Defining Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Efficacy and Safety of Lenvatinib by Radioiodine-Refractory Criteria in the SELECT Trial
Author(s) -
Naomi Kiyota,
Bruce Robinson,
Manisha H. Shah,
Ana O. Hoff,
Matthew H. Taylor,
Li Di,
Corina E. Dutcus,
Eun Kyung Lee,
SungBae Kim,
Makoto Tahara
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
thyroid
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.918
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1557-9077
pISSN - 1050-7256
DOI - 10.1089/thy.2016.0549
Subject(s) - lenvatinib , refractory (planetary science) , thyroid cancer , medicine , safety profile , oncology , thyroid , clinical trial , adverse effect , biology , astrobiology
While there is a clear consensus for defining radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RR-DTC), it is unknown whether these criteria are equally valid for determining when radioiodine (RAI) therapy is no longer beneficial and systemic treatment should be considered. Lenvatinib, a multikinase inhibitor, significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) compared to placebo in a Phase 3 trial in RR-DTC (SELECT; hazard ratio [HR]: 0.21 [99% confidence interval (CI) 0.14-0.31]; p < 0.001). This sub-analysis compared clinical outcomes of lenvatinib-treated patients in SELECT stratified by RR-DTC inclusion criteria.
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