42nd EDRN Steering Committee Meeting (Main)

Agenda

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

Mountain Standard Time Agenda Item

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Sign-in Room: Palm BC

8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.

Opening of Steering Committee Meeting and Approval of February 21st, 2024 EDRN Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

  • Arul Chinnaiyan MD, University of Michigan
  • Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University

8:05 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.

Welcome

  • Sally C. Morton, PhD, Executive Vice President, Arizona State University

8:10 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. Q&A

State of the EDRN

  • 01: Sudhir Srivastava, PhD, MPH, Chief, Program Officer | Cancer Biomarkers National Cancer Institute

8:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Biomarker Reference Laboratories

8:40 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.

8:55 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Q&A

Breast

  • 02: University of Washington, Andrew Hoofnagle, MD, PhD
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Amanda Paulovich, MD, PhD

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

9:15 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Q&A

Colon and Esophagus

  • 03: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Cecilia Yeung, MD
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, William Grady, MD

9:20 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.

9:35 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Q&A

Prostate

  • 04: Eastern Virginia Medical School, O. John Semmes, PhD
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Paul Boutros, PhD
  • University of Toronto, Thomas Kislinger, PhD

9:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.

9:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Q&A

Lung

  • 05: LungLife AI, Inc., Paul Pagano, PhD
  • Boston University, Marc Lenburg, PhD
  • Veracyte Inc., Giulia Kennedy, PhD
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Michael Palazzolo, MD, PhD

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Break

10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

10:35 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Q&A

Lung

  • 06: New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Leopoldo Segal MD
  • New York University School of Medicine, Harvey Pass, MD

10:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

10:55 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Q&A

Lung and Ovary

  • 07: Meso Scale Diagnostics, Anu Mathew, PhD
  • Arizona State University, Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD
  • Meso Scale Diagnostics, Martin Stengelin, PhD

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

11:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Q&A

Ovary

  • 08: Massachusetts General Hospital, Steven Skates, PhD
  • University Health Network, Vathany Kulasingam, PhD

11:20 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.

11:35 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Q&A

Prostate and Ovary

  • 09: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Daniel Chan, PhD
  • Johns Hopkins University, Zhen Zhang, PhD

11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Q&A

Prostate

  • 10: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Jeffrey Tosoian, MD
  • University of Michigan, Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD
  • LynxDx, John Kitchen, PhD
  • University of Michigan, Lanbo Xiao, PhD

12:00 p.m. – 12:15p.m.

12:15 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Q&A

Lung

  • 11: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, James Herman MD
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine, Sanford Stass, MD

12:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own)

12:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting (closed)
Room: Palm F

2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Collaborative Group Meetings

  • Breast and Gynecologic Cancers Gynecologic
    Room: Palm E
  • Gastrointestinal and Associated Cancers
    Room: Joshua Tree
  • Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancers & Head and Neck
    Room: Palm BC
  • Prostate and Urologic Cancers
    Room: Xavier

6:00 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

Thursday, April 18, 2024 (7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.)

Mountain Standard Time Agenda Item

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Sign-in
Room: Palm B & C

8:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Navigating Statistical Challenges in Early Detection Trial Design for Single-organ and Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED)

8:00 a.m.- 8:20 a.m.

Which sensitivity matters most in population screening studies?

  • 01: Ruth Etzioni, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

8:20 a.m.– 8:40 a.m.

Raising the bar for launching screening trials – Which criteria should be satisfied?

  • 02: Yingye Zheng, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

What can we learn from prior cancer screening trials about stage and mortality endpoints?

  • 03: Hilary Robbins PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - (virtual)

9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Q&A

9:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

Collaborative Group Updates and Vision/Strategic Plan for EDRN Research

9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. Q&A

Breast and Gynecological Cancers

  • 04: Chair: Chris Li, MD, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Co-chair: Steven Skates, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital

9:55 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

Break

10:25 a.m. –10:50 a.m.

10:50 a.m. –11:00 a.m. Q&A

Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancers

  • 05: Chair: Marc Lenburg, PhD, Boston University
  • Co-chair: Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

11:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.

11:25 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Q&A

Prostate and Urologic Cancers

  • 06: Chair: O. John Semmes, PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Co-chair: Jeff Tosoian, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m. Q&A

Gastrointestinal and Associated Cancers

  • 07: Chair: Amitabh Chak, MD, UH Cleveland Medical Center,
  • Co-chair: Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own)

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Round Table Discussions Based on Methodological Approaches

Topics based on suggestions from Collaborative Groups

#1 Imaging, Biomarkers & Radiomics
Room: Palm E

  • Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt -Ingram Cancer Center
  • Matthew Schabath, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.
  • Guillermo Marquez, PhD, National Cancer Institute

#2 Digital Pathology – AI and ML
Room: Joshua Tree

  • Anirban Maitra, MBBS, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Andrew Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, University of Washington
  • Sidney Fu, MD, National Cancer Institute

#3 Spatial-Omics
Room: Xavier

  • Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • O. John Semmes, PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Indu Kohaar PhD, National Cancer Institute

#4 Cell Free DNA
Room: Palm F

  • Cristian Tomasetti, PhD, City of Hope/Tgen
  • Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Christos Patriotis PhD, National Cancer Institute

3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

Break

3:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Other NCI Programs
Room: Palm BC

3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

3:35 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. Q&A

NCI Center for Global Health Support for Global Health Technology Research

08: Paul Pearlman, PhD, National Cancer Institute

3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.

3:55 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Q&A

Assay Validation of High Quality Markers for Clinical Studies in Cancer

09: Sumana Dey, PhD, National Cancer Institute

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

4:15 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Q&A

Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet)

10: Eva Szabo, MD, National Cancer Institute

4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.

4:35 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Q&A

Cancer Prevention-Interception Targeted Agent Discovery Program CAP-IT

11: Shizuko Sei, MD, National Cancer Institute

4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.

4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Q&A

PREVENT Program Agent Development Pipeline

12: Mark Miller, PhD, National Cancer Institute

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Development of Trans-EDRN BRL Projects

6:30 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

Friday, April 19, 2024 (7:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)

Mountain Standard Time Agenda Item

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Sign-in Room: Palm B & C

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Reports from Round Table Discussions

Four 30-minute talks

#1 Imaging, Biomarkers & Radiomics

  • 01: Eric Grogan, MD, Vanderbilt -Ingram Cancer Center
  • Matthew Schabath, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.
  • Guillermo Marquez, PhD, National Cancer Institute

#2 Digital Pathology – AI and ML

  • 02: Anirban Maitra, MBBS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Andrew Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, University of Washington
  • Sidney Fu, MD, National Cancer Institute

#3 Spatial-Omics

  • 03: Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • O. John Semmes, PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Indu Kohaar PhD, National Cancer Institute

#4 Cell Free DNA

  • 04: Cristian Tomasetti, PhD, City of Hope/Tgen
  • Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Christos Patriotis PhD, National Cancer Institute

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Break

10:20 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

Updates on EDRN Core Funded Projects

National Liver Cancer Screening Trial (TRACER) - Clinical Utility Trial for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • 05: Amit Singal, MD, University of Texas Southwestern

Prostate MRI Biomarker Study (PMRI)

  • 06: John T. Wei, MD, University of Michigan (virtual)

Pancreas CT Study

  • 07: Anirban Maitra, MBBS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Final Remarks

  • Karen Anderson, MD, PhD, Arizona State University
  • Arul Chinnaiyan MD, University of Michigan

11:30 a.m.

Adjourn