COMBI-d: Phase 3 trial of dabrafenib plus trametinib in BRAF V600E/K-mutated melanoma

At the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Georgina Long, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, of the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, discusses the results of the randomised, double-blinded, phase 3 COMBI-d trial, which compared the combination of dabrafenib (BRAF inhibitor) and trametinib (MEK inhibitor) versus dabrafenib and placebo as first-line therapy in patients with unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600E/K mutation-positive cutaneous melanoma.