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. 2024 Apr 15;13(4):930–935. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-24-117

Table 1. Summary of prospective clinical trials testing BRAF +/− MEK inhibitor therapies for metastatic NSCLC with Class 1 BRAF mutations.

Study Therapeutic agents No. of patients Overall response rate PFS, months
[median (95% CI)]
OS, months
[median (95% CI)]
Grade 3 or greater adverse events
Subbiah et al. JCO Precis Oncol, 2019 (15) Vemurafenib 62 81%
   Previously treated 54 37% 6.1 (5.1–8.3) 15.4 (8.2–22.6)
   Naïve 8 37.5% 12.9 (4.0–NE) NE (4.0–NE)
Mazieres et al. Ann Oncol, 2020, (16) Vemurafenib 101 45% 5.2 (3.8–6.8) 10.0 (6.8–15.7) Serious adverse events—36%
   Previously treated 80
   Naïve 21
Planchard et al. Lancet Oncol, 2016, (17) Dabrafenib 84 45%
   Previously treated 78 33% 5.5 (2.8–7.3) 15.4 (7.3–NE)
   Naïve 6 67% 8.4
Planchard et al. Lancet Oncol, 2016, (20) Dabrafenib + trametinib 57 68% 10.2 (6.9–16.7) Not described 75%
   Previously treated 57
   Naïve 0
Planchard et al. Lancet Oncol, 2017, (19) Dabrafenib + trametinib 36 64% 10.9 (7.0–16.6) 24.6 (12.3–NE) 73%
   Previously treated 0
   Naïve 36
Salama et al. J Clin Oncol, 2020, (18) Dabrafenib + trametinib 5 25% 6.6 Not described N/A
   Previously treated
   Naïve
Riely et al. J Clin Oncol, 2023, (2) Encorafenib + binimetinib 98 NE 42%
   Previously treated 39 46% 9.3 (6.2–NE)
   Naïve 59 75% NE (15.7–NE)

NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; PFS, progression-free survival; CI, confidence interval; OS, overall survival; NE, not evaluable.