Ben Creelan, MD

Cancer Focus:
Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Thymoma

Dr. Creelan earned his MD from Jefferson Medical College.  He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Thomas Jefferson University in the Department of Internal Medicine.  Dr. Creelan then completed a Hematology Oncology Fellowship at the University of South Florida at Moffitt Cancer Center and a Master's Degree in Clinical and Translational Research through the National Institute of Health K30-sponsored SPOR program.

Dr. Creelan will focus on translational and clinical research, specifically the development of new immune therapies, for the treatment of lung cancers.  His research efforts aim to more effectively treat these cancers based on new insights into the biology of the disease.

Education & Training

Board Certification:

• Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology

Fellowship:

• University of South Florida Moffitt Cancer Center - Hematology Oncology

Residency:

• Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

Medical School:

• Jefferson Medical College - MD

Clinical Trial 21027
A Phase 2 Multicenter Study of Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (LN-145) in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Condition: Thoracic
Intervention: Acyclovir (); Diphenhydramine (); Fluconazole (); H1 Histamine Antagonist (); IL-2 (Interleukin-2); LN-145 (); MESNA (); Neupogen (filgrastim); Valacyclovir (); acetaminophen (); cyclophosphamide (); cytoxan (cyclophosphamide); filgrastim ()
Status: Open

Clinical Trial 21971
Phase I Clinical Trial of CD40L-augmented Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (CD40L TIL) for Patients with Oncogene-Driven Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Condition: Thoracic
Intervention: Aldesleukin (Interleukin-2); BMS-936558 (Nivolumab); IL-2 (Interleukin-2); Interleukin-2 (); MESNA (); Nivolumab (Opdivo); Proleukin (Interleukin-2); TIL (); cyclophosphamide (); cytoxan (cyclophosphamide); fludarabine (Fludarabine phosphate)
Status: OPEN (SUSPENDED)

Clinical Trial 23183
A Platform Study of RAS(ON) Inhibitor Combinations in Patients with RAS-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Condition: Thoracic
Intervention: Alimta (Pemetrexed); Paraplatin (carboplatin); Pembrolizumab (Keytruda); Pemetrexed (); RMC-6236 (); RMC-6291 (); RMC-9805 (); carboplatin (); cisplatin ()
Status: Open

If you believe you are eligible for one of these trials or studies, please call
813-745-6100 or toll-free 1-800-679-0775.

• Di Meo F, Albano F, Cesarano A, Wang Y, Kale B, Shain K, Silva A, Kurihara N, Tenshin H, Jellyman D, Song X, Ghaffari S, Mesa H, Creelan B, Freeman C, Zhao X, Meads MB, Rodriguez PC, Marino S, Locke F, Hwu P, Roodman D, Mansilla-Soto J, Perna F. Developing SEMA4A-directed CAR T cells to overcome low BCMA antigen density in multiple myeloma. Cancer Cell. 2025 Oct. Pubmedid: 41072416.
• Wang C, Yu X, Teer JK, Yao J, Du D, Liu X, Thompson ZJ, Wang MH, Welsh EA, Memon D, Chan TA, Makarov V, Anadon CM, Saeed L, Boyle TA, Fang B, Koomen JM, Cox C, Landin AM, Yoder SJ, Kim S, Chen DT, Pilon-Thomas SA, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ, Haura EB, Creelan BC. Impaired T cell and neoantigen retention in time-serial analysis of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in patients unresponsive to TIL cell therapy. Nat Cancer. 2025 May.6(5):801-819. Pubmedid: 40341231.
• Turcotte S, Donia M, Gastman B, Besser M, Brown R, Coukos G, Creelan B, Mullinax J, Sondak VK, Yang JC, Rohaan MW, Marie Svane I, Lotze MT, Haanen JBAG, Goff SL. Art of TIL immunotherapy: SITC's perspective on demystifying a complex treatment. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Jan.13(1). Pubmedid: 39837618. Pmcid: PMC11752064.
• Le X, Patel JD, Shum E, Baik C, Sanborn RE, Shu CA, Kim C, Fidler MJ, Hall R, Elamin YY, Tu J, Blumenschein G, Zhang J, Gibbons D, Gay C, Mohindra NA, Chae Y, Boumber Y, Sabari J, Santana-Davila R, Rogosin S, Herzberg B, Creelan B, Pellini B, Tanvetyanon T, Heeke S, Hernandez M, Gray JE, Saltos A, Heymach JV. A Multicenter Open-Label Randomized Phase II Study of Osimertinib With and Without Ramucirumab in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Naïve EGFR-Mutant Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (RAMOSE trial). J Clin Oncol. 2025 Feb.43(4):403-411. Pubmedid: 39378386. Pmcid: PMC11776886.
• Rossetti RAM, Tordesillas L, Beatty MS, Cianne J, Martinez Planes E, Du D, Snedal S, Wang C, Perez BA, Berglund A, Chen YA, Sarnaik A, Mulé JJ, Creelan B, Pilon-Thomas S, Abate-Daga D. CD40L stimulates tumor-infiltrating B-cells and improves ex vivo TIL expansion. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Apr.13(4). Pubmedid: 40199608. Pmcid: PMC11979601.
• Alban TJ, Riaz N, Parthasarathy P, Makarov V, Kendall S, Yoo SK, Shah R, Weinhold N, Srivastava R, Ma X, Krishna C, Mok JY, van Esch WJE, Garon E, Akerley W, Creelan B, Aanur N, Chowell D, Geese WJ, Rizvi NA, Chan TA. Neoantigen immunogenicity landscapes and evolution of tumor ecosystems during immunotherapy with nivolumab. Nat Med. 2024 Nov.30(11):3209-3222. Pubmedid: 39349627.
• Mountzios G, Naidoo J, Wang C, Creelan BC, Trotier DC, Campbell TC, Peters S. Beyond Chemoimmunotherapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: New Frontiers, New Challenges. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2024 Jun.44(3):e432526. Pubmedid: 38781566.
• Mills MN, Uno A, Li P, Liveringhouse C, Kim Y, Oliver DE, Perez BA, Creelan BC, Yu M, Forsyth PA, Pina Y, Ahmed KA. Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Leptomeningeal Disease Following Receipt of EGFR-Targeted Therapy, Immune-Checkpoint Blockade, Intrathecal Chemotherapy, or Radiation Therapy Alone. Clin Lung Cancer. 2024 Jul.25(5):417-423.e1. Pubmedid: 38719648.
• Szlosarek PW, Creelan BC, Sarkodie T, Nolan L, Taylor P, Olevsky O, Grosso F, Cortinovis D, Chitnis M, Roy A, Gilligan D, Kindler H, Papadatos-Pastos D, Ceresoli GL, Mansfield AS, Tsao A, O'Byrne KJ, Nowak AK, Steele J, Sheaff M, Shiu CF, Kuo CL, Johnston A, Bomalaski J, Zauderer MG, Fennell DA. Pegargiminase Plus First-Line Chemotherapy in Patients With Nonepithelioid Pleural Mesothelioma: The ATOMIC-Meso Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Apr.10(4):475-483. Pubmedid: 38358753. Pmcid: PMC10870227.
• Saltos AN, Creelan BC, Tanvetyanon T, Chiappori AA, Antonia SJ, Shafique MR, Ugrenovic-Petrovic M, Sansil S, Neuger A, Ozakinci H, Boyle TA, Kim J, Haura EB, Gray JE. A phase I/IB trial of binimetinib in combination with erlotinib in NSCLC harboring activating KRAS or EGFR mutations. Lung Cancer. 2023 Sep.183:107313. Pubmedid: 37499521.
• Gilardone S, Thapa R, Laborde J, Shafique M, Saltos A, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Chiappori A, Simon G, Haura EB, Gray JE, Chen DT, Melzer D, Pellini B. Osimertinib vs. afatinib as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with an EGFR exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R mutation. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Nov.15(11):6115-6125. Pubmedid: 38090314. Pmcid: PMC10713299.
• Dohm AE, Tang JD, Mills MN, Liveringhouse CL, Sandoval ML, Perez BA, Robinson TJ, Creelan BC, Gray JE, Etame AB, Vogelbaum MA, Forsyth P, Yu HM, Oliver DE, Ahmed KA. Clinical outcomes of non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and immune checkpoint inhibitors, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors, or chemotherapy alone. J Neurosurg. 2023 Jun.138(6):1600-1607. Pubmedid: 36681988.
• Liveringhouse CL, Latifi K, Asous AG, Lam NB, Rosenberg SA, Dilling TJ, MacMillan GV, Chiappori AA, Haura EB, Creelan B, Gray JE, Tanvetyanon T, Shafique MR, Saltos AN, Weiner AA, Clarke J, Kelsey CR, Kim S, Caudell JJ, Rose TA, Conejo-Garcia JR, Li J, Schell MJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Dose-Limiting Pulmonary Toxicity in a Phase 1/2 Study of Radiation and Chemotherapy with Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab for Patients With Stage 3 Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jul.116(4):837-848. Pubmedid: 36657497.
• Dudek AZ, Xi MX, Scilla KA, Mamdani H, Creelan BC, Saltos A, Tanvetyanon T, Chiappori A. Phase 2 Trial of Nivolumab and Ramucirumab for Relapsed Mesothelioma: HCRN-LUN15-299. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2023 Dec.4(12):100584. Pubmedid: 38046376. Pmcid: PMC10689266.
• Chiappori AA, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Gray JE, Haura EB, Thapa R, Barlow ML, Chen Z, Chen DT, Beg AA, Boyle TA, Castro J, Morgan L, Morris E, Aregay M, Hurtado FK, Manenti L, Antonia S. Phase I Study of Taminadenant (PBF509/NIR178), an Adenosine 2A Receptor Antagonist, with or without Spartalizumab (PDR001), in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Jun.28(11):2313-2320. Pubmedid: 35254415. Pmcid: PMC9167697.
• Shields MD, Hicks JK, Boyle TA, Haura EB, Creelan BC. Selpercatinib Overcomes CCDC6-RET-Mediated Resistance to Osimertinib. J Thorac Oncol. 2021 Mar.16(3):e15-e17. Pubmedid: 33641722.
• Gordian E, Welsh EA, Gimbrone N, Siegel EM, Shibata D, Creelan BC, Cress WD, Eschrich SA, Haura EB, Muñoz-Antonia T. Correction: Transforming growth factor β-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal signature predicts metastasis-free survival in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncotarget. 2021 Jun.12(13):1325. Pubmedid: 34194632. Pmcid: PMC8238243.
• Chen DT, Chan W, Thompson ZJ, Thapa R, Beg AA, Saltos AN, Chiappori AA, Gray JE, Haura EB, Rose TA, Creelan B. Utilization of target lesion heterogeneity for treatment efficacy assessment in late stage lung cancer. PLoS One. 2021 Jul.16(7):e0252041. Pubmedid: 34197475. Pmcid: PMC8248740.
• Creelan BC, Yeh TC, Kim SW, Nogami N, Kim DW, Chow LQM, Kanda S, Taylor R, Tang W, Tang M, Angell HK, Roudier MP, Marotti M, Gibbons DL. A Phase 1 study of gefitinib combined with durvalumab in EGFR TKI-naive patients with EGFR mutation-positive locally advanced/metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. Brit J Cancer. 2021 Jan.124(2):383-390. Pubmedid: 33012782. Pmcid: PMC7852511.
• Perez BA, Kim S, Wang M, Karimi AM, Powell C, Li J, Dilling TJ, Chiappori A, Latifi K, Rose T, Lannon A, MacMillan G, Saller J, Grass GD, Rosenberg S, Gray J, Haura E, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Saltos A, Shafique M, Boyle TA, Schell MJ, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ. Prospective Single-Arm Phase 1 and 2 Study: Ipilimumab and Nivolumab With Thoracic Radiation Therapy After Platinum Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Feb.109(2):425-435. Pubmedid: 33002543. Pmcid: PMC8465780.
• Creelan BC, Wang C, Teer JK, Toloza EM, Yao J, Kim S, Landin AM, Mullinax JE, Saller JJ, Saltos AN, Noyes DR, Montoya LB, Curry W, Pilon-Thomas SA, Chiappori AA, Tanvetyanon T, Kaye FJ, Thompson ZJ, Yoder SJ, Fang B, Koomen JM, Sarnaik AA, Chen DT, Conejo-Garcia JR, Haura EB, Antonia SJ. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte treatment for anti-PD-1-resistant metastatic lung cancer: a phase 1 trial. Nat Med. 2021 Aug.27(8):1410-1418. Pubmedid: 34385708. Pmcid: PMC8509078.
• Hamaidi I, Zhang L, Kim N, Wang MH, Iclozan C, Fang B, Liu M, Koomen JM, Berglund AE, Yoder SJ, Yao J, Engelman RW, Creelan BC, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ, Mulé JJ, Kim S. Sirt2 Inhibition Enhances Metabolic Fitness and Effector Functions of Tumor-Reactive T Cells. Cell Metab. 2020 Sep.32(3):420-436.e12. Pubmedid: 32768387. Pmcid: PMC7484212.
• Innamarato P, Kodumudi K, Asby S, Schachner B, Hall M, Mackay A, Wiener D, Beatty M, Nagle L, Creelan BC, Sarnaik AA, Pilon-Thomas S. Reactive Myelopoiesis Triggered by Lymphodepleting Chemotherapy Limits the Efficacy of Adoptive T Cell Therapy. Mol Ther. 2020 Oct.28(10):2252-2270. Pubmedid: 32615068. Pmcid: PMC7544980.
• Waterhouse DM, Garon EB, Chandler J, McCleod M, Hussein M, Jotte R, Horn L, Daniel DB, Keogh G, Creelan B, Einhorn LH, Baker J, Kasbari S, Nikolinakos P, Babu S, Couture F, Leighl NB, Reynolds C, Blumenschein G, Gunuganti V, Li A, Aanur N, Spigel DR. Continuous Versus 1-Year Fixed-Duration Nivolumab in Previously Treated Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CheckMate 153. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Nov.38(33):3863-3873. Pubmedid: 32910710. Pmcid: PMC7676888.
• Berry DK, Wang X, Michalski ST, Kang HC, Yang S, Creelan BC, McLeod HL, Hicks JK. Clinical Cohort Analysis of Germline EGFR T790M Demonstrates Penetrance Across Ethnicities and Races, Sexes, and Ages. JCO Precis Oncol. 2020 Mar.4. Pubmedid: 34164592. Pmcid: PMC8216676.
• Boyle TA, Quinn GP, Schabath MB, Muñoz-Antonia T, Saller JJ, Duarte LF, Hair LS, Teer JK, Chiang DY, Leary R, Wong CC, Savchenko A, Singh AP, Charette L, Mendell K, Gorgun G, Antonia SJ, Chiappori AA, Creelan BC, Gray JE, Haura EB. A community-based lung cancer rapid tissue donation protocol provides high-quality drug-resistant specimens for proteogenomic analyses. Cancer Med. 2020 Jan.9(1):225-237. Pubmedid: 31747139. Pmcid: PMC6943158.
• Spigel DR, McCleod M, Jotte RM, Einhorn L, Horn L, Waterhouse DM, Creelan B, Babu S, Leighl NB, Chandler JC, Couture F, Keogh G, Goss G, Daniel DB, Garon EB, Schwartzberg LS, Sen R, Korytowsky B, Li A, Aanur N, Hussein MA. Safety, Efficacy, and Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life and Symptom Burden with Nivolumab in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Including Patients Aged 70 Years or Older or with Poor Performance Status (CheckMate 153). J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Sep.14(9):1628-1639. Pubmedid: 31121324.
• Gray JE, Saltos AN, Tanvetyanon T, Haura EB, Creelan BC, Antonia SJ, Shafique M, Zheng H, Dai W, Saller JJ, Chen Z, Tchekmedyian N, Goas K, Thapa R, Boyle TA, Chen DT, Beg AA. Phase I/Ib Study of Pembrolizumab Plus Vorinostat in Advanced/Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Nov.25(22):6623-6632. Pubmedid: 31409616. Pmcid: PMC7234799.
• Creelan BC, Antonia SJ. The NKG2A immune checkpoint - a new direction in cancer immunotherapy. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 May.16(5):277-278. Pubmedid: 30824813.
• Chiappori AA, Williams CC, Gray JE, Tanvetyanon T, Haura EB, Creelan BC, Thapa R, Chen DT, Simon GR, Bepler G, Gabrilovich DI, Antonia SJ. Randomized-controlled phase II trial of salvage chemotherapy after immunization with a TP53-transfected dendritic cell-based vaccine (Ad.p53-DC) in patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer. Cancer Immunol Immun. 2019 Mar.68(3):517-527. Pubmedid: 30591959. Pmcid: PMC6426813.
• Hyland KA, Small BJ, Gray J, Chiappori A, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Nelson AM, Cessna-Palas J, Jim HSL, Jacobsen PB. Loneliness as a mediator of the relationship of social cognitive variables with depressive symptoms and quality of life in lung cancer patients beginning treatment. Psychooncology. 2019 Jun.28(6):1234-1242. Pubmedid: 30932275.
• Creelan BC, Ahmad MU, Kaszuba FJ, Khalil FK, Welsh AW, Ozdemirli M, Grant NN, Subramaniam DS. Clinical Activity of Nivolumab for Human Papilloma Virus-Related Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis. Oncologist. 2019 Jun.24(6):829-835. Pubmedid: 30842242. Pmcid: PMC6656512.
• Gordian E, Welsh EA, Gimbrone N, Siegel EM, Shibata D, Creelan BC, Cress WD, Eschrich SA, Haura EB, Muñoz-Antonia T. Transforming growth factor β-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal signature predicts metastasis-free survival in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncotarget. 2019 Jan.10(8):810-824. Pubmedid: 30783512. Pmcid: PMC6368226.
• Schrock AB, Welsh A, Chung JH, Pavlick D, Bernicker EH, Creelan BC, Forcier B, Ross JS, Stephens PJ, Ali SM, Dagogo-Jack I, Shaw AT, Li T, Ou SI, Miller VA. Hybrid Capture-Based Genomic Profiling of Circulating Tumor DNA from Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Feb.14(2):255-264. Pubmedid: 30368012.
• Creelan BC, Gray JE, Tanvetyanon T, Chiappori AA, Yoshida T, Schell MJ, Antonia SJ, Haura EB. Phase 1 trial of dasatinib combined with afatinib for epidermal growth factor receptor- (EGFR-) mutated lung cancer with acquired tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistance. Brit J Cancer. 2019 Apr.120(8):791-796. Pubmedid: 30880334. Pmcid: PMC6474279.
• Schrock AB, Zhu VW, Hsieh WS, Madison R, Creelan B, Silberberg J, Costin D, Bharne A, Bonta I, Bosemani T, Nikolinakos P, Ross JS, Miller VA, Ali SM, Klempner SJ, Ignatius Ou SH. Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Fusions and BRAF Kinase Fusions are Rare but Actionable Resistance Mechanisms to EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Sep.13(9):1312-1323. Pubmedid: 29883838.
• Robinson LA, Tanvetyanon T, Grubbs D, Antonia S, Creelan B, Fontaine J, Toloza E, Keenan R, Dilling T, Stevens CW, Sommers KE, Vrionis F. Reply to Dickhoff et al. from authors of 'Induction chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for superior sulcus lung cancer'. Lung Cancer. 2018 Oct.124:322-323. Pubmedid: 30193907.
• Goldberg ME, Montesion M, Young L, Suh J, Greenbowe J, Kennedy M, Giaccone G, Akerley WL, Dowlati A, Creelan BC, Hicks JK, Hesketh PJ, Kelly KL, Riess JW, Miller VA, Stephens PJ, Frampton GM, Ali S, Gregg JP, Albacker LA. Multiple configurations of EGFR exon 20 resistance mutations after first- and third-generation EGFR TKI treatment affect treatment options in NSCLC. PLoS One. 2018 Nov.13(11):e0208097. Pubmedid: 30481207. Pmcid: PMC6258560.
• Hellmann MD, Nathanson T, Rizvi H, Creelan BC, Sanchez-Vega F, Ahuja A, Ni A, Novik JB, Mangarin LMB, Abu-Akeel M, Liu C, Sauter JL, Rekhtman N, Chang E, Callahan MK, Chaft JE, Voss MH, Tenet M, Li XM, Covello K, Renninger A, Vitazka P, Geese WJ, Borghaei H, Rudin CM, Antonia SJ, Swanton C, Hammerbacher J, Merghoub T, McGranahan N, Snyder A, Wolchok JD. Genomic Features of Response to Combination Immunotherapy in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Cell. 2018 May.33(5):843-852.e4. Pubmedid: 29657128. Pmcid: PMC5953836.
• Girotra M, Hansen A, Farooki A, Byun DJ, Min L, Creelan BC, Callahan MK, Atkins MB, Sharon E, Antonia SJ, West P, Gravell AE. The Current Understanding of the Endocrine Effects From Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Recommendations for Management. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2018 Jul.2(3):pky021. Pubmedid: 30057972. Pmcid: PMC6054022.
• Gray JE, Chiappori A, Williams CC, Tanvetyanon T, Haura EB, Creelan BC, Kim J, Boyle TA, Pinder-Schenck M, Khalil F, Altiok S, Devane R, Noyes D, Mediavilla-Varela M, Smilee R, Hopewell EL, Kelley L, Antonia SJ. A phase I/randomized phase II study of GM.CD40L vaccine in combination with CCL21 in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Immunol Immun. 2018 Dec.67(12):1853-1862. Pubmedid: 30209589. Pmcid: PMC6244998.
• Hicks JK, Boyle T, Albacker LA, Madison R, Frampton G, Creelan BC. Clinical Activity of Crizotinib in Lung Adenocarcinoma Harboring a Rare ZCCHC8-ROS1 Fusion. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Aug.13(8):e148-e150. Pubmedid: 30049378.
• Robinson LA, Tanvetyanon T, Grubbs D, Antonia S, Creelan B, Fontaine J, Toloza E, Keenan R, Dilling T, Stevens CW, Sommers KE, Vrionis F. Induction chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for superior sulcus lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2018 Aug.122:206-213. Pubmedid: 30032833.
• Quinn G, Pentz RD, Muñoz-Antonia T, Boyle TA, Schabath MB, Pratt C, Shaffer A, Duarte L, Bowman-Curci M, Antonia S, Chiappori A, Creelan B, Gray JE, Williams C, Haura E. Patient, caregiver and physician perspectives on participating in a thoracic rapid tissue donation program. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Apr.101(4):703-710. Pubmedid: 29195718. Pmcid: PMC5878993.
• Waterhouse D, Horn L, Reynolds C, Spigel D, Chandler J, Mekhail T, Mohamed M, Creelan B, Blankstein KB, Nikolinakos P, McCleod MJ, Li A, Oukessou A, Agrawal S, Aanur N. Safety profile of nivolumab administered as 30-min infusion: analysis of data from CheckMate 153. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2018 Apr.81(4):679-686. Pubmedid: 29442139.
• Smith MA, Licata T, Lakhani A, Varella-Garcia M, Schildhaus HU, Vuaroqueaux V, Halmos B, Borczuk A, Chen YA, Creelan BC, Boyle TA, Haura EB. MET-GRB2 Signaling-Associated Complexes Correlate with Oncogenic MET Signaling and Sensitivity to MET Kinase Inhibitors. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Nov.23(22):7084-7096. Pubmedid: 28855353. Pmcid: PMC5833309.
• Ahmed KA, Grass GD, Creelan B, Gray J, Kim S, Dilling TJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Tolerability and Safety of Thoracic Radiation and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients with Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 May.98(1):224. Pubmedid: 28586976.
• Ahmed KA, Kim S, Arrington J, Naghavi AO, Dilling TJ, Creelan BC, Antonia SJ, Caudell JJ, Harrison LB, Sahebjam S, Gray JE, Etame AB, Johnstone PA, Yu M, Perez BA. Outcomes targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis in conjunction with stereotactic radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2017 Jun.133(2):331-338. Pubmedid: 28466250.
• Carbone DP, Reck M, Paz-Ares L, Creelan B, Horn L, Steins M, Felip E, van den Heuvel MM, Ciuleanu TE, Badin F, Ready N, Hiltermann TJN, Nair S, Juergens R, Peters S, Minenza E, Wrangle JM, Rodriguez-Abreu D, Borghaei H, Blumenschein GR, Villaruz LC, Havel L, Krejci J, Corral Jaime J, Chang H, Geese WJ, Bhagavatheeswaran P, Chen AC, Socinski MA. First-Line Nivolumab in Stage IV or Recurrent Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun.376(25):2415-2426. Pubmedid: 28636851. Pmcid: PMC6487310.
• John S, Antonia SJ, Rose TA, Seifert RP, Centeno BA, Wagner AS, Creelan BC. Progressive hypoventilation due to mixed CD8+ and CD4+ lymphocytic polymyositis following tremelimumab - durvalumab treatment. J Immunother Cancer. 2017 Jul.5(1):54. Pubmedid: 28716137. Pmcid: PMC5514517.
• Creelan BC, Gabrilovich DI, Gray JE, Williams CC, Tanvetyanon T, Haura EB, Weber JS, Gibney GT, Markowitz J, Proksch JW, Reisman SA, McKee MD, Chin MP, Meyer CJ, Antonia SJ. Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of oral omaveloxolone (RTA 408), a synthetic triterpenoid, in a first-in-human trial of patients with advanced solid tumors. Onco Targets Ther. 2017 Aug.10:4239-4250. Pubmedid: 28919776. Pmcid: PMC5587199.
• Tanvetyanon T, Creelan BC, Antonia SJ. The safety and efficacy of nivolumab in advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2016 Sep.16(9):903-910. Pubmedid: 27488231.
• Ahmed KA, Creelan BC, Kim S, Dilling TJ, Perez BA. Safety and Tolerability of Extracranial Radiation Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct.96(2S):S201. Pubmedid: 27675781.
• Schabath MB, Welsh EA, Fulp WJ, Chen L, Teer JK, Thompson ZJ, Engel BE, Xie M, Berglund AE, Creelan BC, Antonia SJ, Gray JE, Eschrich SA, Chen DT, Cress WD, Haura EB, Beg AA. Differential association of STK11 and TP53 with KRAS mutation-associated gene expression, proliferation and immune surveillance in lung adenocarcinoma. Oncogene. 2016 Jun.35(24):3209-3216. Pubmedid: 26477306. Pmcid: PMC4837098.
• Chen L, Kurtyka CA, Welsh EA, Rivera JI, Engel BE, Muñoz-Antonia T, Yoder SJ, Eschrich SA, Creelan BC, Chiappori AA, Gray JE, Ramirez JL, Rosell R, Schabath MB, Haura EB, Chen DT, Cress WD. Early2 factor (E2F) deregulation is a prognostic and predictive biomarker in lung adenocarcinoma. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec.7(50):82254-82265. Pubmedid: 27756884. Pmcid: PMC5347689.
• Gibbons DL, Chow LQ, Kim DW, Kim SW, Yeh T, Song X, Jiang H, Taylor R, Karakunnel J, Creelan B. 57O Efficacy, safety and tolerability of MEDI4736 (durvalumab [D]), a human IgG1 anti-programmed cell death-ligand-1 (PD-L1) antibody, combined with gefitinib (G): A phase I expansion in TKI-naïve patients (pts) with EGFR mutant NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Apr.11(4 Suppl):S79. Pubmedid: 27198414.
• Tchekmedyian N, Gray JE, Creelan BC, Chiappori AA, Beg AA, Soliman H, Perez BA, Antonia SJ. Propelling Immunotherapy Combinations Into the Clinic. Oncology (Williston Park). 2015 Dec.29(12):990-1002. Pubmedid: 26680224.
• Creelan BC. Update on immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer. Cancer Control. 2014 Jan.21(1):80-89. Pubmedid: 24357746.
• Tanvetyanon T, Creelan BC, Chiappori AA. Current clinical application of genomic and proteomic profiling in non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Control. 2014 Jan.21(1):32-39. Pubmedid: 24357739.
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Title: Identifying Antigenic Mechanisms of Response and Resistance to Tumor‐infiltrating Lymphocytes in Stage 4 Non‐small Cell Lung Cancer
Sponsor: Cancer Research Institute
PI: Creelan, B.