Combination therapy approved for melanoma

Cancer Discov. 2014 Mar;4(3):262. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2014-013. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

Abstract

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of trametinib and dabrafenib in combination for patients with metastatic or unresectable melanoma with BRAF V600K or V600E mutations-the first combination therapy approved for the disease.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles / administration & dosage
  • Melanoma / drug therapy*
  • Melanoma / genetics
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy
  • Oximes / administration & dosage
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / metabolism
  • Pyridones / administration & dosage
  • Pyrimidinones / administration & dosage
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Imidazoles
  • Oximes
  • Pyridones
  • Pyrimidinones
  • trametinib
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
  • dabrafenib