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ArticleCancer discovery2018

Precision Targeted Therapy with BLU-667 for

Vivek Subbiah, Justin F Gainor, Rami Rahal, Jason D Brubaker, Joseph L Kim, Michelle Maynard, Wei Hu, Qiongfang Cao, Michael P Sheets, Douglas Wilson and 15 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 208 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
208citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
38.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

208 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 388 citations in OpenAlex.

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148 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Vivek Subbiah *Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Justin F Gainor *Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rami RahalBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-7313-9607
Jason D BrubakerBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Joseph L KimBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-7739-2343
Michelle MaynardBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Wei HuBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Qiongfang CaoBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Michael P SheetsBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Douglas WilsonBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Kevin J WilsonBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lucian DiPietroBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Paul FlemingBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Michael PalmerBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mimi I HuDepartment of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Lori WirthDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Marcia S BroseAbramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sai-Hong Ignatius OuChao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California.
Matthew TaylorThe Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Elena GarraldaVall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain.
Stephen MillerBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Beni WolfBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Christoph LengauerBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Timothy GuziBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Erica K EvansBlueprint Medicines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. eevans@blueprintmedicines.com.
Blueprint Medicines (United States) · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USOregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USVall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The receptor tyrosine kinase rearranged during transfection (RET) is an oncogenic driver activated in multiple cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), and papillary thyroid cancer. No approved therapies have been designed to target RET; treatment has been limited to multikinase inhibitors (MKI), which can have significant off-target toxicities and limited efficacy. BLU-667 is a highly potent and selective RET inhibitor designed to overcome these limitations.

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MutationAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell Line, TumorHumansLung NeoplasmsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeNeoplasmsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retPyrazolesPyridinesAntineoplastic AgentspralsetinibProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retPyrazolesPyridinesPyrimidinesRET protein, human

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PMID29657135
OpenAlexW2797098362

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