FDA grants full approval to selpercatinib for RET fusion-positive medullary thyroid cancer
“Selpercatinib received accelerated approval for this indication for patients 12 years of age and older in 2020. On May 29, 2024, the FDA granted accelerated approval for this indication to pediatric patients 2 years of age and older. Efficacy was evaluated in LIBRETTO-531 (NCT04211337), a randomized, multicenter, open-label study in adults and adolescents with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant MTC. Patients were randomized (2:1) to receive either selpercatinib (160 mg twice daily) or physicians’ choice of cabozantinib (140 mg once daily) or vandetanib (300 mg once daily). Patients were stratified based on RET mutation (M918T vs. other) and intended treatment if randomized to the control arm (cabozantinib vs. vandetanib).”
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