Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized trametinib as a monotherapy or in combination with dabrafenib for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600 variant. Trametinib's product information further states that trametinib as a monotherapy has not demonstrated clinical activity in patients who have progressed on prior BRAF inhibitor therapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

Trametinib as monotherapy or in combination with dabrafenib is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600 mutation.

Citation

Novartis Europharm Limited. Mekinist (trametinib) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/mekinist-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised March 2024. Accessed March 19, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organization(s) Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
EMA (1) BRAF p.V600E Melanoma Dabrafenib, Trametinib
EMA (1) BRAF p.V600K Melanoma Dabrafenib, Trametinib
EMA (1) BRAF p.V600E Melanoma Trametinib
EMA (1) BRAF p.V600K Melanoma Trametinib