Ingrid A. Mayer
After 20 years as a medical oncologist in academia and clinical practice, my current role as the Global Clinical Strategy Head for Breast and Gynaecological Cancers allows me to pioneer and expand novel translational global research and innovative clinical trial development that accelerate the approval of established and novel drugs in the key areas of excellence at AstraZeneca, tumour resistance/targeted therapies, DNA damage response, antibody-drug conjugates and immuno-oncology.
My overarching vision is to promote paradigm-shifting and practice-changing treatments in breast and gynecological cancers to decrease mortality, morbidity and health disparities, as well as address the critical knowledge gaps in the breast and gynaecological cancer medical fields.
Before joining AstraZeneca, I was a Professor of Medicine and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for 18 years, with a successful track record of mentoring fellows and junior faculty throughout my career. As a trained breast cancer medical oncologist, I provided cutting-edge care to thousands of patients. I have extensive experience with novel therapeutics in phase I, II and III clinical trials, having been the principal investigator on more than 90 clinical trials spanning from phase I to phase III. My translational research in breast cancer focused on identifying targetable pathways and mechanisms of treatment resistance, which have been recognised and funded by the NCI (K23 and SPORE in Breast Cancer), SU2C/ AACR, Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and published in more than 135 peer-reviewed journals. I have chaired, co-chaired or been a member of many national and international health services cancer leadership committees in the US, such as ECOG-ACRIN Breast Core Committee, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Breast Cancer Panel of Experts, Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (TBCRC) amongst many others.
Bench-to-bed research has led us to alter the cancer treatment paradigm and practice, making treatments more effective and patient-centred. I am excited about the research we are pursuing that will help decrease mortality, morbidity and health disparities for cancer patients
2018-2022
2013-2021
2011-2021
CURRENT ROLE
2022
2021
2021
Featured publications
Randomized Phase III Postoperative Trial of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Versus Capecitabine in Patients With Residual Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: ECOG-ACRIN EA1131
Mayer IA, Zhao F, Arteaga CL, Symmans WF, Park BH, Burnette BL, Tevaarwerk AJ, Garcia SF, Smith KL, Makower DF, Block M, Morley KA, Jani CR, Mescher C, Dewani SJ, Tawfik B, Flaum LE, Mayer EL, Sikov WM, Rodler ET, Wagner LI, DeMichele AM, Sparano JA, Wolff AC, Miller KD. Randomized Phase III Postoperative Trial of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Versus Capecitabine in Patients With Residual Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: ECOG-ACRIN EA1131. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Aug 10;39(23):2539-2551. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.00976. Epub 2021 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 34092112; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8577688.
Clinical and Genomic Risk to Guide the Use of Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
Sparano JA, Gray RJ, Ravdin PM, Makower DF, Pritchard KI, Albain KS, Hayes DF, Geyer CE Jr, Dees EC, Goetz MP, Olson JA Jr, Lively T, Badve SS, Saphner TJ, Wagner LI, Whelan TJ, Ellis MJ, Paik S, Wood WC, Keane MM, Gomez Moreno HL, Reddy PS, Goggins TF, Mayer IA, Brufsky AM, Toppmeyer DL, Kaklamani VG, Berenberg JL, Abrams J, Sledge GW Jr. Clinical and Genomic Risk to Guide the Use of Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jun 20;380(25):2395-2405. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1904819. Epub 2019 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 31157962; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6709671.
Alpelisib for PIK3CA-Mutated, Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
André F, Ciruelos E, Rubovszky G, Campone M, Loibl S, Rugo HS, Iwata H, Conte P, Mayer IA, Kaufman B, Yamashita T, Lu YS, Inoue K, Takahashi M, Pápai Z, Longin AS, Mills D, Wilke C, Hirawat S, Juric D. Alpelisib for PIK3CA-Mutated, Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 16;380(20):1929-1940. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1813904. PubMed PMID: 31091374.
A Phase II Randomized Study of Neoadjuvant Letrozole Plus Alpelisib for Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Breast Cancer (NEO-ORB)
Mayer IA, Prat A, Egle D, Blau S, Fidalgo JAP, Gnant M, Fasching PA, Colleoni M, Wolff AC, Winer EP, Singer CF, Hurvitz S, Estévez LG, van Dam PA, Kümmel S, Mundhenke C, Holmes F, Babbar N, Charbonnier L, Diaz-Padilla I, Vogl FD, Sellami D, Arteaga CL. A Phase II Randomized Study of Neoadjuvant Letrozole Plus Alpelisib for Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Breast Cancer (NEO-ORB). Clin Cancer Res. 2019 May 15;25(10):2975-2987. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-3160. Epub 2019 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 30723140; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6522303.
Sacituzumab Govitecan-hziy in Refractory Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Bardia A, Mayer IA, Vahdat LT, Tolaney SM, Isakoff SJ, Diamond JR, O'Shaughnessy J, Moroose RL, Santin AD, Abramson VG, Shah NC, Rugo HS, Goldenberg DM, Sweidan AM, Iannone R, Washkowitz S, Sharkey RM, Wegener WA, Kalinsky K. Sacituzumab Govitecan-hziy in Refractory Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019 Feb 21;380(8):741-751. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1814213. PubMed PMID: 30786188.
Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer
Sparano JA, Gray RJ, Makower DF, Pritchard KI, Albain KS, Hayes DF, Geyer CE Jr, Dees EC, Goetz MP, Olson JA Jr, Lively T, Badve SS, Saphner TJ, Wagner LI, Whelan TJ, Ellis MJ, Paik S, Wood WC, Ravdin PM, Keane MM, Gomez Moreno HL, Reddy PS, Goggins TF, Mayer IA, Brufsky AM, Toppmeyer DL, Kaklamani VG, Berenberg JL, Abrams J, Sledge GW Jr. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 12;379(2):111-121. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1804710. Epub 2018 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 29860917; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6172658.
HER kinase inhibition in patients with HER2- and HER3-mutant cancers
Hyman DM, Piha-Paul SA, Won H, Rodon J, Saura C, Shapiro GI, Juric D, Quinn DI, Moreno V, Doger B, Mayer IA, Boni V, Calvo E, Loi S, Lockhart AC, Erinjeri JP, Scaltriti M, Ulaner GA, Patel J, Tang J, Beer H, Selcuklu SD, Hanrahan AJ, Bouvier N, Melcer M, Murali R, Schram AM, Smyth LM, Jhaveri K, Li BT, Drilon A, Harding JJ, Iyer G, Taylor BS, Berger MF, Cutler RE Jr, Xu F, Butturini A, Eli LD, Mann G, Farrell C, Lalani AS, Bryce RP, Arteaga CL, Meric-Bernstam F, Baselga J, Solit DB. HER kinase inhibition in patients with HER2- and HER3-mutant cancers. Nature. 2018 Feb 8;554(7691):189-194. doi: 10.1038/nature25475. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 29420467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5808581.
A Randomized Phase II Neoadjuvant Study of Cisplatin, Paclitaxel With or Without Everolimus in Patients with Stage II/III Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC): Responses and Long-term Outcome Correlated with Increased Frequency of DNA Damage Response Gene Mutations, TNBC Subtype, AR Status, and Ki67
Jovanović B*, Mayer IA*, Mayer EL, Abramson VG, Bardia A, Sanders ME, Kuba MG, Estrada MV, Beeler JS, Shaver TM, Johnson KC, Sanchez V, Rosenbluth JM, Dillon PM, Forero-Torres A, Chang JC, Meszoely IM, Grau AM, Lehmann BD, Shyr Y, Sheng Q, Chen SC, Arteaga CL, Pietenpol JA. A Randomized Phase II Neoadjuvant Study of Cisplatin, Paclitaxel With or Without Everolimus in Patients with Stage II/III Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC): Responses and Long-term Outcome Correlated with Increased Frequency of DNA Damage Response Gene Mutations, TNBC Subtype, AR Status, and Ki67. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Aug 1;23(15):4035-4045. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-3055. Epub 2017 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 28270498; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5540799. *equal authorship
A Phase Ib Study of Alpelisib (BYL719), a PI3Kα-Specific Inhibitor, with Letrozole in ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer
Mayer IA, Abramson VG, Formisano L, Balko JM, Estrada MV, Sanders ME, Juric D, Solit D, Berger MF, Won HH, Li Y, Cantley LC, Winer E, Arteaga CL. A Phase Ib Study of Alpelisib (BYL719), a PI3Kα-Specific Inhibitor, with Letrozole in ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Jan 1;23(1):26-34. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-0134. Epub 2016 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 27126994; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5085926.
Prospective Validation of a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer
Sparano JA, Gray RJ, Makower DF, Pritchard KI, Albain KS, Hayes DF, Geyer CE Jr, Dees EC, Perez EA, Olson JA Jr, Zujewski J, Lively T, Badve SS, Saphner TJ, Wagner LI, Whelan TJ, Ellis MJ, Paik S, Wood WC, Ravdin P, Keane MM, Gomez Moreno HL, Reddy PS, Goggins TF, Mayer IA, Brufsky AM, Toppmeyer DL, Kaklamani VG, Atkins JN, Berenberg JL, Sledge GW. Prospective Validation of a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov.
Stand up to cancer phase Ib study of pan-phosphoinositide-3-kinase inhibitor buparlisib with letrozole in estrogen receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative metastatic breast cancer
Mayer IA, Abramson VG, Isakoff SJ, Forero A, Balko JM, Kuba MG, Sanders ME, Yap JT, Van den Abbeele AD, Li Y, Cantley LC, Winer E, Arteaga CL. Stand up to cancer phase Ib study of pan-phosphoinositide-3-kinase inhibitor buparlisib with letrozole in estrogen receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Apr 20;32(12):1202-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.0518. Epub 2014 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 24663045; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3986383.
Veeva ID: Z4-61020
Date of preparation: January 2024