Combined Vemurafenib and Cobimetinib in BRAF-Mutated Melanoma
Author(s) -
James Larkin,
Paolo A. Ascierto,
Brigitte Dréno,
Victoria Atkinson,
Gabriella Liszkay,
Michele Maio,
Mario Mandalà,
Lev Demidov,
Daniil Stroyakovskiy,
L. Thomas,
Luis de la CruzMerino,
Caroline Dutriaux,
Claus Garbe,
Mika A. Sovak,
Ilsung Chang,
Nicholas W. Choong,
Stephen P. Hack,
Grant A. McArthur,
Antoni Ribas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1408868
Subject(s) - vemurafenib , medicine , hazard ratio , oncology , placebo , interim analysis , melanoma , confidence interval , progression free survival , clinical endpoint , v600e , randomized controlled trial , gastroenterology , overall survival , metastatic melanoma , cancer research , cancer , pathology , mutation , biology , biochemistry , alternative medicine , gene
The combined inhibition of BRAF and MEK is hypothesized to improve clinical outcomes in patients with melanoma by preventing or delaying the onset of resistance observed with BRAF inhibitors alone. This randomized phase 3 study evaluated the combination of the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib and the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib.
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