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