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In Brief: Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) and Trametinib (Mekinist) for Glioma (online only)
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • April 17, 2023; (Issue 1674)
The oral kinase inhibitors dabrafenib (Tafinlar –
GSK) and trametinib (Mekinist – Novartis) have been
approved by the FDA for use together for a sixth
indication: treatment of low-grade glioma...
The oral kinase inhibitors dabrafenib (Tafinlar –
GSK) and trametinib (Mekinist – Novartis) have been
approved by the FDA for use together for a sixth
indication: treatment of low-grade glioma (LGG)
with a BRAF V600E mutation in patients ≥1 years old
who require systemic therapy. This combination is
the first systemic therapy to be approved in the US
for first-line treatment of LGG with a BRAF V600E
mutation in pediatric patients. The FDA also approved
new oral formulations of both drugs for patients
who are unable to swallow dabrafenib capsules or
trametinib tablets.