At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- Vemurafenib (drug), Cobimetinib (drug)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 79 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- Vemurafenib — drug: Patients will receive vemurafenib at a dose of 960 mg orally (four tablets of 240 mg) on a twice daily schedule throughout a 28-day cycle. · Cobimetinib — drug: Patients will receive cobimetinib at a dose of 60 mg (three tablets of 20 mg) to be taken orally, once daily for 21 consecutive days (days 1 to 21 in each 28-day cycle); followed by a 7-day break.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 18 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 30
- Started
- 2023-03-01
- Last checked
- 2025-11
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for haematological malignancy
- • Phase2/Phase3 - 30 participants
- • This clinical trial is looking at a combination of drugs called vemurafenib and cobimetinib
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with haematological malignancy
Where?
- • Belfast - Belfast City Hospital
- • Birmingham - University Hospital Birmingham
- • Bristol - Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
- • Cambridge - Addenbrooke's Hospital
- • +12 more UK sites
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
This clinical trial is looking at a combination of drugs called vemurafenib and cobimetinib. Vemurafenib is approved as standard of care for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Cobimetinib is approved as standard of care in combination with vemurafenib for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. This means it has gone through clinical trials and been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK. Cobimetinib and vemurafenib work in patients with these types of cancers which have certain changes in the cancer cells called BRAF V600 mutation-positive. Investigators now wish to find out if it will be useful in treating patients with other cancer types which are also BRAF V600 mutation-positive. If the results are positive, the study team will work with the NHS and the Cancer Drugs Fund to see if these drugs can be routinely accessed for patients in the future. This trial is part of a trial programme called DETERMINE. The programme will also look at other anti-cancer drugs in the same way, through matching the drug to rare cancer types or ones with specific mutations.
More detail
DETERMINE Treatment Arm 05 (vemurafenib and cobimetinib) aims to evaluate the efficacy of vemurafenib and cobimetinib in adult patients with rare\* cancers with BRAF V600 mutations or in common cancers where BRAF V600 mutations are considered to be infrequent. \*Rare is defined generally as incidence less than 6 cases in 100,000 patients or common cancers with rare alterations. This treatment arm has a target sample size of 30 evaluable patients. Sub-cohorts may be defined and further expanded to a target of 30 evaluable patients each. The ultimate aim is to translate positive clinical findings to the NHS (Cancer Drugs Fund) to provide new treatment options for rare adult cancers. OUTLINE: Pre-screening: The Molecular Tumour Board makes a treatment recommendation for the patient based on molecularly-defined cohorts. Screening: Consenting patients undergo biopsy and collection of blood samples for research purposes. Treatment: Patients will receive vemurafenib and cobimetinib until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable adverse events (AEs) or withdrawal of consent. Patients will also undergo collection of blood samples at various intervals while receiving treatment and at End of Treatment (EoT). After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years. THE DETERMINE TRIAL MASTER (SCREENING) PROTOCOL: Please see DETERMINE Trial Master (Screening) Protocol record (NCT05722886) for information on the DETERMINE Trial Master Protocol and applicable documents.
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
Biomarkers mentioned
What the study is looking for
- ✓A. Confirmed diagnosis of a cancer harbouring any actionable BRAF V600 mutation using an analytically validated...
- ✓B. Adult patients ≥18 years old.
- ✓D. healthy organ as per haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges defined in the protocol....
- ✓E. Women of childbearing potential are eligible provided that they meet the following criteria:
- ✓Have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test before enrolment and;
Who cannot take part
- ✗A. Diagnosis of unresectable or that has spread melanoma with a BRAF V600 mutation.
- ✗B. Female patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the trial or for six months...
- ✗D. Patients with any history of long QT syndrome or Torsades de Pointes (or any concurrent medication with a known...
- ✗E. Known hypersensitivity to vemurafenib or cobimetinib or any of the excipients.
- ✗F. Patients unable to swallow vemurafenib and cobimetinib intact, without chewing or crushing the tablets (as per...
See the full criteria
Where Is This Study? (16 UK sites)
Belfast City Hospital
Belfast BT9 7AB, United Kingdom
University Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Bristol BS2 8ED, United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge CB2 OQQ, United Kingdom
Velindre Cancer Centre
Cardiff CF14 2TL, United Kingdom
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
The Beatson Hospital
Glasgow G12 OYN, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
University College London Hospital
London NW1 2BU, United Kingdom
Guy's Hospital
London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
The Christie Hospital
Manchester M20 4BX, United Kingdom
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral CH63 4JY, United Kingdom
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
Churchill Hospital
Oxford OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
Weston Park Hospital
Sheffield S10 2SJ, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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