How to replace string with variable in substring?

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How to replace string with variable in substring? btw im using vb

I have a below query that work fine but I just want to replace "ra*" with a variable. How can I do this?

SELECT DISTINCT a.[rank], b.Description
    FROM CONTAINSTABLE(myTable, *, '"ra*'") AS a
        INNER JOIN myTable AS b ON a[key] = b.ID
             ORDER BY a.rank desc;

Below is what I tried so far but it doesnt work. it treat as '"ra"' and not '"ra*"'. Any idea how can I fix this?

Dim mkey As String = "ra"
Dim query As String = "SELECT DISTINCT a.[rank], b.Description
        FROM CONTAINSTABLE(myTable, *, '" & mKey & "*') AS a
            INNER JOIN myTable AS b ON a[key] = b.ID
                ORDER BY a.rank desc;"