Contact information
patosarahblagden@oncology.ox.ac.uk
Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford OX3 7DQ
Research groups
Research Themes
Genome Integrity & Epigenetics (Collaborator)
Websites
Clinical Trials
RDXC004/0001: A Modular, Multi-arm, Multi-part, Phase 1/2a, Adaptive Design Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of RXC004, Alone and in Combination with Anti-cancer Treatments, in Patients with Advanced Malignancies
BGB149-102: A Phase 1b, Multicentre, Multiple Ascending Dose, Safety, Pharmacokinetic and
Pharmacodynamic Study of Tilvestamab (BGB149) in Relapsed AXL-positive, Platinum-resistant, High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (HGSOC) Patients
NX-1607-101: A Phase 1a, Dose Escalation, Safety and Tolerability Study of NX-1607, a Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene (CBL-B) inhibitor, in Adults with Advanced Malignancies, with Phase 1b Expansion in Select Tumor Types
NuTide 302: A Phase Ib open label study to assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of NUC-3373, a nucleotide analogue, given in combination with standard agents used in colorectal cancer treatment.
ASTX029-01: A Phase 1-2 Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Activity of ASTX029 in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors
ART0380/REFMAL: A Phase I/IIa, Open-label, Multi-center Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Efficacy of the ATR Kinase Inhibitor ART0380 Administered Orally as Monotherapy and in Combination to Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
UCB6114: Phase 1/2 Open-Label, Multicentre Study To Assess The Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Anti-tumor Activity of UCB6114 Administered Intravenously To Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors.
Sarah Blagden
BSc, FRCP, PhD
Professor of Experimental Oncology
- Lead for Oxford Cancer Trials Office (OCTO)
- Interim chair for Athena Swan Committee (Department of Oncology)
Clinician-scientist with a specialist interest in cancer clinical trials and research group leader (RNA biology).
Research Summary
Investigating post-transcriptional mechanisms that drive cancer behaviour, particularly the transition from precancer to invasive cancer and researching novel cancer preventives and therapeutics.
Biography
Following medical training, Sarah undertook subsequent specialist training in Medical Oncology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Sarah was awarded a CRUK Junior Clinician Scientist PhD fellowship to study fruit fly genetics at Cambridge University (2000-2004) and later held a Clinical Fellowship at the Institute of Cancer Research’s Drug Development Unit.
She was appointed as Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at Imperial College in 2006 where she specialised in treating gynaecological cancers, launched Imperial's Early Phase Trial portfolio and established her laboratory studying the dysregulation of mRNA translation in cancer. In 2015 she moved to Oxford University and is now a Professor of Experimental Oncology. Sarah was Director of the Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit until 2021 when she took over leadership of the Oxford Clinical Trials Office (OCTO) running a national trials portfolio specialising in early phase, Precision Prevention and Early Detection studies. She has been chief or principal investigator for a number of national and international clinical studies and her team's research focus is post-transcriptional gene regulation in precancer progression.
Group Members
Key publications
Subharmonics are not an infallible safety metric for cavitation dynamics.
Journal article
Wu Q. et al, (2026), Int J Hyperthermia, 43
Systemic lupus pregnancies are characterized by an intrinsic pro-inflammatory monocyte transcriptome, driven by an aberrant miRNA signature.
Journal article
Scherlinger M. et al, (2026), J Transl Autoimmun, 12
Digital health and social inequality: Population-based evidence from MyHealth platform use in Catalonia
Journal article
Mora T. et al, (2026), Health Policy and Technology, 15
Comorbidities, medication use, and overall survival in eight cancers: a multinational cohort study of 1.7 million patients across Europe.
Journal article
López-Sánchez I. et al, (2026), Lancet Reg Health Eur, 63
Women with chronic pelvic pain can be stratified using multimodal assessment.
Journal article
Demetriou L. et al, (2026), Pain, 167, 786 - 802
The autoantigen TRIM21 assembles proinflammatory immune complexes following lytic cell death
Journal article
Jones Evana EL. et al, (2026), Science immunology
Suppression of pathological oscillations with transcranial focused ultrasound in Parkinson's disease.
Journal article
Eraifej J. et al, (2026), Nat Commun
Thermal tolerance of Acer campestre (field maple) under heat and drought stress derived from chlorophyll fluorescence
Journal article
Khan R. et al, (2026), Trees - Structure and Function
Mechanistic impasses: tofacitinib treatment ameliorates GM-CSF-driven macrophage inflammation
Journal article
Clanchy FIL., (2026), Cellular & Molecular Immunology
TSP-1 interaction with RANK and OPG: implications for bone remodeling and osteolytic bone metastasis.
Journal article
Carminati L. et al, (2026), Cell Death Dis
Paradoxical Expression of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors in Leucocytes.
Journal article
Clanchy FIL. et al, (2026), Clin Rev Allergy Immunol, 69
Cellular and molecular landscapes of human tendons across the lifespan revealed by spatial and single-cell transcriptomics.
Journal article
Kurjan A. et al, (2026), Cell Rep, 45
Mixed-mobility supported lipid bilayers uncover the role of immobilized ICAM1 on T cell activation and immune synapse organization.
Journal article
Leithner A. et al, (2026), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 123
Agreement and utility between registry and trial mortality data - a data utility comparison in the BOSS trial.
Journal article
Zimmermann A. et al, (2026), Trials
ligning Approaches to Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Development: An Expert Comparison of FDA and EMA Guidance
Journal article
Ciancio A. et al, (2026), The Lancet Rheumatology
A critical review of clinical prediction models in oncology: is this SEERious research?
Preprint
Collins G. et al, (2026)
The effectiveness of prehabilitation on post-operative recovery from lumbar spinal stenosis surgery - A systematic review and intervention component analysis.
Journal article
Heine P. et al, (2026), Clin Rehabil
Chromosomal instability shapes the tumor microenvironment of esophageal adenocarcinoma via a cGAS-chemokine-myeloid axis.
Journal article
Beernaert B. et al, (2026), Sci Adv, 12
Ten Year Follow-up of a randomized Trial of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Alternative Forms of Surgical Cartilage Management in in the Knee.
Journal article
Snow M. et al, (2026), Osteoarthritis Cartilage
Symptom Flares in Endometriosis: Burden, Self-Management and Barriers to Care in a Cross-Sectional Survey.
Journal article
Coxon L. et al, (2026), BJOG
Impact of Upadacitinib on Reducing Pain in Patients Across the Axial Spondyloarthritis Spectrum: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 2/3 SELECT-AXIS Studies
Journal article
Baraliakos X. et al, (2026), Rheumatology and Therapy
Validating primary and secondary healthcare resource use and costs estimates in OMOP-mapped vs source CPRD-HES data in the UK
Conference paper
Fabiano G. et al, (2026), Value in Health
Endometriosis lesion distribution by age at presentation: an international multicentre database study.
Journal article
Lewin J. et al, (2026), Hum Reprod
The epidemiology of cubital tunnel syndrome: a UK Biobank case-control study.
Journal article
Lucey M. et al, (2026), J Hand Surg Eur Vol
Digital morphine: why AI scribes are symptomatic relief for a broken system
Journal article
Segal B. et al, (2026), BMJ Digital Health & AI, 2, e000030 - e000030
Characteristics, treatment and survival of patients with chondrosarcoma in five European countries: a DARWIN EU® cohort study.
Journal article
Barchuk A. et al, (2026), Acta Oncol, 65, 193 - 200
Progress towards drug treatment for melorheostosis.
Journal article
Wordsworth BP., (2026), J Bone Miner Res
Protocol for precision cutting and short-term culture of lymph node tissue slices for modeling of innate immune responses ex vivo.
Journal article
Fergusson JR. et al, (2026), STAR Protoc, 7
Collectin-11 regulates osteoclastogenesis and bone maintenance via a complement-dependent mechanism
Journal article
Howard MC. et al, (2026), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123
Unveiling the association between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering and fracture risk : real-world evidence from a target trial emulation study.
Journal article
Wen Z. et al, (2026), Bone Joint Res, 15, 227 - 237
Implementation of OMOP and ConcePTION Common Data Models in CPRD GOLD: Risk of Bleeding and Cardiovascular Outcomes From Anticoagulant Use.
Journal article
Hunt NB. et al, (2026), Clin Pharmacol Ther
UKRI's funding reforms: universities and researchers should be valued collaborators, not an afterthought.
Journal article
Khan MS. et al, (2026), BMJ, 392
symmetric bony hip morphology in asymptomatic professional baseball pitchers: a cross-sectional cohort study.
Journal article
Fuchs RK. et al, (2026), BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil
Checkpoint blockade amplifies pro-regenerative type 2 immunity in tissue repair.
Journal article
Romero Arocha S. and Clarke A., (2026), Nat Rev Immunol
The adaptor protein TASL is required for age-related B cell emergence and lupus-like disease development in mice.
Journal article
Johnstone JC. et al, (2026), PLoS Biol, 24
Lytic IFNγ is stored in cytotoxic granules and coreleased with granzyme B to mediate cytotoxic T lymphocyte killing.
Journal article
Li X. et al, (2026), Cell Mol Immunol
Surgery versus non-surgical splint treatment for proximal phalanx shaft finger fractures in adults: the POINT Randomised Controlled Trial.
Journal article
Karantana A. et al, (2026), Health Technol Assess, 1 - 41
Investigating strategies to degrade the inflammasome signalling adaptor ASC
Thesis / Dissertation
Liebenau A., (2026)
Time to reframe osteoporosis: a position statement to characterize the osteoporosis care gap.
Journal article
Paskins Z. et al, (2026), JBMR Plus, 10
Outcomes in Early Adulthood for Individuals Born Very Preterm and/or with Very Low Birth Weight: Evidence from Multinational Cohorts.
Journal article
Pilvar H. et al, (2026), J Pediatr Clin Pract, 19
The management of non-traumatic wrist disorders: A national survey of practice.
Journal article
Mitchell T. et al, (2026), Hand Ther, 31, 54 - 61
Hydrolytic degradation behaviour of electrospun poly(ɛ-caprolactone) filaments for biological tissue repair.
Journal article
Zanetti Ferreira T. et al, (2026), J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 175
Severe necrotizing soft tissue infections (SENSEI) study: Protocol for a multi-centered audit.
Journal article
Yoshimura R. et al, (2026), JPRAS Open, 48, 331 - 336
Time to reframe osteoporosis: a position statement to characterize the osteoporosis care gap.
Journal article
Paskins Z. et al, (2026), JBMR Plus, 10
Supervised versus self-managed rehabilitation for patients with an acute first-time or recurrent patellar dislocation: the Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Post Patellar Dislocation (PRePPeD) external pilot randomized controlled trial and embedded qualitative study.
Journal article
Forde CP. et al, (2026), Bone Joint J, 108-B, 310 - 321
Cohort Study on Drug Survival and Tolerability of Adalimumab Biosimilar Transitioning: Pharmaceutical Properties Do Matter.
Journal article
Peeters ACD. et al, (2026), Clin Pharmacol Ther, 119, 651 - 659
Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Models of Anti-Amyloid Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review.
Journal article
Herriott L. et al, (2026), CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol, 15
Determinants of six-minute walk test performance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
Journal article
Mylvaganam S. et al, (2026), Osteoarthr Cartil Open, 8
Frequency and Characteristics of Axial Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis: Results from the International Multicentre AXIS Study.
Journal article
Coates L. and Torgutalp M., (2026), Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
A0594 Drug-testing in patient-derived renal cell carcinoma organoids reveals pathways of vulnerability and resistance
Journal article
Steven M. et al, (2026), European Urology, 89, S1 - S2
Do metabolic fluxes change with age?
Journal article
Hofer SJ. et al, (2026), Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Storage under hypoxia improves the ability of red cells to release oxygen in ex vivo–perfused human kidneys
Journal article
Rabcuka J. et al, (2026), Blood Red Cells & Iron, 2, 100038 - 100038
Composite and pragmatic measures in psoriatic arthritis: bridging trials and clinical feasibility.
Journal article
Kang J-H. and Coates LC., (2026), Curr Opin Immunol, 99
The PRAGMATIC pathway - PRostate cancer diAGnosis and MAnagement Triage In Clinical care.
Journal article
Sharma A. et al, (2026), BJU Int
Evaluating large language models for clinical note processing: local fine-tuning and internal-external validation using electronic health records from South Asia.
Journal article
Hasheminasab SA. et al, (2026), BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
Multiplanar kinematic deviations in idiopathic toe walking: A comparison with voluntary toe walking gait.
Journal article
Chiu CH. et al, (2026), Gait Posture, 127
Substantial international variation in the cost of blood group and save and crossmatch: A systematic review.
Journal article
Fabiano G. et al, (2026), Br J Haematol
Editorial: Pediatric scaphoid fractures-a problem we need to take more seriously?
Journal article
Dean B. and Riley N., (2026), Skeletal Radiol
comBO: A combined human bone and lympho-myeloid bone marrow organoid for preclinical modeling of hematopoietic disorders.
Journal article
Shen Y. et al, (2026), Cell Stem Cell
Mapping the potential and limitations of using generative AI technologies to address socio-economic challenges in LMICs.
Journal article
Adams R. et al, (2026), Nat Comput Sci
Recent publications
The circulating proteome and cancer risk: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 26 prospective studies with genetic validation.
Journal article
Dillman A. et al, (2026), EBioMedicine, 124
Clinical Impact of Next-Generation Sequencing-Guided Targeted Therapies in Advanced Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal article
Kazmi F. et al, (2025), Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 48
A phase 1b, multicentre, dose escalation, safety and pharmacokinetics study of tilvestamab (BGB149) in relapsed, platinum-resistant, high-grade serous ovarian cancer (PROC) patients.
Journal article
Sooi K. et al, (2025), Br J Cancer, 133, 896 - 908
Precision Prevention Studies: A Targeted Approach to Cancer Prevention.
Journal article
Blagden SP. et al, (2025), Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 18, 499 - 507
TIMEPOINT, a phase 1 study combining MTL-CEBPA with pembrolizumab, supports the immunomodulatory effect of MTL-CEBPA in solid tumors.
Journal article
Plummer R. et al, (2025), Cell Rep Med, 6