Shots:

• The P-III COMBI-AD study involves assessing of Tafinlar (dabrafenib- 150mg- bid) + Mekinist (trametinib- 2mg- qd) vs two PBOs in patients with stage III- BRAF V600E/K-mutant melanoma without prior anticancer therapy for up to 1year
• Results: alive and relapse-free patients @5yrs. (52% vs36%); 49% reduction in risk of relapse or death; m-REF (not reached vs 16.6mos.); DMFS rate (65% vs 54%); @3yrs. OS rate  (86% vs 77%). During the extended follow-up- all patients had completed therapy with no difference in rate or severity of SAEs reported during the follow-up period
• Tafinlar and Mekinist are prescription therapies- used in combination to treat melanoma: that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable)- and has a certain type of abnormal "BRAF" (V600E or V600K mutation-positive) gene

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