Lung Cancer Trial of RET Inhibitor Selpercatinib Achieves Durable Responses in Majority of Patients With RET Gene Fusions
August 27, 2020
August 27, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 26:
For patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) marked by RET gene fusions, the targeted therapy selpercatinib was well tolerated and achieved durable objective responses, or tumor shrinkage, in the majority of participants in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
For patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) marked by RET gene fusions, the targeted therapy selpercatinib was well tolerated and achieved durable objective responses, or tumor shrinkage, in the majority of participants in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
