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Randy Sweis

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMedicine-Hematology and Oncology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Dr. Sweis is a physician-scientist working to identify and circumvent mechanisms of resistance to cancer immunotherapies. His laboratory research is focused on modulating the tumor microenvironment to facilitate anti-tumor immune responses, using mouse models of bladder and skin cancers. In the clinic, he uses his expertise in developmental therapeutics and clinical pharmacology to investigate biomarkers and novel therapeutic strategies to improve immunotherapy efficacy in patients.

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    K08CA234392     (SWEIS, RANDY F.)Sep 10, 2018 - Aug 31, 2022
    NIH
    Elucidating immunotherapy resistance mechanisms in non-T cell-inflamed bladder cancer
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Meric-Bernstam F, Sweis RF, Hodi FS, Messersmith WA, Andtbacka RHI, Ingham M, Lewis N, Chen X, Pelletier M, Chen X, Wu J, Dubensky TW, McWhirter SM, Müller T, Nair N, Luke JJ. Correction: Phase I Dose-Escalation Trial of MIW815 (ADU-S100), an Intratumoral STING Agonist, in Patients with Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors or Lymphomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Jun 13; 29(12):2336. PMID: 37309603.
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    2. Hines JB, Kacew AJ, Sweis RF. The Development of STING Agonists and Emerging Results as a Cancer Immunotherapy. Curr Oncol Rep. 2023 03; 25(3):189-199. PMID: 36705879.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Meric-Bernstam F, Sweis RF, Kasper S, Hamid O, Bhatia S, Dummer R, Long GV, Spreafico A, Shimizu T, Steeghs N, Luke JJ, McWhirter SM, Nair N, Lewis N, Chen X, Bean A, Kattenhorn L, Pelletier M, Sandhu S, Stradella A, Müller T. Combination of the STING Agonist MIW815 (ADU-S100) and PD-1 Inhibitor Spartalizumab in Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors or Lymphomas: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase Ib Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 01 04; 29(1):110-121. PMID: 36282874.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    4. Bergman D, Sweis RF, Pearson AT, Nazari F, Jackson TL. A global method for fast simulations of molecular dynamics in multiscale agent-based models of biological tissues. iScience. 2022 Jun 17; 25(6):104387. PMID: 35637730; PMCID: PMC9142654.
      Citations: 4     
    5. Fidler MJ, Arkenau HT, Spira A, Meric-Bernstam F, Uboha N, Sanborn RE, Sweis RF, LoRusso P, Nagasaka M, Garcia-Corbacho J, Jalal S, Harding JJ, Kim SK, Miedema IHC, Vugts DJ, Huisman MC, Zwezerijnen GJC, van Dongen GAMS, Menke van der Houven van Oordt CW, Wang S, Dang T, Zein IA, Vasiljeva O, Lyman SK, Paton V, Hannah A, Liu JF, Boni V. Praluzatamab Ravtansine, a CD166-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors: An Open-Label Phase I/II Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 05 13; 28(10):2020-2029. PMID: 35165101; PMCID: PMC9365353.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    6. Karasarides M, Cogdill AP, Robbins PB, Bowden M, Burton EM, Butterfield LH, Cesano A, Hammer C, Haymaker CL, Horak CE, McGee HM, Rudqvist NP, Spencer CN, Sweis RF, Vincent BG, Wennerberg E, Yuan J, Zappasodi R, Lucey VMH, Wells DK, LaVallee T, Monette A. Hallmarks of Resistance to Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 04 01; 10(4):372-383. PMID: 35362046; PMCID: PMC9381103.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Meric-Bernstam F, Sweis RF, Hodi FS, Messersmith WA, Andtbacka RHI, Ingham M, Lewis N, Chen X, Pelletier M, Chen X, Wu J, McWhirter SM, Nair N, Luke JJ, Müller T. Phase I Dose-Escalation Trial of MIW815 (ADU-S100), an Intratumoral STING Agonist, in Patients with Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors or Lymphomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 02 15; 28(4):677-688. PMID: 34716197.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    8. Walia AS, Sweis RF, Agarwal PK, Kader AK, Modi PK. Cost-Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Urothelial Carcinoma-A Review. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 24; 14(1). PMID: 35008237; PMCID: PMC8750958.
      Citations: 2     
    9. Rouhani SJ, Trujillo JA, Pyzer AR, Yu J, Fessler J, Cabanov A, Higgs EF, Cron KR, Zha Y, Lu Y, Bloodworth JC, Abasiyanik MF, Okrah S, Flood BA, Hatogai K, Leung MY, Pezeshk A, Kozloff L, Reschke R, Strohbehn GW, Chervin CS, Kumar M, Schrantz S, Madariaga ML, Beavis KG, Yeo KJ, Sweis RF, Segal J, Tay S, Izumchenko E, Mueller J, Chen LS, Gajewski TF. Severe COVID-19 infection is associated with aberrant cytokine production by infected lung epithelial cells rather than by systemic immune dysfunction. Res Sq. 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34845442; PMCID: PMC8629200.
      Citations: 2     
    10. Lee CH, Shah AY, Rasco D, Rao A, Taylor MH, Di Simone C, Hsieh JJ, Shaffer DR, Cohn AL, Vogelzang NJ, Bilen MA, Gunnestad Ribe S, Goksel M, Richards D, Sweis RF, Courtright J, Jain S, Wu J, Schmidt EV, Perini RF, Kubiak P, Okpara CE, Smith AD, Motzer RJ, Pinto A, Girones Sarrio R, Tennøe ØK, Heinrich D. Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with either treatment-naive or previously treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (Study 111/KEYNOTE-146): a phase 1b/2 study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 07; 22(7):946-958. PMID: 34143969; PMCID: PMC8316679.
      Citations: 50     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    11. Okuneye K, Bergman D, Bloodworth JC, Pearson AT, Sweis RF, Jackson TL. A validated mathematical model of FGFR3-mediated tumor growth reveals pathways to harness the benefits of combination targeted therapy and immunotherapy in bladder cancer. Comput Syst Oncol. 2021 Jun; 1(2). PMID: 34984415; PMCID: PMC8722426.
      Citations: 4     
    12. Richard G, De Groot AS, Steinberg GD, Garcia TI, Kacew A, Ardito M, Martin WD, Berdugo G, Princiotta MF, Balar AV, Sweis RF. Multi-step screening of neoantigens' HLA- and TCR-interfaces improves prediction of survival. Sci Rep. 2021 05 11; 11(1):9983. PMID: 33976291; PMCID: PMC8113358.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Quandt J, Arnovitz S, Haghi L, Woehlk J, Mohsin A, Okoreeh M, Mathur PS, Emmanuel AO, Osman A, Krishnan M, Morin SB, Pearson AT, Sweis RF, Pekow J, Weber CR, Khazaie K, Gounari F. Wnt-ß-catenin activation epigenetically reprograms Treg cells in inflammatory bowel disease and dysplastic progression. Nat Immunol. 2021 04; 22(4):471-484. PMID: 33664518; PMCID: PMC8262575.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    14. Sayaman RW, Saad M, Hu D, Hendrickx W, Roelands J, Porta-Pardo E, Mokrab Y, Farshidfar F, Kirchhoff T, Sweis RF, Bathe OF, Heimann C, Campbell MJ, Stretch C, Huntsman S, Graff RE, Syed N, Radvanyi L, Shelley S, Wolf D, Marincola FM, Ceccarelli M, Ziv E, Bedognetti D, Thorsson V, Galon J. Germline genetic contribution to the immune landscape of cancer. Immunity. 2021 02 09; 54(2):367-386.e8. PMID: 33567262; PMCID: PMC8414660.
      Citations: 49     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Kacew A, Sweis RF. FGFR3 Alterations in the Era of Immunotherapy for Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Front Immunol. 2020; 11:575258. PMID: 33224141; PMCID: PMC7674585.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    16. Han L, Gallan AJ, Steinberg GD, Sweis RF, Paner GP. Morphological correlation of urinary bladder cancer molecular subtypes in radical cystectomies. Hum Pathol. 2020 12; 106:54-61. PMID: 32987034; PMCID: PMC7746505.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Andolfi C, Bloodworth JC, Papachristos A, Sweis RF. The Urinary Microbiome and Bladder Cancer: Susceptibility and Immune Responsiveness. Bladder Cancer. 2020 Sep 21; 6(3):225-235. PMID: 33195783; PMCID: PMC7605348.
      Citations: 9     
    18. Hatogai K, Sweis RF. The Tumor Microenvironment of Bladder Cancer. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020; 1296:275-290. PMID: 34185299; PMCID: PMC8345230.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    19. Apolo AB, Milowsky MI, Kim L, Inman BA, Kamat AM, Steinberg G, Bagheri M, Krishnasamy VP, Marko J, Dinney CP, Bangs R, Sweis RF, Maher VE, Ibrahim A, Liu K, Werntz R, Cross F, Beaver JA, Singh H, Pazdur R, Blumenthal GM, Lerner SP, Bajorin DF, Rosenberg JE, Agrawal S. Eligibility and Radiologic Assessment in Adjuvant Clinical Trials in Bladder Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019 12 01; 5(12):1790-1798. PMID: 31670753; PMCID: PMC8211913.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Sweis RF. Methods to assess anticancer immune responses in orthotopic bladder carcinomas. Methods Enzymol. 2020; 635:127-137. PMID: 32122541; PMCID: PMC7521381.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Bedognetti D, Ceccarelli M, Galluzzi L, Lu R, Palucka K, Samayoa J, Spranger S, Warren S, Wong KK, Ziv E, Chowell D, Coussens LM, De Carvalho DD, DeNardo DG, Kaufman HL, Kirchhoff T, Lotze MT, Luke JJ, Minn AJ, Politi K, Shultz LD, Simon R, Weidhaas JB, Ascierto ML, Ascierto PA, Barnes JM, Barsan V, Bommareddy PK, Bot A, Church SE, Ciliberto G, Draganov D, Ho WS, McGee HM, Monette A, Murphy JF, Park W, Patel M, Quigley M, Radvanyi L, Raftopoulos H, Rudqvist NP, Snyder A, Sweis RF, Valpione S, Zappasodi R, Butterfield LH, Disis ML, Fox BA, Cesano A, Marincola FM, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Cancer Immune Responsiveness Task Force and Working Group, Galon J, Thórsson V, De Maria A, Nisticò P. Correction to: Toward a comprehensive view of cancer immune responsiveness: a synopsis from the SITC workshop. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Jul 04; 7(1):167. PMID: 31272507; PMCID: PMC6610889.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    
    22. Bedognetti D, Ceccarelli M, Galluzzi L, Lu R, Palucka K, Samayoa J, Spranger S, Warren S, Wong KK, Ziv E, Chowell D, Coussens LM, De Carvalho DD, DeNardo DG, Kaufman HL, Kirchhoff T, Lotze MT, Luke JJ, Minn AJ, Politi K, Shultz LD, Simon R, Weidhaas JB, Ascierto ML, Ascierto PA, Barnes JM, Barsan V, Bommareddy PK, Bot A, Church SE, Ciliberto G, Draganov D, Ho WS, McGee HM, Monette A, Murphy JF, Park W, Patel M, Quigley M, Radvanyi L, Raftopoulos H, Rudqvist NP, Snyder A, Sweis RF, Valpione S, Zappasodi R, Butterfield LH, Disis ML, Fox BA, Cesano A, Marincola FM, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Cancer Immune Responsiveness Task Force and Working Group, Galon J, Thórsson V, De Maria A, Nisticò P. Toward a comprehensive view of cancer immune responsiveness: a synopsis from the SITC workshop. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 05 22; 7(1):131. PMID: 31113486; PMCID: PMC6529999.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    23. Pearson AT, Sweis RF. Hyperprogression-Immunotherapy-Related Phenomenon vs Intrinsic Natural History of Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019 05 01; 5(5):743. PMID: 30896751.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Labbate C, Hatogai K, Werntz R, Stadler WM, Steinberg GD, Eggener S, Sweis RF. Complete response of renal cell carcinoma vena cava tumor thrombus to neoadjuvant immunotherapy. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 03 11; 7(1):66. PMID: 30857555; PMCID: PMC6413449.
      Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Luke JJ, Bao R, Sweis RF, Spranger S, Gajewski TF. WNT/ß-catenin Pathway Activation Correlates with Immune Exclusion across Human Cancers. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 May 15; 25(10):3074-3083. PMID: 30635339; PMCID: PMC6522301.
      Citations: 275     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    26. Sweis RF, Heiss B, Segal J, Ritterhouse L, Kadri S, Churpek JE, Allen K, Conway D, Marinier C, Smith ND, Pitroda SP, Stadler WM. Clinical Activity of Olaparib in Urothelial Bladder Cancer With DNA Damage Response Gene Mutations. JCO Precis Oncol. 2018 Nov; 2:1-7. PMID: 35135165.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    
    27. Leng J, Akthar AS, Szmulewitz RZ, O'Donnell PH, Sweis RF, Pitroda SP, Smith N, Steinberg GD, Liauw SL. Safety and Efficacy of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy With Capecitabine in Elderly Patients With Urothelial Carcinoma. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2019 Feb; 17(1):e12-e18. PMID: 30392939.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Trujillo JA, Sweis RF, Bao R, Luke JJ. T Cell-Inflamed versus Non-T Cell-Inflamed Tumors: A Conceptual Framework for Cancer Immunotherapy Drug Development and Combination Therapy Selection. Cancer Immunol Res. 2018 09; 6(9):990-1000. PMID: 30181337; PMCID: PMC6145135.
      Citations: 176     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    29. Drazer MW, Sweis RF. Low clinical adoption of tumor genomic profiling: cause for concern? J Med Econ. 2018 Jul; 21(7):721-723. PMID: 29708449; PMCID: PMC6062854.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Sweis RF, Zha Y, Pass L, Heiss B, Chongsuwat T, Luke JJ, Gajewski TF, Szmulewitz R. Pseudoprogression manifesting as recurrent ascites with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in urothelial bladder cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2018 04 04; 6(1):24. PMID: 29618376; PMCID: PMC5883337.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    31. Sanagapalli S, Emmanuel A, Leong R, Kerr S, Lovat L, Haidry R, Banks M, Graham D, Raeburn A, Zarate-Lopez N, Sweis R. Impaired motility in Barrett's esophagus: A study using high-resolution manometry with physiologic challenge. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2018 Mar 15. PMID: 29542847.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    
    32. Sweis RF, Luke JJ. Mechanistic and pharmacologic insights on immune checkpoint inhibitors. Pharmacol Res. 2017 Jun; 120:1-9. PMID: 28323141; PMCID: PMC5419683.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    33. Sweis RF, Galsky MD. Emerging role of immunotherapy in urothelial carcinoma-Immunobiology/biomarkers. Urol Oncol. 2016 12; 34(12):556-565. PMID: 27836246; PMCID: PMC5709811.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    34. Sweis RF, Ratain MJ. Obviating the Need for Serial Biopsies Through Random Assignment. J Clin Oncol. 2017 01 10; 35(2):260. PMID: 28056195.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Sweis RF, Medved M, Towey S, Karczmar GS, Oto A, Szmulewitz RZ, O'Donnell PH, Fishkin P, Karrison T, Stadler WM. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Pharmacodynamic Biomarker for Pazopanib in Metastatic Renal Carcinoma. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 04; 15(2):207-212. PMID: 27634566; PMCID: PMC5315677.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    36. Sweis RF, Spranger S, Bao R, Paner GP, Stadler WM, Steinberg G, Gajewski TF. Molecular Drivers of the Non-T-cell-Inflamed Tumor Microenvironment in Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2016 07; 4(7):563-8. PMID: 27197067; PMCID: PMC4943758.
      Citations: 177     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    37. Sweis RF, Ratain MJ. Reply to T.A. Yap et al. J Clin Oncol. 2016 07 10; 34(20):2432-3. PMID: 27138578.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Sweis RF, Thomas S, Bank B, Fishkin P, Mooney C, Salgia R. Concurrent EGFR Mutation and ALK Translocation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cureus. 2016 Feb 26; 8(2):e513. PMID: 27026837; PMCID: PMC4807912.
      Citations: 15     
    39. Sweis RF, Drazer MW, Ratain MJ. Analysis of Impact of Post-Treatment Biopsies in Phase I Clinical Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Feb 01; 34(4):369-74. PMID: 26668350; PMCID: PMC4872035.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Chopra V, Govindan S, Kuhn L, Ratz D, Sweis RF, Melin N, Thompson R, Tolan A, Barron J, Saint S. Do clinicians know which of their patients have central venous catheters?: a multicenter observational study. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Oct 21; 161(8):562-7. PMID: 25329204; PMCID: PMC4997807.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. Sweis R, Kaufman E, Anggiansah A, Wong T, Dettmar P, Fried M, Schwizer W, Avvari RK, Pal A, Fox M. Post-prandial reflux suppression by a raft-forming alginate (Gaviscon Advance) compared to a simple antacid documented by magnetic resonance imaging and pH-impedance monitoring: mechanistic assessment in healthy volunteers and randomised, controlled, double-blind study in reflux patients. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Jun; 37(11):1093-102. PMID: 23600790.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    42. Pitroda SP, Zhou T, Sweis RF, Filippo M, Labay E, Beckett MA, Mauceri HJ, Liang H, Darga TE, Perakis S, Khan SA, Sutton HG, Zhang W, Khodarev NN, Garcia JG, Weichselbaum RR. Tumor endothelial inflammation predicts clinical outcome in diverse human cancers. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e46104. PMID: 23056240; PMCID: PMC3464251.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    43. Sweis RF, Propes MJ, Hyjek E. Actinomyces-induced inflammatory pseudotumor of the lymph node mimicking scrofula. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Jul 05; 155(1):66-7. PMID: 21727298.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    44. Sweis RF, Schramm MP, Kozmin SA. Silver-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloadditions of siloxy alkynes. J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jun 23; 126(24):7442-3. PMID: 15198582.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    45. Denmark SE, Sweis RF. Fluoride-free cross-coupling of organosilanols. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Jul 04; 123(26):6439-40. PMID: 11427080.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    
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