer immunotherapy expert, receives distinguished service award
Honor recognizes his work establishing Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network
High impact of positive and negative clinical trial results
From the Unger Group, Division of Public Health Sciences
Failed Alzheimer’s drug boosts CAR T-cell therapy
Engineered immune cells get a helping hand in new clinical trial for multiple myeloma patients
Cancer patients find clinical trials, hope and help
#NWMetsConf connects metastatic breast cancer patients with trials, treatments, tools and each other
Breaking down HIV exclusions in cancer clinical trials
As an eligibility barrier cracks, a lung cancer patient gets a new lease on life
Increased racial and ethnic minority participation in HIV vaccine trials
From the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Research shows structural barriers are the biggest reason for low participation in clinical trials
Findings in Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows patients don’t have enough opportunities for participation
Structural and clinical barriers keep 3 of 4 cancer patients from participating in trials
‘Patients are willing to participate in trials if they’re offered one’
Comorbidities impede clinical trial participation
From the Unger Group, Public Health Sciences Division
How to boost cancer clinical trial participation
New study suggests loosening strict comorbidity criteria would open trials to thousands of previously exempt patients
“Exciting” but early results in trial of immunotherapy for myeloma
Cancer cells disappeared rapidly in patients with high-risk, treatment-resistant disease
Revealing a new way that cancer can evade immunotherapy — and, maybe, how to stop it
How a new technology solved a mystery and honors one man’s legacy
UCI-Fred Hutch collaboration turns 10
In Uganda, innovation and persistence allow a 'sustainable cancer program' to take root
Fred Hutch at ASCO
Immunotherapy advances, insights into health economics and leadership awards dominate oncology gathering