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How the Lung-MAP Clinical Trial is Responding to Rapidly Changing Science

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When the Lung Master Protocol clinical trial (Lung-MAP or S1400) (1) was launched in June 2014, the goal of this first-of-its kind trial was simple: find effective treatments for seriously ill patients suffering from a specific type of lung cancer.

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Roy S. Herbst
Co-principal investigator, Lung-MAP trial
Chief of Medical Oncology, associate director for translational research, Yale Cancer Center
David Gandara
Co-principal investigator, Lung-MAP trial; Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, University of California, Davis
Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou
Co-principal investigator, member of oversight and drug selection committees, Lung-MAP trial; professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Roy S. Herbst
Co-principal investigator, Lung-MAP trial
Chief of Medical Oncology, associate director for translational research, Yale Cancer Center
David Gandara
Co-principal investigator, Lung-MAP trial; Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, University of California, Davis
Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou
Co-principal investigator, member of oversight and drug selection committees, Lung-MAP trial; professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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