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Diwakar Davar

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US
Area of research
Oncology · Immunology
Research interest
Research interests include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, and Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management.
h-index
31
citations
6,167
works
324
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Combined Targeting of PD-1 and TIM-3 in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma: AMBER Cohorts 1c, 1e, and 2A
Clinical Cancer Research 2025cited by 11position: firstdoi
Phase II (Alliance A091802) Randomized Trial of Avelumab Plus Cetuximab Versus Avelumab Alone in Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025cited by 10position: middledoi
Combined Targeting of PD-1 and TIM-3 in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: AMBER Part 2B
Clinical Cancer Research 2025cited by 7position: firstdoi
DREAMseq: A phase III trial of treatment sequences in BRAFV600-mutant (m) metastatic melanoma (MM)—Final clinical results.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
1072 Noninvasive detection of immunotherapy-related cardiac effects using [ <sup>1</sup> <sup>8</sup> F]F-AraG PET
Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Phase I study of a recombinant attenuated oncolytic virus, MEDI5395 (NDV–GM-CSF), administered systemically in combination with durvalumab in patients with advanced solid tumors
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2024cited by 24position: firstdoi
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) recommendations on intratumoral immunotherapy clinical trials (IICT): from premalignant to metastatic disease
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2024cited by 18position: middledoi
Abstract CT003: Initial results from an open-label phase 1b/2 study of RP1 oncolytic immunotherapy in solid organ transplant recipients with advanced cutaneous malignancies (ARTACUS)
Cancer Research 2024cited by 6position: lastdoi
694 Phase 1 safety and efficacy of brenetafusp, a PRAME × CD3 ImmTAC bispecific, in post-checkpoint cutaneous melanoma (CM)
Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts 2024cited by 2position: firstdoi
Dietary tryptophan metabolite released by intratumoral Lactobacillus reuteri facilitates immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment
Cell 2023cited by 632position: middledoi
Melanoma and microbiota: Current understanding and future directions
Cancer Cell 2023cited by 76position: middledoi
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of melanoma, version 3.0
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2023cited by 53position: middledoi
A phase 1 study of AGEN2373, a novel CD137 agonist antibody designed to avoid hepatoxicity, in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
Combination Dabrafenib and Trametinib Versus Combination Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for Patients With Advanced <i>BRAF</i>-Mutant Melanoma: The DREAMseq Trial—ECOG-ACRIN EA6134
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022cited by 427position: middledoi
Intestinal microbiota signatures of clinical response and immune-related adverse events in melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1
Nature Medicine 2022cited by 424position: middledoi
Phase 1 trial of TIM-3 inhibitor cobolimab monotherapy and in combination with PD-1 inhibitors nivolumab or dostarlimab (AMBER).
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022cited by 75position: middledoi
Phase IB Study of GITR Agonist Antibody TRX518 Singly and in Combination with Gemcitabine, Pembrolizumab, or Nivolumab in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
Clinical Cancer Research 2022cited by 48position: firstdoi
A phase 1 multiple-ascending dose study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of XmAb23104 (PD-1 x ICOS) in subjects with selected advanced solid tumors (DUET-3).
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022cited by 11position: middledoi
Fecal microbiota transplant overcomes resistance to anti–PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients
Science 2021cited by 1,574position: firstdoi
DREAMseq (Doublet, Randomized Evaluation in Advanced Melanoma Sequencing): A phase III trial—ECOG-ACRIN EA6134.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2021cited by 111position: middledoi
950 Final analysis: phase 1b study investigating intratumoral injection of toll-like receptor 9 agonist vidutolimod ± pembrolizumab in patients with PD-1 blockade–refractory melanoma
2021cited by 14position: middledoi
304 Intratumoral injection of CMP-001, a toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, in combination with pembrolizumab reversed programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) blockade resistance in advanced melanoma
Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts 2020cited by 31position: middledoi
Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in melanoma: recommendations of the International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium
The Lancet Oncology 2019cited by 216position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Antoni Ribas · UCLA Medical Center7 papers (2020–2025)Jason J. Luke · UPMC Hillman Cancer Center5 papers (2020–2023)Takami Sato · Thomas Jefferson University4 papers (2020–2024)John M. Kirkwood · UPMC Hillman Cancer Center4 papers (2020–2025)Geoffrey T. Gibney · Georgetown University4 papers (2020–2025)Bartosz Chmielowski · UCLA Medical Center3 papers (2021–2025)Benjamin Izar · Columbia University Irving Medical Center3 papers (2023–2024)Jedd D. Wolchok · Cornell University3 papers (2021–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2025)Mohammed Milhem · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin3 papers (2020–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2025)Ahmad A. Tarhini · Moffitt Cancer Center3 papers (2021–2025)Theresa Medina · Merck Institute for Science Education3 papers (2020–2024)Jiaxin Niu · University of Arizona2 papers (2020–2021)Kari Kendra · University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center2 papers (2021–2025)Joanna M. Brell · MetroHealth Medical Center2 papers (2021–2025)Yousef Zakharia · SUNY Upstate Medical University2 papers (2020–2021)Sandra J. Lee · Georgetown University Medical Center2 papers (2021–2025)