2015
A retrospective analysis of RET translocation, gene copy number gain and expression in NSCLC patients treated with vandetanib in four randomized Phase III studies
Platt A, Morten J, Ji Q, Elvin P, Womack C, Su X, Donald E, Gray N, Read J, Bigley G, Blockley L, Cresswell C, Dale A, Davies A, Zhang T, Fan S, Fu H, Gladwin A, Harrod G, Stevens J, Williams V, Ye Q, Zheng L, de Boer R, Herbst RS, Lee JS, Vasselli J. A retrospective analysis of RET translocation, gene copy number gain and expression in NSCLC patients treated with vandetanib in four randomized Phase III studies. BMC Cancer 2015, 15: 171. PMID: 25881079, PMCID: PMC4412099, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1146-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene copy number gainCopy number gainsRET rearrangementsTumor samplesComparator armVandetanib treatmentNumber gainRandomized phase III studyPhase III clinical trialsCell lung cancer trialsObjective response ratePhase III studyLung cancer trialsRET protein expressionNSCLC subpopulationVandetanib armRadiologic evidenceIII studyNSCLC patientsObjective responseTumor shrinkageComparator drugsCancer trialsClinical trialsRetrospective analysis
2013
Comprehensive Biomarker Analysis and Final Efficacy Results of Sorafenib in the BATTLE Trial
Blumenschein GR, Saintigny P, Liu S, Kim ES, Tsao AS, Herbst RS, Alden C, Lee JJ, Tang X, Stewart DJ, Kies MS, Fossella FV, Tran HT, Mao L, Hicks ME, Erasmus J, Gupta S, Girard L, Peyton M, Diao L, Wang J, Davis SE, Minna JD, Wistuba I, Hong WK, Heymach JV, Lippman SM. Comprehensive Biomarker Analysis and Final Efficacy Results of Sorafenib in the BATTLE Trial. Clinical Cancer Research 2013, 19: 6967-6975. PMID: 24166906, PMCID: PMC3905243, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-1818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerDisease control rateProgression-free survivalWild-type EGFROverall survivalClinical benefitEGFR gene copy number gainMedian progression-free survivalWild-type EGFR tumorsImproved progression-free survivalComprehensive biomarker analysisCell lung cancerGene copy number gainEGFR gene copy numberNSCLC cell linesGrowth factor-1Patient tumor biopsiesFibroblast growth factor 1Unacceptable toxicityEGFR tumorsClinical efficacyFuture trialsControl rateLung cancerEGFR mutationsRetrospective evaluation of RET biomarker status and outcome to vandetanib in four phase III randomized NSCLC trials.
Platt A, Elvin P, Morten J, Ji Q, Donald E, Womack C, Su X, Zheng L, Gladwin A, Vasselli J, Lee J, De Boer R, Herbst R. Retrospective evaluation of RET biomarker status and outcome to vandetanib in four phase III randomized NSCLC trials. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 31: 8045-8045. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.8045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRET fusionsNSCLC trialsTumor samplesRET fusion genesFusion-positive patientsGene copy number gainRET protein expressionRECIST responseRadiologic evidenceEvaluable dataTumor shrinkageNSCLC tumorsBiomarker statusIHC analysisCopy number gainsRET amplificationRetrospective evaluationPatientsPotential associationVandetanibRET expressionPrevalenceProtein expressionPhase IIIBiomarkers