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Oncology Information for Grant Submissions

Bayer Oncology Medical Affairs Department is interested in receiving and reviewing grant applications to support appropriate programs which cover the following area of interest:

Therapeutic Areas/Disease States: 

Pediatric Cancers, including fibrosarcoma, glioma, nephroma, thyroid cancer, etc. (nmCRPC)

Intended Audience: Oncologists, Surgeons, Pediatricians, Endocrinologists, Pathologists, Community HCPs, Patients/Caregivers

Areas of interest based on referenced literature: 

  • Treatment and management of pediatric cancers, including fibrosarcoma, glioma, nephroma, thyroid cancer, etc.
  • Role of NTRK gene fusion and impact of TRK gene fusion/TRK testing in treatment algorithms
  • Treatment and management of TRK fusion cancers in children
  • Understanding of efficacy and safety profiles of approved TRK inhibitors
  • Multi-disciplinary approach to precision medicine

Proposal Requirements:

All submissions for CE/CME support must be consistent with the ACCME guidelines and contain supporting documents that should include:

  • Needs assessment
  • Educational design and rationale for selection (where applicable)
  • Learning objectives
  • Proposed faculty
  • Participant recruitment plan (where applicable)
  • Outcomes strategy/plan (required on a quarterly basis)
  • Detailed budget

Provider Justification: 

  • Copy of most recent accreditation letter and status
  • Sample of other program(s) in similar therapeutic areas

Process 

Applications/proposals which are submitted and determined to be complete are reviewed monthly. Allow a minimum of 45 days from submission for response.

Acceptance of a Bayer educational grant indicates that you will:

  • Reconcile grant funding within 60 days of completion of the educational program
  • Permit a BHC Medical Affairs representative to audit live programs
  • Share activity data and outcomes metrics within 30 days of their availability

References 

Management and treatment of pediatric cancers

  1. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA). Version 1.2020 – July 11, 2019 (Link)

    Appropriate sequencing and combinations of agents in mCRPC

  2. Hong DS, Bauer TM, Lee JJ et al. Larotrectinib in adult patients with solid tumours: a multi-centre, open-label, phase I dose-escalation study. Ann Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;30(2):325-331. (Link)
  3. Khotskaya YB, Holla VR, Farago AF, et al. Targeting TRK family protein in cancer. Pharmacol Ther 2017 (173), 58-66. (Link)
  4. Drilon A, Laetsch TW, Kummar S et al. Efficacy of Larotrectinib in TRK Fusion-Positive Cancers in Adults and Children. N Engl J Med 2018; 378: 731-9. (Link)
  5. Cocco, E et al. NTRK fusion-positive cancers and TRK inhibitor therapy. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2018 Dec;15(12):731-747. (Link)
  6. Albert, CM et al. TRK Fusion Cancers in Children: A Clinical Review and Recommendations for Screening. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Feb 20;37(6):513-524. (Link)
  7. Hyman, DM et al. Durability of response with larotrectinib in adult and paediatric patients with TRK fusion cancer. Annals of Oncology 30 (5), October 2019 (Link)
  8. Kummar, S et al. Patient-reported outcomes from two global multicenter clinical trials of children and adults with tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion cancers receiving larotrectinib. Journal of Clinical Oncology 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 6602) (Link)
  9. Cocco, E et al. Colorectal Carcinomas Containing Hypermethylated MLH1 Promoter and Wild-Type BRAF/KRAS Are Enriched for Targetable Kinase Fusions. Cancer Res. 2019 Mar 15;79(6):1047-1053. (Link)
  10. Ricciuti, B et al. Antitumor activity of larotrectinib in tumors harboring NTRK gene fusions: a short review on the current evidence. Onco Targets Ther. 2019 Apr 30;12:3171-3179 (Link)
  11. Solomon, JP et al. NTRK fusion detection across multiple assays and 33,997 cases: diagnostic implications and pitfalls. Mod Pathol. 2019 Aug 2. (Epub ahead of print) (Link)
  12. Wong, D et al. Methods for Identifying Patients with Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase (TRK) Fusion Cancer. Pathol Oncol Res. 2019 Jun 29. (Epub ahead of print) (Link)
  13. van Tilburg, CM et al. Larotrectinib efficacy and safety in pediatric TRK fusion cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 10010) (Link)
  14. Perreault, S. et al. Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in adult and pediatric patients with tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion-positive primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors. ACO 2021 Presentation
  15. Albert, CM. et al. Larotrectinib in pediatric patients with TRK fusion sarcomas: Updated efficacy and safety. CTOS 2021 Presentation
  16. Mascarenhas, L. et al. Larotrectinib demonstrates durable efficacy and safety in an expanded dataset of paediatric patients with TRK fusion cancer. SIOP 2020 Presentation
  17. ascarenhas L et al., Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in pediatric patients with tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion-positive cancer: An expanded dataset. Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 40, Number 16_suppl. 2022 (Link)
  18. Laetsch TW et al., Phase 2 study of larotrectinib in children with newly diagnosed infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS): Children’s Oncology Group (COG) ADVL1823 cohort A. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Volume 41, Number 16_suppl 2023 (Link)
  19. Dizdarevic S. et al. Interim analysis of the REASSURE (Radium-223 alpha Emitter Agent in non-intervention Safety Study in mCRPC popUlation for long-teRm Evaluation) study: patient characteristics and safety according to prior use of chemotherapy in routine clinical practice. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2019 May;46(5):1102-1110 (Link)
  20. Federman et al,. Long-term follow-up of the efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in pediatric patients with TRK fusion cancer. Abstract SIOP 2023 (Link)