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Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Initiates Landmark Phase 2 RECAST DCIS Platform Trial to Evaluate Alternative DCIS Treatments with Atossa Therapeutics, Havah Therapeutics, and the Menarini Group

40-site U.S. trial enrolling more than 300 patients could significantly change the way DCIS is treated and reduce possibly unnecessary surgery

Bringing WISDOM to Breast Cancer Care

After years of watching women diagnosed with the disease get the same, drastic treatment of disfiguring surgery or brutal chemotherapy and radiation, Esserman believed doctors not only could but should be able to do better.

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Arvinas and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce Clinical Study to Evaluate Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) in I-SPY-2 Endocrine Optimization Platform (EOP) Clinical Trial

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ today announced that Arvinas’ vepdegestrant (ARV-471), a novel PROTAC® estrogen receptor (ER) protein degrader being co-developed with Pfizer Inc. will be evaluated in the ongoing I-SPY TRIAL endocrine program sponsored by Quantum Leap.

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announces Mobile Platform Launch of its Clinical Trial Matching Service

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) announces the mobile responsive launch of its metastatic breast cancer clinical trial matching service, Metastatic Trial Search (MTS). This launch expands MTS's reach to a broader range of breast cancer patient groups with a goal of reaching a more diverse population including those under-represented in clinical trials.

Exai Bio and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announce Expanded Participation in I-SPY 2 Trial to Advance Exai’s Novel RNA-based Liquid Biopsy Platform in Breast Cancer

Exai Bio today announced a collaboration agreement with Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ (QLHC) to expand the use of Exai’s novel, RNA-based liquid biopsy platform to monitor patients’ treatment response and disease burden in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL. I-SPY2 is the largest and longest-running 'platform' trial that provides a regulatory framework to study multiple novel therapeutic treatment arms for women with newly diagnosed, locally advanced breast cancer.

Atossa Therapeutics and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate (Z)-Endoxifen in the Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATOS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines in areas of significant unmet medical need in oncology, and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ today announce that Atossa’s proprietary Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM),(Z)-endoxifen, will be evaluated in a new study arm of the ongoing I-SPY 2clinical trial.

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare CollaborativeTM Announce First Patient Dosed in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Breast Cancer

ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., ("ALX Oncology") (Nasdaq: ALXO), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway, and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative ("Quantum Leap") today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the I-SPY-P1-TRIAL for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive and HER2-low breast cancer.

Sermonix Pharmaceuticals and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate Lasofoxifene in Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

Sermonix Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ today announced that Sermonix’s investigational next-generation targeted endocrine therapy, lasofoxifene, will be evaluated in a new study arm of the ongoing I-SPY endocrine program sponsored by Quantum Leap.

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announce Termination of the Cyproheptadine Treatment Arm for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in the I-SPY COVID Trial

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC), sponsor of the I-SPY COVID Trial, announced that the cyproheptadine arm of the study has been terminated. Cyproheptadine is most commonly used to alleviate allergies, headaches, and motion sickness, which was thought to improve hypoxia and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19.

Delphi Diagnostics™ Inc and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Inclusion of Delphi’s Proprietary Test, SET2,3™, into the Adaptive Randomization Process for the Ongoing I-SPY 2 TRIAL™

Delphi Diagnostics, Inc and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™(QLHC) announce the inclusion of Delphi’s SET2,3™ test for use in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL for patients with locally advanced breast cancer. The SET2,3™ test helps to determine which patients with HR+ tumors will benefit from endocrine therapy.

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announces Mobile Platform Launch of its Clinical Trial Matching Service

Exai Bio and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announce Expanded Participation in I-SPY 2 Trial to Advance Exai’s Novel RNA-based Liquid Biopsy Platform in Breast Cancer

Atossa Therapeutics and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate (Z)-Endoxifen in the Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare CollaborativeTM Announce First Patient Dosed in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Breast Cancer

Sermonix Pharmaceuticals and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate Lasofoxifene in Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

Delphi Diagnostics™ Inc and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Inclusion of Delphi’s Proprietary Test, SET2,3™, into the Adaptive Randomization Process for the Ongoing I-SPY 2 TRIAL™

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Selection of Evorpacept in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Combination with Enhertu® in Breast Cancer

ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology”) (Nasdaq: ALXO) a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway, and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ (“Quantum Leap”) today announced that ALX Oncology’s next generation CD47 blocker, evorpacept, has been selected for a new investigational treatment arm in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive and HER2-low breast cancer.

Susan G. Komen® Recognizes Renowned Investigators as 2020 Recipients of Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, recognized two widely respected and innovative breast cancer researchers this week, announcing that Donald McDonnell, Ph.D., and Laura Esserman, M.D., have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Brinker Awards – Komen’s highest scientific honor.

Exai Bio and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announce Expanded Participation in I-SPY 2 Trial to Advance Exai’s Novel RNA-based Liquid Biopsy Platform in Breast Cancer

Atossa Therapeutics and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate (Z)-Endoxifen in the Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare CollaborativeTM Announce First Patient Dosed in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Breast Cancer

Sermonix Pharmaceuticals and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate Lasofoxifene in Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announce Termination of the Cyproheptadine Treatment Arm for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in the I-SPY COVID Trial

Delphi Diagnostics™ Inc and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Inclusion of Delphi’s Proprietary Test, SET2,3™, into the Adaptive Randomization Process for the Ongoing I-SPY 2 TRIAL™

I-SPY COVID Trial Sponsored by Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Reports Assessment of Narsoplimab for Treatment of Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC), sponsor of the I-SPY COVID Trial, and Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER), developer of the investigational agent narsoplimab, announced that enrollment has been closed and data have been analyzed in the narsoplimab arm of the I-SPY COVID Trial.

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Selection of Evorpacept in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Combination with Enhertu® in Breast Cancer

Exai Bio and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative Announce Expanded Participation in I-SPY 2 Trial to Advance Exai’s Novel RNA-based Liquid Biopsy Platform in Breast Cancer

Atossa Therapeutics and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate (Z)-Endoxifen in the Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare CollaborativeTM Announce First Patient Dosed in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Breast Cancer

Sermonix Pharmaceuticals and Quantum Leap Healthcare Announce New Study Arm to Evaluate Lasofoxifene in Ongoing I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

Delphi Diagnostics™ Inc and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Inclusion of Delphi’s Proprietary Test, SET2,3™, into the Adaptive Randomization Process for the Ongoing I-SPY 2 TRIAL™

ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Selection of Evorpacept in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Combination with Enhertu® in Breast Cancer

UCSF and I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Researchers Develop Newly Redefined Breast Cancer Response Subtypes

Research scientists and statisticians from UC San Francisco have developed improved biomarker classifications as part of their research results in the I-SPY 2 trial for high-risk breast cancer patients. The new cancer response subtypes reflect responsiveness to drug treatments and are intended to help clinicians be more precise in how they target therapies.

NEJM Authors’ Perspective cites FDA collaboration with OneSource in discussion about Real World Evidence

More than 5 years after the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, the terms “real-world data” (RWD) and “real-world evidence” (RWE) are being used inconsistently and sometimes interchangeably. This imprecision has complicated efforts to assess the impact of such data and evidence and hindered attempts to track their use.