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L21: How Do You Know A Treatment Is Working Flashcards

1
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What are the current treatments for cancer

A 
Surgery 
Chemotherapy 
Radiotherapy 
Hormone therapy 
Immunotherapy 
Biological therapies
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2
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What is the 3 aims of all treatment types

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1) remove all cancer cells to cure patients
2) kill most cancer cells to prolong survival in advanced cancer
3) kill some cancer cell to palliate symptoms

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3
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What is relapse

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If the cancer cells grow again

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4
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What is a tumour response

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When treatment works to reduce the size of the tumour

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5
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What does the tumour response not indicate

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That the survival rate is increasing

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6
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How do we measure the tumour response

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With a method called RECIST

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7
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What does RECIST stand for

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Response evaluation criteria in solid tumours

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8
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What are the 2 responses in RECIST

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Target lesions response

Non target lesions response

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9
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What are target lesions

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These are measurable lesions

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10
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What are non target lesions

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Lesions that we cannot measure, you can only look at it qualitatively

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11
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What are the 4 responses with target lesions

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Complete response
Partial response
Progressive disease
Stable disease

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What is the criteria for a complete response

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All target lesions have disappeared

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What is the criteria for partial response

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A reduction of the sum of diameters by at least 30%

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What is the criteria for progressive disease

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An increase in the sum of diameter of target lesions by 20%

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15
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What is the criteria for stable disease

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No significant change

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16
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What are the 3 responses for a non target lesion

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Complete response
Non complete non progressive disease
Progressive disease

17
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What is the criteria for a compete response

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Disappearance of all non target lesions

18
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What is the criteria for non complete response/ non progressive disease

A

Persistence of one or more non target lesions

19
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What is the criteria for a progressive disease in non target lesions

A

Progression of existing non target lesions

20
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What are the 3 survival times

A

Overall survival time
Disease free survival time
Progression free survival time

21
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What is the overall survival time

A

The time from treatment to time of death

22
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What is the disease free survival time

A

Time before the relapse of the tumour after a treatment before it comes again

23
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What is the progression free survival time

A

Tumours is still evident but you have stopped it from progressing

24
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What is a clinical trial

A

An experiment that involves patients to determine future treatment

25
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What does a single arm clinical trial assess

A

New patients on a new treatment with no comparison to patients on current treatment

26
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What can a single arm trial be compares against

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Historical controls

27
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Why is it not realistic to compare the single arm trial to historical trials

A

Historical patient may not math the current patients

28
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What is the best way to measure clinical efficacy of a new treatment

A

Randomised controlled trial

29
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What does a randomised controlled trial measure

A

Current and new treatment comparison

30
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How many phases of clinical trials are there in the research pathway

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3

31
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What is the aim of phase 1

A

To find safe maximum tolerated dose of NEW treatment and understand toxicity

32
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What is the aim of phase 2

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Determine if new treatment has sufficient efficacy to be worthy of further investigation

33
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What is the aim of phase 3 clinical trials

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Compare STANDARD treatment and provide sufficient evidence to change clinical practise

34
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What type of trial is used in phase 3

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Typically RCTs

35
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What is the hazard ratio

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Risk of death in new treatment/ risk of death in standard treatment

36
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If the hazard ratio is less than one what does this mean

A

Risk in new treatment is less than standard treatment

37
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What does it mean if the hazard ratio is greater than 1

A

Risk in new treatment is higher than the standard treatment and increases the risk

38
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What does a hazard ratio= 1 mean

A

No difference in the risk in new or standard treatment

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