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2010-02-10 by Jack Vanderplate
Towards February 14, 2010;
Sunday of the Transfiguration /
Last Sunday of Epiphany
Wednesday "Hot Tub" February 10, 2010
There's something important in the gospel reading we haven't looked at yet. Peter, in his usual, boneheaded way just had to blurt something out. So he said, "'Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)" Mark says "Then...a voice came from the cloud: 'This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!'"
Fact of the matter is, the disciples had not been listening to Jesus. St. Mark bookends the transfiguration with three occasions in which Jesus spoke clearly to his disciples about what was going to happen next. In 8:31, 9:31 and 10:33 Jesus tells them that he is going to suffer, be rejected by the teachers of the law, be killed and then rise from death after three days.
The first time Jesus reveals their future, Peter pulls Jesus aside and basically tells him "We're not going to listen to any more of this nonsense." After the transfiguration Jesus again speaks of what lies ahead, but the disciples don't understand and are afraid to ask him what he means. The third time James and John respond by asking to sit at his right and left hand in his glory. Clearly, the disciples weren't listening. They just don't get it.
So, in the face of the followers of Jesus not hearing him, God speaks from heaven: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" Was there exasperating in God's voice? Had Jesus not repeated himself enough for the dull disciples? Or were the disciples listening for something else, and so not hearing what Jesus actually said?
What is there in us—questions of our own, ideas about what God should care about, our own fears, our own agendas, our own ignorance—that allows us to hear all the words without listening?
There's a T-shirt that says, "My wife says I don't listen to her – at least that's what I think she said." One of the most common complaints from teenagers is "My parents don't listen to me." Nor is this an unknown complaint from parents about their children. If you've been preaching for any length of time it's happened to you—someone quotes you as having said this or that, when in fact you said the opposite!
God's word as he revealed a glimpse of his beloved Son's glory was "Listen to him!" May we have ears to hear.
2010-02-09 by Jack Vanderplate
Towards February 14, 2010;
Sunday of the Transfiguration
/Last Sunday of Epiphany
Tuesday "Hot Tub" February 9, 2010
One of yesterday's blog readers mentioned that some of the Super Bowl ads were fun to watch. He mentioned the Bud ad in which an individual claimed to be able to solve the problem but instead the people went for a suggestion that, "We're gonna be alright."
Indeed, the great "cloud of witnesses" to God's glory from Hebrews 12 will be alright.
Mark 9:2-9
Two outstanding luminaries in that great "cloud of witnesses" appeared with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration – Moses and Elijah. Both of these monumental figures appear in the gospel for Transfiguration Sunday in connection with glory. In other words, they themselves participated in the glory that was revealed for a moment on the mountain. By contrast, it seems that the disciples—Peter, James and John—do not participate personally in Jesus' glory, but only experienced it. Or is that all there was to it?
What if we look at all the participants on that mountaintop experience as archetypal symbols of the kingdom of God—each a formative leader of a new epoch in the successive unfolding of God's kingdom? So Moses' glory is the glory of God in leading the Hebrews out of slavery and into a new freedom defined by doing Yahweh's will—lights in a dark world. In the process, they become a nation "whose God is the Lord."
2 Kings 2:1-12
Elijah's glory is more complicated. He is more than just a representative of "the prophets." He is the greatest of those prophets; so great that an empty seat at the Passover Seder is reserved for him. One of the teachings about the coming of Messiah was that Elijah would come first. (The disciples asked Jesus a question about this point of theology: "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?" —Matt 17:10 NIV). Elijah's glory prophesies resurrection. His successor, Elisha, watched as the prophet was taken up into heaven gloriously, without ever having to taste death.
Jesus himself is the focal point of glory on the mountain. He is the transformative leader par excellence. Moses led Israel from slavery to landed nationhood. Elijah led a spiritual revival that confronted kings and even mocked death. Jesus will extend the blessings of God to every nation of earth, and transform even death into "life to the full," eternal life. His resurrection would be the first-fruits of many to follow (1 Cor. 15).
There's another archetypal symbol of formative leadership in the successive unfolding of kingdom epochs on that mountainside. Beside Moses, Elijah and Jesus, stand the disciples Peter, James and John. Their "glory" doesn't seem to measure up. They don't really know what to say or how to act in the presence of Moses, Elijah and Jesus. They're frightened. It might seem that they are merely passive participants in this glorious experience – star-struck witnesses only.
But the disciples were destined to spearhead the evangel. They would turn the world upside down, uneducated and "simple" as they were, because they had been transformed by Jesus. "Frightened" on the Mount of Transfiguration; they would be described as "bold" in stepping out to proclaim new life in Jesus' name. The turning point came after Jesus' resurrection (the glory predicted in the prophet, Elijah) and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (the transnational kingdom superseding even the glory of Moses).
The disciples are archetypal representatives of the body of Christ – the new epoch in God's unfolding salvation – blessing every nation, and pointing to our only lasting hope in the Prince of Peace. You and I participate in that new epoch today. In Jesus name we form a glorious, transnational community that cares for, tends to, suffers with and blesses those who suffer, are powerless, without voice, or marginalized. In Jesus' name we point to the glory God created us for. Read on - David von Schlichten reports from Mississippi that witnesses are seeing that glory even today!
The glory of Moses, Elijah, and yes even Jesus was being previewed by those three disciples. God was pouring "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ" into their lives and ours (2 Cor 4:6). Even now victimes of Katrina, the people of Haiti and elsewhere are witnessing "acts of God," nothing less than glimpses of that glory.
Indeed, we'll be more than just alright!
Wisdom in Mississippi
2010-02-08 by David von Schlichten
I am in Mississippi this week with my teen daughter helping Katrina victims rebuild their homes. Today, one of the people who runs the camp where we are staying said, "Katrina was an act of nature, but the work of people helping the victims is an act of God." Amen.
Yours in Christ,
David von Schlichten, Lectionary Blog Moderator
2010-02-08 by Jack Vanderplate
Blogs for the week of February 8-13, 2010
Introduction – Bio
I'm Jack VanderPlate, pastor of Bethel Church in Zeeland, MI. I love being a Christian and a grandparent (and everything in between). I play the piano, organ, violin and trumpet – mostly classical and jazz. I'm an avid tennis player, runner and stock market investor. I also enjoy golf and fishing.
I'm from the Reformed tradition (Calvinist), but very much appreciate the way other traditions enlarge and illuminate the themes of the faith. Our common Christian faith is far too big to live under any one roof! Maybe that's why I enjoy the "Festival of Homiletics" so much. So I was excited when GoodPreacher.com invited me to do another "Hot Tub" blog. I really do love hot tubs - but even more, the cross-pollination of ideas through collegial interaction around the lectionary texts. I hope you enjoy this week's exchange too!
Towards February 14, 2010;
Sunday of the Transfiguration /
Last Sunday of Epiphany
Monday "Hot Tub" February 8, 2010
This week may be one of the more interesting of the year for us preachers. We ready ourselves to preach in the wake of the Saints having marched triumphantly in. This coming Sunday is more popularly known as Valentine's Day than the Sunday of the Transfiguration. It also occurs to me that most of our parishioners probably spent more time preparing for and enjoying the Super Bowl, and will spend more effort getting something sweet for their honey on Valentine's Day than preparing for, thinking about, or otherwise caring about the transfiguration of our Lord.
So there's a challenge for this week!
My first impulse is to see if I can find common denominators in each of these events. There's certainly a "glory" theme in the Super Bowl just past. Two very fine teams played a thoroughly entertaining game, and to have the underdog come out on top just adds to the excitement. The New Orleans Saints now enjoy bragging rights for the year, proudly wear Super Bowl rings, and count fatter bank balances along with their enhanced status as gridiron warriors. Pretty glorious stuff.
I also see a common denominator of sorts between the love theme of Valentine's Day and the love of God seen in Jesus who came bring a new day to his people. But the contrasts are even more compelling... Our loves tend to be exclusive, God's love is inclusive. Our loves contain elements self-interest, God's agape love is thoroughly creative. We involve ourselves in the lives of those we love with appropriate boundaries, God's love is unparalleled in self-giving.
Love even has its own glory. Last week I saw a couple sitting together on a park bench out in the freezing Michigan cold—something this Florida boy would never do! They were talking together, occasionally caressing, obviously "glorying" in each other's company and totally oblivious to anything else going on around them. Anyone could see that they loved each other.
That couple's "loving glory" did not seek any attention. But neither did it avoid notice. There's a powerful contrast, isn't there, between that glory and the glory of the Super Bowl champions. Does the difference have to do with the "loving?"
Notice that the glory of our Lord seen in his transfiguration on the mountaintop with his beloved disciples was not meant for a thronging multitude of adoring fans. The transfiguration of Jesus was a "loving glory" meant by God for the encouragement of his Son whose humiliation was just ahead. Perhaps that "loving glory" was even intended by the glorified Jesus to be an encouragement to the disciples who would soon enough forget about their love and loyalty to Jesus and worry instead about saving their own backsides.
Which leads to thoughts about our own loves, our own glory, our own commitments to each other. Can the interplay of these themes lead us to some helpful insights as we consider the texts of this week?
Thanks; "Lectionary Homiletics" Highlight
2010-02-05 by David von Schlichten
I am grateful to Guy Kent and Stephen Schuette for providing edifying blog posts once again.
Lectionary Homiletics Highlight:
Troy Messenger, in "Lesson and the Arts," describes the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, which features common folk in a way that reveals their flaws but also their greatness. The paintings remind us of how God uses ordinary people to do great things.
I'm heading to Mississippi to spend a week helping Katrina victims. I don't know if I'll get to do postings next week. I will do my best.
Yours in Christ,
David von Schlichten, Lectionary Blog Moderator
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Grass Roots Campaign Challenges Obama to Weed Out Hate and Cultivate Peace and Understanding Amongst the World's Children
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Socially conscious shoppers are latching on to a new gardening trend this spring – and it's not only fashionable flowers or subliminal scents. Cutting-edge chains like Sloat Garden Centers in California, Calloway's and Cornelius Nursery in Texas, and Earl May Seed and Nursery in the Midwest are partnering with the Weed Out Hate Initiative to market Sunflower Peace Seeds. With the public increasingly attuned to violence on our own shores as well as in the Middle East, peace-savvy retailers like these are cultivating "green thinking" kids through the power of kindergardening – an old-new concept that encourages children to pluck out weeds, roots and all, and sow the seeds of peace.
According to Marc Daniels, author, businessman – and modern day Johnny Appleseed who chairs the organization and has distributed free peace seeds to kindred groups, "Awareness begins by rooting out weeds, a metaphor for hate, bias and prejudice. Freed from such negativity, our spirits will bloom and peace will blossom."
For Martin Luther King Day, a holiday hardly associated with gardening, WeedOutHate.org donated thousands of free Peace Seeds to worthy recipients around the country, including the students of the Springfield, IL School District #186. According to representative Sara Vincent, "The concept offers parents and teachers a method for teaching Dr. King's principles of social inclusion without preaching. It is something that every child can experience firsthand."
In his new book Der Himmelsgarten (The Heavenly Garden), Daniels, eldest grandson of Ross Daniels, the inventor of the Ross Root Feeder®, says that weeding the yard and garden, if done with the proper intention, can bring out the best in people. It prepares us for sowing the seeds of peace and social harmony. Apparently his Facebook fans agree. According to one post, "What a wonderful idea you have brought to the eyes and hearts of people across the World…I hope Our children…Grand Children and Great grand children continue to plant seeds of PEACE…as they are Our Future."
Inspired by the actions of the great civil rights leader, Daniels has a dream of his own: That the President and the First Lady will invite children to rally in the White House garden and plant the seeds of peace. And, he wants to televise such an event to demonstrate that if it can work in Washington, DC it can work around the corner – or around the world. To jumpstart his plan, the back panel of every sunflower Peace Seeds pack features a "Calling All Kids … write the White House" social action appeal. Daniels says, "This is precisely the charm of the campaign. It recaptures the Zeitgeist of the 60′s while addressing the social problems of today."
While he may indulge in his vision of sunflowers popping up everywhere, Daniels is ever the pragmatist: "The success of our grass roots efforts depends on how well the seeds take root and spread: It's not only parents, teachers and kids that count, but the Green industry itself."
Daniels' small steps, like a stone thrown into a pond, have had a ripple effect even on distant shores. In Australia, world recognized Green industry consultant and horticultural guru John Stanley observed that WeedOutHate.org was tilling new ground. "Should retailers get involved in social issues and … support a cause?" he wonders. "I believe in certain situations (the answer to this question) is a definite yes," he asserts. According to Stanley, "'Cause Marketing' is becoming a major driver in all retail sectors. Many thanks to Marc Daniels for bringing this marketing initiative to my attention," he says on his widely followed blog.
Daniels isn't about to rest on such accolades. "Peace," he says, "is something that green-minded marketers can rally around and promote." Through eye-catching packaging and by tapping into the roots of social networking, a single packet of sunflower seeds can germinate peaceful intentions locally – and globally, he asserts. "Even though spring is near," he adds, "it's not too late for America's garden centers to join our cause and make this White House dream a reality." After all, he concludes, the White House gardens really belong to the people. "Isn't it time," he asks, "for the President to call on kids to weed out hate and let our people grow?"
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Marc Daniels is the campaign chair for the Weed Out Hate Initiative (www.weedouthate.org) as well as an international businessman, author and eldest grandson of Ross Daniels, the inventor of the Ross Root Feeder®. He has devoted the past five years of his life to researching and writing about the spiritual, cultural and ecological roots of gardening. His new book, Der Himmelsgarten: Das Handbuch des Spirituelen Gartners is being released in Germany, March 2011 by Allegria Verlag, a unit of the Ullstein Group of Publishers. US publication will be forthcoming.
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Male Wolf Spider Seen Making Courtship Signals
January 25, 2011
Male Schizocosa ocreata wolf spiders, commonly found in the eastern U.S. and Canada, adjust the modes of their courtship signaling (vibrations vs. visual cues) depending on the habitat (leaves, soil, rock, wood) on which they find themselves. In University of Cincinnati research, it was found that males signaling via vibrations on leaf litter were more than twice as successful in inducing females to mate as were males signaling via vibrations on other substrates. credit: University of Cincinnati
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"In southern Africa the Sasol eBirds would undoubtedly be my first choice. The text is detailed, the navigation system is user friendly and the opportunity to listen to recordings of calls and songs is a huge asset. Above all, the superb paintings by Norman Arlott and Peter Hayman have stood the test of time and are more detailed, more accurate and more life-like than anything on offer in other birding apps for the region." — Mark Cocker, author of Birds and People
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- "Bird Compare" to allow you to compare two birds on the same screen (including calls).
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* Uninstalling/reinstalling the program will result in the loss of your list, it is recommended that you keep a backup from the application (My List -> Export).
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Sahara RestaurantRead MoreFor falafel, hummus, kebabs, and more, check out Greenwood Village's Sahara Restaurant. Fear not you gluten-free or low-fat eaters, you'll have plenty of choices here. Find time to peruse the wine list here — Sahara Restaurant offers a variety of drink options. Both the young and the young-at-heart will dig the family-oriented menu and ambience at Sahara Restaurant. Groups of all sizes can easily be seated at Sahara Restaurant. Getting online is easy with Sahara Restaurant's free and convenient wifi. Wear what you like when you dine at Sahara Restaurant — the restaurant has a chill vibe just right for casual dining. The restaurant also offers catering if you want to bring the flavors of Sahara Restaurant to your next party or event. Ordering food? You can pick it up yourself! We're nicer than our competitors. We have free parking in our own lot at no charge to you. Bicyclists will also find lots of space to safely lock up their bikes. You can take it easy on your wallet at Sahara Restaurant — prices are generally less than $30 per person. Sahara Restaurant accepts major credit cards, including Discovery and AMEX. Early risers and night owls alike can enjoy Sahara Restaurant since it serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.9636 E Arapahoe RdGreenwood Village, CO US


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Overall incidence rates for melanoma have been increasing for at least 30 years; in 2011, more than 70,000 new cases will be diagnosed. In advanced (Stage 4) melanoma, the disease has spread beyond the original area of skin and nearby lymph nodes. Although only a small proportion of cases are stage IV at diagnosis, prognosis is extremely poor; 5-year survival is about 15-20%. Dacarbazine has long been considered the treatment standard for systemic therapy, but has disappointingly low response rates of only 15 to 25% and median response durations of 5-6 months; less than 5% of responses are complete. Temozolomide has similar efficacy with the exception of a much greater ability to penetrate the central nervous system. Combination regimens increase response rates, but not overall survival. Very recently, ipilimumab was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. For the first time, a survival advantage was demonstrated in previously treated patients: median survival on ipilimumab was 10 months versus 6.4 months on control medication. However, side effects of ipilimumab can include severe and fatal immune-mediated adverse reactions, especially in patients who are already immune-compromised.
Mutations in the BRAF kinase gene are common in tumors of patients with advanced melanoma, and result in constitutive activation of a key signaling pathway that is associated with oncogenic proliferation. In general, 50-70% of melanoma tumors harbor a BRAF mutation and of these, 80% are positive for BRAFV600E. Thus, 40-60% of advanced melanoma patients might respond to a BRAF inhibitor targeted to this mutated kinase.
Two companies developed targeted BRAF inhibitors that have proceeded to phase III clinical trials in melanoma patients. Vemurafenib (trade name Zelboraf®, also known as PLX4032 and RO5185426) was co-developed under an agreement between Roche (Genentech) and Plexxikon. Vemurafenib was developed using a fragment-based, structure-guided approach that allowed the synthesis of a compound with high potency to inhibit the BRAF V600E mutated kinase, and significantly lower potency to inhibit most of many other kinases tested. Preclinical studies demonstrated that vemurafenib selectively blocked the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway in BRAF mutant cells and caused regression of BRAF mutant human melanoma xenografts in murine models. Paradoxically, preclinical studies also showed that melanoma tumors with the BRAF wild type gene sequence could respond to mutant BRAF-specific inhibitors with accelerated growth, suggesting that it might be harmful to administer BRAF inhibitors to patients with BRAF wild type melanoma tumors. Potentiated growth in BRAF wild type tumors has not yet been confirmed in melanoma patients as the supportive clinical trials were enrichment trials, enrolling only those patients with tumors positive for the BRAFV600E mutation.
Dabrafenib (also known as GSK2118436 or SB-590885) is a BRAF inhibitor developed by GlaxoSmithKline and, as of October 2011, is under study in a phase III clinical trial. As few publications detailing preclinical or clinical studies for dabrafenib are available, and neither drug nor companion test (developed by bioMérieux) have as yet been submitted to the FDA, this policy will focus on the the vemurafenib companion test.
The FDA Centers for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), and for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) developed a draft guidance on in vitro companion diagnostic devices, released on July 14, 2011, to address the "emergence of new technologies that can distinguish subsets of populations that respond differently to treatment." As stated, the FDA encourages the development of treatments that depend on the use of companion diagnostic devices, "when an appropriate scientific rationale supports such an approach." In such cases, the FDA intends to review the safety and effectiveness of the companion diagnostic test as used with the therapeutic treatment that depends on its use. The rationale for co-review and approval is the desire to avoid exposing patients to preventable treatment risk.
While the guidance is not yet finalized, it represents the FDA's current thinking on the topic and likely the direction given to sponsors of applicable treatments and companion diagnostics in development at the same time this guidance was being prepared. Important points from the guidance include that a new therapeutic product and its corresponding companion diagnostic test should be developed together, and that both diagnostic test and therapeutic product should be approved or cleared at the same time by the FDA. While the guidance allows for the development of competitor companion tests, those tests must be submitted to the FDA for review and approval or clearance.
Vemurafenib and a Class III companion diagnostic test, the cobas® 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test, were co-approved by the FDA in August, 2011. The test is approved as an aid in selecting melanoma patients whose tumors carry the BRAFV600 mutation for treatment with vemurafenib. Vemurafenib is indicated for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAFV600 mutation. The vemurafenib full prescribing information states that confirmation of the BRAFV600 mutation using an FDA-approved test is required for selection of patients appropriate for therapy.
There is an FDA-approved BRAF testing kit that is intended to be used to select patients for vemurafenib treatment. There are also commercial labs that perform BRAF testing using non-FDA approved testing. The vemurafenib full prescribing information states that confirmation of the BRAFV600E mutation using an FDA-approved test is required for selection of patients appropriate for therapy. The intent of the FDA-approval of this testing kit was to minimize the potential for inappropriate treatment based on an inaccurate test.
The phase III clinical trial selected all patients with a BRAFV600 mutation. The majority of these mutations were BRAFV600E mutations and a small number (19/675, 2.8%) were BRAFV600K mutations. The authors stated that patients with the BRAFV600K also appeared to respond to vemurafineb, but no formal subgroup analysis was performed. Therefore, the results of the trial refer primarily to patients with the BRAFV600E mutation. The efficacy of vemurafineb for patients with other mutations, including the BRAFV600K, is less certain.
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Testing for the BRAFV600 mutation in tumor tissue of patients with stage IIIC or IV melanoma may be considered medically necessary to select patients for treatment with vemurafenib.
Testing for the BRAFV600 mutation for all other patients with melanoma, including, but not limited to, use in patients with lesser stage melanoma, is considered experimental, investigational and unproven.
Literature Review
This policy is based on a 2011 Special Report by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Technology Evaluation Center (TEC). For the TEC Special Report, the MEDLINE database was searched (via PubMed) for articles using the terms "PLX4032," "vemurafenib," "V600E," and "BRAF inhibitor," all coupled with the term "melanoma." The reference lists of relevant study publications and review articles were also examined. The meeting abstracts for the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology were searched using the MEDLINE search terms. If available, virtual presentations and slides were reviewed for key abstracts. The "grey literature" was consulted in the form of drug and laboratory test approval information released by the FDA, ongoing clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov, and online searches for status and ancillary information. The most recent searches included the period through September, 2011. Following is a summary of the key publications and regulatory documents to date.
The components of the evidence evaluation are analytic validity, clinical validity, and clinical utility, as defined in the methods of the Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP) Working Group.
Analytic Validity
The analytic validity of a genetic test is its ability to accurately and reliably measure the genotype (or analyte) of interest in the clinical laboratory, and in specimens representative of the population of interest. Submission to the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics of the FDA for marketing clearance or approval of a diagnostic test requires an extensive demonstration of the analytic validity of the test. Data for cleared or approved tests are summarized in the kit insert (prepared by the manufacturer) and in the Summary of Safety and Effectiveness of the test (prepared by the FDA and publicly available).
The cobas® 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test is a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test intended for the qualitative detection of the BRAFV600E mutation specifically in DNA that has been extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human melanoma tissue.
Correlation of cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test results to Sanger sequencing was tested in the Phase III trial of vemurafenib on 596 consecutive patients, of which 449 were evaluable. The percent agreement of the BRAF V600 mutation test with Sanger sequencing is shown in the first line of Table 1 (below) when only V600E results were counted as positive. The cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test detected 27 V600 mutations (primarily V600K) that were not V600E by Sanger Sequencing. Limited evidence suggests that patients with V600K mutated tumors may also respond to vemurafenib.
Tumor specimens from the patients enrolled in the phase II trial were also sequenced by Sanger sequencing. Specimens that were invalid by Sanger, or that were identified as V600K mutation or as V600 wild type by Sanger, were re-sequenced by the more sensitive 454 pyrosequencing method to resolve differences. Correlation to 454 pyrosequencing was 100% if V600K-positive samples were counted as true positives (see Table 1).
Regulatory documents contain additional data detailing the evaluation of analytic sensitivity and specificity, cross reactivity, interference, reproducibility, repeatability, and additional studies of test robustness. In general, correlation with sequencing and extensive analytic validation data support that the test is a sensitive, specific, and robust assay for the detection of the V600E mutation in FFPE melanoma specimens. Patients with V600K mutations will also be identified as positive, although it is not clear that all patients with V600K mutations will be positive. There is very limited evidence that patients with V600K mutations may respond to vemurafenib. Infrequently, patients with V600E2 and V600D mutations may also be detected. Additionally, the method is available as a kit and is partially automated, which should result in wide access and rapid turnaround time relative to the reference standard of sequencing.
Table 1. Correlation of Vemurafenib trial companion test results with Sanger sequencing.
Definition of Positive
Positive% Agreement
Negative% Agreement
Overall % Agreement
Phase III trial
Only V600E
All V600
Phase II trial
Only V600E
Definition of Positive
Positive% Agreement
Negative% Agreement
Overall % Agreement
Phase III trial
Only V600E
All V600
Phase II trial
Clinical Validity and Utility
The clinical validity of a genetic test is its ability to accurately and reliably predict the clinically defined disorder or phenotype of interest; the clinical utility of a genetic test is the evidence of improved measurable clinical outcomes, and its usefulness and added value to patient management decision-making compared with current management without genetic testing.
When a treatment is developed for a specific biological target that characterizes only some patients with a particular disease, and a test is co-developed to identify diseased patients with that target, clinical validity and clinical utility studies are no longer separate and sequential. Rather, the clinical studies of treatment benefit, which use the test to select patients, provide evidence of both clinical validity and clinical utility. The primary evidence of clinical validity and utility for the cobas® 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test is provided by the Phase III clinical trial of vemurafenib. In addition, evidence from Phase I and Phase II trials is supportive. All trials were enrichment trial designs, in which all patients were positive for a V600 mutation (with a few exceptions in the Phase I trial). The justification for this was both efficiency and possibly potential for harm to patients with BRAF wild type tumors.
Phase III Clinical Trial
This comparative trial, also known as BRIM-3, randomly assigned 675 patients to either vemurafenib (960 mg twice daily orally) or dacarbazine (1,000 mg/m2 body surface area by IV infusion every three weeks) to determine whether vemurafenib would prolong the rate of overall or progression-free survival, compared to dacarbazine. All enrolled patients had unresectable, previously untreated stage IIIC or IV melanoma with no active CNS metastases. Melanoma specimens from all patients tested positive for the BRAFV600E mutation on the cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test. Included were 19 patients with BRAFV600K mutations and one with a BRAFV600D mutation.
Tumor assessments including computed tomography (CT) were performed at baseline, at weeks 6 and 12, and every 9 weeks thereafter. Tumor responses were determined by the investigators according to the RECIST, version 1.1. Primary endpoints were the rate of overall survival and progression-free survival. An interim analysis was planned at 98 deaths and a final analysis at 196 deaths; the published report is the interim analysis, reporting 118 deaths. The median survival had not been reached; results are summarized in Table 2 (below). Adverse events in the vemurafenib group included grade 2 or 3 photosensitivity skin reactions in 12% of patients, and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in 18% of patients. The data and safety monitoring board determined that both co-primary endpoints had met prespecified criteria for statistical significance and recommended that patients in the dacarbazine group be allowed to cross over and receive vemurafenib. The results of this trial comprised the data supporting the efficacy and safety of vemurafenib for submission to the FDA, and established the safety and effectiveness of the cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test, resulting in co-approval of drug and companion test.
Table 2. Phase III trial comparing vemurafenib to dacarbazine (BRIM-3) in patients with BRAFV600-positive advanced melanoma tumors
Overall Survival, N evaluable
Median, months (95% CI)
Not Reached
Not Reached
6 months
p value
Progression-Free Survival, N evaluable
Median, months
p value
Response, N evaluable
Objective Response Rate, % (95% CI)
48% (95% CI: 42 to 55%)
5% (95% CI: 3 to 9%)
Overall Survival, N evaluable
Median, months (95% CI)
Not Reached
6 months
p value
Progression-Free Survival, N evaluable
Median, months
Response, N evaluable
Objective Response Rate, % (95% CI)
48% (95% CI: 42 to 55%)
5% (95% CI: 3 to 9%)
Phase II Clinical Trial
A Phase II trial, also known as BRIM-2, is currently ongoing at 13 centers. All patients were selected with the cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test; 122 cases had BRAFV600E–positive melanoma and 10 cases were positive for BRAFV600K. The early results of this trial have been published only as a meeting abstract and a meeting slide presentation. The target overall response rate (primary outcome) was 30%, with a lower boundary of the 95% confidence interval (CI) of at least 20%. At a median follow-up of 10 months, this target was met with an overall response rate of 53% by IRC (95% CI: 44-62%). At 10 months, 27% of patients were still on treatment; the majority of discontinuations were due to disease progression. The most common adverse events of any grade were arthralgias (58%), skin rash (52%), and photosensitivity (52%). The most common grade 3 adverse event was squamous cell carcinoma; these were seen in about 25% of patients, tended to occur in the first two months of treatment, and were managed with local excision. There were very few grade 4 adverse events.
Phase I Clinical Trial
The major goals of this trial were to first determine the maximum dose in a dose-escalation phase, then determine the objective response rate and monitor toxicity. This trial used a PCR assay that was likely a prototype of the final test; only a brief description of the assay was provided in the publication. In the dose-escalation phase, five patients with metastatic melanoma tumors who did not have the BRAFV600E mutation received 240 mg or more vemurafenib twice daily (final recommended dose is 960 mg twice daily); of these, none responded. In the extension phase of the trial, 26 of 32 patients with the BRAFV600E mutation responded (81%; 24 partial, two complete responses).
Ongoing Clinical Trials
Despite impressive response rates in the Phase I trial, the duration of response to vemurafenib was limited to between 2 and 18 months suggesting the development of resistance; in some patients with BRAFV600E-positive tumors there was no response at all, which was interpreted as primary resistance. Investigations of the mechanisms of resistance have reported evidence of different molecular mechanisms potentially responsible for resistance in different patients. It is likely that combined inhibition of BRAF and other key molecular targets, and the use of different combinations in different patients, will be needed in the future. For example, a clinical trial is already underway combining treatment with vemurafenib and a MEK inhibitor in patients who have already been treated with vemurafenib (NCT01271803).
As noted, the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib is currently in phase II and III clinical trials (NCT01227889; NCT01266967), and is expected to be submitted to the FDA, along with a companion diagnostic test, relatively quickly.
A large proportion of patients with advanced melanoma have a mutation in the BRAF gene. The Phase III clinical trial of vemurafenib in melanoma patients positive for the BRAFV600E mutation reported a benefit in overall survival and progression-free survival for vemurafenib treatment. These results, which are corroborated by earlier trials, support the clinical validity and clinical utility of the cobas 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation Test, the companion diagnostic test for vemurafenib. Using the test to select patients for treatment results in improved outcomes compared to the usual standard of care, dacarbazine. Thus, this test, and any other tests approved by the FDA to detect the BRAFV600E mutation to select advanced melanoma patients for vemurafenib treatment, may be considered medically necessary.
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Ethics Charges Filed Against Kanawha County Magistrate
A county magistrate is facing ethics charges. A commission in charge of a judicial investigation claims Kanawha County Magistrate Ward Harshbarger violated the code of conduct when he denied a domestic violence petition against County Prosecutor Mark Plants. The prosecutor's ex-wife Allison Plants brought the petition in late February, and Harshbarger refused to grant it without a full and fair review. The judicial review commission also says Harshbarger discussed the petition with police officers who weren't involved in the case.
Federal Goverment Rules on Coal Dust
A decision is in and the Obama administration is cutting the amount of coal dust allowed in coal mines in an effort to help reduce black lung disease. The decision was announced Wednesday in Morgantown. Black lung is an irreversible and potentially deadly disease caused by exposure to coal dust, where the dust particles accumulate in the lungs. The rule by the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration lowers the overall dust standard from 2.0 to 1.5 milligrams per cubic meter of air. For certain mine entries and miners with black lung disease, the standard is cut in half, from 1.0 to 0.5. The rule also increases the frequency of dust sampling, and requires coal operators to take immediate action when dust levels are high. In addition, coal mine operators will be required to use new technology to provide real-time dust levels. The requirements will be phased in over two years.
Jobless Rate Shows Improvement
Unemployment rates fell in 46 of West Virginia's 55 counties in March. WorkForce West Virginia says jobless rates were unchanged in two counties and rose in seven others last month. Monongalia County has the state's lowest unemployment rate at 4.1 percent, followed by Jefferson at 4.9 percent. Wetzel County's rate of 12.7 percent was the state's highest, followed by Mingo County at 12.2 percent. Kanawha County sits at 6 percent, just under the state rate of 6.1 percent.
Charleston's New Fire Chief is Sworn In
With Chuck Overtstreet celebrating his retirement Friday, the Charleston Fire Department has sworn in its new chief. Mike Shaffer gets the promotion from assistant chief, and takes over the reigns as Chief after being sworn in at this week's city council meeting. Overstreet had been with the department for 33 years when he retired.
Marhall University Considers Tuition Hike
Marshall students may be paying more soon. Undergraduate students would pay higher tuition and fees under proposals being considered by the school's Board of Governors, and a vote could come today. If the increases are approved, The Herald-Dispatch reports that in-state undergraduate students would pay an additional $155 per semester. Out-of-state students would pay an additional $290. Tuition and fees for metro students would increase by $325. President Stephen Kopp told the Faculty Senate last week that Marshall has lost $11 million in state appropriations during the past two years of statewide budget cuts.
NTSB Releases Preliminary Crash Report
The National Transportation Safety Board doesn't yet list a cause of the crash, but it has released some preliminary information about a Kanawha County plane crash that happened earlier this month. The pilot, 50-year old Lazarus Enoch Sommers, and his wife, Maryann Sommers, both died in the crash in Eastern Kanawha County. The NTSB report says the plane hit trees and the ground, and was destroyed. The pilot at one point told air traffic control he was deviating around weather, and a short time later radio control was lost and the plane went missing on radar. Most of the wreckage has been recovered and will still be examined as part of the investigation.
Town Hall Meeting Tonight to Measure Progress Post Water Crisis
A panel of experts will gather tonight for a town hall meeting on post-water crisis issues. On the panel: US Sen. Joe Manchin, C.W. Sigman of the Kanawha County Dept. of Homeland Security an Emergency Management, state Sen. John Unger, Dr. Rahul Gupta with the Kanawha Charleston Health Department and more. The panel will be on stage tonight at the Labelle Theater in South Charleston, and those who want to attend can register on the WCHS TV website. The panel discussion will be from 7 to 8:30pm.
Beckley Historic District May See Changes
State historians say a proposed demolition project could threaten uptown Beckley's historic district. Dan Bickey has proposed demolishing three buildings that he owns and developing the space for metered parking. Only one property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but State Historic Preservation Officer Susan M. Pearce tells The Register-Herald that demolishing the buildings would significantly alter the district's viewshed. West Virginia Division of Culture and History deputy commissioner Caryn Gresham says the demolitions could lead to the district's removal from the national register. Bickey says he hopes the district doesn't lose its historic designation. He says the city needs more parking and it's not cost effective to restore the buildings.
Local Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges
A Charleston man with several drug trafficking and violent felony convictions pleaded guilty Monday to a federal drug charge. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said 35-year old Donnell Dwayne Diego pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute meth, after selling methamphetamine to an informant last summer. Drugs including oxycodone, 50 grams of methamphetamine, more than 50 grams of heroin were seized at his home, along with ammunition, and in excess of $9,000.00 cash. Goodwin says Diego had been previously convicted of several felony offenses in California including burglary and grand theft in 2003 and drug trafficking in 2004 and 2007. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on August 7th.
Ruling May Come Today on Plants' Case Load
A hearing is scheduled for today to rule on the city of Charleston's request to disqualify Mark Plants' office from hearing some cases. The city is asking that the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney's Office from trying any cases involving domestic battery by a parent, while Mark Plants is facing charges for an incident with his son back in February.