This clinical trial is looking at a combination of drugs called vemurafenib and cobimetinib. Vemurafenib is approved as standard of care for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Cobimetinib is approved as standard of care in combination with vemurafenib for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. This means it has gone through clinical trials and been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK.
Cobimetinib and vemurafenib work in patients with these types of cancers which have certain changes in the cancer cells called BRAF V600 mutation-positive.
Investigators now wish to find out if it will be useful in treating patients with other cancer types which are also BRAF V600 mutation-positive. If the results are positive, the study team will work with the NHS and the Cancer Drugs Fund to see if these drugs can be routinely accessed for patients in the future.
This trial is part of a trial programme called DETERMINE. The programme will also look at other anti-cancer drugs in the same way, through matching the drug to rare cancer types or ones with specific mutations.
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Have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test before enrolment and;
combined (oestrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal)
progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable)
intrauterine device (IUD)
Single group
Vemurafenib
DrugPatients will receive vemurafenib at a dose of 960 mg orally (four tablets of 240 mg) on a twice daily schedule throughout a 28-day cycle. Patients may continue until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.
Cobimetinib
DrugPatients will receive cobimetinib at a dose of 60 mg (three tablets of 20 mg) to be taken orally, once daily for 21 consecutive days (days 1 to 21 in each 28-day cycle); followed by a 7-day break. Patients may continue until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.
Objective Response (OR)
An OR is defined as the confirmed occurrence of either a Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) Version 1.1 criteria (or immune related \[ir\]-RECIST or standard imaging criteria for specific disease e.g. Response Evaluation in Neuro Oncology criteria \[RANO\]). In patients with leukaemia, OR will be defined as the occurrence of CR, CRi (CR with incomplete neutrophil recovery) or CRp (CR with incomplete platelet recovery). The trial will report the proportion of patients with an OR and 95% credible interval.
Durable Clinical Benefit (DCB)
DCB is defined as the absence of disease progression for at least 24 weeks from the start of trial treatment according to RECIST Version 1.1 criteria (or ir-RECIST or standard imaging criteria for specific disease e.g. RANO criteria) and, where relevant (e.g. for haematological malignancies), by standard bone marrow response assessment criteria. Alternative definitions of DCB based on different time points may be pre-specified for particular sub-cohorts if 24 weeks is not clinically relevant. The trial will report the proportion of patients with a DCB and 95% credible interval.
Duration of response (DR)
DR is defined as the time from the date of the first confirmed CR or PR according to RECIST 1.1 or ir-RECIST (or standard imaging criteria for specific disease e.g. RANO criteria) to the date of disease progression. The trial will report the median DR and 95% credible interval.
Best percentage change in sum of target lesion / index lesion diameters (PCSD)
PCSD is defined as the greatest decrease or least increase in the sum of target lesion diameters (RECIST) or index lesion diameters (irRECIST) as a percentage compared to the baseline measurement. The trial will report the mean PCSD and 95% credible interval.
Time to treatment discontinuation (TTD)
TTD is defined as the time from date of starting trial treatment to date of discontinuing trial treatment, in days estimated by the median of the posterior inverse gamma probability distribution. The trial will report the median TTD and 95% credible interval.
Progression-Free Survival time (PFS)
PFS is defined as the time from date of starting trial treatment to date of progression or date of death without a previous progression recorded estimated by the median of the posterior inverse gamma probability distribution.
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Cancer Research UK
Lead sponsor
University of Manchester
Collaborator
University of Birmingham
Collaborator
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Collaborator
Hoffmann-La Roche
Collaborator
