Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to trametinib in combination with dabrafenib for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) with BRAF V600E mutation and with no satisfactory locoregional treatment options.

This is written in the approval document as:

MEKINIST is indicated, in combination with dabrafenib, for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) with BRAF V600E mutation and with no satisfactory locoregional treatment options.

Citation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Mekinist (trametinib) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2024/217513s003lbl.pdf. Revised March 2024. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Therapeutic response

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

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	BRAF p.V600E	Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer	Dabrafenib, Trametinib