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. 2018 Feb 6;2018(2):CD011123. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011123.pub2

NCT01940809.

Study name Ipilimumab with or without dabrafenib, trametinib, and/or nivolumab in treating patients with melanoma that is metastatic or cannot be removed by surgery
Methods Phase I RCT.
Participants Metastatic melanoma.
Estimated enrolment: 40.
Interventions Five‐arm trial:
  • participants receive dabrafenib orally twice daily and trametinib orally once daily for 25 days. Participants then receive ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes. Treatment with ipilimumab repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity;

  • participants receive dabrafenib orally twice daily and trametinib orally once daily for 25 days followed by nivolumab IV over 60 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes every 3 weeks for 4 doses, followed by nivolumab monotherapy IV every 2 weeks continuously for up to 42 courses;

  • participants receive trametinib orally once daily for 25 days. Participants then receive ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes. Treatment with ipilimumab repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity;

  • participants receive trametinib orally once daily for 25 days followed by nivolumab IV over 60 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes every 3 weeks for 4 doses, followed by nivolumab monotherapy IV every 2 weeks continuously for up to 42 courses;

  • participants receive dabrafenib orally twice daily for 25 days. Participants then receive ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes. Treatment with ipilimumab repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity;

  • participants receive dabrafenib orally twice daily for 25 days followed by nivolumab IV over 60 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes every 3 weeks for 4 doses, followed by nivolumab monotherapy IV every 2 weeks continuously for up to 42 courses;

  • participants receive ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Participants receive nivolumab IV over 60 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes every 3 weeks for 4 doses, followed by nivolumab monotherapy IV every 2 weeks continuously for up to 42 courses.

Outcomes Primary outcome:
  • Incidence of grade 3 or higher immune‐related adverse events.


Secondary outcomes:
  • disease‐control rate;

  • proportion of participants receiving dabrafenib and trametinib with grade 3 or higher irAEs after disease progression on ipilimumab; and

  • response rate for the total treatment period.

Starting date August 2013.
Contact information
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Contact: Scott J Rodig, srodig@partners.org;

  • Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Contact: Patrick A Ott, Patrick_ott@dfci.harvard.edu.

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