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A trial of dabrafenib and trametinib after surgery to remove melanoma (COMBI-AD)

Overview

Cancer types:

Melanoma, Skin cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at dabrafenib and trametinib for melanoma that had been removed. It was for people whose melanoma cells had a change in a called BRAF.

The trial was open for people to join between 2013 and 2014. The team published the results in 2020. There is a link to more information in the ‘Summary of results’ section below.

Recruitment start: 19 February 2013

Recruitment end: 22 September 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Paul Nathan

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Novartis

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 14 March 2024

CRUK internal database number: 10184

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