Dabrafenib in BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma: a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial.

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Published in Lancet on June 25, 2012

Authors

Axel Hauschild1, Jean-Jacques Grob, Lev V Demidov, Thomas Jouary, Ralf Gutzmer, Michael Millward, Piotr Rutkowski, Christian U Blank, Wilson H Miller, Eckhart Kaempgen, Salvador Martín-Algarra, Boguslawa Karaszewska, Cornelia Mauch, Vanna Chiarion-Sileni, Anne-Marie Martin, Suzanne Swann, Patricia Haney, Beloo Mirakhur, Mary E Guckert, Vicki Goodman, Paul B Chapman

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital, Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Dermatology, Kiel, Germany. ahauschild@dermatology.unikiel.de

Associated clinical trials:

A Study Comparing GSK2118436 to Dacarbazine (DTIC) in Previously Untreated Subjects With BRAF Mutation Positive Advanced (Stage III) or Metastatic (Stage IV) Melanoma | NCT01227889

Neoadjuvant Use of Talimogene Laherparepvec and BRAF/MEK Inhibitor for Advanced Nodal BRAF Mutant Melanoma | NCT03972046

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