Discover the possibilities for targeting RET in advanced thyroid cancers

NCCN Recommended

Pralsetinib is an NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®)–recommended treatment option for certain patients with RET+ mNSCLC and RET+ advanced or metastatic thyroid carcinoma2,3*†

*See the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for NSCLC and thyroid carcinoma for detailed recommendations, including other preferred treatment options.
For select patients with recurrent/persistent locoregional or distantly metastatic RET mutation-positive medullary thyroid carcinoma; for structurally persistent/recurrent locoregional or distantly metastatic RET fusion-positive differentiated thyroid cancer not amenable to RAI therapy; and for metastatic RET fusion-positive anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
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mNSCLC=metastatic non–small cell lung cancer; RAI=radioactive iodine; RECIST=Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors; RET=rearranged during transfection.

GAVRETO demonstrated robust and durable response regardless of prior therapy in RET+ advanced thyroid cancers1

Study design in the RET+ advanced thyroid cancer population1

Efficacy and safety with GAVRETO (400 mg orally once daily) were evaluated in patients with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant+ MTC and RET fusion+ thyroid cancer in the ARROW study, a phase 1/2, nonrandomized, open-label, single-arm, multicohort, multicenter clinical trial.1 All patients must have had a non-resectable RET-altered solid tumor or MTC per local assessment of tumor tissue and/or blood. All patients must also have had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0-1.36

The major efficacy outcome measures were overall response rate (ORR) and duration of response (DoR), as assessed by a blinded independent central review (BICR) according to RECIST v1.1.1

MTC=medullary thyroid cancer.

GAVRETO was studied in various types of patients with RET+ advanced thyroid cancers1

  MTC: cabozantinib- and
vandetanib-naïve patients
(n=29)
MTC: previously cabozantinib-
and/or vandetanib-treated
patients (n=55)§
RET fusion-positive
thyroid cancer (n=9)
Median age
(range), years
61 years (19-81) 59 years (25-83) 61 years (46-74)
Gender 28% female
72% male
31% female
69% male
33% female
67% male
Race/ethnicity 76% White
17% Asian
3.4% Hispanic/Latino
78% White
5% Asian
5% Hispanic/Latino
78% White
22% Asian
11% Hispanic/Latino
ECOG status 0-1: 100% 0-1: 95%
2: 5%
0-1: 100%
History of CNS metastases at baseline 14% 7% 56%
Patient identification 90% NGS
  • 52% tumor sample
  • 35% plasma
  • 3.4% blood
10% PCR
73% NGS
  • 55% tumor sample
  • 18% plasma
26% PCR
2% other
89% NGS
11% FISH

97% of patients had metastatic disease. 28% had received up to 3 lines of prior systemic therapy (including 10% PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, 10% radioactive iodine, 3.4% kinase inhibitors).
§Patients had received a median of 2 prior therapies (range 1-7). The primary mutations in RET-mutant MTC previously treated with cabozantinib or vandetanib are described in Table 10 of the full Prescribing Information for GAVRETO.
All patients had papillary thyroid cancer. All patients had metastatic disease. Patients had received a median of 2 prior therapies (range 1-8). Prior systemic treatments included prior radioactive iodine (100%) and prior sorafenib and/or lenvatinib (56%).
CNS=central nervous system; FISH=fluorescence in situ hybridization; NGS=next-generation sequencing; PCR=polymerase chain reaction; PD-1=programmed cell-death protein 1; PD-L1=programmed death-ligand 1.

Efficacy results with GAVRETO in advanced or metastatic RET-mutant MTC1,33

Cabozantinib- and vandetanib-naïve

Overall Response Rate (n=29)

66% ORR

66% ORR

(95% CI: 46%-82%)

Duration of and Time to Response (n=19)1,33

Median DOR Chart
  • 84% of patients continued to respond to treatment at 6 months#
  • Median time to first response was 3.7 months
    (range: 1.7 months-11.1 months)33

Prior cabozantinib and/or vandetanib

Overall Response Rate (n=55)

60% ORR

60% ORR

(95% CI: 46%-73%)

Duration of and Time to Response (n=33)1,33

Median DOR Chart
  • 79% of patients continued to respond to treatment at 6 months#
  • Median time to first response was 3.7 months
    (range: 1.8 months-12.9 months)33,37

Patients enrolled by July 11, 2019. Data cutoff: May 22, 2020.
#Based on observed duration of response.
CI=confidence interval; CR=complete response; NE=not estimable; NR=not reached; PR=partial response.

Efficacy results with GAVRETO in advanced or metastatic RET fusion+ thyroid cancer1,33

Overall Response Rate (n=9)

89% ORR

89% ORR

(95% CI: 52%-100%)

Duration of and Time to Response (n=8)1,33

Median DOR Chart
  • 100% of patients continued to respond to treatment at 6 months#
  • Median time to first response was 1.9 months
    (range: 1.8 months-5.5 months)33,37

Patients enrolled by July 11, 2019. Data cutoff: May 22, 2020.
#Based on observed duration of response.

Disease control rates in RET+ advanced thyroid cancers33,37

Disease control rate (DCR), a prespecified secondary endpoint, was assessed in the subsets of patients in the efficacy populations with sufficient evidence of a RET rearrangement and baseline measurable disease confirmed on blinded independent central review. DCR is defined as ORR (CR + PR) + SD.37

  • Stable disease (SD) is defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR or CR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease (PD), per RECIST v1.135,37
  • Importantly, SD can reflect the natural history of the disease and may not be due to a direct therapeutic effect. Therefore, please interpret these results with caution

In advanced or metastatic RET-mutant MTC33,37

Cabozantinib- and vandetanib-naïve (n=29)33

97% DCR bar chart

Prior cabozantinib and/or vandetanib (n=55)37

93% DCR bar chart

In advanced or metastatic RET fusion+ thyroid cancer37

All (n=9)

100% DCR bar chart

Patients enrolled by July 11, 2019. Data cutoff: May 22, 2020.