Clinical trial · no report yet · Phase 3
COMBI-AD
Dabrafenib With Trametinib in the Adjuvant Treatment of High-risk BRAF V600 Mutation-positive Melanoma (COMBI-AD).
- NCT01682083 ↗
- Completed
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- 42 commentary sources found
- Deep
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Commentary we found
Podcasts, YouTube videos and X posts in our index that name this trial. A report screens them, searches for more and cites what clinicians said when it is built.
| Channel | Found | |
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| Podcasts | 24 | |
| YouTube | 12 | |
| X threads | 6 |
The trial
ClinicalTrials.gov- Official title
- COMBI-AD: A Phase III Randomized Double Blind Study of Dabrafenib (GSK2118436) in COMBInation With Trametinib (GSK1120212) Versus Two Placebos in the ADjuvant Treatment of High-risk BRAF V600 Mutation-positive Melanoma After Surgical Resection
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Status
- Completed
- Conditions
- Melanoma
- Interventions
- Dabrafenib; Trametinib; Placebos
- Arms
- Dabrafenib and trametinib · Experimental
- Dabrafenib and trametinib placebos · Placebo comparator
- Enrollment
- 870
- Primary outcomes
- Percentage of Participants With Relapse-free Survival (RFS) Events
- Relapse-free Survival (RFS)
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Start
- Jan 8, 2013
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2017
- Results posted
- Yes
- Registry record
- NCT01682083 · updated Apr 21, 2026
Publications
linked from the registry- Syeda MM, Long GV, Garrett J, Atkinson V, Santinami M, Schadendorf D, Hauschild A, Millward M, Mandala M, Chiarion-Sileni V, Smylie M, Manikhas GM, Dummer R, Wiggins JM, Ali S, Adnaik SB, Tan M, Dajee M, Polsky D. Clinical validation of droplet digital PCR assays in detecting BRAFV600-mutant circulating tumour DNA as a prognostic biomarker in patients with resected stage III melanoma receiving adjuvant therapy (COMBI-AD): a biomarker analysis from a double-blind, randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2025 May;26(5):641-653. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00139-1. Epub 2025 Apr 15. PubMed 40250457
- Long GV, Hauschild A, Santinami M, Kirkwood JM, Atkinson V, Mandala M, Merelli B, Sileni VC, Nyakas M, Haydon A, Dutriaux C, Robert C, Mortier L, Schachter J, Schadendorf D, Lesimple T, Plummer R, Larkin J, Tan M, Adnaik SB, Burgess P, Jandoo T, Dummer R. Final Results for Adjuvant Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Stage III Melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 7;391(18):1709-1720. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2404139. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PubMed 38899716
- Li SN, Wan X, Peng LB, Li YM, Li JH. Cost-effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibition and targeted treatment in combination as adjuvant treatment of patient with BRAF-mutant advanced melanoma. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Jan 18;23(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09058-7. PubMed 36653848
- Schadendorf D, Robert C, Dummer R, Flaherty KT, Tawbi HA, Menzies AM, Banerjee H, Lau M, Long GV. Pyrexia in patients treated with dabrafenib plus trametinib across clinical trials in BRAF-mutant cancers. Eur J Cancer. 2021 Aug;153:234-241. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.05.005. Epub 2021 Jul 2. PubMed 34225229
- Dummer R, Hauschild A, Santinami M, Atkinson V, Mandala M, Kirkwood JM, Chiarion Sileni V, Larkin J, Nyakas M, Dutriaux C, Haydon A, Robert C, Mortier L, Schachter J, Lesimple T, Plummer R, Dasgupta K, Gasal E, Tan M, Long GV, Schadendorf D. Five-Year Analysis of Adjuvant Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Stage III Melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 17;383(12):1139-1148. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2005493. Epub 2020 Sep 2. PubMed 32877599
- Dummer R, Brase JC, Garrett J, Campbell CD, Gasal E, Squires M, Gusenleitner D, Santinami M, Atkinson V, Mandala M, Chiarion-Sileni V, Flaherty K, Larkin J, Robert C, Kefford R, Kirkwood JM, Hauschild A, Schadendorf D, Long GV. Adjuvant dabrafenib plus trametinib versus placebo in patients with resected, BRAFV600-mutant, stage III melanoma (COMBI-AD): exploratory biomarker analyses from a randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Mar;21(3):358-372. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30062-0. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PubMed 32007138
- Schadendorf D, Hauschild A, Santinami M, Atkinson V, Mandala M, Chiarion-Sileni V, Larkin J, Nyakas M, Dutriaux C, Haydon A, Robert C, Mortier L, Lesimple T, Plummer R, Schachter J, Dasgupta K, Manson S, Koruth R, Mookerjee B, Kefford R, Dummer R, Kirkwood JM, Long GV. Patient-reported outcomes in patients with resected, high-risk melanoma with BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutations treated with adjuvant dabrafenib plus trametinib (COMBI-AD): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2019 May;20(5):701-710. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30940-9. Epub 2019 Mar 27. PubMed 30928620
- Hauschild A, Dummer R, Schadendorf D, Santinami M, Atkinson V, Mandala M, Chiarion-Sileni V, Larkin J, Nyakas M, Dutriaux C, Haydon A, Robert C, Mortier L, Schachter J, Lesimple T, Plummer R, Dasgupta K, Haas T, Shilkrut M, Gasal E, Kefford R, Kirkwood JM, Long GV. Longer Follow-Up Confirms Relapse-Free Survival Benefit With Adjuvant Dabrafenib Plus Trametinib in Patients With Resected BRAF V600-Mutant Stage III Melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Dec 10;36(35):3441-3449. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01219. Epub 2018 Oct 22. PubMed 30343620
- Long GV, Hauschild A, Santinami M, Atkinson V, Mandala M, Chiarion-Sileni V, Larkin J, Nyakas M, Dutriaux C, Haydon A, Robert C, Mortier L, Schachter J, Schadendorf D, Lesimple T, Plummer R, Ji R, Zhang P, Mookerjee B, Legos J, Kefford R, Dummer R, Kirkwood JM. Adjuvant Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Stage III BRAF-Mutated Melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 9;377(19):1813-1823. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1708539. Epub 2017 Sep 10. PubMed 28891408