Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition in melanoma with BRAF V600 mutations.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 29, 2012

Authors

Keith T Flaherty1, Jeffery R Infante, Adil Daud, Rene Gonzalez, Richard F Kefford, Jeffrey Sosman, Omid Hamid, Lynn Schuchter, Jonathan Cebon, Nageatte Ibrahim, Ragini Kudchadkar, Howard A Burris, Gerald Falchook, Alain Algazi, Karl Lewis, Georgina V Long, Igor Puzanov, Peter Lebowitz, Ajay Singh, Shonda Little, Peng Sun, Alicia Allred, Daniele Ouellet, Kevin B Kim, Kiran Patel, Jeffrey Weber

Author Affiliations

1: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Investigate Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of GSK2118436 & GSK1120212 | NCT01072175

A Study Comparing Trametinib and Dabrafenib Combination Therapy to Dabrafenib Monotherapy in Subjects With BRAF-mutant Melanoma | NCT01584648

Dabrafenib Plus Trametinib vs Vemurafenib Alone in Unresectable or Metastatic BRAF V600E/K Cutaneous Melanoma (COMBI-v) | NCT01597908

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

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