ArjunVasantBalarMD

Genitourinary Oncology, Hematologic Oncology

Associate Professor, Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Director - Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program, Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health

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Office
160 East 34th Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone+1 212-731-5820

Fax+1 212-731-5527

Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2009 - 2012
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2009
University of South Florida College of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2008 - 2023

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

Clinical Trials

Neoadjuvant Dose Dense Gemcitabine and Cisplatin (DD GC) In Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Phase 2 Study of Docetaxel +/- OGX-427 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Metastatic Bladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
MRI and Bladder Cancer Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Withdrawn
Pembrolizumab (MK3475), Gemcitabine, and Concurrent Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Cancer of the Bladder Start of enrollment: 2016 Aug 11
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Atezolizumab With or Without Bevacizumab in Cisplatin-ineligible Patients
Atezolizumab With Bevacizumab in Previously Untreated Metastatic/Unresectable Urothelial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 Sep 13
Terminated
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1470 citations
Atezolizumab as first-line treatment in cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced and metastatic urothelial carcinoma: a single-arm, multicentre, phase 2 trial.
Arjun Vasant Balar, Matthew D. Galsky, Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Thomas Powles, Daniel P. Petrylak
Lancet. 2017-01-07
90 citations
Multicenter Prospective Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Dose-Dense Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Gopa Iyer, Arjun Vasant Balar, Matthew I. Milowsky, Bernard H. Bochner, Guido Dalbagni
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2018-05-09
255 citations
TROPHY-U-01: A Phase II Open-Label Study of Sacituzumab Govitecan in Patients With Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Progressing After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy and Ch...
Scott T. Tagawa, Arjun Vasant Balar, Daniel P. Petrylak, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, Yohann Loriot
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021-04-30

Lectures

Phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial of pembrolizumab plus epacadostat or placebo for cisplatin-ineligible urothelial carcinoma (UC): KEYNOTE-672/ECHO-307.
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
Atezolizumab (atezo) in first-line cisplatin-ineligible or platinum-treated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC): Long-term efficacy from phase 2 stu...
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018

Press Mentions

Targeted Oncology - FDA Cracks down on Dangling Accelerated Approvals in 2021, Pathway Is ScrutinizedDecember 20th, 2021
Treatment Considerations for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma - Eugene Pietzak and Arjun BalarJune 16th, 2021
$Pembrolizumab in Combination with Gemcitabine and Concurrent Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy as Bladder Sparing Treatment for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer - Arjun Balar$
Pembrolizumab in Combination with Gemcitabine and Concurrent Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy as Bladder Sparing Treatment for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer - Arjun BalarJune 10th, 2021
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