The following new grants were awarded to JCCC members, announced in April 2012:
Principal Investigator:
Baum, Linda
Sponsor Name: Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience (Japan)
Award Title: Galectin-1 Regulates Migration of Dendritic Cells Across Lymphatic Endothelium
Principal Investigator: Belldegrun, Arie
Sponsor Name: Dendreon Corporation
Award Title: Registry of Sipuleucel-T therapy in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Principal Investigator: Brown, E. R.
Sponsor Name: Ca/California Children and Families Commission
Award Title: California Health Interview Survey (Chis) 2011-2012
Principal Investigator: Fielding, Jonathan
Sponsor Name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award Title: Health Impact Assessment (Hia) of State Tax Alternative: Demonstration, Outreach And Training To Increase Understanding of Hia Among State Policy Anal
Principal Investigator: Finn, Richard
Sponsor Name: Roche Laboratories, Inc.
Award Title: UCLA: Roche Collaboration - A Preclinical Research Program to Evaluate Potential Translational Science for the Glypican-3 Monoclonal Antibody Gc-33, Pdk-1, And Ptk-2
Principal Investigator: Goldman, Jonathan
Sponsor Name: Clovis Oncology
Award Title: Phase 1/2, Open-Label, Safety, Pharmacokinetic and Preliminary Efficacy Study of Oral CO-1686 in Patients With Previously Treated Mutant EGFR Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Principal Investigator: Hurvitz, Sara
Sponsor Name: Eisai America, Inc.
Award Title: Phase 2, Multicenter, Single-Arm Study of Eribulin Mesylate With Trastuzumab as First-Line Therapy for Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Two (HER2) Positive Breast Cancer
Principal Investigator: Maynard, Heather
Sponsor Name: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Award Title: Nanopatterning Proteins for Enhancement of Bone Cell Adhesion
Principal Investigator: Pietras, Richard J
Sponsor Name: Eisai America, Inc.
Award Title: Gateway for Cancer Research
Principal Investigator: Ritz, Beate
Sponsor Name: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Award Title: "Parental Occupation and Childhood Cancers"
Principal Investigator: Schiller, Gary
Sponsor Name: Talon Therapeutics
Award Title: Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Substitution of Marqibo (Vincristine Sulfate Liposomes Injection, VSLI) for Standard Vincristine Sulfate Injection (VSI) in The Induction, Intensification, and Maintenance Phases of Combination Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Subjects > 60 Years Old with Newly Disagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Principal Investigator: Wong, Steven
Sponsor Name: Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.
Award Title: Randomized, Double-blind Phase 2 Study Comparing Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Combination With OGX-427 or Placebo in Patients With Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma