Advancing Brain Tumor Treatment Through Clinical Research

This session will review the preclinical and laboratory work that is needed to support translating an exciting treatment to the clinic.
Presented by:
Nader Sanai, MD
Ivy Brain Tumor Center
Learning Objectives:
-Understand the steps of advancing a treatment from bench to bedside
-Discuss the goals and endpoints of the various phases of clinical trials and the questions posed
-Provide an overview of the various approaches to new therapies for brain tumors
-Review the different types of clinical research including therapeutic and non therapeutic such as surgical approaches involving BBB disruption technology, radiation, targeted treatment and immunotherapy