Dawit Aregawi, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Dawit Aregawi, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Program:Next-Generation Therapies
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Brain and Central Nervous System Cancer Team
Research Interests
- Therapeutics
- Glioblastoma
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Neoplasms
- Diet
- Metformin
- Drug Therapy
- Glioma
- Mutation
- Thrombophilia
- Radiation
- Weights and Measures
Clinical Trials
A Multicenter, Open-Label Study with a Randomized Control Arm of the Efficacy, Safety,and Pharmacokinetics of Intravenously Infused Berubicin in Adult Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme (WHO Grade IV) After Failure of Standard First Line Therapy
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Enzastaurin Added to Temozolomide During and Following Radiation Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients Who Possess the Novel Genomic Biomarker DGM1
Phase II Pilot RCT to assess feasibility of supra-marginal surgical resection of malignant glioma (G-SUMIT: Glioma Supra Marginal Incision Trial)
3D-PREDICT Registry: 3D Prediction of patient-specific Response using ex vivo Interrogation of live cells from tumors
Maintenance Obinutuzumab for Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Complete Responders
An open-label phase II study to investigate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of tirabrutinib in patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL)
Recent Publications
2023
Ranjan, T, Sengupta, S, Glantz, MJ, Green, RM, Yu, A, Aregawi, D, Chaudhary, R, Chen, R, Zuccarello, M, Lu-Emerson, C, Moulding, HD, Belman, N, Glass, J, Mammoser, A, Anderson, M, Valluri, J, Marko, N, Schroeder, J, Jubelirer, S, Chow, F, Claudio, PP, Alberico, AM, Lirette, ST, Denning, KL & Howard, CM 2023, 'Cancer stem cell assay-guided chemotherapy improves survival of patients with recurrent glioblastoma in a randomized trial', Cell Reports Medicine, vol. 4, no. 5, 101025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101025
Hertler, C, Felsberg, J, Gramatzki, D, Le Rhun, E, Clarke, J, Soffietti, R, Wick, W, Chinot, O, Ducray, F, Roth, P, McDonald, K, Hau, P, Hottinger, AF, Reijneveld, J, Schnell, O, Marosi, C, Glantz, M, Darlix, A, Lombardi, G, Krex, D, Glas, M, Reardon, DA, van den Bent, M, Lefranc, F, Herrlinger, U, Razis, E, Carpentier, AF, Phillips, S, Rudà, R, Wick, A, Tabouret, E, Meyronet, D, Maurage, CA, Rushing, E, Rapkins, R, Bumes, E, Hegi, M, Weyerbrock, A, Aregawi, D, Gonzalez-Gomez, C, Pellerino, A, Klein, M, Preusser, M, Bendszus, M, Golfinopoulos, V, von Deimling, A, Gorlia, T, Wen, PY, Reifenberger, G & Weller, M 2023, 'Long-term survival with IDH wildtype glioblastoma: first results from the ETERNITY Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative Consortium (EORTC 1419)', European Journal of Cancer, vol. 189, 112913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2023.05.002
2022
Yee, PP, Wang, J, Chih, SY, Aregawi, DG, Glantz, MJ, Zacharia, BE, Thamburaj, K & Li, W 2022, 'Temporal radiographic and histological study of necrosis development in a mouse glioblastoma model', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 12, 993649. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.993649
2021
Fu, S, Piccioni, DE, Liu, H, Lukas, RV, Kesari, S, Aregawi, D, Hong, DS, Yamaguchi, K, Whicher, K, Zhang, Y, Chen, YL, Poola, N, Eddy, J & Blum, D 2021, 'A phase I study of the WT2725 dosing emulsion in patients with advanced malignancies', Scientific reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 22355. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01707-3
Khristov, V, Shenoy, G, Mau, C, Mrowczynski, O, Rizk, E, Pu, C, Specht, CS & Aregawi, D 2022, 'Myxopapillary Ependymoma with Anaplastic Features: A Case Series and Review of the Literature', World neurosurgery, vol. 158, pp. e735-e745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.11.053
Mrowczynski, OD, Vasekar, M, Fox, E, Harbaugh, K, Aregawi, D, Pameijer, CR, Zaorsky, N, Payne, R & Rizk, E 2021, 'Spontaneous Hip Dislocation Complicating the Management of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Arising Within a Plexiform Neurofibroma', Cureus, vol. 13, no. 7, e16320. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16320
Mansouri, A, Padmanaban, V, Aregawi, D & Glantz, M 2021, 'VEGF and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Prevention of Brain Metastases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Neurology, vol. 97, no. 15, pp. E1484-E1492. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000012642
2020
Yee, PP, Wei, Y, Kim, SY, Lu, T, Chih, SY, Lawson, C, Tang, M, Liu, Z, Anderson, B, Thamburaj, K, Young, MM, Aregawi, DG, Glantz, MJ, Zacharia, BE, Specht, CS, Wang, HG & Li, W 2020, 'Neutrophil-induced ferroptosis promotes tumor necrosis in glioblastoma progression', Nature communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 5424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19193-y
2019
Payne, R, Mrowczynski, OD, Slagle-Webb, B, Bourcier, A, Mau, C, Aregawi, D, Madhankumar, AB, Lee, SY, Harbaugh, K, Connor, J & Rizk, EB 2019, 'MLN8237 treatment in an orthoxenograft murine model for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 465-475. https://doi.org/10.3171/2017.8.JNS17765
Brown, TJ, Bota, DA, Van Den Bent, MJ, Brown, PD, Maher, E, Aregawi, D, Liau, LM, Buckner, JC, Weller, M, Berger, MS & Glantz, M 2019, 'Management of low-grade glioma: A systematic review and meta-Analysis', Neuro-Oncology Practice, vol. 6, no. 4, npy034, pp. 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npy034