An overview of the design and conduct of the BATTLE trials

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Abstract

Our increasing knowledge of biomedicine and genomics for human malignancies has placed us within reach of achieving personalized cancer medicine. The Biomarker-integrated Approaches of Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer Elimination (BATTLE)-1 trial was the first completed, prospective biopsy-mandated, biomarker-based, adaptive randomized clinical trial for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The ongoing BATTLE-2 trial continues to search for effective targeted therapies by further refining the clinical trial design. The BATTLE program has demonstrated the feasibility and promise of novel biomarker-based clinical trial platforms, which has moved us one step closer to personalized medicine. In this paper, we describe the design and conduct of the BATTLE trials, summarize the main findings, and report the experiences and lessons learned from our pursuit of developing targeted therapies in cancer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number33
JournalChinese clinical oncology
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Bayesian adaptive designs
  • Personalized medicine
  • Predictive biomarkers
  • Targeted therapies

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology

MD Anderson CCSG core facilities

  • Biostatistics Resource Group

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