HopeS.RugoMD

Oncology • San Francisco, CA

Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF

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Office
1600 Divisadero St
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-353-7070

Fax+1 415-353-7021

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1987 - 1990
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1986 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Women's Health Castle Connolly, 2008
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Colony-stimulating Factors in Treating Women With Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2000 Dec 04
Completed
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy After Surgery With or Without Chinese Herbal Therapy to Treat Symptoms in Women With Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Herbal Therapy in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Zoledronate in Treating Bone Marrow Micrometastases in Women With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2004 Nov 03
Completed
Phase 2
Trastuzumab and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With HER2/Neu Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2004 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bevacizumab and Letrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2004 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 2
Sunitinib, Cyclophosphamide, and Methotrexate in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Terminated
Phase 1, Phase 2
Nicotine Patches in Reducing Hand-Foot Syndrome in Patients Who Are Receiving Capecitabine For Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 Aug 20
Terminated
Phase 2
Effects of Chemotherapy on the Brain in Women With Newly Diagnosed Early-Stage Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 May 01
Completed
Paclitaxel, Nab-paclitaxel, or Ixabepilone With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage IIIC or Stage IV Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 13
Completed
Phase 3
Sunitinib in Treating Patients With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer Who Have Tumor Cells in the Bone Marrow Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Phase 1/2 Study of ThermoDox With Approved Hyperthermia in Treatment of Breast Cancer Recurrence at the Chest Wall Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
A Phase III Randomized Trial of Metformin vs Placebo in Early Stage Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 13
Completed
Phase 3
Reversing Hormone Resistance in Advanced Breast Cancer With Pazopanib Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 27
Completed
Phase 2
Safety Study of PLX3397 and Paclitaxel in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2012 May 01
Completed
Phase 1
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Impact of Denosumab on Disseminated Tumor Cells (DTC) in Patients With Early Stage Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Eribulin in Combination With Cyclophosphamide in Patients With Solid Tumor Malignancies Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 27
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Phase Ib/II Study of PLX 3397 and Eribulin in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 12
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Phase 2 Study of the Monoclonal Antibody MGAH22 (Margetuximab) in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Advanced Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
T-DM1 vs Paclitaxel/Trastuzumab for Breast (ATEMPT Trial) Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Study of Letrozole With or Without BYL719 or Buparlisib, for the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Postmenopausal Women Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 11
Completed
Phase 2
Open-label, Phase II Study of Stomatitis Prevention With a Steroid-based Mouthwash in Post-menopausal Women With Estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+), Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)- Metastatic or Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
A Study of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) In Participants With Previously Treated Breast Cancer That Has Spread Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 10
Completed
Phase 2
A Study of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) Combined With Fulvestrant in Women With Hormone Receptor Positive HER2 Negative Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 22
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Taselisib and Enzalutamide in Treating Patients With Androgen Receptor Positive Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2015 Jun 01
Terminated
Phase 1, Phase 2
A Study of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) in Participants With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer or Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2016 Nov 14
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1
Pembrolizumab With Carboplatin Compared to Carboplatin Alone in Breast Cancer Patients With Chest Wall Disease Start of enrollment: 2017 Sep 02
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Oral Paclitaxel Efficacy Safety and PK in Recurrent and Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Jul 06
Completed
Phase 2
Study of Adagloxad Simolenin (OBI-822)/OBI-821 in the Adjuvant Treatment of Patients With Globo H Positive TNBC Start of enrollment: 2018 Dec 05
Recruiting
Phase 3
The XENERA™ 1 Study Tests Xentuzumab in Combination With Everolimus and Exemestane in Women With Hormone Receptor Positive and HER2-negative Breast Cancer That Has Spread Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 28
Completed
Phase 2
Avelumab With Binimetinib, Sacituzumab Govitecan, or Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Stage IV or Unresectable, Recurrent Triple Negative Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 08
Recruiting
Phase 2
Evaluation of Talazoparib, a PARP Inhibitor, in Patients With Somatic BRCA Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer: Genotyping Based Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 18
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

218 citations
Adjuvant abemaciclib combined with endocrine therapy for high-risk early breast cancer: updated efficacy and Ki-67 analysis from the monarchE study.
N. Harbeck, Priya Rastogi, M. Martin, Sara M. Tolaney, Z-M Shao
Annals of Oncology. 2021-09-29
155 citations
Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (monarchE): results from a preplanned int...
Stephen R D Johnston, Masakazu Toi, Joyce O'Shaughnessy, Priya Rastogi, Mario Campone
The Lancet. Oncology. 2023-01-01
51 citations
Sorafenib or Placebo with Either Gemcitabine or Capecitabine in Patients with HER-2–Negative Advanced Breast Cancer That Progressed during or after Bevacizumab
Lee S. Schwartzberg, Kurt W. Tauer, Robert Hermann, Grace Makari-Judson, Claudine Isaacs
Clinical Cancer Research. 2013-05-15

Journal Articles

Pembrolizumab Monotherapy for Previously Untreated, PD-L1-Positive, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Cohort B of the Phase II KEYNOTE-086 Study
M C Liu, R Nanda, H S Rugo, E P Winer, S Adams, Annals of Oncology
Atezolizumab and Nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Amreen Husain, Sylvia Adams, Hope S Rugo, Carlos H Barrios, Eric P Winer, The New England Journal of Medicine
A Pharmacogenetic Prediction Model of Progression‐Free Survival in Breast Cancer Using Genome‐Wide Genotyping Data from CALGB 40502 (Alliance)
Hope S Rugo, Francisco Castillos, Beth Overmoyer, Mark J Ratain, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Talazoparib in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer and a Germline BRCA Mutation
Hope S Rugo, Sara A Hurvitz, Lida A Mina, The New England Journal of Medicine
Geographic Variation in Postoperative Imaging for Low-Risk Breast Cancer
Benjamin L. Franc, Ben Marafino, Hope S. Rugo, David Seidenwurm, Journal of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Identification of a Genomic Region Between SLC29A1 and HSP90AB1 Associated with Risk of Bevacizumab-Induced Hypertension: CALGB 80405 (Alliance)
Hope S Rugo, Bryan P Schneider, Alan Venook, Clinical Cancer Research
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Lectures

Alpelisib (ALP) + endocrine therapy (ET) in patients (pts) with PIK3CA-mutated hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor-2-negative (HER2-) advanc...
2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
SOPHIA primary analysis: A phase 3 (P3) study of margetuximab (M) + chemotherapy (C) versus trastuzumab (T) + C in patients (pts) with HER2+ metastatic (met) breast ca...
2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
EMBRACA: Efficacy outcomes in clinically relevant subgroups comparing talazoparib (TALA), an oral poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, to physician's choice of...
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
BYLieve: A phase II study of alpelisib (ALP) with fulvestrant (FUL) or letrozole (LET) for treatment of PIK3CA mutant, hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal...
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
The association of early toxicity and outcomes for patients treated with abemaciclib.
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
The New World of Biosimilars in Oncology: Translation of Data to the Clinic
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2013 International Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Authored Content

Palbociclib plus Endocrine Therapy in Older Women with HR+/HER2– Advanced Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Randomised PALOMA Clinical StudiesAugust 2018

Press Mentions

Challenging Case Conversation: A 45-Year-Old With Early-Stage Breast CancerSeptember 19th, 2024
Challenging Case Conversation: Metastasis in a Breast Cancer PatientSeptember 19th, 2024
What New “Elephant in the Room” Means for Bladder Cancer CareJune 25th, 2024
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