Led by UCLA chief resident @uclaimchiefs Jack Sharp & with my friend @arkhaki our NEW paper is now OUT in @JAMANetworkOpen!! @vkprasadlab

Check it out πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ§΅

We analyze second line therapies in trials that seek to replace sunitinib as front line RCC Rx
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Image
These are the 6 studies we focus on
They will be no surprise to RCC folks

Our question is simple:

Did pts assigned to the control arm get appropriate post protocol care?

I pray the answer is yes! Image
Here is the key figure πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

Let me walk you through it... Image
The top color is acceptable
Obviously if you are still on TKI front line, that's fine Image
The bottom bar is also good
Post protocol IO is the standard of care second line treatment Image
This color is not ideal
Come on, we all know the other post protocol options lack the desirable feature of durability & we have some head to head trials.
Come on... you know it is not ideal... Image
And this color is very problematic
These trial patients should largely be getting second line therapy

And PLEASE do not reply to me with real world data on subsequent lines, as this is not all comers, but TRIAL pts, it should be higher than RWD Image
What is the point?

If companies want to move their costly combos to the front line, they should prove that routine front-line administration of the combo is superior to sequencing--

that is literally the Q facing doctors & patients...

BUT...
... it is much easier to show that when you provide inappropriately poor post-protocol care in the control arm... and the easiest way to achieve that is...

recruit in countries where post protocol therapy is beneath the US standard.

It is shocking US FDA accepts this!
This is our take home message

Billions of dollars on the line
Loads of patient toxicity and we still don't have a trial that seeks the honest scientific answer

Read the full paper here:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
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3 Oct
All these people πŸ‘‡ are lying about the content of my piece & tagging my employer @UCSFHospitals

My piece which anyone can read: vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/how-democrac…

Is about a future scenario where pandemic precedents may subvert democracy

Its not a Holocaust analogy

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The piece clearly states it is not about the present, but the future

A series of events that might happen, but has not yet occurred.... Image
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Just like the examples in this article, celebrating that working class people are being fired over vaccine mandates is not my idea of progressivism

Losing a job in America is a serious punishment and many of these people worked hard for many years...

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... many of these people who are losing their jobs right now risk their own personal safety to work in the hospital before there was a vaccine. When you needed them.

These people don't disappear from America either, and their fate is tied to all our fate.
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28 Sep
My NEW op-ed is out in @usnews!
Mandating 12-18 year old kids get 2 doses of COVID19 vaccine & throwing them out of school if they don't is one of the most regressive, dangerous, and misguided policies in recent years, and I condemn it

Some thoughts 🧡
usnews.com/opinion/articl…
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Same science
Same data
Mandate 2 vs. optional 1?
You can't use power of mandate for science that is not settled
2. The current policies are so restrictive that you can't even space the doses out to 12 weeks, as Norway is attempting to lower risk of myocarditis.

Why is there no flexibility in these policies?
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The process that led up to Pfizer booster is someday going to be seen as what many dreaded during the Trump administration.

The White House decided during the week of Sept 20, boosters will be made available, and all gears of drug regulation made it happen
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Can any medical expert answer 2 questions:
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Is he a 'safer' employee?
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Much of it is the fault of distorted news/ social media

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We have always accepted risk, and we will yet again (many already are)
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