A Study Comparing Trametinib and Dabrafenib Combination Therapy to Dabrafenib Monotherapy in Subjects With BRAF-mutant Melanoma
NCT ID: NCT01584648
Last Updated: 2021-02-17
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
423 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-05-04
2019-02-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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After treatment discontinuation, subjects were followed for survival and disease progression as applicable to collect data for the secondary objective of overall survival (OS).
Crossover to the combination therapy arm was allowed for subjects still receiving study treatment on the dabrafenib monotherapy arm after the positive result for the final OS analysis.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Dabrafenib + Trametinib
Dabrafenib and Trametinib combination
Dabrafenib
Dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily
Trametinib
Trametinib 2 mg once daily
Dabrafenib + Placebo
Dabrafenib and Trametinib placebo
Dabrafenib
Dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily
Trametinib placebo
Dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily and trametinib placebo
Interventions
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Dabrafenib
Dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily
Trametinib
Trametinib 2 mg once daily
Trametinib placebo
Dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily and trametinib placebo
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* The subject must have a radiologically measurable tumor
* The subject is able to carry out daily life activities without significant difficulty (ECOG performance status score of 0 or 1).
* Able to swallow and retain oral medication
* Sexually active subjects must use acceptable methods of contraception during the course of the study
* Adequate organ system function and blood counts
Exclusion Criteria
* Prior systemic anti-cancer treatment for Stage IIIC (unresectable) or Stage IV (metastatic) melanoma. Prior systemic treatment in the adjuvant setting is allowed. (Note: Ipilimumab treatment must end at least 8 weeks prior to randomization.)
* The subject has received major surgery or certain tyes of cancer therapy with 21 days of starting treatment
* Current use of prohibited medication listed in the protocol
* Left ventricular ejection fraction less than the lower limit of normal
* Uncontrolled blood pressurl
* History or current evidence of retinal vein occlusion or central serous retinopathy
* Brain metastases unless previously treated with surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery and the disease has been stable for at least 12 weeks
* The subject is pregnant or nursing
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Locations
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Fort Myers, Florida, United States
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St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Tampa, Florida, United States
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West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Peoria, Illinois, United States
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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New York, New York, United States
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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London, Ontario, Canada
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Bordeaux, , France
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Boulogne-Billancourt, , France
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Lyon, , France
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Marseille, , France
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Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, , France
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Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
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Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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Buxtehude, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany
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Gera, Thuringia, Germany
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Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Berlin, , Germany
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Athens, , Greece
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N. Faliro, , Greece
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Thessaloniki, , Greece
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Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
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Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Candiolo (TO), Piedmont, Italy
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Padua, Veneto, Italy
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Amsterdam, , Netherlands
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Amsterdam, , Netherlands
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Zwolle, , Netherlands
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Kazan', , Russia
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Moscow, , Russia
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Stavropol, , Russia
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Barcelona, , Spain
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Pamplona, , Spain
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Valencia, , Spain
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Gothenburg, , Sweden
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Lund, , Sweden
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Stockholm, , Sweden
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Uppsala, , Sweden
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Dnipropetrovsk, , Ukraine
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Donetsk, , Ukraine
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Khmelnytskyi, , Ukraine
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Kyiv, , Ukraine
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Lviv, , Ukraine
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Sumy, , Ukraine
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Northwood, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Aberdeen, , United Kingdom
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Bebington, , United Kingdom
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Edgbaston, Birmingham, , United Kingdom
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Leeds, , United Kingdom
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London, , United Kingdom
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Newcastle upon Tyne, , United Kingdom
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Nottingham, , United Kingdom
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Oxford, , United Kingdom
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Preston, , United Kingdom
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References
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Schadendorf D, Robert C, Dummer R, Flaherty KT, Tawbi HA, Menzies AM, Banerjee H, Lau M, Long GV. Pyrexia in patients treated with dabrafenib plus trametinib across clinical trials in BRAF-mutant cancers. Eur J Cancer. 2021 Aug;153:234-241. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.05.005. Epub 2021 Jul 2.
Syeda MM, Wiggins JM, Corless BC, Long GV, Flaherty KT, Schadendorf D, Nathan PD, Robert C, Ribas A, Davies MA, Grob JJ, Gasal E, Squires M, Marker M, Garrett J, Brase JC, Polsky D. Circulating tumour DNA in patients with advanced melanoma treated with dabrafenib or dabrafenib plus trametinib: a clinical validation study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Mar;22(3):370-380. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30726-9. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
Robert C, Grob JJ, Stroyakovskiy D, Karaszewska B, Hauschild A, Levchenko E, Chiarion Sileni V, Schachter J, Garbe C, Bondarenko I, Gogas H, Mandala M, Haanen JBAG, Lebbe C, Mackiewicz A, Rutkowski P, Nathan PD, Ribas A, Davies MA, Flaherty KT, Burgess P, Tan M, Gasal E, Voi M, Schadendorf D, Long GV. Five-Year Outcomes with Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Metastatic Melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 15;381(7):626-636. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1904059. Epub 2019 Jun 4.
Long GV, Grob JJ, Nathan P, Ribas A, Robert C, Schadendorf D, Lane SR, Mak C, Legenne P, Flaherty KT, Davies MA. Factors predictive of response, disease progression, and overall survival after dabrafenib and trametinib combination treatment: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Dec;17(12):1743-1754. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30578-2. Epub 2016 Nov 16.
Long GV, Stroyakovskiy D, Gogas H, Levchenko E, de Braud F, Larkin J, Garbe C, Jouary T, Hauschild A, Grob JJ, Chiarion-Sileni V, Lebbe C, Mandala M, Millward M, Arance A, Bondarenko I, Haanen JB, Hansson J, Utikal J, Ferraresi V, Kovalenko N, Mohr P, Probachai V, Schadendorf D, Nathan P, Robert C, Ribas A, DeMarini DJ, Irani JG, Swann S, Legos JJ, Jin F, Mookerjee B, Flaherty K. Dabrafenib and trametinib versus dabrafenib and placebo for Val600 BRAF-mutant melanoma: a multicentre, double-blind, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 Aug 1;386(9992):444-51. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60898-4. Epub 2015 May 31.
Schadendorf D, Amonkar MM, Stroyakovskiy D, Levchenko E, Gogas H, de Braud F, Grob JJ, Bondarenko I, Garbe C, Lebbe C, Larkin J, Chiarion-Sileni V, Millward M, Arance A, Mandala M, Flaherty KT, Nathan P, Ribas A, Robert C, Casey M, DeMarini DJ, Irani JG, Aktan G, Long GV. Health-related quality of life impact in a randomised phase III study of the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib versus dabrafenib monotherapy in patients with BRAF V600 metastatic melanoma. Eur J Cancer. 2015 May;51(7):833-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.03.004. Epub 2015 Mar 17.
Menzies AM, Ashworth MT, Swann S, Kefford RF, Flaherty K, Weber J, Infante JR, Kim KB, Gonzalez R, Hamid O, Schuchter L, Cebon J, Sosman JA, Little S, Sun P, Aktan G, Ouellet D, Jin F, Long GV, Daud A. Characteristics of pyrexia in BRAFV600E/K metastatic melanoma patients treated with combined dabrafenib and trametinib in a phase I/II clinical trial. Ann Oncol. 2015 Feb;26(2):415-21. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu529. Epub 2014 Nov 18.
Long GV, Stroyakovskiy D, Gogas H, Levchenko E, de Braud F, Larkin J, Garbe C, Jouary T, Hauschild A, Grob JJ, Chiarion Sileni V, Lebbe C, Mandala M, Millward M, Arance A, Bondarenko I, Haanen JB, Hansson J, Utikal J, Ferraresi V, Kovalenko N, Mohr P, Probachai V, Schadendorf D, Nathan P, Robert C, Ribas A, DeMarini DJ, Irani JG, Casey M, Ouellet D, Martin AM, Le N, Patel K, Flaherty K. Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition versus BRAF inhibition alone in melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 13;371(20):1877-88. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1406037. Epub 2014 Sep 29.
Other Identifiers
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2011-006087-49
Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
CDRB436B2301
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
115306
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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