# Vivek Subbiah

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## TL;DR

Early-phase trialist who led the study showing dabrafenib and trametinib work in BRAF-mutant anaplastic thyroid cancer, the first approved treatment for that disease, and many of the RET inhibitor trials.

## Summary

Vivek Subbiah ran early-phase trials at MD Anderson Cancer Center before becoming chief of early-phase drug development at Sarah Cannon Research Institute in 2023. He was first author of the 2018 Journal of Clinical Oncology report of the ROAR basket trial cohort in which dabrafenib plus trametinib produced responses in most patients with BRAF V600E-mutant anaplastic thyroid cancer, the basis of the first approval for the disease, and a lead investigator of the LIBRETTO and ARROW trials of selective RET inhibitors.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-18
- Tags: thyroid; targeted-therapy; early-phase; trialist
- Role: Medical oncologist and Chief of Early-Phase Drug Development, Sarah Cannon Research Institute
- Specialisms: Early-phase trials; Tumour-agnostic targeted therapy; RET and BRAF inhibitors

## Connected records

- cancers: [Anaplastic thyroid cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/anaplastic-thyroid-cancer/), [Medullary thyroid cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/medullary-thyroid-cancer/), [Thyroid cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/)
- key papers: [Dabrafenib and trametinib in BRAF V600E-mutant anaplastic thyroid cancer (ROAR)](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-subbiah-dabrafenib-trametinib-atc-jco-2018/)

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