Vemurafenib in patients with BRAF^V600 mutated metastatic melanoma: an open-label, multicentre, safety study

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• 作者：Dr James Larkin ; FRCP^a ; ^{james.larkin@rmh.nhs.uk" class="auth_mail} ; Michele Del Vecchio ; MD^b ; Paolo A Ascierto ; MD^c ; Ivana Krajsova ; MD^d ; Prof Jacob Schachter ; MD^e ; Bart Neyns ; MD^f ; Enrique Espinosa ; MD^g ; Prof Claus Garbe ; MD^h ; Vanna Chiarion Sileni ; MDⁱ ; Helen Gogas ; MD^j ; Wilson H Miller Jr ; MD^k ; Mario Mandalà ; MD^l ; Prof Geke A P Hospers ; MD^m ; Ana Arance ; MDⁿ ; Prof Paola Queirolo ; MD^o ; Prof Axel Hauschild ; MD^p ; Michael P Brown ; PhD^q ; Lada Mitchell ; PhD^r ; Luisa Veronese ; MD^r ; Dr Christian U Blank ; MD^s ; ^{c.blank@nki.nl" class="auth_mail}
• 刊名：Lancet Oncology
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：15
• 期：4
• 页码：436-444
• 全文大小：297 K

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class="h3">Summary

class="h4">Background

The orally available BRAF kinase inhibitor vemurafenib, compared with dacarbazine, shows improved response rates, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival in patients with metastatic melanoma that has a BRAF^V600 mutation. We assessed vemurafenib in patients with advanced metastatic melanoma with BRAF^V600 mutations who had few treatment options.

class="h4">Methods

In an open-label, multicentre study, patients with untreated or previously treated melanoma and a BRAF^V600 mutation received oral vemurafenib 960 mg twice a day. The primary endpoint was safety. All analyses were done on the safety population, which included all patients who received at least one dose of vemurafenib. This report is the third interim analysis of this study. This study is registered with , number .

class="h4">Findings

Between March 1, 2011, and Jan 31, 2013, 3226 patients were enrolled in 44 countries. 3222 patients received at least one dose of vemurafenib (safety population). At data cutoff, 868 (27%) patients were on study treatment and 2354 (73%) had withdrawn, mainly because of disease progression. Common adverse events of all grades included rash (1592 [49%]), arthralgia (1259 [39%]), fatigue (1093 [34%]), photosensitivity reaction (994 [31%]), alopecia (826 [26%]), and nausea (628 [19%]). 1480 (46%) patients reported grade 3 or 4 adverse events, including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (389 [12%]), rash (155 [5%]), liver function abnormalities (165 [5%]), arthralgia (106 [3%]), and fatigue (93 [3%]). Grade 3 and 4 adverse events were reported more frequently in patients aged 75 years and older (n=257; 152 [59%, 95% CI 53-65] and ten [4%, 2-7], respectively) than in those younger than 75 years (n=2965; 1286 [43%, 42-45] and 82 [3%, 2-3], respectively).

class="h4">Interpretation

Vemurafenib safety in this diverse population of patients with BRAF^V600 mutated metastatic melanoma, who are more representative of routine clinical practice, was consistent with the safety profile shown in the pivotal trials of this drug.

class="h4">Funding

F Hoffmann-La Roche.