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A Problematic Biomarker Trial Design

Boris Freidlin, Edward L. Korn

2021JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute11 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Efficient biomarker-driven randomized clinical trials are a key tool for implementing precision oncology. A commonly used biomarker phase III design is focused on testing the treatment effect in biomarker-positive and overall study populations. This approach may result in recommending new treatments to biomarker-negative patients when these treatments have no benefit for these patients.

Topics & Concepts

BiomarkerMedicineRandomized controlled trialOncologyClinical trialInternal medicineBiologyBiochemistryCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging