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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Feb 1;29(3):521–531. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-2581

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of COMBI-MB trial.

Cohort A (n=76) Cohort B (n=16) Cohort C (n=16) Cohort D (n=17) Total (n=125)

Age Median (range) 52·0 (23–84) 54·5 (36–74) 63·0 (44–84) 46·0 (23–68)
<65 60 (79%) 12 (75%) 9 (56%) 16 (94%) 97 (78%)
≥65 16 (21%) 4 (25%) 7 (44%) 1 (6%) 28 (22%)

Sex Male 40 (53%) 10 (63%) 11 (69%) 11 (65%) 72 (58%)
Female 36 (47%) 6 (38%) 5 (31%) 6 (35%) 53 (42%)

ECOG 0 50 (66%) 11 (69%) 12 (75%) 9 (53%) 82 (66%)
1 25 (33%) 5 (31%) 4 (25%) 6 (35%) 40 (32%)
2 1 (1%)* 0 0 2 (12%) 3 (2%)

BRAF genotype V600E 73 (96%) 16 (100%) 0 15 (88%) 104 (83%)
V600K 3 (4%) 0 14 (88%) 1 (6%) 18 (14%)
V600R 0 0 2 (13%) 1 (6%) 3 (2.4%)
V600D 0 0 0 0 0

Target brain metastases 1 41 (54%) 7 (44%) 7 (44%) 7 (41%) 62 (49.6%)
2 20 (26%) 7 (44%) 6 (38%) 7 (41%) 40 (32%)
3 7 (9%) 2 (13%) 2 (13%) 1 (6%) 12 (9.6%)
4 4 (5%) 0 0 1 (6%) 5 (4%)
5 4 (5%) 0 1 (6%) 1 (6%) 6 (4.8%)

SLD of target intracranial lesions (mm) 20 (6–117) 14 (5–40) 20 (5–61) 33 (10–84)

Extracranial metastases No 8 (11%) 4 (25%) 0 5 (29%) 17 (14%)
Yes 68 (89%) 12 (75%) 16 (100%) 12 (71%) 108 (86%)

Lactate dehydrogenase concentration Normal (≤ULN) 48 (63%) 13 (81%) 10 (63%) 12 (71%) 83 (66%)
Elevated (>ULN) 28 (37%) 3 (19%) 6 (38%) 5 (29%) 42 (34%)

Receiving steroid therapy Yes 13 (17%) 3 (19%) 3 (19%) 14 (82%) 33 (26%)
No 63 (83%) 13 (81%) 13 (81%) 3 (18%) 92 (74%)

Previous systemic anticancer treatment No 59 (78%) 11 (69%) 13 (81%) 10 (59%) 93 (74%)
Yes 17 (22%) 5 (31%) 3 (19%) 7 (41%) 32 (26%)

Data are median (range) or n (%). Cohort A= BRAF V600E -mutant, asymptomatic melanoma brain metastases, without previous local brain-directed therapy, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. Cohort B= BRAF V600E -mutant, asymptomatic melanoma brain metastases, with previous local therapy, ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. Cohort C= BRAF V600D/K/R -mutant, asymptomatic melanoma brain metastases, with or without previous local therapy, ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. Cohort D= BRAF V600D/E/K/R -mutant, symptomatic melanoma brain metastases, with or without previous local therapy ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2. ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. SLD=sum of lesion diameters. ULN=upper limit of normal.

*

Patient had ECOG performance status 1 at time of screening and enrolment.

Patients were enrolled based on BRAF V600E status but were found to be BRAF V600K on central confirmation.