Vandetanib in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase III Trial
Author(s) -
Samuel A. Wells,
Bruce G. Robinson,
Robert F. Gagel,
Henning Dralle,
James A. Fagin,
Massimo Santoro,
Éric Baudin,
Rossella Elisei,
Barbara Jarząb,
James R. Vasselli,
Jessica Read,
Peter Langmuir,
Anderson J. Ryan,
Martin Schlumberger
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2011.35.5040
Subject(s) - vandetanib , medicine , placebo , medullary thyroid cancer , oncology , hazard ratio , gastroenterology , clinical endpoint , adverse effect , cancer , urology , randomized controlled trial , thyroid cancer , pathology , confidence interval , tyrosine kinase , receptor , alternative medicine
There is no effective therapy for patients with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Vandetanib, a once-daily oral inhibitor of RET kinase, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling, has previously shown antitumor activity in a phase II study of patients with advanced hereditary MTC.
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