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ArticleThyroid research2025

BRAF

Di Sun, Xin Zhang, Xiaona Jin, Cong Shi, Yuqing Sun, Yingqiang Zhang, Jun Liang, Yansong Lin

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Article in Thyroid research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02731352 phase2completednot on this map

Study of Apatinib in Patients With Local Advanced/Metastatic Iodine-131(131I)-Refractory/Resistant Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorPeking Union Medical College HospitalRan2016 to 2021Enrolled20ConditionsThyroid CancerArmsApatinib
NCT02870569 phase2completednot on this map

A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label,Phase 2 Trial of Donafenib in 131I-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorSuzhou Zelgen Biopharmaceuticals Co.,LtdRan2016 to 2018Enrolled48ConditionsDifferentiated Thyroid CancerArmsDonafenib 200mg, Donafenib 300mg
NCT03048877 phase3unknown statusnot on this map

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Apatinib in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Radioactive Iodine-refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorPeking Union Medical College HospitalRan2016 to 2023Enrolled118ConditionsDifferentiated Thyroid CancerArmsApatinib Oral Tablet, Placebo Oral Tablet
NCT03602495 phase3terminatednot on this map

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Study of Donafenib in Patients With Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorSuzhou Zelgen Biopharmaceuticals Co.,LtdRan2018 to 2021Enrolled204ConditionsDifferentiated Thyroid CancerArmsDonafenib, Placebo
NCT05007093 phase2active not recruitingnot on this map

An Exploratory Study on Efficacy of Anlotinib Hydrochloride in the Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorYansong LinRan2020 to 2025Enrolled20ConditionsDTC - Differentiated Thyroid CancerArmsAnlotinib hydrochloride
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Di Sun *Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xin Zhang *Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xiaona JinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Cong ShiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yuqing SunDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yingqiang ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jun LiangDepartment of Oncology, Peking University International Hospital, Peking University, No. 1 Life Park Road, Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China. liangjun1959@aliyun.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7624-4413
Yansong LinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China. linys@pumch.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6095-4728

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe antiangiogenic multi-kinase inhibitors (MKIs) apatinib, donafenib, and anlotinib have demonstrated satisfactory efficacy in radioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RAIR-DTC) in their phase II/III trials. However, the potential impact factors on the efficacy of these MKIs remain unclear.

methodsRAIR-DTC patients enrolled in clinical trials of apatinib, donafenib, and anlotinib in our center were retrospectively reviewed. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to examine the relationship between clinicopathological variables and progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), followed by a multivariate Cox analysis on PFS.

resultsA total of 71 progressive RAIR-DTC patients were reviewed, of which 26.7% were treated by anlotinib, 45.1% by apatinib, and 28.2% by donafenib. The median follow-up time was 44.1 months, the median PFS was 21.1 months, and the estimated median OS was 47.7 months. PFS and OS showed no significant differences in patients treated with apatinib, donafenib, or anlotinib. In the univariate analyses, patients with BRAF

conclusionRAIR-DTC patients with BRAF

trial registrationThis retrospective cohort included patients in our center from clinical trials of apatinib (NCT02731352, NCT03048877), donafenib (NCT02870569, NCT03602495), and anlotinib (NCT05007093).

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BRAF V600EMulti-kinase inhibitorsOverall survivalProgression-free survivalRadioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer

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PMID39924483
PMCPMC11808998

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