Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to dabrafenib in combination with trametinib for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600E or V600K mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

This is written in the approval document as:

TAFINLAR is indicated, in combination with trametinib, for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600E or V600K mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.

Citation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Tafinlar (dabrafenib) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2024/202806s030lbl.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	Melanoma	Dabrafenib, Trametinib
Sensitivity (+)	BRAF p.V600K	Melanoma	Dabrafenib, Trametinib