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Tumor immune and glycan biomarkers for progressive prostate cancer

Award Number: R01CA212409
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/04/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2025

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Tumor immune and glycan biomarkers for progressive prostate cancer - Abstract Prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening is an established and useful tool for prostate cancer detection, however, it has no predictive prognostic value at diagnosis. For early diagnosed localized prostate cancer, the major clinical challenge is the treatment decision, in whether a patient should receive invasive intervention or be managed as “watchful waiting” active surveillance. Consequently, patients with indolent prostate cancer can be unnecessarily over-treated; or conversely, patients with prostate cancer of an aggressive nature may miss out on needed treatment, which ultimately leads to mortality. Therefore, it is an urgent need to develop prognostic biomarkers for localized prostate cancer to guide clinical decision making that is most beneficial to each patient. The objective of this proposal is to address the imminent clinical need by developing and validating a panel of potential prostate cancer prognostic biomarkers. Based on the literature and our compelling preliminary findings, we hypothesize that serum levels of the soluble NKG2D ligand MIC (sMIC) in combination with tumor-associated glycan profiles can provide the predictive biomarker capacity for prostate cancer prognosis. We have assembled large cohorts of prostate cancer tissues and matching serum collected from men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer at the time of prostatectomy. These samples have annotated clinical information including follow up PSA biochemical recurrence (BCR) status. These samples will be used to develop a unique panel of prognostic biomarkers and validate their specificity and sensitivity. Findings will be further validated with independent cohorts of serum samples from clinically-defined prostate cancer patients. There are four Specific Aims: 1) Determine the sensitivity and specificity of tissue MIC and serum sMIC in predicting BCR; 2) Determine the sensitivity and specificity of tissue and serum multi- fucosylated glycan panels in predicting BCR; 3) Determine the prognostic capacity of serum and tissue biomarker panel 4) Validate prognostic capacity of the identified panel of serum biomarkers with independent cohorts of patient samples. The proposed study will be accomplished through a collaborative effort led by a team of well-established investigators.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	5	2/13/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	5	11/17/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $552,871 )
2022	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	5	11/19/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$507,740
2022	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	001	5	5/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$45,131
														Subtotal = $552,871

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $561,790 )
2021	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	001	4	1/22/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$28,090
2021	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	4	11/19/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$533,700
														Subtotal = $561,790

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $529,005 )
2020	2020	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	001	3	1/13/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$52,901
2020	2020	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	3	11/6/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$476,104
														Subtotal = $529,005

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $513,134 )
2019	2019	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	2	11/30/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$513,134
														Subtotal = $513,134

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $563,176 )
2018	2018	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	1	12/4/2017	NEW	$563,176
														Subtotal = $563,176

Grand Total All Awards = $2,719,976

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Tumor immune and glycan biomarkers for progressive prostate cancer

Award Number: R01CA212409

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/04/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2025

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