Distinguished in Lynch Syndrome

Dr. Firas Badin

Oncology
Baptist Health Medical Group-Palliative Medicine
1700 Nicholasville Rd Ste 1100, 
Lexington, KY 
Offers Telehealth
Distinguished in Lynch Syndrome
Baptist Health Medical Group-Palliative Medicine
1700 Nicholasville Rd Ste 1100, 
Lexington, KY 
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Firas Badin is an Oncologist in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Badin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lynch Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles and participating in 27 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in KY
Hospital Affiliations
Roane General Hospital
Baptist Health Lexington
Baptist Health Richmond
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Baptist Health Medical Group-Palliative Medicine
1700 Nicholasville Rd Ste 1100, Lexington, KY 40503
Other Locations
Office
3000 Baptist Health Blvd Ste 155, Lexington, KY 40509

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.

26 Clinical Trials

Randomized Study of Erlotinib Vs Observation in Patients With Completely Resected Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Randomized Study of Erlotinib Vs Observation in Patients With Completely Resected Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: February 12, 2026
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Drug: Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Study Phase: Phase 3
Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Lung Cancers (ANVIL)-A Randomized Phase III Study of Nivolumab After Surgical Resection and Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers
Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Lung Cancers (ANVIL)-A Randomized Phase III Study of Nivolumab After Surgical Resection and Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: February 12, 2026
Intervention Type: Procedure, Biological, Other
Study Drug: Nivolumab
Study Phase: Phase 3
Adjuvant Lung Cancer Enrichment Marker Identification and Sequencing Trial (ALCHEMIST)
Adjuvant Lung Cancer Enrichment Marker Identification and Sequencing Trial (ALCHEMIST)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: February 12, 2026
Intervention Type: Other, Procedure, Biological, Drug
Study Phase: Not Applicable
JUNIPER: A Randomized Phase 3 Study of Abemaciclib Plus Best Supportive Care Versus Erlotinib Plus Best Supportive Care in Patients With Stage IV NSCLC With a Detectable KRAS Mutation Who Have Progressed After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
JUNIPER: A Randomized Phase 3 Study of Abemaciclib Plus Best Supportive Care Versus Erlotinib Plus Best Supportive Care in Patients With Stage IV NSCLC With a Detectable KRAS Mutation Who Have Progressed After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: February 06, 2026
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drugs: Abemaciclib, Erlotinib
Study Phase: Phase 3
QUILT-3.055: A Phase IIb, Multicohort, Open-Label Study of Combination Immunotherapies in Patients Who Have Previously Received Treatment With PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
QUILT-3.055: A Phase IIb, Multicohort, Open-Label Study of Combination Immunotherapies in Patients Who Have Previously Received Treatment With PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: January 14, 2026
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drugs: N-803, Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Atezolizumab, Avelumab, Durvalumab, PD-L1 t-haNK
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Randomized Phase III Trial for Surgically Resected Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Crizotinib Versus Observation for Patients With Tumors Harboring the Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Fusion Protein
A Randomized Phase III Trial for Surgically Resected Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Crizotinib Versus Observation for Patients With Tumors Harboring the Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Fusion Protein
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: December 19, 2025
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Drug: Crizotinib
Study Phase: Phase 3
A Randomized Phase III Trial of Endocrine Therapy Plus Entinostat/Placebo in Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
A Randomized Phase III Trial of Endocrine Therapy Plus Entinostat/Placebo in Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: December 18, 2025
Intervention Type: Other, Procedure, Drug
Study Drugs: Entinostat, Exemestane, Goserelin, Goserelin Acetate
Study Phase: Phase 3
Phase 3, Open-Label, 4-Cohort Study of Nogapendekin Alfa Inbakicept in Combination With Current Standard of Care as First-Line Treatment for Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Phase 3, Open-Label, 4-Cohort Study of Nogapendekin Alfa Inbakicept in Combination With Current Standard of Care as First-Line Treatment for Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: October 16, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drugs: N-803+Pembrolizumab, N-803+Carboplatin+Nab-paclitaxel+Pembrolizumab, N-803+Cisplatin or Carboplatin+Pembrolizumab+Pemetrexed, Pembrolizumab, Carboplatin+Nab-paclitaxel or Paclitaxel+Pembrolizumab, Cisplatin or Carboplatin+Pembrolizumab+Pemetrexed
Study Phase: Phase 3
A Phase II-R and a Phase III Trial Evaluating Both Erlotinib (Ph II-R) and Chemoradiation (Ph III) as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients With Resected Head of Pancreas Adenocarcinoma
A Phase II-R and a Phase III Trial Evaluating Both Erlotinib (Ph II-R) and Chemoradiation (Ph III) as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients With Resected Head of Pancreas Adenocarcinoma
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 08, 2025
Intervention Type: Other, Procedure, Drug, Radiation
Study Drugs: Capecitabine, Chemotherapy, Erlotinib hydrochloride, Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine hydrochloride
Study Phase: Phase 3
A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of AB122 Monotherapy, AB154 in Combination With AB122, and AB154 in Combination With AB122 and AB928 in Front-Line, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of AB122 Monotherapy, AB154 in Combination With AB122, and AB154 in Combination With AB122 and AB928 in Front-Line, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: August 26, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drugs: Zimberelimab, Domvanalimab, Etrumadenant
Study Phase: Phase 2
Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial of Cisplatin/Carboplatin and Etoposide (CE) Alone or in Combination With Nivolumab as Frontline Therapy for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ED-SCLC)
Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial of Cisplatin/Carboplatin and Etoposide (CE) Alone or in Combination With Nivolumab as Frontline Therapy for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ED-SCLC)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: July 03, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Biological
Study Drugs: Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Etoposide, Nivolumab
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Phase III Randomized Study of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Versus Nivolumab for Previously Treated Patients With Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer and No Matching Biomarker (Lung-Map Sub-Study)
A Phase III Randomized Study of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Versus Nivolumab for Previously Treated Patients With Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer and No Matching Biomarker (Lung-Map Sub-Study)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: May 21, 2025
Intervention Type: Other, Biological
Study Drugs: Ipilimumab, Nivolumab
Study Phase: Phase 3
EF-36/Keynote B36: A Pilot, Randomized, Open-label Study of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields, 150 kHz) Concomitant With Pembrolizumab for First Line Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
EF-36/Keynote B36: A Pilot, Randomized, Open-label Study of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields, 150 kHz) Concomitant With Pembrolizumab for First Line Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: April 23, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Device
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Randomized Prospective Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Completely Resected Stage I or IIA Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Identified as Intermediate or High Risk by a 14-Gene Prognostic Assay
A Randomized Prospective Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Completely Resected Stage I or IIA Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Identified as Intermediate or High Risk by a 14-Gene Prognostic Assay
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: April 13, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Other
Study Drug: Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Study Phase: Not Applicable
An Adaptive Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Study of M7824 (Bintrafusp Alfa) Versus Pembrolizumab as a First-line Treatment in Patients With PD-L1 Expressing Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
An Adaptive Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Study of M7824 (Bintrafusp Alfa) Versus Pembrolizumab as a First-line Treatment in Patients With PD-L1 Expressing Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: April 08, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drugs: M7824, Pembrolizumab
Study Phase: Phase 3
A Phase III Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study of Armodafinil (Nuvigil®) To Reduce Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With High Grade Glioma
A Phase III Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study of Armodafinil (Nuvigil®) To Reduce Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With High Grade Glioma
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: January 27, 2025
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Phase: Phase 3
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Tomivosertib in Combination With Anti-PD-(L)1 Therapy in Subjects With NSCLC as First Line Therapy or When Progressing on Single-Agent First-Line Anti PD (L)1 Therapy
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Tomivosertib in Combination With Anti-PD-(L)1 Therapy in Subjects With NSCLC as First Line Therapy or When Progressing on Single-Agent First-Line Anti PD (L)1 Therapy
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: April 30, 2024
Intervention Type: Biological, Drug
Study Drugs: Tomivosertib, Pembrolizumab
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Multicenter, Double Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study of M7824 With Concurrent Chemoradiation Followed by M7824 Versus Concurrent Chemoradiation Plus Placebo Followed by Durvalumab in Participants With Unresectable Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
A Multicenter, Double Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study of M7824 With Concurrent Chemoradiation Followed by M7824 Versus Concurrent Chemoradiation Plus Placebo Followed by Durvalumab in Participants With Unresectable Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: January 16, 2024
Intervention Type: Drug, Radiation
Study Drugs: M7824, Durvalumab, Etoposide, Pemetrexed, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Cisplatin
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Randomized Phase II Trial of Nivolumab, Cabozantinib Plus Nivolumab, and Cabozantinib Plus Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Previously Treated Non-Squamous NSCLC
A Randomized Phase II Trial of Nivolumab, Cabozantinib Plus Nivolumab, and Cabozantinib Plus Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Previously Treated Non-Squamous NSCLC
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 17, 2023
Intervention Type: Drug, Biological
Study Drugs: Cabozantinib, Cabozantinib S-malate, Ipilimumab, Nivolumab
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Phase II Study of MEDI4736 (Durvalumab) Plus Tremelimumab as Therapy for Patients With Previously Treated Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Resistant Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map Non-Match Sub-Study)
A Phase II Study of MEDI4736 (Durvalumab) Plus Tremelimumab as Therapy for Patients With Previously Treated Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Resistant Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map Non-Match Sub-Study)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: June 09, 2023
Intervention Type: Biological, Other
Study Drugs: Durvalumab, Tremelimumab
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Biomarker-Driven Master Protocol for Previously Treated Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map)
A Biomarker-Driven Master Protocol for Previously Treated Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: June 01, 2023
Intervention Type: Biological, Drug, Other
A Phase II Study of Talazoparib (BMN 673) in Patients With Homologous Recombination Repair Deficiency Positive Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map Sub-Study)
A Phase II Study of Talazoparib (BMN 673) in Patients With Homologous Recombination Repair Deficiency Positive Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map Sub-Study)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: June 23, 2021
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Drug: Talazoparib
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Phase II Study of Palbociclib for Previously Treated Cell Cycle Gene Alteration Positive Patients With Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map Sub-Study)
A Phase II Study of Palbociclib for Previously Treated Cell Cycle Gene Alteration Positive Patients With Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (Lung-Map Sub-Study)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: May 27, 2021
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Drugs: Docetaxel, Palbociclib
Study Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of AM0010 in Combination With Pembrolizumab vs. Pembrolizumab Alone as First-Line (1L) Therapy in Patients With Stage IV / Metastatic Wild Type (WT) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Tumors With High Expression of PD-L1 (> 50%)
A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of AM0010 in Combination With Pembrolizumab vs. Pembrolizumab Alone as First-Line (1L) Therapy in Patients With Stage IV / Metastatic Wild Type (WT) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Tumors With High Expression of PD-L1 (> 50%)
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: January 20, 2021
Intervention Type: Drug, Biological
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of AM0010 in Combination With Nivolumab vs. Nivolumab Alone as Second-Line Therapy in Subjects With Stage IV / Metastatic Wild Type Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Low Tumor Expression of PD-L1
A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of AM0010 in Combination With Nivolumab vs. Nivolumab Alone as Second-Line Therapy in Subjects With Stage IV / Metastatic Wild Type Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Low Tumor Expression of PD-L1
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: September 11, 2020
Intervention Type: Biological, Drug
Study Phase: Phase 2
An Intensive QT/QTc Study to Investigate the Effects of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine on Cardiac Ventricular Repolarization in Subjects With Small Cell Lung Cancer
An Intensive QT/QTc Study to Investigate the Effects of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine on Cardiac Ventricular Repolarization in Subjects With Small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: September 24, 2018
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Phase: Phase 1
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12 Total Publications

Place in therapy of key treatments for platinum-sensitive, relapsed, extensive-stage small cell lung cancer with a focus on lurbinectedin: a narrative review with case studies.
Place in therapy of key treatments for platinum-sensitive, relapsed, extensive-stage small cell lung cancer with a focus on lurbinectedin: a narrative review with case studies.
Journal: Drugs in context
Published: July 30, 2025
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